Are social entrepreneurs really promoted in India?

What's your opinion about Social Entrepreneurship?

Do you think it's really promoted in India?

I don't find any investor community really promoting social entrepreneurship in India. Till the time we don't promote entrepreneurship at grass root level, how can we bridge the gap between rich and poor?

Regards,
Abhijeet
www.prontoinfotech.com
www.ahventures.in

Yes social entrepreneurs are really promoted in India. But their names might not be as familiar to the average Indian as the entrepreneurs from the world of business. Only, who work in the social sector could recognise only a few whose work and activity occasionally draws them media attention – Javed Abidi, the disability activist, Flavia Agnes, the human rights lawyer, who appears occasionally on NDTV, Anil Aggarwal, the environmentalist whose crusade brought CNG buses to Delhi and Jeroo Billimoria of Childline and a few others.

For software services, Indian IT companies, for social enterprises, India in general proudly present champions promoted by big companies and worldwide renowned.

I think that social entrepreneurs deserve a bit more of name recognition, brand recognition too if you will, for the invaluable work that they do quietly and largely unsung in the grassroots. For at the end of the day, it does not matter how much India’s economy grows and what our GDP is if the disabled do not have access to jobs and amenities, if children do not have access to help, shelter and safe spaces and the elderly lives of lonely neglect. Gandhi famously remarked that the way in which we treat minorities is the measure of civilization in a society. In differing ways, we have all failed Gandhi’s test but the social entrepreneurs are trying hard to make a difference. They deserve our applause and laudation.

You call it it is there in India supported by the Government. The issue is only whether proper justification is done in this area. We have State FInancial Services offering for developing small scale Industries. There are banks offering loans to promore the same. Unleass some one take initiative to take these services to the root level to start some industries it is not possible. I have circulated a mail to start some integrated social services with the help of many NGOs come together to serve the society as part of ther weekly programs and bring the integrated development to a place and help the residents of a villege to grow by putting sufficient help to sustain on their own by forming groups. In fact there would be more and more support required to help them to continue their journey into the future till they can run on their own.