26/03/2018
So, here comes the 2nd speaker for TEDxMNNIT. Smita Majumder is a US based entrepreneur, now in India working on spreading the spirit of entrepreneurship and global citizenship through two of her initiatives. She co-founded Youngpreneurs India, to make entrepreneurship education a part of the high school curriculum in India. She is the founder of Organization for Youth Engagement in Sustainability, India - O-YES India (oyesindia.org), an organization which aims to educate and engage Indian youth in the Sustainable Development Goals. She is also a member of the Global Action Committee for United Nations Teach SDGs to create global projects that promote the SDGs. Leaving India right after high school to pursue her higher education in the US, Smita has a Bachelors in Biomedical Technology, a Masters in Cancer Biology from the University of Massachusetts and worked in cancer research, but switched gears from science to do an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Johns Hopkins University. Her goal now is to focus on Indian youth to create entrepreneurial, global citizens, through a 'think globally, act locally' outlook.
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