The 7th National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship organised at XlRI concluded on a motivational note. On the last day, three eminent speakers addressed the issue of sustainable livelihood for the marginalised section of society.
They were namely, Arindam Dasgupta — CEO, Tamul Plate Marketing Company is also the cofounder of Dhriti, which is a rural producer and marketer of the high quality, ecofriendly, disposable, plates and bowls, Kumar Ankit – Co-Founder of Green leaf Energy while he was a student in XlRI in 2009.
The company works on the integrated value chain in biofuel and horticulture plantation, and was the first Indian company to do convergence with MGNREGA and link employment generation with tree plantation, Naveen Krishna – Founder & Managing Director, SMV Wheels aims to bring dignity to rickshaw pullers and pushcart operator through asset ownership and other value added services.
The second session started with the topic ‘The ecosystem creators’. Aarti Mohan cofounder of Sattva, which started as an e-magazine about social impact and sustainability. Now, it combines media platform and consultation expertise in the areas of social enterprises and social development.
The next talk was regarding the very well-known Jagriti Yatra. Ashutosh Kumar – Executive Director said that it is an annual national train journey lasting 15 days and 8,000 kms that takes 450 aspiring young entrepreneurs to learn from role model social and business entrepreneurs of India.
Over last 7 years the Yatra has spawned about 300 ventures by its ‘yatris’. Finally the concluding talk was given by Pankaj Jain – Principle, Impact law Ventures, a mission-driven, start-up law practice based in New Delhi and Mumbai, India which provides affordable legal counsel to start-ups, social business enterprises, impact investors and non-profit organizations.
With that the great enthusiasm to share and learn the 7th edition of NCSE came to and with the valedictory speech of Prof. Madhukar Shukla who thanked all the speakers , participants, support staff and the backstage heroes .