Before Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, 61, began his journey as the founder and CEO of one of India’s largest microfinancing entities, he was a young boy who helped his father run the family’s sweet shop in Tripura, where he was born. His days entailed juggling academics and the shop before he obtained a Master’s degree in Statistics from Dhaka University. All through his childhood, he was moved by the brutal penury he saw all around him, specifically when he began working with various NGOs, including BRAC that creates opportunities for people living in poverty. Here, he experienced firsthand how poverty-stricken people from remote villages were leading their lives, and what it would entail to offer them a better future.
“I had the opportunity to travel to different corners of West Bengal and understand the lives of the people living in these remote areas. That was the time I began asking myself whether I could only provide health and education awareness or if I could find a way to…