Hashwin and his wife Priyanka both have participated with Mr. Firoz Shroff in various Social entrepreneurial projects both in time and financial resources. Both have social, volunteer, business and philanthropic background while working in India, Thailand and other Far Eastern Countries with command in several languages.
Hashwin is an entrepreneur, author, scientist based in Toronto, Canada. He hails from a long-line of scholars, lawyers and historians from the Indian sub-continent. His great-great-great-grand father authored the first Tamil to English dictionary
(https://www.amazon.com/Tamil-Dictionary-V-Pillai-Viswanatha/dp/078599811X)
in the 19th century and his great-great-grand father (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Kanakasabhai) is the prominent author of “Tamils eighteen hundred years ago”, the first chronological text of Tamil history, published by Higginbotham’s in 1904. Hashwin brings with him over 10 years of experience in scientific research & development and has published in areas such as electrochemical/optical biosensors, nanotechnology, chemical neuroscience and stem cells https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=7J3GOuQAAAAJ&hl=en.
He is a futurist who is passionate about emerging technologies, post-secondary education, youth skill development, immigration, social equity and actualization of human potential. His unique international experience has blessed him with a large network of international friends from diverse backgrounds with whom he has forged strong bonds of friendship and kinship. He is the recipient of various awards such as City of Toronto International Student Excellence for professional achievementfrom the late mayor of Toronto, Mr. Rob Ford and is a two-time recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II graduate award for science and technology at the University of Toronto. He is also an active member of the Liberal party of Canada and United Nations Association in Canada, Toronto (UNACTO).