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Venu Aggarwal

Associate Director, Acumen

Venu is an Associate Director at Acumen, which is changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in companies, leaders & ideas. Prior to this, she worked as a development consultant with a livelihood focused non-profit called PRADAN in India and as a Business Analyst for McKinsey & Company. She has a Masters in Public Affairs – International Development from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs at Princeton University.

Authored Content

  • May 18 2020
    Blog Post Accelerating Use of Remote Surveys During the Covid-19 Pandemic As the world reels from the effects of Covid-19 and widespread lockdowns, we collectively lack some of the basic information needed to navigate this crisis. Just as we are struggling with limited testing that obscures our understanding of the scale of Covid-19, we also are unable to answer basic questions about the human impacts – […] Caleb Ballou, Sasha Dichter, Venu Aggarwal, Veronica Olazabal