Dr. Poornima Dore is Director, Analytics, Insights & Impact at the Tata Trusts. She earlier led the Structured Investments vertical at Tata Capital Ltd. Her experience ranges from villages to businesses. She is an advocate of harnessing risk capital for sustainable growth and development. Dr Dore serves on the boards of select institutions and ministerial committees. She is well published, her latest book being Regional Economic Diversity – Lessons from an Emergent India, and is a visiting faculty at the XLRI School of Management. She is also a vocalist and western percussionist (drummer).