- New Delhi, Delhi, India
PANIIT FUNDEntrepreneurship.Technology.Capital The PANIIT Fund is one of the four legs of Vision 2030 of PanIIT Alumni India – the other three being the PANIIT Foundation, the PANIIT Institute and the PANIIT Alumni Conclaves.PANIIT Fund has been conceived of as a Social Venture Fund operating under the Alternate Investment Funds (AIF) Regulations 2012 of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Missions have been constituted as Social Ventures in compliance with the AIF guidelines. The Fund is initially focused on the following Missions:I. Rural development & livelihood: To create programs that generate sustainable livelihood and catalyse the development of rural areas through economic progress and technology.II. Nutrition and healthcare: To create a supply chain for production and distribution of low cost proteins and a complete end to end ecosystem for low cost healthcare.III. Incubators for entrepreneurship development: To extend the entrepreneurship framework to the district level and into core sectors of our economy such as agriculture, light engineering, food processing, etc.IV. Gender equality: To create infrastructure specifically designed for the needs of Indian women so that both entrepreneurship levels and success rates can be substantially improved.V. Heritage Sports: Providing technology based training for two nationally recognized synergistic sports – Golf and Polo.VI. Climate Change/Pollution: Make a measurable dent in areas such as pollution, drinking water and waste water treatment.VII. Digital and social infrastructure: The digital powered shared economy personified by platforms like Uber and social media based networking epitomized my successes like Facebook are making it imperative for governments to create large scale social infrastructure in addition to the digital infrastructure that is required for the efficient functioning of the digital economy, especially in the social sector.