1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion) engages and enables youth to become future ready problem solvers creating real world impact. Established in 2014, 1M1B is a United Nations accredited non-profit with special consultative status to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and is associated with the UN Department of Global Communications.
By undergoing 1M1B programs that are based on a unique 4.3.2.1 activation framework, youth acquire critical skill sets, mindset and toolsets to access jobs of tomorrow. Areas of focus include digital technologies (AI, AR, VR), digital creativity, digital citizenship and 4th industrial revolution skills like problem solving, flexibility, empathy, dealing with failures and collaboration.
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Creating the future, inspiring the world
Dr. Swati Subodh
Jonathan Flaks
Elizabeth Saunders
Ritu Singh
Saffin Mathew
Lori Antonacci
Abhiram Natarajan
Rhema Joseph
Irene Manning
Ruchi Khanna Arora
Anip Sharma
Chhavi Kumar
Pratikshita Chowdhury
Swathi Hari
Ojaswi Anand Khare
Rahul Moorjani
Deepika Venkatesh
Arava John
R Phanindra Kumar
K Sagar
Arockia Raj
Gnana Prakash
Manasa Balu
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Manav Subodh
Innovation Acceleration Group in which he works on artificial intelligence (AI), aviation, and smart cities projects. Previously Manav worked for Intel corporation and led Intel's entrepreneurship initiative in over 30 countries. He has also worked for Ernst and Young (EY), Hughes and QAI. In 2015-17 he was appointed as Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and in 2016 as the Garwood Innovation Fellow with UC Berkeley's Corporate and Open Innovation center in which he led Smart Village initiative in India. Manav has over 21+ years of experience (Follow him on Twitter:@ManavSubodh)
Rhema is a doctor turned social worker interested in working with children and rural sectors. She has travelled across 23 states in India gaining field work experience in various social sectors for community service and development. Her areas of interest include teaching, public relations and social entrepreneurship.
Swati is a scientist in the field of biotechnology with expertise in genomics. She is also a guest columnist with many reputed media houses. She is passionate about innovations in healthcare for greater on-ground impact. Swati has delivered talks at reputed forums and conferences worldwide on #bridgingsilos to accelerate innovations to grassroots.
Donna is an instigator and creative force who activates people and enterprises to fulfil their passion, potential and purpose. She provides catalytic value to entrepreneurs and start-ups by recognising their untapped potential
Ritu has over 15 years of experience in the development sector, managing programs with specific focus on youth and education. She has been responsible for development and deployment of entrepreneurship-related content in Africa, Caribbean Islands and South-East Asia.
Loretta is committed to empowering people to design and create holistically self-sustaining communities. She is an award-winning media producer, technology entrepreneur and health coach.
After a successful career in sales marketing, Lori is now a champion for non-profit organizations. She is an accomplished development and events professional who expands revenue and fundraising capacity.
Jonathan has more than 20 years of experience in business communication, investor relations, marketing and sales. He has coached financial professionals, entrepreneurs, corporate executives and industry leaders.
Shobhita has a background in psychology and is keen on impacting the lives of children and young adults. As an innovation trainer at 1M1B, Shobhita is responsible for conducting sessions on leadership and entrepreneurial skills along with mentoring students to create projects that impact the community. Previously, she has worked in educating students with life skills and counselling.
Kareem is an adjunct professor and community activist in New York City, and his grassroots approach has earned him numerous plaudits. He aims to open a language and culture center to inspire children to travel abroad and embrace different cultures.
Lori is a champion for Non-profits. While forging a successful business development career for companies like American Express and Forbes, Lori also served as an officer of seven nonprofit boards including New York Women’s Agenda and Center for Youth & Community, as well as an adjunct academic advisor and instructor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. She now applies that expertise to creating dynamic fundraising programs and events for cultural and socially conscious organizations.
Mary is an economic and social development professional. She has worked at the UN Development Programme (UNDP), specializing in economic and social development in Africa for about three decades.
Kailash is a retired IBM executive, and is engaged in mentoring of entrepreneurs, companies and non-profit organizations. His interests also include healthcare and energy.
Professor HS Jamadagni, is a Professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He also served as a part-time member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Ingrid is the Founder and CEO of Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 (EBW2020). She sits on the UN Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council.
