The 12th Annual Conference of The Boston Pledge presents: Mr. Kapil Mandal, a perfect representation of Leadership and Entrepreneurship, will talk about his experience of how he applied innovative models of microfinance in transforming a very challenged environment at Lakhikantapur (a small village 70km south of Calcutta, India), disadvantaged by salty and barren soil only 30 years ago, from despair and hopelessness to an Oasis of Hope & Possibilities – nurturing a forward looking economically selfsufficient green community.