tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72515395574905924002024-02-19T18:48:14.219+05:301st Social Entrepreneurship Conference @ XLRIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251539557490592400.post-1165765528660793172009-02-21T20:28:00.019+05:302009-02-22T11:29:40.653+05:30Conference Videos: Architects of the "Other" India(Disclaimer: Yes, we know that Google Videos are slow. But given the length of the presentations, this was the only alternative, we had;)<br /><br /><b>Keynote Address</b> <br /><b>Ms Sushmita Ghosh, President Emeritus, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public</b><br /><CENTER><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-6185022606522453789&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></CENTER><br /><br /><B>TRACK 1: PROVIDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION</B><br /><br /><b>Mr Giridhar S, Azim Premji Foundation</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-7445587935047203548&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Mr Pravin Mahajan, Janarth</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8623121042454683538&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed><br /></center><br /><br /><b>Mr CV Madhukar, Akshara Foundation & PRS India</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=5359284603378440403&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><B>TRACK 2: PROVIDING ACCESS TO CREDIT & FINANCIAL SERVICES</B><br /><br /><b>Ms Chetna Gala Sinha, Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=1032360176630153109&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Mr Samit Ghosh, Ujjivan</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-549964596097775619&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Dr Vijay Mahajan, BASIX</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=1078529686155656811&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed><br /></center><br /><br /><B>TRACK 3: PROVIDING ACCESS TO HYGIENE AND HEALTHCARE</B><br /><br /><b>Mr Venkat Changavalli, EMRI</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-2077968567174735658&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Mr Keerti Bhusan Pradhan, Right to Sight</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4330202825698785133&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Dr Joe Madiath, Gram Vikas</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-3275198946127630677&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><B>TRACK 4: PROVIDING ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD</B><br /><br /><b>Dr Pradip Sarmah, Center for Rural Development</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=1158803948041353847&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Mr Rajiv Khandelwal, Aajeevika Bureau</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-1997302096347322534&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Mr Verghese Jacob, Byrraju Foundation</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-7846230486418045695&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><B>TRACK 5: PROVIDING RURAL ACCESS TO SOCIETAL RESOURCES</B><br /><br /><b>Mr Anshu Gupta, GOONJ</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=3918923717234642190&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Mr Kirti Prasanna Mishra, MART</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4645889777528677301&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Mr Ved Arya, SRIJAN</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8713163671681472145&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><B>TRACK 6: PROVIDING ACCESS TO MARKETS</B><br /><br /><b>Ms Aparna Banerjee, Project Sukanya</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-3086347746285389758&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br /><b>Dr Vanita Viswanath, Udyogini</b><br /><center><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=1408229177673801073&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:250px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></center><br /><br />... and last one, about an Access-to-Market initiative from one of the Resourse Persons, who could not make it - due to last minute exingencies..<br /><br /><b>S Shivkumar, ITC E-Choupal</b><br /><center><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fx4gukMYTGA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fx4gukMYTGA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251539557490592400.post-39483001259121127772009-01-31T22:08:00.007+05:302009-02-02T15:37:28.719+05:30Unfolding of the Social Entrepreneurship ConferenceI am afraid I could not capture the Inauguaration... I was on stage, far away from my camera...<br><br /><br /><b>Photographs of Day 1:</b><br /><center><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.co.in&captions=1&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.co.in%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fmadhukar.shukla%2Falbumid%2F5297493211952647441%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /></center><br><br /><b>Photographs of Day 2:</b><br /><center><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fmadhukar.shukla%2Falbumid%2F5298065989223390113%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251539557490592400.post-2371953034449846902008-12-17T00:29:00.004+05:302008-12-18T15:08:48.142+05:30Why this Conference Theme?