Saffin Mathew champions and advocates Climate Action and AI Youth Skills. As the Head of Programs at 1 Million for 1 Billion (1M1B) he conceptualizes and manages programs bringing youth together to achieve the SDGs using new age tools and technologies. The ‘AI for SDGs’ curriculum designed by Saffin is being used extensively to train high school students across India on AI while driving youth to create AI powered solutions to accelerate the SDGs. He works closely with global leaders and organizations to mobilize and engage youth for global impact. His passion to propel youth from intent to action has resulted in coaching and mentoring over 10,000 students as part of the 1M1B programs. Saffin oversees the annual 1M1B Activate Impact Summit at the United Nations, New York and is also associated with the TED community as a curator since 2012. He believes in the power of storytelling to evoke empathy, drive advocacy and achieve positive change.
Swati is a veteran researcher, trainer and communications specialist in the civil society sector. She has worked for over 15 years as a development professional with prime focus on youth development, volunteering and education. She has also been associated with some of the premier social entrepreneurship award programs in the country.
Abhiram heads the rural empowerment initiatives at 1M1B. He works closely with the rural communities for implementation of 1M1B’s programs on-ground in the villages and is very passionate about empowering youth. Abhiram establishes and maintains 1M1B’s relationship with key stakeholders like government departments, NGOs and CSR Organisations to ensure impact in the villages of India. He is actively involved in the skilling and career readiness programs and loves mentoring young students who like to create impact.
He had given a TEDx talk on how commitment can be the key to long term success. He setup the worlds first aqua co-innovation lab in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India to solve the problems faced by shrimp farmers in the area. The lab hosts various start-ups working to solve the problems faced by the farmers in the communities. He loves travelling to rural areas to explore their communities, food and also understand their culture. He believes in the saying “Good things happen to good people”
Elizabeth Saunders, is the Chief of Staff and Program Director for the Innovation Acceleration Group at UC Berkeley Executive Education. After serving five years as a cryptologic technician in the U.S. Navy, Elizabeth held a number of jobs across diverse industries in international settings, including managing a consumer-facing business in Central America, working with the UN's grassroots initiative to fight human trafficking in London and around the world, and managing US programs for an India-based immersive business education venture. She was also Program Manager at startup-focused technology engine YouNoodle. She works with the IAG team to enable entrepreneurs and corporate innovators to learn and apply Lean methodologies to their innovative ideas.
Farzana Haque
Erik Solheim
Mark Searle
Dr. S.V. Mahadevan
Dr. Nikhil Balram
Sudhir Subbaraman
Innovation Acceleration Group in which he works on artificial intelligence (AI), aviation, and smart cities projects. Previously Manav worked for Intel corporation and led Intel's entrepreneurship initiative in over 30 countries. He has also worked for Ernst and Young (EY), Hughes and QAI. In 2015-17 he was appointed as Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and in 2016 as the Garwood Innovation Fellow with UC Berkeley's Corporate and Open Innovation center in which he led Smart Village initiative in India. Manav has over 21+ years of experience (Follow him on Twitter:@ManavSubodh)
Subhalaxmi is a Programme Coordinator at 1M1B. She is a social sciences and Development Management postgraduate and comes with experience with Civil society as well as Government organizations. She has worked with Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), Govt of Delhi and worked on monitoring the proper implementation of the Integrated Child and Development Scheme (ICDS) and with Room to Read on their Child Protection Policy. She is passionate about gender equality, conservation of the environment and protection of child rights. The possibility of collaboration to achieve equitable development for one and all excites her.
Swati is a scientist in the field of biotechnology with expertise in genomics. She is also a guest columnist with many reputed media houses. She is passionate about innovations in healthcare for greater on-ground impact. Swati has delivered talks at reputed forums and conferences worldwide on #bridgingsilos to accelerate innovations to grassroots.
Donna is an instigator and creative force who activates people and enterprises to fulfil their passion, potential and purpose. She provides catalytic value to entrepreneurs and start-ups by recognising their untapped potential
Ritu has over 15 years of experience in the development sector, managing programs with specific focus on youth and education. She has been responsible for development and deployment of entrepreneurship-related content in Africa, Caribbean Islands and South-East Asia.
Loretta is committed to empowering people to design and create holistically self-sustaining communities. She is an award-winning media producer, technology entrepreneur and health coach.
After a successful career in sales marketing, Lori is now a champion for non-profit organizations. She is an accomplished development and events professional who expands revenue and fundraising capacity.
Jonathan has more than 20 years of experience in business communication, investor relations, marketing and sales. He has coached financial professionals, entrepreneurs, corporate executives and industry leaders.
