An LSE team has made it to the regional finals of the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition with more than 10,000 applications received from over 350 colleges and universities in more than 150 countries. It identifies and launches social ventures that aim to solve our most pressing challenges. Now in its fifth year, the Hult Prize is in partnership with President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative. The 2014 prize is focussing on the 250 million slum dwellers around the world suffering from chronic diseases that need help.
The LSE team has students from the Departments of Social Policy, International Development and Management. The team is Neha Bhatia from India, Yiling Cheah from Australia, Alejandro Espinosa Llano from Colombia, Barbora Sladkova from Czech Republic and Aaron Kirunda from Uganda.
The regional competitions will take place on March 7 and 8 in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai and Sao Paulo.