Samyak Chakrabarty

Managing Director, X Billion Labs
India

Listed by Forbes as one of Asia's most influential under 30 year olds: Samyak leads X Billion Labs: an ecosystem of impact enterprises (Skills Lab , Action Lab & Tech Lab) that collectively aim to positively transform 100 million lives over the next decade. He is re-imagining activism by building a framework for new age social movements which include transforming human behavior, partnering with key stakeholders (government, businesses & public institutions) for mutual benefit and leveraging new technologies like artificial intelligence, data science & tactical messaging. To create systemic change, he believes one must act in accordance to the present and future context while moving beyond conventional ideologies, restrictive belief systems and an anti establishment approach. Currently is he working on building 'Adopt India' a movement to transform policy, procedures & mindsets to enable a home of India's 2 crore+ abandoned children. His focus areas include population control, resource conservation, human rights, religious extremism & gender issues.