As a sales manager for International Development Enterprises, Ashta Prajapati helps strengthen the capacity of local entrepreneurs through supply chain development in order to market various climate smart technologies for sanitation, agriculture and micro-irrigation to rural household at affordable rates. During his fellowship in the United States, Prajapati hopes to learn more about social entrepreneurship development and value chain approaches in the fields of environment, water and resource management. Upon returning from the Community Solutions Program, Prajapati plans to promote technologies and products that enhance the livelihood of poor people through market and entrepreneurship development at the community level.