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LALIT GAUTAM

Lalit is the CEO and Founder of the Awarded Social enterprise Sensegrass Inc. He is a third-generation farmer and the only entrepreneur in the world awarded 8 Startup residencies by nations including US extraordinary O1-A recipient, UK Innovator, French Tech Ticket, etc. Lalit has a degree in pharmaceutical Medicine (Pharm Doc) with an MBA in International marketing and entrepreneurship with over 12 years of startup experience. TEDx Speaker, Two times Forbes 30 Under 30 for Technology Manufacturing for India and Europe, MIT 35 Under 35. Lalit has One exit and founded 3 startups. Born and grew up in a small village in Uttar Pradesh to the most awarded Agriculture entrepreneurs in the world.

Lalit is the Founder and CEO of Sensegrass. Sensegrass is a moonshot Agri tech company solving the biggest issue of soil fertility by predicting and eliminating the excess fertilizers from the soil to help small-scale farmers grow faster and healthier.

Lalit is also a public speaker and has spoken on various topics from the Future of SDGs to Civic education in the Arab world, unsustainable business model importance in startups to Human IQ vs the Future of AI, etc at various platforms including UN HQ in Geneva.

Being a Farmer Lalit is passionate about environmental and biodiversity issues, He is a climate reality leader, Audi Environmental Fellow, Ashoka Changemaker Exchange, and Bosch fellow. Nominated by PM for Climate leader as well.