Pavitra Raja is the Partner & Business Engagement Lead, Strategic Partnerships at the World Economic Forum. Previously, Pavitra worked as the Programme & Engagement Lead on social innovation at the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum. Through her campaigns, Pavitra has reached 15 million people globally. She has also spearheaded pioneering programming on racial justice, social inclusion, indigenous culture, social innovation at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Pavitra has also consulted with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on international public policy advocacy and communications. She also has experience working in the private and public sectors in legal affairs, policy, and marketing/communications. Pavitra holds a Juris Doctor (specialising in Intellectual Property Law and International Law) along with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Political Sciences, and Marketing & Communications from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has also taken study abroad programmes at the University of Oxford, Maastricht University and the University of Gothenburg. Pavitra also speaks six languages.
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社会起業家は、特に従来の市場や関係機関がうまく機能していない分野において、既存のサービスの創造的破壊者ともいえる存在です。シュワブ財団のコミュニティの社会起業家だけでも、190以上の国々で6億2,200万人の生活にインパクトを与えてきた様子が、 シュワブ財団インパクト・レポートに記載されています。
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