CCI Alumni Webcast: Building a Purpose-Driven Business: Insights from an Entrepreneur and Social Innovator

Date:

Thursday, October 22, 2024 at 10:00am Eastern Time (Washington, DC)
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Description:

Join us for an inspiring alumni webinar featuring Pradeep Kumar (India, Whatcom Community College, Tourism and Hospitality, 2011-12), an entrepreneur who has successfully founded both a business and a non-profit organization. In this session, Pradeep will share valuable lessons learned from navigating the challenges of starting and scaling a business and promoting social impact. From initial concept to impact-driven success, participants will gain practical insights into building a venture that balances profitability with purpose. Whether you’re aspiring to launch your own business or looking to integrate social responsibility into your professional journey, this webinar offers essential guidance and inspiration.

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About Your Presenter:

Pradeep Kumar is a tourism professional and founder of Delhi by Locals in India. The company offers Tours across India, all led by experienced and local guides. “We exist because we love our work, meeting people, helping them to understand our culture and giving them positive, vibrant memories of India,” Kumar says.

Delhi by Locals hosts solo travelers and up to medium-sized groups on both well-known tours as well as or ones customized to special interests. The company has also been chosen by an international travel company to conduct name-branded tours on their behalf.

Pradeep and his company have been featured in many international media like Australian magazine Belle. He has spoken at international travel conferences and his company has been rated “excellent” by 99% of the nearly 600 reviewers posting on Trip Advisor, earning it Certificates of Excellence in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Pradeep holds a Master’s in tourism and hospitality management, and has spent a year on a U.S. State Department scholarship studying in Washington State (CCIP program at Whatcom community college that impacted his life a lot).

Running a tour business is not Pradeep’s only passion, however. In 2017 he began setting aside half of his profits to open Learning by Locals (learningbylocals.org), a registered NGO in Sanjay Colony, a low-income and underserved community in New Delhi. The after-school program attracts 1000+ students to its regularly offered classes in its own dedicated space, helping them develop or hone their skills in spoken and written English, computer science, music, theater and other disciplines. As their aspirations grow, the students are introduced to mentors in other NGOs and the local business community and to cities beyond Delhi where their careers may blossom. Learning by Locals has spontaneously generated a global support network, some of them former Delhi by Locals clients.

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