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Back to Bharat
Publisher:
Penguin Business
| Author:
Nagaraja Prakasam
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Penguin Business
Author:
Nagaraja Prakasam
Language:
English
Format:
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“Back to Bharat: In Search of a Sustainable Future” explores the current economic challenges faced by Indian entrepreneurs and consumers. It examines the historical and contemporary contexts of both India and the developed world to propose a path forward.
Written in an engaging and anecdotal style, the book is enriched with case studies from Nagaraja’s investment career. It consolidates many observations and insights from his experiences as a professional, investor, and mentor to entrepreneurs across the country. It strongly advocates for India’s strengths: its people, problems, and technology (PPT).
By drawing on real-life examples of struggle and success, the book sheds light on many pressing questions about economic development and environmental threats. It encourages readers to consider more sustainable alternatives to current production and consumption patterns.
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“Back to Bharat: In Search of a Sustainable Future” explores the current economic challenges faced by Indian entrepreneurs and consumers. It examines the historical and contemporary contexts of both India and the developed world to propose a path forward.
Written in an engaging and anecdotal style, the book is enriched with case studies from Nagaraja’s investment career. It consolidates many observations and insights from his experiences as a professional, investor, and mentor to entrepreneurs across the country. It strongly advocates for India’s strengths: its people, problems, and technology (PPT).
By drawing on real-life examples of struggle and success, the book sheds light on many pressing questions about economic development and environmental threats. It encourages readers to consider more sustainable alternatives to current production and consumption patterns.
About Author
Nagaraja Prakasam is a partner at Acumen, a New York-based, $100-million impact venture fund. He has served as an independent director in Guardian-a portfolio company of Acumen that works on microfinance in water and sanitation.
He is the co-founder and chairman of the Nativelead Foundation, which enables entrepreneurship in the non-metros of Tamil Nadu. This model has been replicated in the Malabar area of Kerala as MiZone/Malabar Angels. He is sought out by government and educational institutions and serves them in different capacities: an adviser; resident mentor at the N.S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; member of the Investment Committee, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Incubator; and mentor at the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He has been featured in Forbes magazine as an investor engineering social change.
Nagaraja has spearheaded impact thinking in the Indian Angel Network (IAN) and co-founded IAN Impact.
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