Suminter's Sameer Mehra is Welcomed as Endeavor India's First High-Impact Entrepreneur

ISTANBUL, Turkey--(Business Wire)--
Endeavor India (www.endeavorindia.org), a non-profit organization
supporting "high-impact" entrepreneurs, selected its first high-impact
entrepreneur Sameer Mehra, CEO of Suminter India Organics, to join
Endeavor's global network at an International Selection Panel held in
Istanbul, Turkey.

Suminter (www.suminterindiaorganics.com) converts small-scale
farms to organic standards, and then buys the produce at a premium for
export to the global market. Certified by Fair Trade, Suminter
currently works with over 4,000 Indian farmers, whose farms are
certified by global agencies like SKAL to meet US and European organic
standards.

"Entrepreneurs like Sameer represent the high-impact potential
necessary to jumpstart economic growth in developing markets worldwide
and transform their cultures" said Endeavor Co-founder & CEO Linda
Rottenberg. "Sameer bridges the gap between small-scale farmers and
would-be consumers to bring healthy and socially-responsible goods to
market."

Endeavor identifies and supports innovative emerging-market
entrepreneurs with high-impact potential to help grow their
enterprises, create high-value jobs and become role models. The
International Selection Panel is the culmination of a rigorous
multi-step search and selection process where top business leaders
interview and then offer guidance to entrepreneur candidates. Among
the business leaders who participated in this panel were Aramex's CEO
& Founder Fadi Ghandour, Orascom Telecom's CEO & Chairman Naguib
Sawiris, and Burger King's Chairman Brian Swette. Endeavor provides
entrepreneurs with customized services from successful business
mentors, Fortune 500 consulting firms and top business schools.

Endeavor India began pre-launch operations last year, with three
founding Board members -Jubilant Organosys Co-Chairman & Managing
Director, Hari Bhartia; ChrysCapital Founder & Senior Managing
Director, Ashish Dhawan; and Citi India CEO, Sanjay Nayar. Endeavor
India plans to build out the Board and expects to host its inaugural
India International Selection Panel in December.

About Endeavor

Endeavor breaks down barriers that prevent emerging-market
entrepreneurs from reaching their high-impact potential. Hailed by NYT
columnist Thomas Friedman as the "mentor capitalist" model, Endeavor
identifies entrepreneurs leading high-growth, innovative companies in
emerging markets. These entrepreneurs receive world-class advice,
access to key networks and other tools that catapult them to success.
With Endeavor's guidance, they become "high-impact" - creating jobs,
generating wealth and inspiring others. Often overlooked, these local
entrepreneurs are jumpstarting private sector development in their
countries.

As of January 2007, Endeavor's 333 Entrepreneurs (representing 220
companies in 9 countries) have created over 91,000 new jobs and
generated $2.4 billion in revenues.

Endeavor
Mallika Singh, +91-98730-85003
mallika@endeavor.org

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