Social Impact Investing - WHEELS Global Foundation

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SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTING

“If you’re going to create real impact, it has to be done with the same focus and level of intensity as your business.” – Scot Tatelman, STATE

“Social Impact Investments are made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return”. Impact investing occurs across asset classes; for example, private equity/venture capital, debt, and fixed income.

WHEELS Global Foundation is proud to present a dialog among an expert panel of SOCIAL IMPACT investors

who look at Entrepreneurship and Investment with an eye for solving the many social causes.

Speakers’  Panel:

Mr. Vikram Gupta, Founder and CEO of IVY Venture Capital, Alumni IIT–Delhi,

Mr. Mukesh Sharma, Co–Founder & Managing Director Menterra Venture Advisors Private Limited,

Mr. Meyyappan Nagappan, Leader, Digital Tax and Social Finance at Nishith Desai Associates

&

Mr. Arjun Malhotra, Executive Chairman, Evolko–USA, Co-Founder, HCL & PHFI

Webinar Moderator:

Mr. Sanjay Kadaveru, Founder, Action For India (AFI), Alumni IIT–Madras

Webinar Chair:

Mr. Yogesh Andlay, Director–WHEELS Global, India 

The objectives for this Webinar is:

1. What is Social Impact Investing? Can NGOs invest in such funds?
2. How do investors measure return on investment and Social Impact?
3. Do recipients of such investments operate differently than other types of investments?
4. Is the success factor for Social investing different from that in commercial investing?
5. Are Social Impact investments selected based on altruistic considerations or personal objectives?
6. Are Social Impact investments treated differently for tax purposes?

Please join us on Friday, February 26th 2021, from 09:30 AM to 11 AM (US EST), 08 PM to 09:30 PM (IST) 

to this lively Panel Discussion.

Click Here to Know More about the Speakers & Other Webinar Related Info

Upon registration, you may send your questions in advance to info@wheelsglobal.org. The webinar will also be broadcast on Facebook, and other social media platforms. Attendees will also be able to post their questions during the webinar. You can join the webinar 15 min early (i.e. 09:15 AM ET OR 07:45 PM IST) to watch the slide show on WGF activities and related project’s videos. Past webinars have stressed the importance of collaboration among NGOs to scale operations and increase the impact. For more information visit: www.wheelsglobal.org

WHEELS Global Foundation(WGF), “An Initiative of IIT Alumni, USA” with the mission of Technology Enabled Philanthropy. WHEELS has also been selected by NITI Aayog, Govt. of India as a member of committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer. WHEELS has also signed an MOU with the Ministry for Panchayati Raj for technology partnership in Rural Development.