CSIM Social Entrepreneurship - Class 6 to 8

Week after week , CSIM is helping me transform my dream into reality !
I strongly believe that Social sector is the exciting place to be in for the youth !!

Class 6 - Field Visit to Rasoolpura - Had an interactive session with the founders of Bhumi , school children, teachers ! Field visit helps you to understand the reality ! Just saying "we will eradicate poverty, give education to the poor" - sitting in Air Conditioned room is very easy ! But literally going to the slum and trying to educate the dwellers about their social conditions and winning acceptance from them ??!! Not that easy !

Class 7 : Marketing of NGOs : How to do marketing for the social sector which deals with intangible ideas/concepts. There is significant difference between social marketing and commercial marketing
eg - How to market "Its important to brush teeth regularly" Vs "XYZ brand of toothpaste is superior" ??

Class 8 : Session on Strategy /Operation Planning of NGOs : Overview on Long Term/Short Term Goal setting,Activity Planning,Gantt Chart etc

Class 9 : RTI (Right to Information) : This class is specially requested by students.Session was handled by two lecturers ( bureaucrat from Commercial Tax and RTI activist from Bhumi) Both gave perspective of RTI within and outside the system.I think this song will awaken us to seek information!



Ask question which triggers the action from Govt before giving the information!
Use the powerful weapon RTI !!

CSIM Social Entrepreneurship - Class 4 & 5 !

Class 4 focussed on "Legal Aspects of managing NGO" ! Various laws and regulations regarding setting up an NGO (As a Trust,Society or Section 25 Company),handling Foreign donations ,Income tax rules etc..
Mr.Anand Kumar , CA in hyderabad lectured this course and clarified all our doubts and concerns !

Class 5 focussed on "Innovation in Social Sector".Innovation is simple if we change our mindset.We learnt several examples of powerful innovations in social sector.We had a video session on Byrraju foundation.
At the end of the session we had a small exercise.
Identify a problem in our interest area,come up with a solution and innovative steps to solve the problem within 10 minutes :) We grouped ourselves as team of 3 and presented our ideas.
Our team identified "women trafficking" as the problem and the solution we proposed was

• Training the underprivileged girls with specific skill sets like beauty services,domestic help,baby sitting etc
• Offer a internet website "We service at your door" which offer professional services to Urban women and take care of all her daily needs like even distributing flowers for daily prayers.
  

Our team won the prize(Perk Chocolate :) ) for the best innovative idea :D

Special Mention about our Instructor Mr .Harsha Bhargava.Personally I was very happy to meet him as he is seniormost Bitsian ( 1973 Passout) I have ever met till now :) He is currently a teaching Faculty in ICFAI business school.

Future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of of their dreams !!- Eleanor Roosevelt

CSIM Social Entrepreneurship - Class 2 &3 !

Students were given this amazing book - How to change the world ? - the very same question that led me to join this CSIM course!

Class 3 was focussed on the principles and qualities of Social Entrepreneur.
Instead of PPT/boring lecture , Professor Mr.Srivatsava gave three case studies (with video presentation) on Arvind Eye Care , SKS Microfinance , Dhristee and their respective founders

• Dr .V
  
• Vikram Akula
• Satyan Mishra

We divided ourselves into 3 groups and came up with an interesting chart on driving motives of the person , how their organization is different from other social sector/business models and how they succeeded !!

At the end of the session , we realised Social Entrepreneur should not only have wings to fly but also have deep roots to sustain in this world !
In above 3 examples - Self-sustainable , revenue generating model is their key for success in the social sector.

I understood that starting an NGO and waiting for others to donate may not take you a long way !
Instead creating business value, providing employment, improving the livelihood of the needy people is vital for the long-term economic, social growth !

So ..Young minds out here !! ...Bring in the creative strategies and technologies to revolutionize the social sector !!
PS: I could not attend Class II as I was out of town.

CSIM Social Entrepreneurship - Class I

I will regularly update on Social Entrepreneurship course in CSIM,Hyderabad.

First Class provided us an opportunity to interact with previous batch students.
They presented their ideas and spoke how CSIM course helped and inspired in their social entrepreneurial venture !

Following ideas/venture caught my attention :

1. Education for free - Virtual Classroom
2. Agla Kadam - NGO which provides livelihood for HIV+ people
3. Ideas for improving Ragpickers life - Revenue generation model for door-to-door pickup of waste etc etc
4. VisionMission Convergence - Networking Website for all NGOs to connect and leverage each others strengths
5.Improving Craftsmen life by avoiding the middle men intervention in global handicraft market
and many more..

Very impressive and practical ideas...from people from our own society..!Infact two ideas are presented by degree college students inspite of their hectic exam schedules !

These days volunteering for NGOs has become a fashion..with motives being an extra bullet point in one's MBA resume or just to show off !!I request each and every one of you to look back your own life and think about the people who inspired you in many ways..

GO BACK TO YOUR ROOTS and find a way to strengthen them further !!

What a fantastic start !

I am sure this is the most exciting new year for me!
Yesterday I was casually browsing about NGOs in Hyderabad.
Somehow landed in www.csim.org and I registered for Certificate course in NGO management and Social Entrepreneurship ! Am quite thrilled about this : http://www.csim.org/course
If anyone has done this course before, please give me feedback.
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This 2008 , Greatly Inspired from Gandhi Ji's words ~ “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Raji