This document discusses social entrepreneurship in India, particularly in the context of microfinance. It begins by defining social entrepreneurship and how social entrepreneurs differ from NGOs in aiming to create broad, long-term social change. It then profiles some prominent Indian social entrepreneurs working in various social sectors. The document also discusses the motivation for social entrepreneurship in India, citing examples like providing low-cost healthcare and energy access. However, it notes social entrepreneurs face challenges in India like a lack of clear metrics for success and unstandardized government processes for social enterprises. The document concludes by framing social entrepreneurship in the context of microfinance in India.

1. MOTIVATION AND
CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL
ENTREPRENUERS IN
MICRO-FINANCE CONTEXT
IN INDIA
Dr. Suman Ghalawat
Ms. Vandana Goyat
Dr. Renu

2. contents
• Need of social entrepreneur
• Leading social entrepreneur
• What is a social entrepreneur
• Social entrepreneur in Indian scenario
• Motivation for social entrepreneurship in
India
• Challenges of a social entrepreneur
• Social entrepreneurship in the micro
finance context

3. Need
of
Social
Entrepreneur

4. LIFE………….
It just last for a few days for
so many children in India.

6. Some present
day social
entrepreneurs

7. Ela Bhatt(India)
• Founder of the
Self-Employed
Women’s association
(SEWA) and the
SEWA cooperative
bank In Gujarat.

8. Thinlas Chorol(India)

9. Arunachalam
Muruganantham(India)
• The man who
Made sanitary
Napkins
Accessible for
Rural women
In India

10. Bunker Roy(India)
• Founder of
Bare-foot college
Which promotes
Rural development
Through innovative
Education programs

11. what is a social
entrepreneur?

12. How social
entrepreneurs differ
from non-
government
organisations
(NGO’S)

13. • Social entrepreneurship is the process of
bringing about social change on a major
and more effective scale than a traditional
NGO
• They aim to make broad-based ,long term
changes instead of small scale time
limited changes
• NGO raises funds through events
activities and sometimes products

14. • Social entrepreneurs consider the
affected people as part of the solution
and not as passive beneficiaries.
• Success of social entrepreneur is
measured not by the profit or revenue but
by the no. of people whose life have been
transformed due to his efforts
• They have to work in collaboration with
both the government and the private
sector , plugging the gap between the
policies of the administration and their
efforts to improve the society

15. Social
entrepreneur
in Indian
scenario

16. • The growth post liberalization benefited
the rich(the inc. in no. of Indian
millionaires was second only to china)
and a newly created middle class.
• What of the rest?
• Most of India or 400 odd million people
live on less than $1 a day.
• Income inequality has doubled in last 20
years

17. • The Gov. and NGO’s are trying, with
varying degrees of success, but their
interventions fall woefully fall short of
what is needed to combat India’s
pressing problems.
• Perhaps what is needed now is a unusual
approach.
• This is where social enterprise (socents)
can play a role.

18. • They use market-proven business
practices to solve social problems.
• In the world of socents, business and
philanthropy collide and strive to create a
more equitable and sustainable world.
• They may not be sliver bullet for all of
India’s gargantuan problems related to
agriculture, poverty, infrastructure,
education and healthcare, but they may
perhaps be our best bet.

19. Motivation for
social
entrepreneur in
India

20. Arvind eye care, healthcare
for all
• India has 15
million blind people
while 80% of
blindness can be
prevented and
cured
• The arvind eye care has put down the
cost of a cataract surgery from $200 to
$5.

21. SELCO energy for all
• 40% of Indian still don’t have access to
electricity.
• Gov. solution to build huge power plant to
provide energy to big cities, but villagers
nearby don’t have
access to this energy.
• Made non-conventional
energy accessible to all
in a decentralized way
by making solar panel for rural population

22. Naandi foundation nutrition
for all
• 45% of malnourished
children in the world are
Indian.
• Under a public-private partnership with
the government of india, naandi delivers
everyday 1million free, nutritious and hot
meals to school children.
• Naandi also works in the field of children
rights access to water and sustainable
livelihood.

23. Goonj , clothing for all
• Thousands
of kgs of
clothing are
thrown away
in India while
poorest of the
poor are
unable to dress.
• Goonj collects, recycles and distributes
20,000kg of clothing per month and is
present in 20 states in india.

24. Challenges
of a
social
entrepreneur

25. • There are no specific metrics to measure
the performance of a social
entrepreneurial venture.
• It all depends on what is the end
objective and how you can quantify that
end objective
• setting up a social entrepreneurship
venture is actually more difficult than
starting a regular business

26. • There are so many complications right
form registering, to society, to clearances
from RBI for micro-lending, to getting a
payment gateway online.
• There are no standardized gov.
procedure for a social enterprise.
• You can either be an NGO or a regular
company there is no concept of social
enterprise in india

27. Banks in India still don’t
understand the concept of
for-profit social
entrepreneurial ventures

28. Social
entrepreneurship
in the
context
of
micro
finance

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