Jaideep Bansal is Chief Executive Officer of Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), an award-winning social enterprise that is bringing technology and tourism together and deploying clean power to remote communities in India. Under his leadership, GHE has impacted more than 100,000 lives through solar electrification of villages, schools, and health centres across India, while creating meaningful livelihoods through sustainable tourism. GHE has been endorsed and acknowledged by the United Nations, World Economic Forum and World Travel & Tourism Council, and has been featured in documentaries by National Geographic and the BBC. Bansal’s work on sustainable rural development has inspired many at key international forums such as the G20, Davos, SEforAll and the ADB. He has been featured repeatedly at Davos among the top leaders inspiring change in the world. Bansal has served as the Foundation Board Member of the Global Shapers Community and is currently the Community Champion of India and Nepal. An Asia Foundation Fellow 2020, he is also an adviser to the Government of India on sustainable development for remote communities of India.