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'''One Man Crusader Out to Save the World - Meet Navneet Singh Narula '''
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Navneet Singh Narula

Navneet Singh Narula is an award winning social entrepreneur, global development leader and humanitarian. He is the Chief 'Brilliance Officer' at nBrilliance Innovations where he focuses on managing change and leading innovation to help his clients deliver high performance.

Formerly, he was an executive at Accenture; where he focused on mergers and acquisitions for Wall Street clients and Fortune 500 companies. He was honored by Consulting Magazine as one of the “Top 30 Consultants in America”; recognized by Hillary Clinton as one of the “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business” and selected as one of the “Best Finance Executives” at American Business Awards.

He is also the Chief Leadership Officer at United Sikhs, a global UN mandated humanitarian relief NGO, where he has dedicated many months on site searching and rescuing people, bagging dead bodies, starting relief shelters, living in tents and serving victims of Tsunami in Asia, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Asian earthquake in Kashmir and Pakistan, Haiti earthquake and the recent Japan Tsunami.

He has led humanitarian projects across the world totaling over $USD 500 million dollars. For his global community service, he was honored as “Humanitarian of the Year” by MIB foundation and is the first Sikh to have been honored by President Obama for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award.

His current vision includes implementing a “Global Impact Campaign” that will activate 1 million citizens to volunteer in Human Rights causes and Human Development projects in their own communities.

Narula is on the founding Board of Directors of Asian American Legal Advocacy Center (AALAC), the first non-profit law center supporting Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Asian-ethnic refugees in the Southeast to protect and promote their civil, social and economic rights through public policy, community organizing, legal work and leadership development.

Has been named as ‘Top 40 Progressive Leaders in America’ in 2010 by New Leaders Council, honored by Atlanta Business Chronicle as ‘Top Up & Comers’ in 2007, Georgia Trend’s "40 under 40" and named “Outstanding Atlanta” honoree of the year.

Navneet has been looked up to help in global development and create innovative solutions for the world’s most pressing issues. He has also been selected as a prestigious American Marshall Memorial Fellow, an Asia21 Fellow, an Aspen Institute Fellow, New Leaders Council Fellow, Fuse Corps Fellow and Starting Bloc Fellow.

As the Founder of EMPOWER Punjab; he is working to launch an innovative social enterprise to empower hundreds of women (many of whom cope with HIV/AIDS; suffer from psychological trauma; have little formal education; women who care for several children and are the sole providers for their households) in rural India to lift themselves out of poverty.

Narula has been invited to the White House on numerous occasions discussing civil liberty, human rights and community advocacy issues. He meets with US senators frequently to bridge gaps between law makers and local citizens in policy making initiatives.

For his community service, Narula has been awarded the Community Change Visionary award; recognized with Seva Leadership Award, by Sikh Centennial foundation; won the Guru Nanak Benediction Award, in New York and was awarded the first Corporate Citizenship Volunteer of the Year by Accenture.

As a global leadership expert, he is often invited to give keynote speeches and inspired thousands including speaking at UN Forums, World Bank, German Marshall Fund, UC Berkley, Emory, Michigan State University, Home Depot, Accenture, UPS, NAAAP, United Way & many more. He has been profiled in major newspapers and appeared on major media such as - CNN, CBS, NBC, Omni TV, Forbes, etc.

Navneet graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business; has a Global Executive MBA from Georgetown University and has studied foreign policy and international development at the Walsh School of Foreign Service. Navneet is also a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Fanning Institute of Leadership; Cornell University’s Executive Program on Diversity Management. He has also studied at the ESADE School of Business and at Michigan State University.

A onetime internationally ranked tennis player, Navneet played NCAA Division 1 tennis at Michigan State University, where he serves on the Board of Directors. Navneet, who speaks 5 languages, has traveled to over 87 countries.


      • Some of his global accomplishments include:


- Selected by the premier Consulting magazine, as Top 30 Consultants in America 2008.

- Selected as Top 40 Progressive American Leaders by New Leaders Council, in 2011

- Selected by German Marshall Fund as the “American Marshall Memorial Fellow” 2008

- Recognized as Best MIS & IT Executive at International Business Awards 2007

- Humbled with the Humanitarian of the Year Award by Minorities in Business Foundation.

- Honored by Secy of State, Hillary Clinton as Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business

- Chosen as the Global Leadership Fellow for the Asia Pacific Leadership Program 2009

- Recognized by Georgia Trend as Top 40 Under 40 - Best and Brightest Leaders in America

- Selected to Asia Society’s Prestigious Asia 21 “Young Leaders Initiative” 2008 at Tokyo

- Selected as “Outstanding Atlantan” of the year 2008 – Atlanta’s Top Community Honor

- Honored as Atlanta’s Journal Constitution's "Top Up & Comers" 2007

- First & only person to be selected on all lists of Georgia's Top Leaders

- Selected to Leadership Georgia to work with elected officials and top businessmen

- Selected to Leadership Atlanta - country’s longest running community leadership program

- At just 29, he was the youngest Leader to be selected to Leadership Atlanta Program

- Awarded Community Change Visionary award for building a stronger South Asian Community

- Selected as the Best Finance Executive 2007 in New York, at the American Business Awards

- Recognized by Apex Society as Power 30 Award 2008 – America’s top thirty young leaders

- Honored Seva Leadership Award 2007 by Prime Minister of Canada at Centennial Foundation

- Honored with Michigan State University’s Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award 2007

- Won Accenture’s top honor - Corporate Citizenship - Volunteer Service Award winner

- Honored with Guru Nanak Benediction Award for exemplary humanitarian services


Below are a few of the organizations where he has advised and currently serves:

- National Board of Directors – Business School, Michigan State University - Global Board of Trustees - The Global Diversity Network - Board of Directors – The National Center for Global Engagement - Board of Directors – People to People International Atlanta - Elected Stakeholder - at Connect Atlanta World Transportation Plan - Board of Directors, The Civic League for Regional Atlanta - Board of Directors – National Association of Asian American Professionals - Board of Directors - MSU Alumni Club of Atlanta - Board of Advisors – The Giving Tree – help foster kids from abuse - Advisor & Innovation Consultant – Points of Light Institute – - Asian American Advisory Council - United Way - Executive Advisor – Network of Indian Professionals - Member, United Nations–Young Professionals for International Cooperation


Sources


Navneet's Linkedin Profile and Blog

You can reach him at - [email protected] or via Phone - +1.404.915.2300


Navneet Singh Narula is a graduate of Michigan State University who came to live in the USA in 1997. At Michigan State he had a variety of majors, from medicine to engineering to accounting, finally settling on a career in marketing. Today he is employes in the field of international business marketing in Lawrenceville GA., just northeast of Atlanta Georgia. He received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award the Michigan State University Alumni Association in October of 2007.


A Sikh who takes Seva Seriously


Navneet served as a volunteer for three months in the relief efforts after the devastating sunami of 2004 working in South India and the Nicobar Islands where he was a team leader cordinating 45 other volunteers. He also traveled to New Orleans after the devastion of Hurricane Katrina spending six weeks in service there. Later that fall he assisted in efforts to help the people of the Earthquake of Northwest India (Jammu & Kashmir-Poonch). He pioneered the first computer institute in Poonch.

He is a director of the Organization United Sikhs.

Around Atlanta he is actively involved in the local Gurdwara, giving the writer a memorable tour and warm welcome in the annual event held for the local community. For several years he actively manned the Sikh exhibit table at the annual Independance Day celebrations in August held at the Gwinett Civic Center.

Mr. Navneet Singh Narula's blog is at [1]

Sources


Sikhnet News