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]
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Born | Hyderabad, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Venkateswarlu Geriti |
Education | Bachelor of Technology |
Occupation | Social entrepreneur and Tech professional |
Organization | Swatantrata Center |
Known for | Anti Corruption Activism |
Home town | Pallipadu |
Awards | Karmaveer 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
- "Workshop on liberty entrepreneurship ends". The Hindu. 13 July 2015.
- 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.
- "Startup Europe Week Parma | EmiliaRomagnaStartUp". EmiliaRomagna STARTUP (in Italian).
- "Why Venkatesh Geriti wants India's youth to storm politics and shape policy". The New Indian Express.
- "Venkatesh Geriti". Atlas Network.
- "Liberty International Conference 2018 Kraków". physicsoflife.pl.
- "Hyderabad man on the path of digital activism". The New Indian Express.
- "Venkatesh Geriti". Liberty International World Conference.