Mann Deshi Bank
founder gets Schwab Foundation award
Chetna Vijay Sinha, Director, Mann Deshi Mahila Bank and
Mann Deshi Foundation, bagged the 2013 India Social Entrepreneur of
the Year award by The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister
organisation of the World Economic Forum, in partnership with Jubilant Bhartia
Foundation.
Sinha, who was conferred the award by Finance Minister,
P. Chidambaram, was selected from over 200 participants by a jury that included
Sudha Pillai, Member Secretary, Planning Commission, and Harish Hande, Managing
Director, SELCO Solar Light, India.
Mann Deshi Mahila Bank and Mann Deshi Foundation, headquartered in Mhaswad,
Maharashtra, aim to create one million rural women entrepreneurs in India by
2020, said a Schwab Foundation release.
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