Emil Kuruvilla is currently an MBA Candidate at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He has over 7 years of experience in marketing and fundraising. In that time, he worked for innovative social-impact organizations, including the American India Foundation (AIF) and the Deshpande Foundation. As the Senior Development & Communications Officer for AIF, Emil helped the organization raise over $3 million in funds. Between 2009 - 2015, he managed marketing and communications for the Deshpande Foundation. In his first two years, he worked in the Foundation's center in Karnataka (India) and trained over 200 local entrepreneurs in areas such as photography and video. After his stint in India, Emil worked in the Foundation's Massachusetts center (Entrepreneurship for All), and helped local entrepreneurs launch various types of ventures, ranging from the food to technology spaces.