Rural Resilience

Kal Joffres, CEO, Tandemic | Ganesh Muren, Founder & CEO, Saora Industries

14-Dec-15 15:00

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Joining Tandemic's CEO Kal Joffres on his monthly show is Ganesh Muren, the founder and CEO of Saora Industries, a social enterprise that provides affordable solar powered water filters for rural and marginalized communities. We get their thoughts on the role social innovation plays in rural resilience as Ganesh will also be involved with the flood relief effort later this month.

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Tags: social enterprises, social entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneurship, social enterprise, Tandemic, Solar power, clean water, rural communities, rural

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