IIM-L’s social entrepreneur initiative

LUCKNOW: Abhiyan, the e-cell of Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, in association with National Social Entrepreneurship Forum has launched samRiddhi, a social entrepreneur initiative.

���samRiddhi has been launched with the objective of increasing awareness of social entrepreneurship in the student community, especially the IITs and IIMs,��� a release issued by IIM-L said.

Besides it also aims at initiating industry interaction in the social entrepreneurial space so that students can get encouraged to take up internship and employment in various ventures, it said.

���To the community at large, the initiative wants to attract investors to the field and act as a facilitator for a budding social entrepreneur who seeks resources,��� the release said.

SamRiddhi, launched yesterday at IIM-L, aims to provide three different perspectives to the students. ���One perspective is that of a social observer describing the trends that the country has seen in social entrepreneurship, second that of a social entrepreneur and finally the perspective of a facilitator in trying to encourage and support the social entrepreneurial space,��� it said.

The key note speakers on the event were Prema Gopalan, MD Swayam Sikshak Prayog and Upmanyu Patil, MD Sakhi Retail Pvt Ltd, among others.