Primary Job Title Chair & Co-Founder Primary Organization Open Source Pharma
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An international human rights lawyer, scholar, and social entrepreneur, Jaykumar Menon is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law based at McGill University, in Canada. His research, teachings, and practice focus on innovation and human rights. He seeks to use open innovation techniques to make a dent
in severe problems affecting over a billion low-income people. He is a Founder of the Open Source Pharma Foundation, which aims to generate breakthrough affordable new cures in the areas of public health. He is also a Founder of the India Nutrition Initiative, developing double-fortified salt to address the world's most widespread form of malnutrition. Previously, Jaykumar led the international development and education programs at the XPRIZE Foundation, an innovation group dedicated to achieving "radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity". As a human rights lawyer at the New York City-based Center for Constitutional Rights, he won a string of victories in high profile cases. His work includes representing student leaders of Tiananmen Square against the ex-Premier of China and helping win a $4 billion judgment on behalf of victims of the Bosnian genocide. As a scholar, he has written articles in top peer reviewed international human rights law reference journals and books. Jaykumar holds a JD and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University along with a BA degree and one year of medical school at Brown. Through his creative and strategic approach, he hopes to bring about large-scale social change in the communities he works with.
