Vineet Rai is founder and the CEO of Aavishkaar Venture Management Service which is India's first Social Venture Capital Firm. He is also chairman and co-founder of Intellecap. Prior to Aavishkaar, he was the CEO of Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN), an incubator for rural innovations and ventures based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He has co-authored several papers with Professor Anil Gupta at IIM Ahmedabad on issues concerning rural and micro innovations. He also features in Rashmi Bansal's book: I have a Dream. He holds a Post-Graduate diploma in Forestry Management from Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal[4]