SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SEWA

Social entrepreneurs makes available the services, products that furnish the basic needs of the masses, the needs of communities/society as well as the needs of future generations i.e. fresh air as well as biodiversity. Social entrepreneurship is a means to attain conceptual objectives like development which can be sustained. Even more so, it is an observable fact that inculcates these vital though abstract concept and designs with a sense of realism. One approach to understand social entrepreneurship is to connect it directly to the concept of sustainable development. The paper presents a theoretical frame for social entrepreneurial opportunities. The researcher presents a case of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) existing in India. The rare evident in the working of SEWA is drawn from rich customs of political and social activism in India. This paper provides an analysis of SEWA as social entrepreneurship that have been extensively acknowledged as flourishing. The research concludes with a fact that practice of social entrepreneurship is essential for the continued and sustainable development. The academicians have a key role to play in cheering social entrepreneurship and advancing knowledge about it. Vital strides have been made, particularly at university level, but we have hardly begun to instill entrepreneurial thinking in students. And while we all agree that entrepreneurship is not somewhat to be learned out of a book, it must be cultivated.   
 
KEYWORDS: SEWA, Social Innovation, Transformation, Social Mission, Benefit to Society. 

Introduction We find in India a strong social and value system as well as cultural issues which hold their significance in our society. Any invention or innovation to thrive in our Indian society needs to be acknowledged by our cultural issues as well as value systems. The aspiration of human being is to build a good society that will be achieved by developing good institutes; these institutes are reflected in good businesses, which will be developed by dynamic entrepreneurs and these entrepreneurs are those, which bring in social innovation. On one hand the welfare innovation is a new creative and realistic idea or project, which leads to good quality of life. On the other hand social innovation can just be the acceptance of any change in the society. The changes may be due to progress in technology, introduction of new religion or change in the social value system. We find social innovators in another form also such as NGOs, which are endlessly involved in establishing new social ventures and their motive is not to accumulate wealth. They are endlessly trying to change the mindset of the masses which results in social innovation and enhancement of good quality of life. Entrepreneurs are innovative, highlymotivated, and critical thinkers and they try to combine these attributes in order to solve problems which are socially present in our society. Social entrepreneurs bring social innovation and renovation in diverse fields which includes education (primary, secondary, higher), health & sanitation, green environment and business development. They work for the eradication of poverty with innovative business models and methods, entrepreneurial zeal, and the guts to surmount traditional practices. Like an ordinary business 


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