Indian Leaders Are Scaling Solutions To The Country's Challenges - Atul Satija - #604

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin.Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2BqpYXU.Even as India is increasingly recognized as a global power, the developing country continues to wrestle with vexing challenges. Some of the country’s leading entrepreneurs and corporate executives have come together to help scale solutions.Atul Satija, 40, is leading the charge through an organization called The/Nudge Foundation. He says, “In India, we are adding 1 million people every month to the labor market. Roughly 50% come from poor backgrounds; more than 25% are school dropouts and 50% lack skills to be employable. At the same time, there is a skill deficit of 400 million people in the country in the foreseeable future.”After just a few years of addressing this problem head on with a program called Gurukul, the leaders recognized that the social challenges in the country required additional interventions if poverty is to be eliminated. In response, they created another program called N/Core to incubate high-potential nonprofits to accelerate their scale in reaching millions of people.Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2BqpYXU.Check out my free webinar where I share the secrets of successful nonprofit crowdfunding at http://crowdfundingforsocialgood.org. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at www.superpowers4good.com/subscribe