Paul Basil

Paul Basil founded Villgro in 2001 with the mission of incubating early-stage, innovative businesses and has since worked in discovering thousands of innovations and innovators, and incubated over 100 businesses that have had an impact on the lives over more than 15 million people living in India. Paul also co-founded Villgro Innovation Marketing Pvt Ltd, a unique retail chain for innovative products targeting the rural poor. ​He has contributed to building the social enterprise eco-system in India through several initiatives – Unconvention, a platform for events on innovation and social entrepreneurship, the Villgro Fellowship that recruits global mid-career professionals to experience social entrepreneurship. Paul was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2002 for his outstanding social entrepreneurship in setting up Villgro.