CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL

ENTREPRENEUR IN INDIA

• The environment stands out as one of the major challenges of

social enterprise. Our recent "throwaway" culture has
endangered our natural resources, from soil to water to air
• Communication and leadership skills are essential to acquire
basic entrepreneurial qualities, which are, linked to character
and personality. Successful entrepreneurs are opportunity-
seekers, value-creators and resource-allocators.
• Social entrepreneurs are eager to identify more resources and
channelize them systematically to the community for
optimum utilization and resource conversion.
women entrepreneurs who
started up for social good
and to bring change
Sujata Chatterjee
Sujata Chatterjee has redefined the face
of sustainable social entrepreneurship
in Bengal and beyond.

Her company Twirl. store has touched the

triple bottom line in a robust way.
“Fashion as just a linear line of consumption bothered
me and I knew it was necessary to make retail a
sustainable circle. I felt deeply about the problem but
realised there was not much being done about it. So, I
decided ‘to be the change that I want to see”
-Sujata Chatterjee
Ruchi Jain
Ruchi Jain quit a government job to connect with
farmers on ground who play an important role in the
economy.

After acting on four different ideas and exhausting all

her savings, Ruchi invested Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 in a
group of farmers who were unable to sell their
jaggery produce and eventually founded Taru
Naturals. 
 Anannya Parekh’s startup Inner Goddess empowers women by making
them understand the importance of financial literacy.

It aims to address financial anxiety, mental health issues, and personal

investing, and has organised more than 70 workshops so far.

Anannya Parekh
Young Entrepreneurs in
India
Chetan Gowda

• The requirement of blood has always been a problem

in this world and Chetan realized it in a hard way. At
the age of 16, he lost his dear teacher due to lack of
blood in blood banks. After this incident, he decided
that he won’t let anyone else suffer due to lack of
blood and hence he started Khoon, an NGO which
devotes itself in providing blood to the needful. 
• In the past 2 years, Khoon has helped more than
50,000 people. It can provide blood in any part of the
country in less than an hour. Chetan has been named as
one of the most influential people in the social sector
in India under the age of 21 by Youth for Seva. He is
currently an Ashoka youth venture and believes has a
lot more to offer to his country.
 Ria Sharma
Ria grew up in New Delhi and moved to
the UK to study fashion in 2011. As a
part of her final year project at Leeds
Arts University Ria became interested in
the survivors of acid attacks and
founded Make Love Not Scars, an
organization aiming to identify and
support the rehabilitation of acid attack
survivors.

In March 2017 Ria was awarded the

India Today Woman of the Year Award
for Public Service as well as the Goal
Global Young Leadership Award in
September 2017.
Piyush Ghosh
• Piyush Ghosh is a young social entrepreneur and
Founder and CEO of The Optimist Citizen - India’s First
Purely Positive Newspaper. He is the youngest to win
the Mathan Award South Asia Pacific and a Runner-up
of Queen's Young Leaders Award 2018.
• Piyush is also an Ashoka Youth Venturer and a
Changelooms Fellow. Piyush has authored a paper on
'Alternative Social Security models for the Unorganised
Sector in India' and has been published in several
international journals. Piyush recently got listed on the
Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 List
 Has social
entrepreneurship has
impacted positively
in Covid-19? Is this
a way to make India
succeed?