The Conscious Society Podcast

A conversation with Social Entrepreneur Anoj Viswanathan on power of community capital

With Rita & Ankith Season 1 Episode 7

In this episode, we speak with Anoj Viswanathan about his entrepreneurial journey as the co-founder of Milaap. Milaap is India’s largest crowdfunding platform for personal and medical needs. Milaap has raised over 250 Million USD for 600,000+ fundraising campaigns with 7.2 million donations across India. Anoj and his team saw an opportunity to help everyone in need, especially the ones without safety nets. 

Bio

An alumnus of the National University of Singapore, Anoj is the Co-founder and President of Milaap. He largely oversees all operations (campaigns, business development, digital marketing and technology) at Milaap.

Anoj has been associated with the world of microfinance and business development through his professional roles with the Microfinance Society of Singapore, SKS Microfinance, ReEx Capital Asia, D. light design, Frost & Sullivan and Microappli.

It is this experience of Anoj that led him to fully utilize the power of microfinancing for projects across the country through Milaap.


Links:

Milaap: https://milaap.org 

Interview to HYBITZTV, India’s most watched Digital Business Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3EbpCG5_lU 


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