NSEF-FMS Chapter Inaugration

The NSEF FMS,Delhi Chapter Inauguration will be held on 28th November 2011.The occasion will see many esteemed speakers from the industry speak on Social Entrepreneurship and Micro-Finance.

The speakers that will grace the occasion are:

• Ms. Bhavna Toor - Bhavna gracefully straddles the three worlds of social enterprise, investments and glamour. Bhavna's global upbringing in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Tanzania, the UK and the US spawned in her a deep and lasting interest in international development and poverty alleviation. She has built a strong track record of leading, advising and fundraising for non-profits and social enterprises. A StartingBloc Fellow, Bhavna recently completed her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business focusing on Social Innovation and Impact. Bhavna has spent close to 8 years on Wall Street working for leading investment firms. Most recently, she was a Vice Present in the Alternatives Investments Group at Lazard, where she was responsible for sales and product development of hedge funds. Her passion for applying her investment skills to the social sector has now led her to India, where she is helping to set up a design-focused social venture capital fund.On the glamour front, Bhavna is a former Miss India New York, actress, model, dancer and TV anchor for the largest south Asian TV network in the US - Namaste America. Bhavna has been invited to speak at annual galas and conferences for several leading organizations in the US including NYU, Pratham, Sakhi and Lend-A-Hand India.

• Ms. Reshma Anand-
Reshma Anand, founder and CEO, is a management graduate from the Indian Institute of Management who worked with Hindustan Unilever Limited prior to setting up Earthy Goods. She comes with over 13 years of experience of working in India’s rural markets.

• Mr. Anoop Kaul- Anoop Kaul has over 35 years of rich experience in all aspects of Banking and has a wide exposure to the financial sector in India, including non-farm sector and rural banking. Owing to his stint in several prominent positions in State Bank of India, he also has a good experience in training, research; management and faculty development in the banking sector. In his role as Senior Advisor, Livelihoods, he is in the process of establishing STEMS [Single Terminal Enabling Multiple Services] Office units of BASIX in each District of Rajasthan to meet multiple financial needs of the poor. He is also associated with the Technology Assisted Financial Inclusion Project at Delhi Urban Office; representing BASIX and is an interface with Banks, Govt. Departments, and NGOs.

• Mr. Ashish Rajpa Ashish Rajpal, Co-founder of XSEED, speaks on the way XSEED is gradually taking over educational development with the highly integrated curriculum based on the guidelines of the National Curriculum Framework, 2005. After MBA in XLRI, he joined Procter and Gamble in Mumbai and was the worldwide marketing director in DANONE