Puneet Gupta is a graduate student pursuing an M.B.A. at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Along with his project partner, Sachpreet Chandhoke, he is a winner of the International Impact Investing Challenge, a competition focused on designing investment vehicles that create sustainable impact and are of the size and scope that would be of interest to institutional investors. Their winning presentation was the Grain Depot Fund, an investment concept to reduce grain waste in India. Prior to enrolling at Kellogg, Gupta worked in Washington, D.C., as an IT consultant at IBM Global Services, where he worked for various B2B and B2C clients, helping develop e-commerce strategies in a variety of industries, including consumer electronics and aerospace manufacturing. Gupta is passionate about entrepreneurship and hopes to launch his own company aimed at helping those in need.

Panel:
The Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs:
Winners of the 2011 International Impact Investing Challenge

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