My name is Shweta and I ​work with ​ ​Gramonnati as a Consultant (Pro Bono). I left corporate job 8 years back to work in the sphere of skill development, education and behaviour change. With limited exposure in last few years, I am convinced that India needs bottom up models working parallel to government, especially in villages. For past 1 year and in future, I want to focus my energies to such models. I am committed to rural transformation and reali​s​e that unless we tap the talent amongst the youth in rural areas and develop them as grass-root leaders, sustainable change will not happen. If migration from rural to urban areas is to be stopped and then finally reversed, there is a need to create entrepreneurs locally within rural communities. Nothing democrati​s​es wealth better than micro-entrepreneurship. This is the belief with which we have started our journey to develop 10,000 rural entrepreneurs in next five years. Investing INR 100,000 in an individual to transform her/him into an entrepreneur is, in my opinion, a very fruitful and smart investment. Each rural entrepreneur so developed, becomes a role model to many others. Over a period of time, through their micro-enterprises, they will become job-creators in their communities and possibly, help develop many more entrepreneurs locally. Our villages are the bedrock of our nation and a stronger rural community is what will make us a nation to contend with, over the next few decades. I strongly believe that we can nurture young rural boys and girls to be engines of hope and transformation in their communities. Please support my campaign.