Paul Basil

Paul grew up in a family of doctors in Kerala, but was inspired to become a social entrepreneur by India’s milkman, Verghese Kurien. This journey fueled him to both earn a degree from the Indian Institute of Forest Management and set up Villgro — a social enterprise incubator that brings scalable innovations to the rural poor. Through these efforts, Paul has impacted over 15 million lives in India — a considerable feat for which he was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2002.