Founder Chairman: Global Citizen Forum Honorary President: World Federation of United Nations Associations Bhupendra Kumar Modi (born 2 January 1949), popularly known as Dr. Modi, is an Indian-born Singaporean businessman, social entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

He graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU)[5] and received an MBA from the University of Southern California.

[11][12] Later Modi formed Spice Communications, a joint-venture with Telekom-Malaysia (now Axiata) which went on to become the leading telecom operator in Northern and Southern India.

In 2000, Modi established Cellebrum (now Spice Digital), a mobile value-added services company for telecom operators.

[14] In 2009, Modi acquired a major stake in i2i, a listed company in Singapore Stock Exchange, renaming it S-i2i,[15] (now SEVAK LTD.),[16]).

[24] SEVAK LTD. has partnered with Uber to operate a fully commercially-owned electric vehicle fleet in Singapore.

[26][27] In January 2013, Modi founded the Global Citizen Forum, a progressive social organisation with the mission statement of creating "One World Beyond Gender, Religion and Nationality".