Profile: Aavishkaar's Vineet Rai
Vineet Rai’s career in impact investing started before the concept really existed. Spurred – but also slightly troubled – by mainstream awareness, he has big plans for India-based Aavishkaar Group
Twenty years after leaving his forest in Odisha, one of India’s least prosperous states, Vineet Rai found himself in a villa overlooking Lake Como in northern Italy. It was 2007 and The Rockefeller Foundation...
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