
ABOUT MANUSH LABS
A Global Community Commited To Changing The Way The World Tackles Poverty
We drive entrepreneurial innovations to answer the biggest ESG problems of the corporates (thus world, because the scale is important) by nurturing ideas into equitable and scalable solutions. We back strong trailblazers with skin in the game in their journey to create transformational interventions by democratizing access to mentoring, funding, and network building within the innovation ecosystem.
Pradyumna Vyas
Senior Advisor, Innovation
Former Director - National Institute of Design, India.


Ishita Agrawal
Senior Advisor, Program Management
Program Director - Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt of India


Hemendra Mathur
Senior Advisor, Partnerships
Venture Partner - Bharat Innovation Fund, Co-Founder Think Ag


Aarti Chandna
Senior Advisor, Impact Investment
Partner - Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, SV2


Barbara Bulc
Senior Advisor, International Relations
Founder and President, Global Development
Founding member - United Nations Innovation Working Group


Ratna Mehta
Senior Advisor, Program Management
Global Head - Wadhwani Catalyst Program,
Wadhwani Foundation


Mona Vijaykumar
Research Associate
Graduate Student - SA+P, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Joost Bonsen
Senior Advisor
Lecturer, MIT Media Lab,
Founding Program Director - MIT Legatum Center for Entrepreneurship,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Heramb Hajarnavis
Senior Advisor, Investments
Founder and Managing Partner, Sea Link Capital
Ex - MD at Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, MIT


Andrew Ngure
Outreach
Graduate Student - Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard University


Ashwin Gopinath
Associate Director, Founding Member
Asst Prof. MechE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Co-founder - Palamedrix,
Ex- Google X, Moonshot Factory, CaltechÂ


Chintan Vaishnav
Chief Advisor, Founding Member
Mission Director - Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog. Senior Lecturer - MIT


David Maina
Operations and Strategy
Graduate Researcher - DUSP '20, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Mark Kahn
Senior Advisor​, Venture Capital
Managing Partner, Omnivore
Harvard Business School


Technology and In Kind Support



