Venkatesh Geriti

Venkatesh Geriti is an Indian classical liberal, anti-corruption activist, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of swatantrata and India's Future Foundation, an educational organization in Hyderabad, and a scholar at Atlas Summit. Venkatesh received the Karmaveer Chakra Award and Global Fellowship Award in 2019.[1] He is a member of the Centre for Civil Society and an alumni of Foundation for Economic Education.[2]

Venkatesh Geriti
Venkatesh Geriti in 2015
Born
Hyderabad, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesVenkateswarlu Geriti
EducationBachelor of Technology
OccupationSocial entrepreneur and Tech professional
OrganizationSwatantrata Center
Known forAnti Corruption Activism
Home townPallipadu
AwardsKarmaveer Chakra Award

Early life and career

Venkatesh was born into a poor farmer family in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. He was the co-organizer and speaker at Start-Up Europe Week 2017 while he studied international business and development economics in Italy.[3] Geriti currently works as a tech professional in Cologne, Germany.[4]

Politics

Venkatesh is influenced with Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana and joined Lok Satta Party in his student life.[4]

Activism

Geriti was one of the founders of Youth for Better Indian (YBI), an anti-corruption youth organization that educates and organizes young people for supporting anti-corruption institutions and governance reforms. He was actively involved in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.[4]

Venkatesh has represented Indian organizations in various international conferences in countries like United States, China, Germany, Italy, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Nepal.[1][5]

He is a panel member of Liberty International World Conference.[6]

Awards
  • Karmaveer Chakra Award and Global Fellowship Award 2019 by the International Confederation of NGOs (ICANGO) and the United Nations (UN)[7]
  • Delhi Youth Award 2017 by India youth Foundation[8]

References
  1. "Workshop on liberty entrepreneurship ends". The Hindu. 13 July 2015.
  2. Grossman, Jennifer Anju; CEO, ContributorAtlas Society; director, former Cato Institute policy; Bush, former speechwriter for President H. W. (8 November 2016). "Rand Rising in India: Entrepreneurial Philosophy Attracts New Interest in Ancient Civilization". HuffPost.
  3. "Startup Europe Week Parma | EmiliaRomagnaStartUp". EmiliaRomagna STARTUP (in Italian).
  4. "Why Venkatesh Geriti wants India's youth to storm politics and shape policy". The New Indian Express.
  5. "Venkatesh Geriti". Atlas Network.
  6. "Liberty International Conference 2018 Kraków". physicsoflife.pl.
  7. "Hyderabad man on the path of digital activism". The New Indian Express.
  8. "Venkatesh Geriti". Liberty International World Conference.
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