The Future of Work – Changing Work Paradigms
By Saurabh Karamchandani, LGT Impact Fellow at Porter, India It was May 2021 and India was in the middle of a deadly second wave of the COVIDpandemic when I first…more
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How COVID-19 adds another layer to struggles for Girls’ Education in Rajasthan/India
By Dr. Geeta Deshmukh, LGT Impact Fellow at Educate Girls, India Being from Public health background, I have always believed that education is one of the primary social determinants of…more
A Data Science Engineer’s Fellowship Journey in the Post-COVID-19 Scenario
By Sutapa Bhattacharya, LGT Impact Fellow for Educate Girls, India When I applied for the LGT Impact Fellowship in mid-March of last year, it was a different world altogether. There…more
Testimonial by Saumya Saxena, Fellow at Varthana, India
Drawing from his management consulting and not for profit experience in the urban development and education sectors, Saumya was tasked with augmenting the process of scaling the management consulting for…more
Testimonial by Tracey Albert, Fellow at Aangan Trust, India
Having worked in the social impact space for over 7 years, Tracey’s mission during her Fellowship was to assist the leadership team at Aangan Trust, in building a platform that…more
Empowering communities towards sustainable impact
By Tracey Albert, LGT Impact Fellow for Aangan Trust, Mumbai, India Aangan works in 15 hotspots across Mumbai, wherein the city’s drastic economic disparity is placing its vulnerable children at…more
What does a day of an LGT Impact Fellow look like?
Fellows of the LGT Impact Fellowship 2019 cohort are approaching the last months of their 1-year engagements. By now the Fellows have fully immersed in their roles at host organizations…more
Varthana and the Science of Building a Social Impact Business
By Saumya Saxena, LGT Impact Fellow for Varthana, India What do you want to learn from this fellowship? ... Andrew Papp asked me during my LGT Impact Fellowship interview. As…more
Financial Consulting for Private Schools in India
LGT Impact Fellow Spotlight: Smiti Sahoo Smiti is working as a Fellow for our Portfolio Organisation Varthana in India. Thinking of Schools, the initial associations that come up are academic…more
Alumni Spotlight: Amandeep Singh, 2012 cohort
Amandeep is a 2012 LGT Impact Fellow and currently works at Clinton Health Access Initiative in Cambodia as Director - Country Support, Global Vaccines Delivery The LGT Impact Fellowship offers…more
Journeying into the (Un)known
By Gayatri Suri – LGT Impact Fellow 2018 “Follow your passion” – a phrase that is more elusive than it sounds. This phrase has challenged me time and again in…more
Sliding Down the Indian Rabbit Hole
by Pete Troiano - LGT Impact Fellow 2016/17 I remember the exact moment it started. My bank card got rejected from every ATM I tried to use. The screen displayed…more