WORLD ENTREPRENEUR'S DAY-2019 21 AUGUST 2019

Theme: Social Entrepreneurs for Social change

Organized by Department of Social Engineering, RGNIYD

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament No. 35/2012) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India Sriperumbudur, - 602105 About Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development

The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, is an Institution of National Importance by the Act of Parliament No. 35/2012 under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India. The RGNIYD functions as a vital resource centre with its multi-faceted functions of offering academic programmes at Graduate, Post Graduate, Post Graduate Diploma, Doctoral level encompassing various dimensions of youth development, engaging in seminal research in the vital areas of youth development and coordinating Training Programmes for state agencies and the officials of youth organisation, besides the Extension and Outreach initiatives across the country. The Institute functions as a think-tank of the Ministry and premier organization of youth-related activities in the country.

About the Department of Social Engineering (DSE)

The Department of Social Engineering at RGNIYD was established in 2015. The department has started offering programmes of study ranging from Post Graduate Diploma to Doctoral Degree. A two years Master’s Degree in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship is on offer from 2015. This program was launched by Noble Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank, Bangladesh. Till date two batches have been successfully completed and all of them were placed in prestigious organizations pertaining to social entrepreneurship. This department has wider range across the country in terms of collaboration with reputed institutes and organizations, conducting programs and having students from different parts of the country. The department has setup the Social Business Incubator (SBI) to support the budding social entrepreneurs in terms of providing services such as Mentoring, Networking and Co-working space. Presently, the department is implementing two research projects on Youth and Entrepreneurship issues. WED 2019 Master’s in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MASIE):

Master’s Degree in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship is first of its kind in India is being offered in an institute of national importance i.e. RGNIYD. The purpose of the programme is to provide students with a new orientation and way of thinking to organise and lead sustainable development through social entrepreneurship. MASIE programme provides extensive use of theoretical components along with the observation visits, field immersion oriented learning, field work, internships in reputed organizations related to social entrepreneurship. This unique combination of theory, practical exposure and research experience enables the students to shape themselves as social agents towards promoting sustainable society through social entrepreneurship.

About the World Entrepreneur’s Day

Every year, August 21 is the WED: World Entrepreneurs’ Day. The purpose of the World Entrepreneurs’ Day is to create awareness for entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership throughout the world. WED is the perfect day to celebrate the people who starts a business alone. WED is the day of founders, managers, producers, contractors, industrialists, innovators, administrators, designers and producers. AIBA, the Alliance of International Business Associations invites everyone to organize happenings around the world to promote WED. World Entrepreneurs Day is a great opportunity to push philanthropic, social and ethical business practices via conferences, awards and initiatives.

About the Theme

After understanding the purpose of World Entrepreneur’s Day, the Department of Social Engineering proposes to organize a set of activities with a theme title “Social Entrepreneurs for Social Change”. The theme will enable various categories of people such as Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Educators, Practitioners and Youth to work for bringing change in the society through social entrepreneurship. Who can participate?

There will be a set of programs on the theme including special lectures, panel discussions, brain-storming sessions and games on 21st August 2019. Educators, Innovators, Practitioners, Researchers, Students, Functionaries of social enterprises, Officials from Govt. Departments etc. can participate in this event.

Date/Time/Venue

As the World Entrepreneur’s Day is being organized on 21st August every year, this year also the event will be conducted on the same date i.e. 21st August 2019 (Wednesday) from 10.00 a.m to 5:00 p.m at Seminar Hall, RGNIYD, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.

Programme Schedule

Time Activity

09:30 a.m – 10:00 a.m Registration*

10:00 a.m – 11:30 a.m Inauguration and Special Talk by Arun Krishnamurty, Founder Environmentalist Foundation of India(EFI)

11:30 a.m – 12:00 Noon Tea Break

12:00 Noon – 01:00 p.m Panel Discussion on "Social Entrepreneurs for social Change "

01:00 p.m – 02:00 p.m Lunch Break

02:00 p.m – 04:00 p.m Games

04:00 p.m – 05:00 p.m Valedictory *Registration will start at 9:30 a.m at Seminar hall. As there are limited seats are available, participants will be allowed to occupy the seats on first come first serve basis. Please note that there is no registration fee for the event and working lunch will be served to the participants only. Our Speakers

Arun Krishnamurthy Founder- Environmentalist Foundation of India Phone: 9940203871 E-mail: [email protected]

Arun Krishnamurthy is an Indian environmental activist who has initiated the campaign of cleaning various lakes across India. He is known for founding the NGO, Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) in 2011 based in which has its branches in other cities such as , and . Arun with the organisation has been successful in cleaning at least 39 lakes in the country and having worked in Google before quitting the job to dedicate voluntarily. He was chosen as among the five people for prestigious Rolex Awards for Enterprise award in 2012 for scientific lake restoration in Chennai.

Arun spent his childhood in Mudichur, a village 29 km from Chennai. He studied in Good Earth School located in Naduveerapattu. He has said that he was inspired by a village panchayat head, Dhamodharan who had encouraged people to collect the garbage from the pond to keep it clean. Arun's friend Karthik Shivasundaram was also his inspiration. He enjoys film-making, photography and cycling. Krishnamurthy completed his bachelor's in microbiology from Madras Christian College and worked at Google, Hyderabad for over three years. Arun then went to study in The Indian Institute of Mass Communication in Delhi. He then joined Goodall's Roots & Shoots in India in 2008, an organisation that helps young people to resolve problems within the communities.

