Our intent is to convert complainers into problem solvers: Desh Deshpande

Interview with venture capitalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Innovation and entrepreneurship do not always go hand-in-hand, especially when one is looking at social innovation. India-born and Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and investor, Guruaj ‘Desh’ Deshpande, tried to do this in India almost a decade earlier, with the starting of Sandbox at Hubballi in Karnataka in 2006. In an interview with Raghu Krishnan and Bibhu Mishra, he talks about the success of that model and why there is a growing need of social innovation in India. Edited excerpts:

Taking innovations and problem solving ability to the bottom of the pyramid has been Sandbox’s motto. What has been your learning in the