Asia is a region of extremes. This program looks at two countries that stand almost at opposite ends on the spectrum – India and Singapore. What brings these two very different countries together? A growing drive towards sustainability and social entrepreneurship at multiple levels. Interact with a variety of fair-trade enterprises fighting against the exploitation of labor and resources. Engage with NGOs and social enterprises offering micro-financing to small-scale business and cottage industries in India. Meet with enterprises recycling and harnessing India’s natural resources – particularly solar and biomass energy. Explore the challenges and innovations in the sanitation and hygiene field, another major obstacle across Asia. In Singapore, you will engage with a leading social-entrepreneur who is working to overcome this social challenge globally. You will also interact with a variety of companies that are actively engaged in renewable energy technologies.