Puneet Ahira

Activist, Change Agent, Connector, Consultant, Global soul, Project manager, Public servant, Scientist, Technologist, Writer/Editor

Puneet served as the Program Director of Solve for X - an open moonshot platform powered by Google[x]. She discovers and attracts individuals and organizations working on tech moonshots and uses the convening power of Google to accelerate their progress. Before joining Google she was a portfolio analyst at Goldman Sachs, where she systematically identified structurally-advantaged companies, poised to disrupt their industries over the coming decades. She served on the Board of Directors for Colin Powell's non-profit - America's Promise, co-founded an NGO called Freedom's Answer, and co-authored a book on civic activism under the same title. Puneet received her BSc and MSc from Oxford University.

Ecosystem thinking in the Anthropocene, Engaging younger people in global policy-making, Re-crafting the American narrative, Aaron Sorkin & idealism, Christopher Nolan & social morality, and Tolstoy.

Makako floating schools http://www.nleworks.com/case/makoko-floating-school/

Agriculture and Food Security, China and Greater Asia, Civic Engagement, Leo Tolstoy, Makako, Lagos, Metabolists, New York City, Positioning, Science Communication, Technology - Architecture and Design

Writing.