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Interview with Niharika Hanglem, Program Director at Kaplan Institute and Board Director at Delta Institute.

As the Program Director at Illinois Tech's Kaplan Institute, She is leading the design and development of Kaplan Institute’s programmatic frameworks. If you are working to advance equity in entrepreneurship and drive transformative change in the innovation and startup ecosystem, get in touch with her.

Prior to that, she consulted for the Melinda Gates-backed GET Cities initiative and the USAID-funded Global Innovation Exchange initiative. She was also an Innovation and Entrepreneurship consultant for the World Bank, working on various social innovation projects for 5+ years. And a StartingBloc Fellow building on her passion to create significant social impact using market-based solutions for innovative projects across service delivery models.

She has over 13 years of work experience in the social innovation space and her expertise covers innovative business models, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She has worked for various startups, social enterprises, and the private sector. Some of her notable projects include: built an ecosystem diagnostic of the social enterprise sector in Asia and Africa, facilitated and showcased the use of big data innovations in global projects, conducted impact assessments for 150+ schools in the urban slums of India, launched a first-of-its-kind school choice initiative, supported the design and deployment of the 108 emergency medical service, and launched the inaugural India Demo Day showcasing innovative startups in NYC.

Born and raised in India, Niharika earned an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies & a Masters in Sociology from the University of Mumbai.

Key Highlights:

• Research


• Economic Dynamic and Social Work


• Social Innovation, Social Enterprises, and Social Entrepreneurship

Memorable Quotes:

• “Fundamentally I am a researcher” - Niharika Hanglem, Program Director at Kaplan Institute


• “When I look at my work, I always try to bring empathy to it” -  Niharika Hanglem, Program Director at Kaplan Institute


• “There is a difference between Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, and Social Entrepreneurship. Social Innovation is the idea, Social Enterprise is the delivery model and Social Entrepreneurship is a mindset.”-  Niharika Hanglem, Program Director at Kaplan Institute

Useful Links and Resources:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/niharikahanglem/


• https://chihacknight.org/events/2020/10/06/get-cities.html

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