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Pratik Gauri
Social entrepreneur creating 5th Industrial Revolution
Pratik is the India CEO of United States based 5th Element Group, CoFounder/Chairman of India Needs You - a leadership movement, and has held executive positions with the TATA Group. Through 5thelement.group, he is creating the 5th Industrial Revolution by working with brands to amplify their brand warmth by unlocking millions of dollars for social causes using the shared language of the UN SDGs. He is using frontier technology to engage the bottom billion in creating quantum leaps for humanity, and for a better planet. Through INY, he has hosted 15+ impact convenings in the spaces of law / entrepreneurship /public policy / women empowerment and has equipped 25k+ young adults with a leadership toolkit. Pratik has represented India at the United Nations, Skoll World Forum, Nobel Peace Prize Forum and has been recognised as Asian Youth Inspiration by Nepal’s Vice President, Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum, Climate Reality Leader trained by US Vice President Al Gore, Fellow at Startup Leadership Program, ChangeMaker at Global Action on Poverty amongst others. Pratik is a recognised public speaker and an established writer contributing to Real Leaders, World Economic Forum, MIT Technology Review, among others. With 100k+ followers, he is a social media influencer and believes in using the power of digital media to create change. Pratik holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and a Certificate in Strategic Management of Non Profits from the University of Chicago.