Sookrit Malik
Sookrit is a Khemka Fellow studying International Relations and Entrepreneurial Leadership at Tufts University. He lives in a small town called Panipat in rural India. He attended an elite boarding school at the foothills of the Himalayas called ‘The Doon School’ before joining Tufts. A very passionate social entrepreneur with a knack for developing profitable social enterprises, his latest project “The Udaan Initiative” has proved to be very effective against substance abuse and unemployment at the ‘Bindal Slum’ in Dehradun. He has had the honor of presenting Gwyneth Sorenson, Under Secretary of the United Nations, with a comprehensive resolution to the Libyan Crisis during the WEMUN Conference in China. He loves to make films in his free time. He was the lead actor in a Oscar Nominated Directors film in 2011. He is also a successful public speaker with a Distinction in the field from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He has also been the keynote speaker and panelist at multiple leadership conferences including the TGELF Harmony 2012. He is currently developing a company called “Social Mechanics” to connect ground level NGO’s with Corporates, Academics and Social Entrepreneurs in order to undertake effective and efficient social change. He wants to explore the development of social entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa. Using and improvising the business models from this region, he wishes to create companies that can rapidly set up and operate in developing countries boosting employment and lifestyle.