EMERGING TRENDS IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT

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EMERGING TRENDS IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
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Table of Contents
What is Entrepreneurship?
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How do Social Entrepreneurs play the
role of Change Agents? 03 What are a few Emerging
Trends in
Social Entrepreneurship Development? Oorja
Sustainable Solutions LLP DigiSwastya Foundation
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What is Entrepreneurship?
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Entrepreneurship is gaining significance as societ
ies and

• countries slowly realise the importance of small
  businesses and start-ups in the robust
  development of economies. Meanwhile,
  entrepreneurship is essential in defining career
  paths as young people seek better rewards in
  exciting and creative roles than conventional
  and staid ones.

Karn Singh, PGP-DM Batch of 2018-19 Founder of
Oorja Sustainable Solutions LLP
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How do Social Entrepreneurs play the role of
Change Agents?
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Gregory Dees, who is known as the Father of
Social Entrepreneurship Education, states that
social entrepreneurs act as change agents by
The innovative and blended approach adopted
towards management creates value for the
community and the organisation, crucial in social
entrepreneurship.
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What are a few Emerging Trends in
Social Entrepreneurship Development?
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The ethos of social entrepreneurs lies in the
social challenge they seek to solve with their
venture. It also provides a lens for how they
look at opportunities. Some emerging trends in
social entrepreneurship look like
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Public-Private Community
Creating Shared Value
Increased Impact
Promise of Technology
Partnerships
Investing
Adoption
Social innovation encourages a
Social entrepreneurs look
The focus for social
Social entrepreneurship will
blend of efforts from three parties
at functioning in a
entrepreneurs here is to
increasingly need to
- social purpose organisations
framework to maximise
provide funding to sectors
appreciate the value that
(SPOs), the government, and the
economic growth in
such as healthcare,
technology could bring to
community, working together to
conjunction with social
education, conservation,
social change with proper
fulfil societal needs.
progress.
renewable energy, etc.
training and empowerment.
When the sector boundaries blur, the aspiring
social entrepreneur needs to keep up to date
and sync with these new trends. The rapid rise of
social entrepreneurship assumes crucial
dimensions that offer different thought processes.
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Oorja Sustainable Solutions LLP
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"During the second pandemic wave, they were at
the forefront of COVID-19 response measures in
Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, distributing
ration kits, medicines, and support in providing
medical care equipment and oxygen concentrators
and cylinders." - Karn Singh, PGP-DM Batch of
2018-19 Founder of Oorja Sustainable Solutions
LLP
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DigiSwastya Foundation
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"Sandeep Kumars innovative telemedicine
platform DigiSwastya Foundation aims to bridge
the gap between patients and doctors through
online consultations through smartphones and
other electronic devices." - Sandeep Kumar,
PGP-DM Batch of 2020-21 Co-founder of
DigiSwastya Foundation
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The above mentioned founders are graduates from
ISDM in PGP-DM, that establishes and strengthens
the leadership skills and urges development
professionals like Karn and Sandeep to think
outside the box through tailored courses on
Strategic Innovation of Social Change. The Post
Graduate Program in Development Management
offered by ISDM will ensure you have the
knowledge, tools, and skills to help create a
profound impact in the social sector.
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