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Sriram Bharatam (Sri) is a Serial & Social Entrepreneur who created the world’s first internet based fund raising model, Cause an Effect Foundation, in the year 1999 to support the victims of a hurricane in India. Sri raised over US$1.5 million in 45 days by creating a global community of 18 million people which won him the prestigious Kauffman Award for Social Entrepreneurship in the year 2004.

Sri founded a Digital Strategy & Innovation consulting firm, iridium Interactive, serving over 700+ customers across Africa, the Americas, Europe & Asia in 2000. Rated as one of the top 100 innovators in India by NASSCOM, iridium under the leadership of Sri seized a public private partnership opportunity for mHealth in Kenya with Ministry of Health to build an Innovative disease programme management solution for Tuberculosis. This program, TIBU (in Kiswahili meaning Cure), got featured by WHO Global Tuberculosis report 2014 for its innovation and the way it has captured the unique patient records of over 280,000. TIBU is currently being replicated for HIV/AIDS programme in Kenya. This initiative won iridium Interactive Google Innovation Award in 2013.

Sri is currently spearheading the cause of Capacity building of Micro & Small entrepreneurs across Africa through Kuza Biashara (literally “Grow Business” in Kiswahili). Kuza is currently supporting over 25,000 small business owners across 20 locations in Kenya and won Kenya Vision 2030 Innovation Award and Tandaa Grant for local content innovation in 2012 & 13 respectively.

Sri championed and launched Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) in East Africa in 2013 and is currently the Chairman of EO Africa with over 300 members. Under his leadership EO East Africa has won the prestigious Randi Carroll Award globally in 2014.

Sri is an alumnus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and nominee for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.