Dear friends,
Breaking away from the convention of conducting the monthly programs on third Saturdays, this time, we will gather on Sunday October 14, 3:00 PM at Jai Hind College, A Road, Churchgate. We have the privilage of organizing an interactive talk with Ashish Goyal, an individual with many firsts to his credit. For a glimpse of his accomplishments , please read his brief profile given below. BGFI presents this platform for Students, budding professionals, and all of you to chat with an inspiring person and learn more about his challenges and achievements, with the hope of motivating you to dream big and make a difference. In addition, we have two more programmes scheduled: -Continuing our tradition of celebrating the Readers Day in October, we will express our appreciation and gratitude to readers who have been selflessly opening up the printed world to us. - As an encouragement, we will felicitate the new visually impaired graduates. For any querries please contact: Dinesh Sarayia on 9969029700 or Sanjeev Chaodhari on 9820637390 We look forward to your participation. Ashish Goyal's Profile Ashish Goyal is a portfolio manager at a leading macro hedge fund based out of London. He has been investing for the last 10 years in the global financial markets with a focus on Asia. He is also a keen investor in start-ups across the world, and looks for zealous entrepreneurs with innovative ideas. Ashish was the first visually impaired student to graduate with an MBA from The Wharton School. He went on to work at JP Morgan's Chief investment Office, becoming the first visually impaired trader in the world. In 2010, he was honoured by the President of India with the nation's highest civilian award--the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Outside of global markets, Ashish is very active in philanthropy. In the last three years, he has raised more than $50,000 for causes ranging from education of poor children in India to medical research on blindness, and International Peace and Leadership. His fundraising activities have involved hikes in Southern England, a run in Battersey Park, and various speaking and dinner engagements. He is on the Retinitis Pigmentosa Young Professionals committee for Fighting Blindness--a leading Blind charity based in the UK. Ashish is passionate about theatre and supports The Print Room, a new theatre based in Notting Hill in West London. He plays blind cricket for the Metro London cricket team and is an active member of the Serpentine running club in Hyde Park. For the last year and a half, he has been working to perfect his moves dancing the Argentinian tango. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
