In the introductory episode of the Indiaspora Intersections Series, Indiaspora Managing Director- Global East and CEO-India, Sreekumar Nair sits down with the former President of Mauritius, His Excellency Prithvirajsing (Pradeep) Roopun in Cape Town, South Africa.

In this episode of Indiaspora Intersections, we were pleased to welcome two esteemed leaders in the nonprofit world, Anil Soni, CEO of the WHO Foundation and Manisha Bharti, CEO of Pratham USA and a global executive at Pratham Worldwide. Together they explore their personal motivations for choosing their career paths, and their professional journeys both in the US and internationally. Both leaders point to their immigrant parents and early exposure to global inequities as the primary forces behind their lifelong commitment to service.

The conversation moved through the importance of cultivating talent, the role of public-private partnerships in the nonprofit sector, and the balance between local and international giving, closing on a reflection about the value of giving not just to society, but to oneself. The episode concludes with rapid-fire questions revealing the guests' interests in Formula 1, tennis, and global cuisine.