Kanchan Amatya, 23 Nepal
Founder, Sustainable Fish
Farming Initiative (SFFI)
Azizjon Azimi, 20 Tajikistan
Founder, TajRupt
Shriyans Bhandari, Ramesh
Dhami, 23, 22 India
Cofounders, Greensole
Viola Cheng, 29 Taiwan
Founder, Good Food Enterprise
Anand Chowdhary, Nishant
Gadihoke, 20, 17 India
Cofounders, Oswald Labs
Mathew D’Onofrio, 20 Australia
Founder, Nightlife First Aid
Carlo Delantar, 26 Philippines
Country director,
Waves for Water
Binish Desai, 24 India
Founder,
Eco-Eclectic Technologies
Hamza Farrukh, 24 Pakistan
Founder, Bondh-E-Shams
Muhamad Risyad Ganis,
Yohanes Sugihtononugroho, 25,
25 Indonesia
Cofounders, Crowde
Kento Hoshi, Mariko Hoshi, 25,
28 Japan
Cofounders, JobRainbow
Syed Faizan Hussain, 24
Pakistan
Founder, Perihelion Systems
Sajid Iqbal, 27 Bangladesh
Founder, Change
Suhani Jalota, 23 India
Founder, Myna Mahila
Foundation
Aayushi KC, 28 Nepal
Founder, Khaalisisi Management
Seokjung Kim, Gina Park,
Minhyun Seong, 26, 25, 25
South Korea
Cofounders, Instinctus
Litia Kirwin, 30 Fiji
Founder, Loving Islands
Natalie Kyriacou, 29 Australia
Founder, My Green World
Lee Lin Swee, Lim Yuet Kim,
Ling Sook Shian, 24, 27, 25
Malaysia
Cofounders, The Picha Project
Li Tianchi, Sun Yue, 27, 28 China
Cofounders, Shenzhen Dianmao
Technology (Codemao)
Elaha Mahboob, 25 Afghanistan
Cofounder, Digital Citizen Fund
Rohit Nayak, 29 India
Cofounder, EcoAd
Kevin Otsuka, 29 Japan
Founder, ABC Coee Club
Sacheet Pandit, Nishan Chandi
Shrestha, Subash Shretha, 27,
28, 27 Nepal
Cofounders, Eco Cell IndustriesQin Yunquan, 28 Singapore
Cofounder, Kapap Academy
Ayman Sadiq, 26 Bangladesh
CEO, 10 Minute School
Ria Sharma, 25 India
Founder, Make Love Not Scars
Scott Stiles, 29 Hong Kong
Cofounder,
Fair Employment Agency
Ashleigh Streeter-Jones, Caitlin
Figueiredo, 24, 22 Australia
Cofounders,
Girls Takeover Parliament
Sam Waldo, 30 China
Cofounder, Mantra Eyewear
JUDGES
Paul Ronalds, CEO, Save the
Children Australia
Sally Begbie, Director,
Crossroads Foundation
Binod Chaudhary,
Philanthropist and Chairman,
Chaudhary FoundationSocial Entrepreneurs
Shriyans
Bhandari, Ramesh
Dhami, 23, 22
COFOUNDERS, GREENSOLE INDIA
Shriyans Bhandari and Ramesh Dhami
didn’t set out to be social entrepreneurs—
they did so by accident. The pair met
while training for marathons in Mumbai’s
Priyadarshini Park. While discussing their
concern about the environmental impact
of discarding a dozen pairs of running
shoes a year, they discovered that more
than a billion underprivileged people
have no access to footwear. This inspired
them to start Greensole.
Founded at the end of 2013, the
Mumbai social enterprise takes used
sneakers and converts them into sandals
that are then donated to hundreds of
thousands of beneficiaries across India—
especially schoolchildren from poor
backgrounds. “Donating shoes has
helped improve the attendance in rural
schools, indirectly impacting education
in villages,” says Bhandari.
So far, Greensole has tied up
with over 40 corporations, each
contributing $3 per donated pair,
enabling them to make 100,000
pairs a year. —R.W.30 UNDER 3034 | FORBES ASIA APRIL 2018
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