Naveen Jha is passionate about the power of innovation and human ingenuity in solving problems and bringing about positive societal change. He is currently Senior Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) Fellow at Harvard Business School, Harvard University. Prior to Harvard, Naveen was the CEO of the Deshpande Foundation India, a leader in sustainable and scalable enterprises with quantifiable social and economic impact.
Naveen founded and led the Deshpande Education Trust, one of India’s biggest skill education providers for youth, Sandbox Startups, an entrepreneurship incubation ecosystem, and founded Leaders Accelerating Development, a leadership development program that has engaged 30,000 college students in societal problem-solving. He is the co-founder and past president of the Hubballi chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).