Kalpana Sankar

Dr Kalpana Sankar is a nuclear physicist, social entrepreneur and the Managing Director of Belstar, a microfinance company. She is the recipient of the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar, Bal Kalyan Puraskar, and the inaugural Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa Global Award for Women’s Empowerment, from the Kingdom of Bahrain. Author of Childhood Regained and Microfinance for a Million Smiles, Dr Sankar lives in Chennai with her family and loves connecting with innovative entrepreneurs and out-of-the-box thinkers.