Arun started with cleaning the Gurunadham Lake in Hyderabad and a lake in Delhi and included several other programmes such as 'Green Gramam', which is a development plan for establishing eco-friendly villages, 'AniPal' which is stray animal care programme and 'Waste Not' which offers waste management solutions. They have set up 19 biodiversity parks in schools. Krishnamurthy is involved in a 16-month project which not only provides physical garbage removal but also puts fencing in the lakes to protect them from human activities as in the case of cleaning beach from to Besant Nagar in Chennai. Arun has further told that they have introduced animal ambulance for street animals and on establishing one animal rescue and a rehabilitation centre in Chennai and Hyderabad by 2015.

Shashaank Awasthi Gray Ghost Ventures

Shashaank is part of Gray Ghost Ventures (www.grayghostventures.com) which is a pioneer in impact investing. Gray Ghost Ventures (GGV) makes early stage investments in businesses and its portfolio companies seek to improve lives of undeserved people through sustainable business models.

Gray Ghost Ventures (GGV) is an impact investment firm dedicated to providing market-based capital solutions to entrepreneurs addressing needs of low-income communities in emerging markets. GGV focuses on serving these low-income communities, primarily in South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, through for-profit, early-stage investments in operating companies that use innovative applications of proven technologies (mobile technologies and consumer clean tech) to deliver information, services and products that help improve their quality of life. Shashaank works on pipeline development, pre investment support including due diligence and post investment support to investee companies. As a nominee of GGV and in his personal capacity Shashaank has held membership of boards of companies in education, remote data capture, financial inclusion, health-tech sectors et al.

Shashaank has prior experience with start-ups and in financial services. He was member of the start-up team that built ABN Amro Bank’s Commercial Banking Business in India where he was Head of Commercial Banking for North & East and South India. He worked with IDBI Bank and Tata Group prior to ABN Amro Bank.

Shashaank is also co-founder of v-shesh (www.v-shesh.com) which is an award winning impact enterprise he co-founded with P Rajasekharan (Raja). v-shesh is listed on Global Diversity List (supported by The Economist) and is recipient of National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities by President of India in December 2016. Other recognitions for v-shesh include Social Business of the Year by CNBC TV18’s 10th Annual Awards, United Way Chennai Champion (2015) and with NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Award (2014) and NCPEDP Helen Keller Award (2013). v-shesh’s team members and its work has been covered in India, Africa, Europe, Japan and USA as well as on various digital media platforms.

Uma Viswanathan Cheif Operating Officer, NalandaWay Phone:- 9003016538 E-Mail :- [email protected]/

Uma Viswanathan has 25 years of work experience in Banking Services & Manufacturing domain with specialization in Learning & Development, Human Resource Management, Finance & Production Management and currently working for the past 7 years in the Development Sector.

She is a Commerce Graduate and holds a Post Graduate Diploma Certification in Human Resource Management, Diploma in Management, MDP Certification from XLRI, TUV Certification for ISO Internal auditing, Certification in SAP HR and a Certified NLP Practitioner, Certification in Behavior Management, selected for the American Leadership Academy – December’2014, Certified CSR Professional from the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs ( Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India) -2015, Certification in Instructional Design - APU University, Certification in Design Thinking- TISS, currently pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Buddhist Psychology from BALM-TISS.

As Chief Operating Officer at NalandaWay Foundation (founded by an Ashoka Fellow) which uses both performing and fine arts as a medium to help the youth and children from difficult socio-economic background to adapt to the urban culture and practices. She has lead all the programs in NalandaWay Foundation till recently. Currently she is leading the Whole School Mental Health Project with the objective of developing emotional and mental resilience in the children to help them face life with positivity and confidence. She believes Art transcends literacy, language barriers and establishes a strong relationship in a fear free environment. As a Certified CSR Professional, she understands the complexities of the law and the due compliance requirements of the Act, the role of agencies and social entrepreneurs in social change.

She has considerable experience in the Factory Environment. During her stint in Britannia Industries Limited, she has extensive exposure in production/engineering management, Finance and HR & Training.

Asha Chandran Former Head, Marketing Department, IIT-M Research Park [email protected]

Ms. Asha Chandran, a law graduate from bangalore university with strong interpersonal skills. She started her career with Indian Banking sector. Her passion for networking let her travel throughout MENA region. She was the first woman heading the marketing department of India's first University based research park ( IITMadras Resarch Park).With 22+ years in the field of marketing with Real Estate, Hospitality,Healthcare,Goverment Services & International Trade etc. She is now an aspiring entrepreneur promoting OJUS to people through TAG. Organizing Committee

Interested participants may intimate through email to the following Email Id: [email protected]

For further information, please contact any of the following members of the committee:

Dr. Sharmistha Bhattacharjee HOD & Associate Professor Department of Social Engineering RGNIYD, Mob: 8939778837

Dr. Rambabu Botcha Mr. Shaik Salman Ashraf Coordinator & Assistant Professor Research Scholar DSE, RGNIYD DSE, RGNIYD Mob: 8527537803 Mob: 7893786428

Mr. Avash Kumar Thakur Mr. Daithun Narzari Research Scholar Research Scholar DSE, RGNIYD DSE, RGNIYD Mob: 8328965049 Mob: 8920828790

Mr. Sagar Tiwari Mr. Ashari Clement Student Co-ordinator Student Co-ordinator DSE, RGNIYD DSE, RGNIYD Mob: 8720938558 Mob: 8787569839

“ A l l H u m a n s a r e B orn Entrepreneurs”

- Prof. Muhammad Yunus R e c i p i e n t o f N o ble Peace Prize WED 2019