This lecture series highlights the journeys of social innovators and entrepreneurs, showcasing their models for creating social impact and the lessons they’ve learned. Speakers share their challenges, successes, and practical tips to inspire and guide the next generation of changemakers.
Here is a list of past lectures that took place under this series
| Talk No | Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 26 | 14 Feb 2025 | Making medical technology and healthcare service delivery affordable to all and profitable |
David Green |
| 25 | 7 Feb 2024 | Measurement of environmental impact for green startups |
Jui Joshi |
| 24 | 07 July 2023 | Social Innovations in disturbed regions | Mr Sarang Gosavi (Director, Aseem Foundation) |
| 23 | 24 February 2023 | Rural Development: A journey in Innovation | Mr Girish Sohani (Principal Advisor and Trustee, BAIF) |
| 22 | 19 Sept 2022 | Paani Foundation: Upscaling Technology Through A People’s Movement | Mr Satyajit Bhatkal (CEO, Paani Foundation) |
| 21 | 15 Nov 2019 | Mapro: A journey of humble beginnings, innovation and goodness | Mr Mayur Vora ( Managing Director, Mapro Foods Pvt. Ltd.) |
| 20 | 5 July 2019 | LOCOST and AIDAN: Towards a Public Health Perspective in Pharma industry | S. Srinivasan |
| 19 | 9 Mar 2019 | Weaving Social Objectives into Engineering Education | Dr. Chris Byrne (Founding faculty member, Cascadia College, Seattle, USA ) |
| 18 | 16 Feb 2019 | Vision and Strategic Initiatives: Designing a Roadmap for Social Enterprises |
Mr. Gurumukh Das Maheshwari (Consultant, Organizational Development) |
| 17 | 24 Oct 2018 | Making your Business Future Ready | Dr. Vandana Nadig Nair (Founder: CoCoon, Phicus and ElderAid) |
| 16 | 18 Sep 2018 | 108 Emergency Medical Services :A success story | Dr Sudhakar Varanasi |
| 15 | 10 Jul 2018 | Collaborating for Global Competitiveness: Insights for Entrepreneurs and Ecosystems | Prof Anil K. Gupta (Founder, Honey Bee Network, SRISTI, GIAN, National Innovation Foundation) |
| 14 | 12 Jan 2018 | Panel discussion on Social Entrepreneurship : Making it big and impactful & Inspiration story session: ‘Let my story inspire your story’ | Panel Discussion |
| 13 | 21 Dec 2017 | Impact Measurement and Assessment | Ms. Anushree Parekh (Associate Director at Samhita Social Ventures) |
| 12 | 16 November 2017 | Building a team for a social enterprise | Mr. Advait Kurlekar (CEO at Upohan Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd.) |
| 11 | 28 October 2017 | Lean and very lean methodology of building a social enterprise |
Mr. Anil Gupte (Founder & CEO at Podrones) |
| 10 | 23 September 2017 | IKIGAI OF INNOVATION FOR A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE |
Mr. Manoj Kothari (Managing Director - Turian Labs) |
| 9 | 18 August 2017 | User Research: Transforming a startup idea into a viable product |
Mr. VedMutthal (Co Founder and CTO @ Peppercorn Labs) |
| 8 | 22 July 2017 | Problem Mapping - an approach for technology start ups in the social sector |
Prof. Satyajit Majumdar Chairperson of Center for Social Entrepreneurship of the School of Management and Labour Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) |
| 7 | 24 June 2017 | Making social entrepreneurship fun and releva | Mr. Parag Mankeekar (Founder Director, Neeti Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) |
| 6 | 17 Feb 2017 | Demystifying the termsheet | PR Ganapathy (President-India at Villgro) |
| 5 | 20 Jan 2017 | For-profit vs non-profit models in social innovation | Rahul Alex Panicker (President and Co-founder of Embrace Innovations) |
| 4 | 21 Dec 2016 | IP Strategy for Social Innovations | Neeraj Gupta (Director & CEO at FormulateIP, Cofounder at Excubator, Angel Investor) |
| 3 | 29 Nov 2016 | Innovating affordable and sustainable products | Arun Venkatesan (Product Realization Expert, Villgro Innovations Foundation, D-Rev) |
| 2 | 3 March 2015 |
Knowing Why's and What's of Social Entrepreneurship | Prof. Satyajit Majumdar Chairperson of Center for Social Entrepreneurship of the School of Management and Labour Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) |
| 1 | 14 November 2014 |
Bringing affordable medical technologies & solutions to the market | Mr. R D Sriram (Director Operations, Aurolab) |