Past Featured PROGRAM
360 Deep Dive India
Explore the latest social innovations for developing markets while building skills to unleash capital for good.
If we could spread new approaches—through business and nonprofits, and with the right investments—to address problems more successfully and at a bigger scale than in the past, how might we do it?
Impact Investment
Impact investors around the world are providing the capital to scale sustainable solutions, generating both financial returns and positive impact in education, poverty, health and more. And the sector is growing rapidly, from $135 billion in 2015 to $307 billion by 2020.
Explore the latest innovations in impact investment in the dynamic context of Northern India while building practical skills and first-hand experience in this cutting-edge field at the intersection of money and meaning.
WHO IS IT FOR?
Student Leaders
Graduate or advanced undergraduate students with a drive to tackle social or environmental issues, seeking to build international networks, and gain hands-on experience. Build professional career prospectives in finance, impact investing, international development, social entrepreneurship, and more.
Young Professionals
Young professionals looking for an opportunity to change careers paths, grow their networks, or deepen skillsets related to investment due diligence, impact evaluation, social entrepreneurship, and more.
Rising Entrepreneurs
Young entrepreneurs seeking to deepen their experience and connections with a global network of investors and entrepreneurs. Reflect, gain perspective and find collaborators to grow an enterprise while engaging in peer learning.
PROGRAM’S HIGHLIGHTS
Advanced Course
PIM’s rigorous curriculum comes from leading experts at Duke’s Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship, Asha Impact and the Jindal Center for Social Entrepreneurship, master essential concepts and study impact investment frameworks to lay a professional foundation.
Meet Innovative Changemakers
Visit investors, fund managers and entrepreneurs to explore India’s vibrant impact investing ecosystem. Roundtable discussions with investors such as Ford Foundation, government agency Invest India and Social Alpha, the impact investment arm of India’s highest-value corporation Tata. Get into the field with Swatsi, a financing model transforming primary healthcare for low-wage workers and ed-tech start up TeachersApp, empowering teachers at the bottom-of-the-pyramid.
Local Immersion
Cook a community meal in a Sikh temple kitchen and reflect on the meaning of service in the context of Indian culture. See daily life in a Delhi slum and learn from locals about education, electricity, hygiene and more as you wander through narrow alleyways. Explore the white marble and red sandstone palaces of the Taj Mahal.
Practice Social Innovation
Workshops with local entrepreneurs and impact investors to brainstorm opportunities for scaling tech and business solutions to create positive change in China and India in industries including education, environmental pollution, health technology and more.
Develop Investment Strategy
Work with local entrepreneurs, coffee growers, and ecotourism companies to design strategies for scale and engage with changing China-Africa narratives. Discuss Rwanda’s Vision2020 with officials at the national government’s International Growth Centre.
PERKS
Social Investment Certificate
Earn a certificate recognizing your training and skills in impact investment. Recommendation letters available for exceptional participants.
PIM Global Community
Join our global community of young leaders (including the United Nations, Forbes, World Economic Forum and other outstanding youth organizations) to find peers who share a mission for social impact.
Access To PIM Resources
Continue to access mentorship, professional development opportunities and networks for social impact through PIM’s global network. As a community, apply skills to lead mission-driven investments and social innovation in your career, communities and beyond.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAID
Partners
