Published in Global Bio Fund·Jul 22, 2021Building Social Capital for Underrepresented FoundersCapital is more than just the dollars. At the root of it are trusted relationships — one’s “Social Capital”. With a COVID reset as we emerge from our isolated WFH caves, we have an opportunity to be more thoughtful of why, who with and how to connect deeply. This is…Networking5 min readNetworking5 min read
Published in Global Bio Fund·Nov 17, 2020Why it’s time for a Global Bio FundValues are even more important now, for both Society & Business By the time I was 8 years old I had experienced both gender violence and poverty living in both Kenya and India, so a clarity around the importance of addressing inequality formed early. …Impact Investing5 min readImpact Investing5 min read
Aug 12, 2020Will the post COVID-19 economic recovery prioritize happiness?Modern Homo sapiens have been around for approximately 200,000 years; we have been in agriculture based communities for 10,000 years and seen a surge in technology-led industrialization in the last 250 years. In the scale of human history, modern age industrialization is extremely recent: only about 0.1% …Economics3 min readEconomics3 min read
Published in Global Bio Fund·Jul 1, 20203 things I’d learnt in 5 seconds from a near-death experience in the mystical Kumaon valleyCouple of years back, at approximately 9:30 AM IST, I found myself at the bottom of a Himalayan gorge, inside a completely smashed car, wondering- “How on earth did I survive this?” The night before my accident, and on the advice of my BnB host, I made an impromptu decision…Near Death Experiences6 min readNear Death Experiences6 min read
Published in Global Bio Fund·Jun 2, 2020Inequality mattersFor me, George Floyd’s murder has not only reinvigorated the BlackRightsMatter movement, but has also opened a can of worms of inequality across the board; inequalities of race, gender, class, caste, ethnicity, economic and religious discrimination. …BlackLivesMatter3 min readBlackLivesMatter3 min read
