About CFM
Commercial supply chain dynamics do not by themselves address the challenges of third world employment, and quality of life issues. However, it is apparent that global trade, essentially in the worldwide industries can either exploit for unilateral gain, or collaborate to "share gain" for overall development of work force. CFM therefore creates "gainshare" solutions within commercial interactions to directly impact producer communities and contribute towards UN Millennium Development Goals 2015.
CFM is a social enterprise based out of New Delhi, India whose mission is to create wealth for its primary stakeholders-artisan communities at the bottom of the supply chain by offering quality handmade products to our customers at competitive prices by working directly with the community to reduce the number of intermediaries in the chain.
Rahul Barkataky, Co-founder & CEO: As CEO, Rahul has the responsibility of leading CFM to achieve its vision of improving workers lives by using the power of retail. Before CFM, Rahul was the Executive Director of a not for profit called MITRA Technology Foundation, which he co-founded after completing his MBA from Institute of Rural Management, Anand. At present MITRA owns and manages India's largest volunteer placement initiative, iVolunteer. Rahul also worked with the Centre for Environment Education, a center of excellence for Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India and in an Indo-Dutch project on drinking water. Rahul is a Ashoka fellow and a Prince Philip scholar.
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