Pakistan “I don’t see the Fellows through a political overlay. I see them as human beings, as other people working towards evolution, working towards growth.” – Zehra Farooq (Pakistan 2017) Zehra Farooq’s goal is to use tax policy to improve the lives of the poor. She is a Deputy Commissioner with the Federal Board of Revenue of Pakistan, where she aspires to transform the country’s tax programs to simultaneously improve economic performance and living conditions of those being left behind. ...

India “How can we steer technology in a way that it benefits society and the environment?”  —Sanjay Podder (India 2017) “No child will be deprived of education because of hunger.” —Shridhar Venkat (India 2014) Sanjay Podder is the managing director of Accenture Labs in Bangalore, India, where he is focused on solving complex social problems through the use of technology. Shridhar Venkat is a global leader in social enterprise and scalable nonprofit development whose organization, the Akshaya Patra Foundation, feeds 1.6 ...

United States “If there hadn’t been doctors in Tampa Bay who donated their time when I was young, my life would probably have been very different. Because of that I find my current work fulfilling and ironic”. – Jorge Riopedre (USA 2015) Jorge Riopedre admits that his life would likely have taken a far different course had it not been for doctors who cared for him when he was a child. “I was born with pretty significant health problems,” he ...