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Pallavi Gupta: Development is a Collective Responsibility

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Channel: INKtalks · 2016 · Education

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Despite thousands of NGOs, social enterprises, large government programs, and billions being invested into India's development sector, results often fall short of expectations. Pallavi Gupta narrates how she went about not just bridging the gap between government offices, NGO’s and corporates–by bringing them together to understand specific social issues many regions in India face–but also implement innovative solutions.

ABOUT PALLAVI GUPTA: 
Pallavi is the Founder and Managing Director of FifthEstate, a not-for-profit that works in partnership with the state governments in India to create collaborations between social entrepreneurs, Government departments and Corporates. She also sits on the State Innovation Council of Uttar Pradesh and has been a guest lecturer at Indian IAS Academy, Mussoorie and UP IAS academy. Pallavi is an Ashoka Fellow and a Management post-graduate from the London School of Economics with over 10 years of experience of working in the UK, Singapore and India across domains spanning from software engineering to business consulting and social development. She specializes in Open Innovation and Technology for socio-economic development of emerging economies.
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