Jithin C. Nedumala

Founder & CEO – Make A Difference (MAD)

 

Jithin C Nedumala is the CEO and Co-founder of MAD (Make a Difference). MAD employs 4000 high potential college students from the top colleges in the country to deliver high impact family support at substantially lower costs to children living in orphanages and street shelters.

 

Founded in 2006, today MAD reaches out to 5000 children in 23 cities in India. Jithin believes that the most important support a child in a shelter home needs is a family and if the community comes together, we would be able to provide every child a family they can fall back on.

 

Jithin has spoken on this topic in many forums including Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Indian School of Business and Multiple IIMs andTedxs . Jithin is one of the few social entrepreneurs personally supported by Michelle Obama through her International Youth Engagement Program and was one of the contenders for the Forbes India 30 under 30 list.
Mr. Nedumala has been awarded the Ashoka Global Youth Social Entrepreneur award, Karmaveer Puraskar, Cordes Fellowship, Dasra peer grant and Youth Actionnet Fellowship for his contribution to society