<em><strong>Isn't India a land of paradoxes?</strong></em><br /><br /><li>we have world's 2nd largest number of billionnaire, and, even by government estimates, more than 800mn people live on a per capita income of less than Rs 20/-.<br /><br /><li>we have 2nd or 3rd largest technically qualified manpower, and also more than 65% of workforce with less than primary school education.<br /><br /><li>we are world's 2nd largest producers of vegetables and fruits, 2nd largest exporter of rice, largest producer of milk, etc., and yet 1/3rd of country's population goes to bed hungry everyday.<br /><br /><li>Indian pharmaceutical industry ranks 4th in the world in terms of volumes (and 13th in terms of value), and yet, 1.5mn infants die from diarrhoea every year.<br /><br /><li>about 285-290mn Indians live in urban India. Of these, 21% live in slums, and 60% work in unorganised sector without any social security.<br />etc., etc....<br /><br />This was the backdrop, in which some of us - the SIGMA team and some of the profs - started discussing the theme for the Social Entrepreneurship Conference. <br /><br /><u>Clearly, the developmental issue is not about lack of resources, but about <em>lack of access</em> to resources for those who are marginalised in the current development paradigm</u>. If social entrepreneurship is about fostering sustainable social development, then it has to be about innovating and implementing models which provide this access to existing resources... <em><strong>and therefore, it seemed appropriate to design a conference on the theme</strong></em>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJVn-dbhEGVcE5qnIPhpN0m982UCbmTcCFpp-TSKPniUNx92T9vFk4EM3Jzgj2c_uG3ZnPsEO4SM75GV26GWaOOTUFXNEMEoaNjeBqkRQA7PnqwdU2msKLTSZe9MPndZJEih-M6Trp4Qi/s1600-h/Conference+LogoS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJVn-dbhEGVcE5qnIPhpN0m982UCbmTcCFpp-TSKPniUNx92T9vFk4EM3Jzgj2c_uG3ZnPsEO4SM75GV26GWaOOTUFXNEMEoaNjeBqkRQA7PnqwdU2msKLTSZe9MPndZJEih-M6Trp4Qi/s320/Conference+LogoS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280466819451220674" /></a><br /><br />...or more specifically:<br /><strong><li>Access to Credit & Financial Services</strong><br /><strong><li>Access to Education</strong><br /><strong><li>Access to Healthcare & Hygiene</strong><br /><strong><li>Access to Livelihood Opportunities</strong><br /><strong><li>Access to Market</strong>, and<br /><strong><li>Rural Access to Societal Resources</strong><br /><br />What we also realised was that the solutions to these "access issues" already exist - solutions which are founded on innovative approaches, have been implemented, have effectively helped solving the problem, and are scalable and replicable...<br /><br />...which is another paradox of modern India: viz., these achievements and acts of entrepreneurship rarely become a part of mainstream public awareness. After all, how many people know about:<br /><br /><li>a venture which collects, sorts and reaches 20,000kg of wearable clothes to villages across 20 states of the country every month, <br /><br /><li>a venture which helps 250,000 people in the rural/tribal areas to develop their own health and sanitation facilities, livelihood options, etc.,<br /><br /><li>initiatives which provide skill development training, legal aid, etc., to thousands of migrant labor, and education to their children,<br /><br /><li>a bank and and a business-school entirely owned and profitably operated by rural illiterate women,<br /><br /><li>an innovative initative which provides doorstep banking service to more than 1lac un-bankable daily-earners.<br /><br /><li>an educational venture which targets 3.5lac primary school slow-learners to bring them into the mainstream, <br />etc.<br /><br />The purpose of the Conference, we decided, should also be to celebrate and highlight such social ventures and the entrepreneurs who took the initiative to create these benchmarks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251539557490592400.post-41177004024177481182008-12-15T15:55:00.001+05:302009-01-11T15:59:51.340+05:30About the Conference<center>Part 1: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpwFD0k0qGw"><b>About the Conference</b></a><br/><br/><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vpwFD0k0qGw&hl=en&fs=1" name="movie"/><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"/><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/><embed allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vpwFD0k0qGw&hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br/><br/><br /><br />Part 2: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9uwfHLIw1M"><b>Take-away from the Conference</b></a><br/><br/><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F9uwfHLIw1M&hl=en&fs=1" name="movie"/><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"/><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/><embed allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F9uwfHLIw1M&hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0