Lijo Stephen Chacko

Lijo Chacko is Executive Director at Government to Citizen Changemakers Foundation and The Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Foundation. He is also the Head of CSR of Synergy Marine Group, and a fellow traveller for various organisations/initiatives in the social space, such as Gurupuraskar Foundation, Estah, Mauna Dhwani, Citizens for Public Leadership to mention a few. Commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1996, Lijo was part of the team which constructed India’s first indigenous nuclear propelled submarine, and headed the Submarines’ Division in the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Lijo is an avid outdoorsman, and the author of Everest Diary, a journal on his ascent of Mt Everest, which has been published in Malayalam.

2020 Vol 2 Qtr 4 Trail Blazers

Not Scale-Up But Scale-Out

An intentional community in Andhra Pradesh shows the way to mainstream goodness by focussing on the nine basic requirements of community living

By Lijo Stephen Chacko / April 3, 2020

2018 Vol 1 Qtr 1 Reflections

Blurring Boundaries: Between Work and Play

When Play Becomes Work, and Work, Play

A submariner, marathoner, Everest climber, social activist–this man pushes the body’s limits and seeks adventure in myriad forms

By Lijo Stephen Chacko / June 12, 2018

Lijo Stephen Chacko

Lijo Chacko is Executive Director at Government to Citizen Changemakers Foundation and The Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Foundation. He is also the Head of CSR of Synergy Marine Group, and a fellow traveller for various organisations/initiatives in the social space, such as Gurupuraskar Foundation, Estah, Mauna Dhwani, Citizens for Public Leadership to mention a few. Commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1996, Lijo was part of the team which constructed India’s first indigenous nuclear propelled submarine, and headed the Submarines’ Division in the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Lijo is an avid outdoorsman, and the author of Everest Diary, a journal on his ascent of Mt Everest, which has been published in Malayalam.