Sumit Ghosh - UPG Champion
Sumit Ghosh is the Founding Director and Chief Mentor of the not-for-profit organization Sankalp Micro Association. With 33 years of professional experience in various Fortune 100 companies, he has held the role of Vice President and worked across India and abroad. Sumit holds an Honours Degree in Economics from Calcutta University and a Postgraduate Degree in Banking and Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
At Sankalp, Sumit and his team focus on women’s empowerment, quality education, and environmental protection. His environmental project, “Hirava,” has been recognized and included in a white paper for policy recommendations to the G20 Summit. Sumit has also been invited to present a paper at the Civil2023 platform, the civil society platform of the G20, on the topic of “Technology, Security & Transparency.”
He has been featured and received awards in various categories, including the 2023 Tata Social Enterprise Challenge and the Glenmark Foundation Award for Nutrition. His research paper on women’s empowerment has been published in a book by NABARD. Sumit is a graduate in Green Digital Skills from INCO Academy, Paris, sponsored by Microsoft and LinkedIn, and is a core team member of the Climateaction.tech #EcoWeb project. Additionally, he is a certified mentor by GMI, USA, and City & Gold, UK, and regularly mentors graduate and postgraduate students across the globe.