Co-founder, Back to the Roots.
A Phi Beta Kappa scholar, Nikhil is a May 2009 summa cum laude graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, from the Haas School of Business and Department of Political Science.
Prior to founding Back to the Roots in 2009, Nikhil spent time involved in business development and operations advisory. He also spent nearly six months in 2007 studying and working at the University of Ghana, Legon to setup a campus-wide recycling program for the 30,000-person campus.
Since co-founding Back to the Roots, Nikhil has been named one of BusinessWeek’s Top 25 Entrepreneurs under 25, one of the Top 25 Social Entrepreneurs in America, UCLA’s Opportunity Green Top 25 Green Company Leaders, 2010 Social Venture Network Social Innovation winners, and 2010 Hitachi Young Entrepreneur Winners.
Nikhil also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Sage Mentorship Project.
Links for Nikhil
http://www.backtotheroots.com
www.sagementors.org
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