CEO Naya Jeevan, Asher Hasan, tackles the issue of the socio-economic apartheid prevalent in Pakistani society by introducing the idea of world’s first child-to-child micro-finance scheme to reduce economic disparities.

About the speaker:

Asher is the founder and CEO of Naya Jeevan, a multinational social enterprise dedicated to providing low income families throughout the emerging world with affordable access to quality, catastrophic health-care. Asher was recently selected as a Draper Richards Social Entrepreneur Fellow for 2009-2011 that is accompanied with a $300,000 award, and is also an invited member of the Clinton Global Initiative for for 2009-2010 and a TED India Fellow. In addition, Ashar and Naya Jeevan are also the recipients of a $75,000 first prize in the 2008 NYU Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan competition. Prior to launching Naya Jeevan, Asher served in the capacity of Senior Director and Head of the US Medical Affairs Obesity team for Amylin Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA. He splits his time between Los Angeles, CA and Karachi, Pakistan.