Rajeeb Dey

Award-winning social entrepreneur, founder & CEO of Enternships.com

Rajeeb Dey, 25, is one of the UK’s “rising stars of the business world” (Spectator Business Magazine) and “among the most high profile” young entrepreneurs in the world (Financial Times). He has a sparkling CV and will motivate and inspire your audience by helping them think and act entrepreneurially – to solve problems and make ideas happen.

Rajeeb has been heavily involved in social entrepreneurship and youth participation from an early age. At 17, Rajeeb became the Founder & Chairman of the English Secondary Students’ Association (ESSA) – the first national student run organisation empowering secondary school students, giving them a voice in education. He was the longest serving President of Oxford Entrepreneurs, one of the largest networks of student entrepreneurs in Europe, and was also President of the Oxford Majlis Asian Society, the second oldest society at Oxford University. Former presidents include Mrs. Indira Gandhi and K.P.S. Menon, who went on to serve the subcontinent with distinction.

In April 2010 Rajeeb was featured in a National Lottery funded exhibition alongside India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto and other prolific individuals as one of ten “Oxasians” - illustrious graduates from the University of Oxford of South Asian origin.

Rajeeb has many awards and nominations to his name, including:

• An award from Channel 4 & NESTA’s “Bedroom Britain Campaign”, which recognised young entrepreneurial talent in Britain
• 02 X Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009
• Being named as one of the UK’s Top 30 Entrepreneurs aged Under 30 in Real Business Magazine
• A Wavemakers Award
• An UnLtd Level 2 Award
• The Bank of England’s Windsor Fellowship, 2005 - a prestigious Leadership Development programme
• The Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Award, 2006
• A Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts - as part of the RSA Young Leaders Award
• Being given the accolade of “Architect of the Future” by the Waldzell Institute, 2008
• The YouthActionNet Global Fellowship, 2008
• Being named as a member of The Observer / Courvoisier Future 500 network, ‘an exclusive network of rising stars across the UK’  - Rajeeb has also been chosen as one of four within the network to be named as “One to Watch in 2010”
• Being invited to join the British Council’s Trans-Atlantic Network 2020 – a network of emerging leaders from around the world.
• Being the youngest entrepreneur to have ever been admitted onto the UKTI GEP initiative.