Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Suminter's Sameer Mehra is Welcomed as Endeavor India's First High-Impact Entrepreneur

Suminter's Sameer Mehra is Welcomed as Endeavor India's First High-Impact Entrepreneur: "Endeavor India (www.endeavorindia.org), a non-profit organization supporting “high-impact” entrepreneurs, selected its first high-impact entrepreneur Sameer Mehra, CEO of Suminter India Organics, to join Endeavor’s global network at an International Selection Panel held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Suminter (www.suminterindiaorganics.com) converts small-scale farms to organic standards, and then buys the produce at a premium for export to the global market. Certified by Fair Trade, Suminter currently works with over 4,000 Indian farmers, whose farms are certified by global agencies like SKAL to meet US and European organic standards.

“Entrepreneurs like Sameer represent the high-impact potential necessary to jumpstart economic growth in developing markets worldwide and transform their cultures” said Endeavor Co-founder & CEO Linda Rottenberg. “Sameer bridges the gap between small-scale farmers and would-be consumers to bring healthy and socially-responsible goods to market.”

Endeavor identifies and supports innovative emerging-market entrepreneurs with high-impact potential to help grow their enterprises, create high-value jobs and become role models. The International Selection Panel is the culmination of a rigorous multi-step search and selection process where top business leaders interview and"

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