Episode 73: Open Source Solutions with Jaykumar Menon

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest is a social entrepreneur that is on the cutting edge of solving for some of our most pressing global challenges. In this timely conversation I meet with Jaykumar Menon, an international human rights lawyer plying his craft at the intersection of human rights and global health. He is a founder of the Open Source Pharma Foundation, which aims to create a new paradigm for drug discovery, and generate affordable new cures in areas of great health need. He is also a founder of The India Nutrition Initiative, which is developing “DFS”, a salt that is double-fortified with iron and iodine, to address malnutrition caused by iron deficiency. DFS has reached millions of people. In his work as a lawyer, he has represented the student leaders of Tiananmen Square, victims of the Bosnian genocide, freed a man from death row, and helped free an innocent man serving life for murder as the fifteenth lawyer to take up the case. He is a recipient of the Brown Alumni Association’s highest honor, given to one graduate per year. A Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law at McGill University. Jaykumar holds a JD and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a BA from Brown University. I am sure this discussion will be plenty of food for thought and practice; I encourage you to read on, visit and get involved with this pioneering work! Where to find Jaykumar: www.ospfound.org On LinkedIn On Twitter On Facbook What's Jaykumar reading? The Stoics and Marcus Aurelius Joan Dideon Ernest Hemingway Sherwood Anderson Tom Wolfe Bruce Chatwin Arundhati Roy Other topics of interest: XPRIZE Foundation Dr. Robert Gallo March of Dimes University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology The Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (I-AIM) 8 Limbs of Yoga The Five Tibetan RitesSpecial Guest: Jaykumar Menon.