Age of enlightenment: Buddha Fellowship pulling in India's brightest minds

The Buddha Fellowship is attempting to pull in India's brightest minds to solve some of its most intractable problems

When he started his studies at IIM Kashipur, the last thing Ravi Gajraj, now 32, expected to be doing was working with indigenous sources of rice, millets and vegetable seeds. Like most of his seniors and peers, he expected to join the corporate rat race — an MNC, bank, consultancy firm or the like.

But during the second year of his MBA, Srijan’s Ved Arya visited his campus and made a case for students to do something for society at a large with their newly acquired skills. To put their knowledge to use to benefit others instead of focusing narrowly