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Madhu Thakar's Profile

About Madhu Thakar

This is how Madhu is a Changemaker:
I try to integrate available knowledge and technologies to create new products for use by the ordinary folk who are less fortunate than I have been.

The place for which Madhu feels a fondness or connection:
My country India, which has a five thousand year history of civilisation but has fallen unforgivably in standards of living for the common people.This country is so rich in natural resources, knowledge, spirituality, colors and shapes of textiles,climates, flora and fauna, cuisines,languages and yet has sunk to be a underdeveloped country in the last 500 years or so.

The change Madhu passionately wants to happen:
I want a life of dignity for everyone starting with defecation in the morning!!

Bio

I have done very limited work in the social arena. I have just begun to get involved. Iam an IIT DElhi Mech Eng(1969) and an MBA in Hotel Management from Michigan State University USA(1971). I have been managing a small family owned business founded by my late father of a sheet metal fabrication workshop producing custom built commercial foodservice and kitchen equipment since 1972. I ahve tried to create a development model for a village community of about 1000-1200 persons by investing US$1 million within one year to upgrade the infrastructure and provide training and seed fund to the inhabitants. Some of the initial experiences with my own funds have taught me the ground reality about many facets of a developing village life and I feel more ready to reformulate the plans and processes.

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