Father Arrupe Centre for Ecology and Sustainability (FACES) - a centre based at XlRI, Jamshedpur will organise 'Guru Mantra'- My Entrepreneurial Journey' tomorrow in which leading social entrepreneurs will share their success stories with the students of the B-school.
Father Arrupe Centre for Ecology and Sustainability (FACES) is a multi-disciplinary Centre at XlRI Jamshedpur (India), which envisions providing thought leadership to promote policies, practices and dialogue, which have an impact on holistic and sustainable development of society and enterprises.
Prof. Madhukar Shukla, Chairperson, FACES, XlRI Jamshedpur, said Meenakshi Kishore, Manager, Sankalp Forum and Intellecap, Naveen Krishna, MD & Founder, SMV Wheels and Vinay Jaju co-founder of ONergy will address the students.
Meenakshi is responsible for growing the Sankalp Forum regionally through on-ground initiatives that support high impact social ventures and build the ecosystem. She is also responsible for partnership alliances and supports the Annual Sankalp Summit on strategy and program design.
Naveen is the founder and Managing Director of SMV Wheels Private limited, a for-profit enterprise with a vision to increase income potential of rickshaw drivers and unorganized street vendors in India by providing them better designed and fully owned rickshaws.
Vinay, cofounded ONergy an early stage social enterprise providing last mile energy access to India's BoP. ONergy provides renewable energy solutions for lighting, cooking and electrification - through a network of renewable energy centres.
Prior to this Vinay worked with GE Capital Advisors in Australia. Vinay also holds a degree from the SP Jain Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai. ONergy has won various awards and has been recognised by institutions such as IIM, IIT, TiE and internationally by Yale University, Sanata Clara University etc.
"The session is our attempt to create an interactive space which can provide the youth/young professionals and new entrants into the sector with an informed appreciation about this emerging field," noted Shukla.