Social Entrepreneurs

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Aum Amriteshwaryai Namah

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What are the major socio-economic problems that India faces today ?

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Culture

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Who do we think should create the solutions for these problems ?

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W ho is a Social Entrepreneur ?

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Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing problems .

What do they do ?: 

What do they do ?

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Create solutions to change society for the better Seize opportunities others miss Improve systems Invent new approaches Implement them on a large scale

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Do we know some of them?

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Founder and leader of the ‘ Bhoodan ’ - land gift movement Caused the redistribution of more than 70, 00,000 acres of land to aid India's untouchables and landless. Acharya Vinoba Bhave

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Caused the farmers to organise themselves to control milk production, procurement and marketing, and free themselves from the control of traders and middlemen As a result in 1998 India surpassed the US to become the world's largest producer of milk Created the Amul pattern (or Anand pattern), which has become a global role model for dairying as an instrument of rural development Dr Varghese Kurien

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Founder of Childline - the country's first toll-free tele-helpline for street children in distress. Serviced total of 21 Million calls ; operates in 172 cities/districts in 30 States and UTs ; 415 partner organisations across India. Then founded Aflatoun - in-school savings and financial education program for children from low income backgrounds that promotes a culture of saving, builds skills for using money and develops responsibility and pride. Child Social and Financial Education through Aflatoun now reaches over 5,40,000 children in over 5,000 schools in 32 countries worldwide. Jeroo Billimor ia

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Bunker Roy The only college in rural India that is fully solar electrified . Semi-literate barefoot engineers have solar electrified over 19,000 houses in 750 villages in 19 countries saving about 1,00,000 litres of kerosene every month from polluting the environment. Unique rainwater harvesting model replicated in 901 remote villages of India and 8 other countries over the world Barefoot Water Engineers have made it possible to provide drinking water to 2.65 million rural children . Founded Barefoot College - places control and ownership in the hands of very poor rural communities who have little or no formal educational qualifications.

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Has set up pre-schools in community spaces or people’s homes in slums Launched Read India , which has trained over a million volunteers and teachers, reaching more than 34 million children in remote villages. Created partnerships that publish children’s books and provide computer and English learning for children . Madhav Chavan Founded Pratham – with its goal of ‘ every child in school and learning well .’

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References http://www.schwabfound.org/sf/SocialEntrepreneurs/Whatisasocialentrepreneur/index.htm http://www.pluggd.in/social-entrepreneurship-in-india-funds-profitable-sectors-297/ http://www.socialedge.org/discussions/social-entrepreneurship/defining-social-entrepreneurship/ http://www.skollfoundation.org/skoll-entrepreneurs/ http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/teachers/ http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-has-most-innovative-social-entrepreneurs-Schwab/Article1-176602.aspx http://www.journeysforchange.org/journeys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_India http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entrepreneur http://iconsofindia.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/dr-verghese-kurien-he-too-had-a-dream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/barefootcollege/4894574964/

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“Amma is the greatest entrepreneur of us all. She is so full of ideas and unique visions… ” - Dr. Kiran Mazumdar , CEO - Biocon