3. Quick Facts
Census : 1.2 B (51.6% M) (48.4%F) | 128 M lack safe water
839 M have no sanitation services - countrymeters.info
1/3rd of the worlds hungry live in India - bhookh.com
21% of communicable diseases in India are related to
unsafe water - World Bank
Diarrhea alone causes 1600+ deaths daily - water.org
Every 10 minutes a woman dies from pregnancy and
complications of child birth - saveamother.org
5. SE in a Nutshell
Recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial
principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to
make social change
Targets its the underserved, neglected, or highly
disadvantaged population that lacks the financial means or
political clout to achieve the transformative benefit on its
own
Social entrepreneurs are builders of a better world
6. Social Enterprise
Aim is to accomplish targets that are social, environmental
as well as financial (Often referred to as the triple bottom
line)
Social enterprises are distinctive because their social or
environmental purpose remains central to their operation
Apply market-based strategies to achieve a social purpose
Find what is not working, solve the problem by changing the
system, spreading the solution,
and persuading entire
societies to take new leaps
7. Methodology
Objective : Brief understanding of social entrepreneurship
and a comparative study of its impact in India
Scope
Geographical - Not be beyond India
Logical - Brief understandings on
The business model
Social impacts
Public response
Government support
Legal aspect associated
8. Methodology
The information about the Social
entrepreneurs is compiled from
published and unpublished reports,
Internet resources, and interviews
with organization members and
informed observers
Comparative analysis on the
information collected based on
formal and informal factors
Formal Factors
Public Spending
Access to Finance
Government
Informal Factors
Social Needs
Social attitudes
Educational Levels
9. Pregnancy
• Annual deaths due to complications during pregnancy 50k+
• Daily Births (India) 23 381 - countrymeters.info
Problems during pregnancy
Night Blindness
4.6 14.5
Blurred Vision
31.1
25.5
Convulsions
Swelling
16.8
45.2
24.7
Excessive Fatigue
Anaemia
Vaginal Bleeding
10. Appropriate Technology
for Maternal Health
Zubaida Bai
Designs vital and affordable,
yet simple and beautiful products
that women want and need
B2B for profit business model, selling to health-based
businesses (hospital pharmacies, health care centers, and
slum clinics)
Clean birth kit at $2, to prevent infection at time of birth and
reduce maternal and infant mortality.
Kit contains simple tools recommended by the WHO
11. Husk Power Systems
End-to-end renewable energy solutions
25-kW to 100-kW ‘mini power plants’ and then wiring
villages and hamlets of up to 4000 inhabitants to deliver
electricity on a pay-for-use basis
Converts agricultural residue (rice husk, mustard stems, corn
cobs, certain grasses) into electricity
Consumers pre-pay a fixed monthly fee ranging from US$2
- $3 to light up two fluorescent lamps and one mobile
charging station. This offers consumers savings of at least
30% over competing kerosene and diesel energy sources
12. Husk Power Systems
84 mini-power plants, providing electricity to over 200,000
people spread across 300 villages, and employing 350
people operating across the state of Bihar
Each plant serves around 400 households, saving 42k+ lt. of
kerosene and 18k+ lt. of diesel annually
13. Water
Hard Facts
In countries rated on the quality of
potable water, India stands at 120
2/3rd of the hospital beds are filled
with people having waterborne
diseases
Rs.6400 Cr. are spent on rural
medical annually
14. Waterlife India
Community water system
WLIP provides quality checks to ensure that the quality of water is
consistent throughout the life of the project
Annual maintenance contracts (AMC) of existing projects/plants
Apartment system
Water treatment systems for housing complexes, offices,
residential buildings, schools, hospitals, restaurants and other
institutional complexes
Test
Analyze
Treat
Process
Rainwater harvesting is one of the most promising alternatives for
supplying water in the face of increasing water scarcity and
escalating demand
15. Findings & Recommendations
The government effectiveness comes from RBI
Development values, from a political and social perspective
The awareness and commitment of society to social aspects
Number of students enrolled in advanced studies is a way to
evaluate the impact of education levels on the field of
entrepreneurship in general
16. Conclusion
Social entrepreneurship gives higher priority to social value
creation by catalyzing social change and catering to social
needs than to value capture
Many consider it very difficult, if not impossible, to quantify
socio-economic, environmental and social effects
‘Grass is greener where you water it’
17. References & Bibliography
Wendy Cukier - Ryerson University Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability vol.
7(1) 2011
Voluntary Development Organizations in India- A Study of History, Role, and Future
Challenges. (Society for Participatory Research in Asia )
Elisabet Ferri - International Doctorate in Entrepreneurship and Business Management
Department of Business Economics & Administration 2011
Bacq and Janssen - The multiple faces of social entrepreneurship: A review of definitional
issues based on geographical and thematic criteria (2011)
http://blog.iese.edu/socialentrepreneurship/en/
McMullen - Delineating the domain of development entrepreneurship: A market-based
Approach to facilitating inclusive economic growth (2011)
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