1. Social
Entrepreneurship

2. What is Social Entrepreneurship ?
• Social entrepreneurship is all about recognizing the social
problems and achieving a social change by employing
entrepreneurial principles, processes and operations.
• The change may or may not include a thorough
elimination of a social problem.
• It may be a lifetime process focusing on the improvement
of the existing circumstances.

3. Who is a Social Entrepreneur ?
• A social entrepreneur is somebody who takes up a
pressing social problem and meets it with an innovative
or path breaking solution.
• By definition social entrepreneurs are great people
recruiters who present their ideas or solutions in a way
that many people, who are either part of the problem or
surrounding it, recognize a need for change

4. Social Entrepreneurs in India
 Vinoba Bhave Founder and Leader of “Land Gift
Movement”.
 Ela Bhatt Founder of “Self-Employed Women’s
Association” (SEWA) and the SEWA Cooperative Bank
in Gujarat.
 Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder of Airtel
 Dr. Verghese Kurien Founder of the AMUL Dairy
Project.

5. Functionof Social Entrepreneurship
To create and maintain a stable level of
employment.
Create jobs and provide support to socially
vulnerable groups.
Social Entrepreneurship promotes development of
entrepreneurial skills.
Compensating countries narrow place.
Social Entrepreneurs create social innovation and
change in various areas, including education,
health, environment and business development.
Social Entrepreneurship reduces poverty risk.

6. Address the root of the issues
Transform the sectors
Make lasting changes on society
Solve problems that governments have not been able
to address sufficiently.
Business Model
Example for this model is GRAMEEN BANK
• It Provides credit and financial service.
• It was first started to provide funds for the rural poor
in Bangladesh.
• Creating self employment opportunities to quickly
increase their income and empower the poor.

7. • Since social enterprises do not work typically the way
corporate setups or private firms work, they offer
flexible working environment which is as per the liking
of many people groups.
• Creates value for the society and some times generate
income (if not wealth).
• As a thumb rule, the solutions they offer are supposed
to be innovative, unique, people and environment
friendly
Advantages of Social Enterprises

8. • The risk of losing nonprofit status.
• Lack of support or funds.
• Possibility of poor reputation due to disaster
• commercial assumption
Disadvantages of Social Enterprises

9. Conclusion
• Social entrepreneurship is an innovation and pragmatic
vision to tackle the challenges of poverty,
marginalization and other pressing social crises
• “The most significant contributor of this ‘success’ is the
character of being a responsible corporate citizen
• This can only be achievable through a sincere and a
committed effort for contributing towards the well-being
of the community not by charity alone.
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It gives confidence that such innovative, scalable and
sustainable social ventures are key levers and
accelerators for transformational social change.

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