Onkar Pandey

Livelihoods | Agritech | Sustainability | Enabling ecosystem l Learner I Development Practitioner

Role: Zonal Head- North India at Social Alpha
Location: Lucknow, UP, IN
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

About Onkar Pandey

Coordinating the India Agritech Incubation Network (IAIN) program, IAIN is the initiative for strengthening the Agritech startups ecosystem, IAIN envisions creating an enabling ecosystem for innovators and entrepreneurs developing solutions for small and marginal farmers in order to help them become more productive, profitable and empowered.Working with the grassroot organizations, thought leaders, Institutions and government departments to curate the key challenges of the agriculture sector. Along with the relevant partners, incubators and IIT Kanpur we are trying to get the innovators and startups to solve these issues. During this course we are closely working with Agritech startups to support them to develop their products/services, build their teams, leverage finances and get the best lab and mentor access. We are supporting them with pilot opportunities to validate their solutions and facilitating their market reach.

Experience

Zonal Head- North India
Social Alpha
Dec 2024 — Present
Coordination of the Social Alpha and Sustain plus engagements across north India

Education

NPS LUCKNOW
INTERMEDIATE, MATHS
University of Pennsylvania
Certificate course , Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
2021 — 2021
HCL FOUNDATION ACADEMY
Corporate social responsibility: It's applied aspects , Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
University of Lucknow
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Political Science and Government
2006 — 2007

Skills

Multiple Project Coordination
Powerpoint
Microsoft Excel
Strategic Planning
English
Institution Building Support
Microsoft Word
Women Empowerment
Public Speaking
Government Liason
Rural Development
Research
Negotiation
Microsoft Office
Team Facilitation
Budgets

Contact information

Verified work emails, personal emails, and direct dials — unlocked in one click.

Work email
•••••@socialalpha.org
Personal email
•••••@•••••.com
Direct dial
+•• ••• ••• ••••

Unlock verified contacts

Free to start · No credit card required

Current company

Social Alpha

Non-Profit Organizations · 133 employees · Founded 2015 · Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Some of the most complex challenges in global development require breakthrough innovations to create meaningful impact for people and the planet. Social Alpha is an operating philanthropy that supports science- and technology-led innovations addressing critical social, economic, and environmental issues. Since its inception in 2016, Social Alpha has developed into a multi-stage innovation-curation and venture-development platform. It has supported over 400 startups, awarded more than 200 catalytic grants, and made over 100 seed investments. Through real-world pilots, scale-up programmes, and ecosystem partnerships, Social Alpha has helped unlock in excess of $100 million to de-risk innovations and enable market adoption. Consequently, portfolio companies have attracted more than $150 million in follow-on investments, including mainstream venture capital and strategic investments. At the core of Social Alpha’s full-stack lab-to-market model is its ability to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and real-world impact—supporting innovators in designing, validating, and deploying solutions that improve lives and protect the planet. Social Alpha\'s innovation portfolio has been implemented in over 400 districts across 28 states, positively affecting the lives of around 3.5 million. Sectoral achievements include the adoption of more than 20 MedTech innovations in both the public and private sectors, the deployment of distributed renewable energy systems across households, the access of affordable technologies to more than smallholder farmers to increase incomes while lowering risks and reducing drudgery, and the diversion of nearly tonnes of waste from landfills. Overall, the portfolio has an estimated CO2e avoidance potential of up to approximately 1 gigatonne per year by 2030. Social Alpha has demonstrated that impactful innovations can be developed, de-risked, and deployed by aligning incentives across society, markets, and the state.

socialalpha.org

Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn

Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.

Start for free See how it works

Free plan included · No credit card required

This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.

About Onkar Pandey

Experience

Zonal Head- North India

Education

NPS LUCKNOW

University of Pennsylvania

HCL FOUNDATION ACADEMY

University of Lucknow

Skills

Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn