Sameer has been recognized as one of Asia-Pacific's most promising young social entrepreneurs by the Paragon100 Fellowship. He holds a BTech from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka and is a StartingBloc Fellow (MIT Sloan). His passion is inclusive technology, something he discovered during his internship with Ujjivan, one of the fastest growing microfinance institutions in the world. After a brief stint at HSBC Bank’s Analytics divis

Indus shares Sameer’s wish to change the texture of life at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). She works, at Artoo, to understand the lived realities of people at the BoP, and to imagine how inclusive technology could improve the quality of their lives. Indus earned her BA in the Study of Women & Gender and English Language & Literature from Smith College, and her MFA in Creative Writing from the School of the Arts at Columbia University. She believe

Kavita’s strong belief that business strategies and market based approaches can be used effectively in solving social problems, inspired her to join Artoo. Prior to Artoo, Kavita worked with Ujjivan Financial Services, where her experience spanned different functions, including credit and risk analysis, market research and product development. She has also worked in a consulting capacity with Rent-to-Own Africa (a micro-asset leasing company base