Report: Hyderabad AndPurpose Forum

From Madhukar Swayambhu, Research Head of the Indian Blue Community Vaidic Srijan LLP and Head Secretary of the Blue Community South Asia Coordination Committee:

AndPurpose Forums Hyderabad 2026 coupled with Sustainability & Social Impact Summit discussing and exploring “Tech & AI for Good’” was held at t-hub, Hyderabad, Gachchi Baoli on 17^th July, 2026.

AndPurpose is a social enterprise, where they believe in the power of creativity, the influence of storytelling, and the impact of genuine action. Beyond buzzwords like DEI/ESG, they’re committed to real change that resonates with the communities they aim to serve. They are the platform to establish long-lasting mutually beneficial relationships between social enterprises, startups, impact investors and NGOs / CBOs, for which they plan and execute online and offline events, symposiums, seminars and webinars etc.

Blue Community has been a network partner with AndPurpose, wherein we’ve been promoting the event and the opportunities across our network. Due to the geographical proximity, the Blue Community South Asia is working closely with them. Therefore, the event also enabled 1^st physical meeting of the Core Committee of Blue Community South Asia also happened at the site consisting of Ms. Sreelakshmi Panigrahi, Head – (NGO Coordination, Outreach & Memberships), Padmalochan Bagh, Head – (Social Media & Event Management), Samir Kumar Sahu, Head – Government Coordination and Madhukar Swayambhu, Secretary & Academic Relationships. Although due to a few unforeseen circumstances, Ms. Sreelakshmi and Mr. Samir couldn’t join in physically on the said date, but the official brochure release of the Blue Community happened during the event too.

Apart from that the event witnessed, formal introduction of the Blue Community South Asia to 20+ innovators and startups, 200+ Change makers from 30+ sectors, 30+ thought leaders from various organisations like Mr. Masood Mallik, Managing Director & CEO | Re Sustainability who was in the fireside chat with Ms. Kamna Hazrati, Founder & CEO of AndPurpose, Vamsi Udayagiri (Founder & CEO of Hesa), Radhika Choudary (Co-Founder at Freyr Energy Services Private Limited), Samrat Basak (Director, Foundation for Resilience Actions), Venkat Rajaraman (CEO of Cygni Energy Private Limited), V Laxmikanth (Managing Partner, Pavestone), Namita Banka (Founder & MD of Banka BioLoo Limited), Dr. G. Venkateshwarlu (Managing Director – AgHub), Mahak Agrawal (Head of India, Riding Sunbeams), Dr. Sujeet Ranjan (Chief Executive Officer | United Way of Delhi), Krishna Chaitanya Adabala (Assistant General Manager | Biological E Limited), Rashi Aggarwal (Chief Growth Officer, T-Hub), Ms. Rashmi Pimpale (CEO | Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad), Arvind Modi (Partner – Sathguru Catalyser Fund), Ashish Khetan (Founding Partner | Benzai10 Investment Ventures), Alokparna Sengupta (Managing Director | Humane World for Animals India Foundation), Vivek Jain (Co-founder and CEO – Stride Green Capital Private Limited), Subhadeep Sanyal (Partner – 100X100) and a fleet of Startups, NGOs, Trusts, Social enterprises and well as investors.

The full day event also witnessed a book release function. The honours were done by Samrat Basak (Director, Foundation for Resilience Actions), Ms. Kamna Hazrati, Founder & CEO of AndPurpose, and Madhukar Swayambhu, Research Head of the Blue Community Vaidic Srijan LLP. The book (vide #ISBN 978-93-5987-559-0) was a report published by Lucknow Management Association, titled 1st edition, Socio-economic Impact Assessment study on Rejuvenation of Waterbodies through NbS of Cownomics Technology in the Brass Capital of Bharat, the City of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, which is essentially a detailed study on the overall Public health Index, wealth index (per capita income), Public Happiness Index and prosperity index for the marginalised communities as well as lower and middle income groups of the citizens residing in the close proximity to the natural Waterbodies (Lakes and Ponds) in the City of Moradabad – the brass capital of India. (see also the article in the magazine Water Today here)