New Delhi: The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, the sister organisation of the World Economic Forum and the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation of Jubilant Bhartia Group has announced Ashraf Patel of Pravah & ComMutiny Youth Collective (CYC) as the winner of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award - India 2020.

The award was presented by union minister Smriti Zubin Irani on Friday during a virtual ceremony in presence of eminent personalities from different fields from across the world.

"I acknowledge and appreciate the contribution of Schwab Foundation and Jubilant Bhartia Foundation in celebrating social entrepreneurs.

I would like to congratulate all the social entrepreneurs who have been considered by the esteemed jury for this prestigious award. This award today highlights to the rest of our country, that compassion is not only the most endearing but also an equally profitable business skill. Those who have come to this platform are the champions of digital India,' Smriti Irani said.

Ashraf Patel has been bringing revolutionary change through development of a generation of empathetic, sensitive youth change-makers in India.

It is doing so, through psycho-social interventions and helping them build more inclusive

identities & societies.

'The World Economic Forum is very much involved in helping fight the pandemic. I am looking forward to having India very well represented in our activities because India is a major force in shaping the future and has to be very prominently engaged,' Prof Klaus Schwab, Founder & Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum and Co-Founder the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship said.

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