Atul Satija is the founder of the Nudge Foundation.
He was taken from engineering from the National Institute of Technology in 1994 – 1998. After a few years, he holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business from 2003-to 2004. He is an alumnus of the Indian School of Business.
After 17 years of starting, scaling, and turning around various businesses in some of the largest and most respected organizations globally, Atul decided to start The/Nudge Foundation to fulfill his passion for working on inequality and social issues facing India. He was previously the Chief Revenue Officer of InMobi. Prior to InMobi, he has worked in key positions at Google, Adobe, Samsung, and Infosys. He was also the Chairman of the board of a non-profit, EndPoverty. Atul has been named in the #40underForty list by The Economic Times in 2017.
He has worked with Google, Adobe, Samsung, and Infosys. Atul talks about the three key milestones in his life. He shares his motivation behind becoming a social entrepreneur. He talks about the mission of The/Nudge- poverty alleviation. He elucidates the concept of instilling entrepreneurial spark among the poor.
Atul states how a larger community in India could get introduced to the practice of donating.
He talks about spending time and resources on charity. He shares the values of The/Nudge Foundation. He elaborates on the work done by GiveIndia. He talks about the unheard facts related to donations in India. Atul defines success in a very unique way. Before concluding, he talks about his biggest learning from his biggest mistake.