NexusFaculty & Executive Social Benefit Immersion Trip to India: Part 2Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2012This is part 2 of our Immersion Trip series. You can view part 1 here. Wednesday, February 22
A morning workout means encountering social entrepreneurs from South Africa who are contemplating replication of HPS: small world theory in action?
After our flight to Delhi, the School of Engineering faculty visit IIT and the rest of the delegation visits Eko India Financial Services (Tech Awards '11).
 Mobile transaction at EKO in Delhi.
 Outside the EKO CSP (Customer Service Point).
Jasjit Mangat of Omidyar Networks joins us for dinner at The Kabab Factory.
Thursday, February 23
An early morning flight to Amritsar brings us to the Punjab.
Our drive to Rajeana exposes us to some of the realities of India: one of our two buses breaks down, then the remaining bus is stopped for a routine police check, revealing that our driver is unlicensed. We are not comforted to learn that he has applied.
eHealthPoint CEO Amit Jain (GSBI '08; Tech Awards '11) and Professor Sukhi Singh save the day through negotiations with the police and we are on our way once again.
We arrive in Rajeana to a formal greeting by the village elders.
 Greeting at Rajeana.
This full service eHealthPoint center includes a telemedicine consultation room, diagnostic lab, supply-chain validated pharmacy, and X-ray facility as well as a water point.
 Delegation, village elders, and eHP staff at Rajeana clinic.
 Ashley Kim with the Rajeana eHP diagnostic lab manager.
 Pharmacy and pharmacist at Rajeana eHealthPoint clinic.
Two NASSCOM Social Innovation Award winners: Anudip CEO Radha Basu and eHealthPoint CEO Amit Jain, at Rajeana.
The faculty take a now-repaired bus with a licensed driver to Sukhi’s village, where they are greeted with great fanfare, and spend the night. The rest of the delegation travels to a second eHealthPoint center in Gurusar.
 Susan and Sherrill with village children after distribution of See’s candies.
 SCU Trustee and Center Advisory Board member Bill Carter consults with the eHealthPoint physician by telemedicine.
We visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar during night prayers. We feel ignorant about the Sikh faith, and learn as we see the rituals and hear beautiful song.
 Golden Temple, Amritsar.
Friday, February 24
Friday morning, we fly back to Delhi, and after lunch nearly half the delegation departs for a shopping excursion, returning successfully before our farewell dinner at the Oberoi.
Satyan Mishra, Founder of Drishtee (GSBI '06) and eHealthPoint CEO Amit Jain, as well as his son – a prospective SCU student – join us to celebrate a transformational collective learning experience in social justice.
 Farewell dinner. Amit’s son is to the far left and Satyan is between Thane and Sherrill.
We hope you've enjoyed this series as much as we enjoyed visiting our amazing alumni in India!
Posted by Thane Kreiner
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