Shobhita has a background in psychology and is keen on impacting the lives of children and young adults. As an innovation trainer at 1M1B, Shobhita is responsible for conducting sessions on leadership and entrepreneurial skills along with mentoring students to create projects that impact the community. Previously, she has worked in educating students with life skills and counselling.
Kareem is an adjunct professor and community activist in New York City, and his grassroots approach has earned him numerous plaudits. He aims to open a language and culture center to inspire children to travel abroad and embrace different cultures.
Lori is a champion for Non-profits. While forging a successful business development career for companies like American Express and Forbes, Lori also served as an officer of seven nonprofit boards including New York Women’s Agenda and Center for Youth & Community, as well as an adjunct academic advisor and instructor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. She now applies that expertise to creating dynamic fundraising programs and events for cultural and socially conscious organizations.
Mary is an economic and social development professional. She has worked at the UN Development Programme (UNDP), specializing in economic and social development in Africa for about three decades.
Kailash is a retired IBM executive, and is engaged in mentoring of entrepreneurs, companies and non-profit organizations. His interests also include healthcare and energy.
Professor HS Jamadagni, is a Professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He also served as a part-time member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Ingrid is the Founder and CEO of Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 (EBW2020). She sits on the UN Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council.
Saffin manages key relationships of 1M1B with its partners and beneficiaries to ensure maximum impact of the initiatives. He meticulously ensures a hassle-free running of the Future Leaders program across all locations and demographics. His areas of expertise include digital marketing, event curation and people management.
Swati is a veteran researcher, trainer and communications specialist in the civil society sector. She has worked for over 15 years as a development professional with prime focus on youth development, volunteering and education. She has also been associated with some of the premier social entrepreneurship award programs in the country.
Abhiram helped setup the world’s first aqua co-innovation lab in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India to solve the problems faced by shrimp farmers in the area. The lab hosts various start-ups working to solve the problems faced by the farmers in the communities. Along with this Abhiram has also created a rural tourism program for school kids.
Elizabeth Saunders, is the Chief of Staff and Program Director for the Innovation Acceleration Group at UC Berkeley Executive Education. After serving five years as a cryptologic technician in the U.S. Navy, Elizabeth held a number of jobs across diverse industries in international settings, including managing a consumer-facing business in Central America, working with the UN's grassroots initiative to fight human trafficking in London and around the world, and managing US programs for an India-based immersive business education venture. She was also Program Manager at startup-focused technology engine YouNoodle. She works with the IAG team to enable entrepreneurs and corporate innovators to learn and apply Lean methodologies to their innovative ideas.
Farzana Haque is a global leader, mentor and investor who has created global impact and has been instilling hope and belief for big dreams in girls.
She’s won numerous Global accolades for her exemplary leadership. She was nominated to the World Economic Forum as a ‘Young Global Leader’, and has been featured by leading Indian and International medi. A Board member of TiE and a global brand ambassador for “Catalyst for women Entrepreneurs – CWE” Farzana is also the recipient of the “INDIRA” Super Achiever Award 2008.
She is also the founder of Stree Shakti– a global platform for women entrepreneurs. She serves globally on the boards of women centric funds and is an active investor in start-ups around the world. She is a regular plenary speaker at business schools around the globe and India on topics covering leadership, Technology, building global companies, and innovation.
Erik is a well known global leader on environment and development as well as an experienced peace negotiator.
He served as Norwegian minister of Environment and International Development from 2005-2012.
Erik has been chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (the main body of world donors) as well as Executive Director of UN Environment.
He led the peace efforts in Sri Lanka as the main negotiator of the peace process and played a vital role in peace efforts in Nepal , Myanmar and Sudan.
Currently he is senior adviser at World Resource Institute and Convener of the Global Coalition for Green Belt and Road and serves as the CEO of the Plastic REVolution Foundation which aims to eliminate plastic waste and pollution, beginning in Accra, Ghana.
Mark Searle is Managing Director of the Innovation Acceleration Group at UC Berkeley Executive Education, and former Senior Fellow for Global Programs at the Haas School of Business, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. He brings 20 years of experience as co-founder, CEO and COO of a number of early-stage and growth-stage technology startup companies. Mark has led and taught Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs sponsored by major corporations and in collaboration with universities and government agencies around the world, including Spain, India and Saudi Arabia, among others. He served as Founder and CEO of SenSage and LogSavvy, as CEO of Europe-based Kinamik Data Integrity, and as COO at Plynetics Corp., Cybergold and Internet Pictures Corp. Companies under Mark’s leadership have won numerous awards including: “Top European ICT Startup” (Eurecan); “Innovate 100” most innovative startups, "Red Herring 100" Top North American Startups, and others. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an AB with honors from Princeton University and was a Distinguished Graduate Student Instructor at UC Berkeley.
