Pakistani Entrepreneur Breaks the Glass Ceiling

Dr. Sono Khangarani, CEO of Acumen Fund investee Micro Drip and CEO of Thardeep Rural Development Program (RDP), was profiled recently in an article entitled “Breaking the Glass Ceiling” in the Dawn Review, a Pakistani newspaper. Dr. Sono has dedicated the past twelve years of his life improving the lives of the poor in the rural areas of Tharparkar, Mirpurkhas, Dadu and Khairpur districts of Sindh, Pakistan.

With the support from Acumen Fund, Dr. Sono and Thardeep recently set up a for-profit drip irrigation company – Micro Drip – that procures drip systems from India. Micro Drip then markets the systems to poor farmers in Thardeep’s network of 3,000 villages, with plans to expand to other water scarce regions in Pakistan. He has also led managerial, technical and social capacity-building efforts, including livestock management training, cooperative development and micro-credit initiatives.

Read the full article here.