8th National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship

Conference Theme and Purpose

The essence of social entrepreneurship is to identify gaps in the provision of social goods and services, and to design innovative and scalable/ replicable solutions to bridge those gaps. Be addressing the issues which are relevant to the society, these social innovations make an impact on the lives of people.

India, with its myriad problems of providing access to basic provisions (e.g., education, healthcare, energy, livelihoods, information, etc.) to its vast population, provides immense opportunities for such innovations. Many social entrepreneurs and ventures have designed and implemented solutions to social problems, which are both unique and scalable/ replicable.

Correspondingly, this year, the theme of the 8th National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship is

The Conference aims to celebrate, showcase and learn from the initiatives of some of such innovative ventures, and to create a platform for knowledge-sharing and partnerships.

Conference Design and Schedule

The conference design will entail the following sessions, where social entrepreneurs/ development sector professionals will share their experiences, issues and challenges:

Inauguration & Key Note Address by Prof Anil Gupta, IIMA, Exec Vice Chairman, National Innovation Foundation & Founder, Honey Bee Network

Support Ecosystem for Social Innovations

ICT for People and Development

Innovations in Education Delivery

Interventions for Youth Transformation

Innovations in Farm Support

Collectives as Entrepreneurs

Livelihoods on the Fringe of Society

Investing in Development

Venue and Participation Fee

The venue of the Conference is:

Fr Prabhu Hall
Learning Centre - 1
XLRI - Xavier School of Management
CH Area (East)
Jamshedpur 831 001 (India)

The registration for the conference will start at 10.00am on January 29th, 2016, and the conference will conclude at 13:00pm on January 31st, 2016.

In case of drop-outs, the Nomination Fee will be refunded only if informed before January 20th 2016 to seconference@xlri.ac.in

The Registration/ Nomination Form for the conference can be downloaded from:

http://tinyurl.com/8thNCSE-Registration

Crowdfund the 8th NCSE - Sponsor a Participant

Target: Rs. 3.5Lakh
Achieved (as on Jan 22nd, 2016): Rs. 1.73Lakh

Like every year, the 8th National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship will bring together a community of 170-180 sector professionals/ practitioners to learn from each other, build partnerships and strengthen the ecosystem of social entrepreneurship.

Besides the 25-30 speakers/resource persons, about 70+ of these participants are students, who pay a nominal fee of INR 700/- (non-residential) or INR 900/- (residential). Almost all other participants are social entrepreneurs, self-sponsored professionals or from NGOs/ CBOs, who pay a fee of INR 3,500/- (non-residential) or INR 5,500/- (residential).

Given the scale and expenses in organizing the conference, we invite you to support us in this endeavor. You can sponsor fee for one participant for INR 5,000/- or provide part sponsorship in multiples of INR 1,000/-.

Every contribution you make will double itself in value. We are grateful to Flowering Tree for sponsoring matching funds for the amount raised for the conference.

The check/ DD can be made in the name of “XLRI Jamshedpur” and mailed to:

Prof Madhukar Shukla
Conference Coordinator
The 8th National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship
XLRI
CH Area (East)
Jamshedpur 831 001 (India)
Ph: 0657 – 665 3333 Fax: 0657 – 222 7814

Online/ Bank transfer can be made as per following details.
Please do mail the details of the amount and transaction id/UTR to seconference@xlri.ac.in :

Name: XLRI Jamshedpur
Bank Account No: 340010100073149
Bank Name: AXIS Bank
Branch: Sakchi, Jamshedpur
RTG IFCS Code: UTIB0000340
MICR No.: 831211003
PAN No: AAATI0475M