Dr. S.V. Mahadevan is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was the ED Medical Director and Associate Chief from 2000-2012 and served as the founding department chair in emergency medicine from 2015-2017. The S. V. Mahadevan Faculty Leadership Award was initiated in 2017 to honor of his 18 years of service to the department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford. He has written, traveled, and taught widely, presenting over 500 invited lectures worldwide and authoring over 150 journal articles, book chapters, and multimedia publications. He is lead editor of the textbook, An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine, which was awarded the 2006 American Medical Writer’s Association Award: Physician’s Category as the top medical textbook in the United States for all specialties. Dr. Mahadevan founded Stanford Emergency Medicine International (SEMI) in 2000, and has been instrumental in setting up India's first international paramedic training institute, Nepal's first EMS system, India's first guidelines for prehospital care, Cambodia's first emergency medicine strengthening program and Myanmar’s first emergency medicine training program. For his vast experience and expertise in global health, Dr. Mahadevan was appointed as Director of Global Affairs and Strategy for Stanford Medicine and Stanford Health Care in 2018.
Dr. Nikhil Balram leads the Display Group at Google LLC, which is responsible for developing display systems for all Google hardware products. Prior to that he was President and CEO of Ricoh Innovations Corporation, a Silicon Valley company that creates global new businesses based on advanced information technology. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Balram is widely recognized throughout industry and academia as an expert and innovator in advanced information and display technologies and has been an officer of several publicly listed companies. Products and technologies developed by teams lead by him have been used by millions of people and have won over a dozen major awards. Dr. Balram is also an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and a guest professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Gandhinagar, India.
Sudhir Subbaraman is the Business Unit Leader and Senior Vice President at CGI India leading Communications and Media Vertical. Sudhir has strong track record leading complex and large Indian business units including IT Products and Services. Sudhir brings 25+ years of IT/Consulting experience with hands-on experience in all facets including: Strategy and Operations, Product management & engineering, IT Services and Business Development. Prior to this role, Sudhir spearheaded CGI India’s Products Business unit with focus on maturing/scaling product management and engineering capabilities from India. He also serves as the CSR Champion for APAC region, and holds keen interest in volunteering his time for non-profits. In less than one year, Sudhir and his team rolled out 50+ CSR projects, inspiring hope for 200,000 citizens. Going beyond his technological and business operations expertise, Sudhir is also keen in helping founders & CXOs to help shape their organizations' culture, scale, processes and capacity for operational excellence. Sudhir holds an MBA degree in Strategy & Finance from University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.
Irene is a US native who has lived in Bangalore for 10 years. She previously worked at Intel in both the US and India and has experience in analyzing business propositions and project management which she hopes will help the Young Leaders on their exciting projects. She is the mother of 3 teens who attend Indus International. She loves dance, reading, and travel.
Vandana is a management professional with over 20 years of experience that spans across both the corporate sector as well as civil society organizations (CSOs). She has worked in functions like Sales and Marketing and Project Management at conglomerations such as ITC, HP and TATAs. Some of her CSO experience includes fundraising and advocacy related work on Child Rights issues as well as conservation of wildlife.
Over the last 6 years, Vandana has found her passion in teaching, training and coaching all of which she hopes will help her make a real difference in a complex world. An ICF certified Executive Coach, she wants to help individuals find their professional potential and personal purpose.
Vandana wants to draw into her work experience as well as training and coaching skills to empower young adults at 1M1B Future Leaders Program to become effective leaders and enable them to uphold humanity through socially relevant projects they find meaningful and impactful.
Varsha comes with 4 years’ experience of working in the corporate world where she was thriving yet something felt amiss. She had always been passionate about doing something for the society and creating real impact and that’s what made her take the plunge and shift careers to join 1M1B. As a relationship evangelist she handles all the key relationships at 1M1B and program manages all the operations, communication and logistics for our program Future Leaders. She is very focused in her work and strives towards perfecting in whatever task she takes up. She describes herself as a people’s person and when she is not working she loves to sing, dance and catch up on all the latest movies that she has missed.
