Action For India helps social innovators in India overcome barriers to scale and achieve greater impact at the Bottom of the Pyramid. We believe in the pivotal role that technology plays in scaling market-based solutions, and we work to connect social innovators in India with impact investors, mentors, and technology experts worldwide. Launched in 2012, AFI is inspired by Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister of India and Chairman of the National Innovation Council of India and guided in his support of our efforts.
AFI's second annual Forum was held in January 2013 bringing together 100+ social entrepreneurs from around the country with social sector visionaries, corporate leaders, impact investors and government innovators in Delhi. At the Forum, AFI also announced the winners of the 2012 Growth Prize competition. AFI is pleased to collaborate with innovation icon Desh Deshpande, co-chair of President Obama's National Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and in January launched a partnership with the Deshpande Foundation to co-create a national network of regional hubs dedicated to the creation of impactful social change through entrepreneurship and innovation.
AFI is headquartered in New Delhi, India, has a chapter in Silicon Valley, California.
