Category: Video Interview

Challenges of Working in Social Impact Sector with Santosh Parulekar

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In our recent interview, we have featured Santosh Parulekar (Co-Founder and CEO, Pipal Tree) to understand the challenges of working in social impact sector in India.

Santosh has shared his motivation to establish Pipal Tree and why he chose to work with the rural youth and women for their betterment. Let’s hear his story of creating an impact in the society.

Interviewee: Santosh Parulekar

Santosh is a co-founder and CEO of Pipal Tree, a social organization which provides skills training and employment to rural youth and women. Pipal Tree Ventures is a private limited organization backed by institutional investors and well established corporate entities from construction industry, having its corporate office in Mumbai, India with branches all over India.

Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)

Exemplary Social Entrepreneurship with Nand Kishore Chaudhary

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We are delighted to feature Nand Kishore Chaudhary (Chairman & Managing Director at Jaipur Rugs). He is a simple man devoted to the Indian hand-knitted rug industry with an aim to position it rightly in the world and to empower its real owner and creator – the Indian weaver.

In our discussion, we have explored what is social entrepreneurship, key mantra to transform society with love, and the most important learnings of the journey to make Jaipur Rugs an exemplary model for social entrepreneurship. Watch the complete video to know more about the journey of Nand Kishore Chaudhary and Jaipur Rugs.

Interviewee: Nand Kishore Chaudhary (Social Entrepreneur, Chairman & Managing Director at Jaipur Rugs)

Nand Kishore Chaudhary is a globally acclaimed social entrepreneur, is the founder of Jaipur Rugs, one of India’s largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs and is often referred to as ‘Gandhi of the Carpet Industry’. With just two looms and nine artisans in 1978, his journey four decades later stands at Jaipur Rugs becoming a global social enterprise exporting to over 60 countries while providing sustainable livelihood to 40,000 artisans in 600 remote villages across five states in India, out of which 80% of them are women.

Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)