Manoj is the Founder of Social Alpha, a multistage incubation cum investment platform for high impact start-ups that aim to solve the most critical social, economic and environmental challenges. Social Alpha focuses on “lab to market” enablement and supports mission driven entrepreneurs through a network of innovation labs, venture incubators, accelerator programmes, seed funds and market access mechanisms. Since its inception in 2016, Social Alpha has incubated and nurtured more than 150 mission driven start-ups including 40+ seed investments and 3 exits. Prior to founding Social Alpha, Manoj has been an entrepreneur as well as an early stage venture investor. Manoj has also worked for over two decades in investment banking and financial technology firms, holding global leadership roles in the areas of Corporate Strategy, M&A, Product Management and R&D. Manoj serves on the advisory and governing boards of a number of companies, non-profits and research institutions. Manoj is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and lives in Bangalore, India.

India CSR Summit & Exhibition is South Asia’s largest CSR, SDGs and social impact forum. The Summit brings together business leaders, board directors, CSR foundations, impact investors, philanthropists, innovators, government agencies, the UN bodies and non-profits leaders to explore synergies and co-create solutions.

Built on the context of mandatory CSR provisions in India, the Summit, in the last 6 years, has truly become the convergence of social impact leaders from across the country. The event has already witnessed participation of over 490 exhibitors, almost 6700 organizations and 11500 professionals. The recent summit on September in 2019 was a benchmark event in terms of the scale, participation and knowledge sharing with 500+corporate heads, 100+ exhibitors and 2000+ delegates from 1900+ organizations coming in one platform to attend 30+ panel sessions on various thematic areas, 10+ masterclasses specially curated for corporate and non-profits, along with keynote talks, product demos and networking sessions.