{"id":331,"date":"2019-12-09T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:10:45","slug":"initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<h2 class=\"bg-text-fx bg-text-fx-closeheavy\" data-font-style=\"\" data-font-weight=\"400\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Social Enterprises: A Venture Center perspective<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 26px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Venture Center defines Social Enterprises as those startups with the following features:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Startups that aim to provide a solution to a significant problem or need of society and people at large especially under-served and under-privileged sections of the populations<\/li>\n<li>Startups with a financially sustainable business model and\/or a for-profit orientation (all though the profit targets may be muted).<\/li>\n<li>Startups that benefit from good-will from impact investors (patient capital), funding agencies\/ foundations\/governments, employees, strategic partners, suppliers\/customers etc due to the social goods &amp; services that the startup can deliver.<\/li>\n<li>Startups pursuing an agenda of inclusive innovation. Supporting technologies\/ innovations\/ enterprises aiming to deliver significant social impact using technologies that deliver more value from less resource for more people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 29px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-2\"><b>Who qualify as our Social Enterprises<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-lg-10\">\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Startups and entrepreneurs\/innovators who meet Venture Center\u2019s Social Enterprise definition&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Venture Center supports social innovators and social enterprises that leverage science and technology and follow a sustainable business model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 13px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/plugins\/post-and-page-builder\/assets\/image\/patterns\/black-thread.png'); background-size: auto; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat;\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<blockquote class=\"\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>View our Social Innovation Initiatives<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 39px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/include.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/include.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/include-250x116.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &nbsp;<strong> Include program<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">INCLUDE is Venture Center\u2019s program for supporting social enterprises in partnership with CSIR-NCL and the CSIR-800 program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More details:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/include\/\">http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/include\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/eklavya\/\">http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/eklavya\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1487017159836-4e23ece2e4cf?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=MnwzODUwMDN8MHwxfGFsbHx8fHx8fHx8fDE2Njk3NDU4Nzk&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 50%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1487017159836-4e23ece2e4cf?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=MnwzODUwMDN8MHwxfGFsbHx8fHx8fHx8fDE2Njk3NDU4Nzk&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<h2 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Social Innovation Tech<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Fello<\/span>wships : For Early Stage Ideas<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For Early Stage Ideas<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Supported by Department of Biotechnology\u2019s Biotech Industry Research Assistance Council (DBT-BIRAC), the <strong>S<\/strong>ocial <strong>I<\/strong>nnovation <strong>I<\/strong>mmersion <strong>P<\/strong>rogramme (SIIP) is a fellowship program under the SPARSH (Social Innovation Programme for Products: Affordable &amp; Relevant to Societal Health) scheme. This scheme highlights the need of innovative solutions to society\u2019s most pressing problems. The scheme tackles major social issues and offers new ideas for wide-scale change.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><b>SPARSH objectives :<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Identify and provide support to cutting edge innovations towards affordable product development that can bring significant social impact and address challenges of inclusive growth.<\/li>\n<li>Provide support in form of impact funding of biotech product innovations (with social goals) that can be scaled.<\/li>\n<li>Create and foster a pool of social innovators in biotech and provide a platform to share best practices, understand intricacies of business models in social innovation and network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">Theme calls under Social Innovation Immersion Program:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Call 1:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/siip\/index.php\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&nbsp;Maternal and Child Health: Pune MedTech Fellowships<\/span><\/a> (2015-16)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Call 2:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/siip2\/index.php\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Sanitation and Waste to Value: Sanitation Tech Fellowships&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/a> (2017-18)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;Call 3:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/siip3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ageing and Health: Geriatrics Tech Fellowships&nbsp;<\/span><\/a>&nbsp; (2018-19)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;Call 4:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wastetovalue\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Waste to Value: Social Innovation Tech Fellowships&nbsp;<\/span><\/a>&nbsp; (2020-22)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Call 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/agritech\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Agritech: Social Innovation Tech Fellowships<\/span><\/a> (2022-23)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SIIP-fellows-head-shots.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Impact-SIIP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Startup logos :<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-300x117.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-1024x399.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-250x97.png 250w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-550x214.png 550w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-800x312.png 800w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-462x180.png 462w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-770x300.png 770w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo-1284x500.png 1284w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Amrita-logo.png 1343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/>&nbsp; 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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-300x83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-1024x283.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-768x212.png 768w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-1536x424.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-250x69.png 250w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-550x152.png 550w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-800x221.png 800w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-652x180.png 652w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo-1086x300.png 1086w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Minigram-logo.png 1608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-203x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-203x300.jpeg 203w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-692x1024.jpeg 692w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-768x1136.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-250x370.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-550x814.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-800x1184.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-122x180.jpeg 122w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo-338x500.jpeg 338w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Akash-logo.jpeg 842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5-889x500.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lakshay-logo-5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-250x188.png 250w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-550x413.png 550w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo-667x500.png 667w, https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pramod-logo.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/>&nbsp; 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background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 50%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/source.unsplash.com\/YrtFlrLo2DQ\/1920x1080\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 14px; padding-bottom: 0px; background-image: url('https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1470214304380-aadaedcfff84?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=MnwzODUwMDN8MHwxfGFsbHx8fHx8fHx8fDE2Njk3NDU5OTk&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 50%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1470214304380-aadaedcfff84?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=MnwzODUwMDN8MHwxfGFsbHx8fHx8fHx8fDE2Njk3NDU5OTk&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<h1 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Campaigns and Action Groups around Socially Relevant Themes<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 53px; padding-bottom: 75px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Via our Social Innovations vertical, Venture Center has launched campaigns round socially relevant themes like:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/campaigns\/amr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anti-Microbial Resistance&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/campaigns\/sanitation\/\">Sanitation and Waste to Value<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/campaigns\/energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/campaigns\/me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medical Electronics<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/campaigns\/bioenergy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bioenergy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/campaigns\/mch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maternal &amp; Child Health (Project: Vatsala)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/pdag\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pune Diagnostics Action Group (PDAG) : In response to the COVID 19 Pandemic<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/source.unsplash.com\/TiKZ7tzM4P8\/1920x1080'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 50%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/source.unsplash.com\/TiKZ7tzM4P8\/1920x1080\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; background-image: url('https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1465496779874-1d1a7dde58f3?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=MnwzODUwMDN8MHwxfGFsbHx8fHx8fHx8fDE2Njk3NDU4ODA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 50%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1465496779874-1d1a7dde58f3?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=MnwzODUwMDN8MHwxfGFsbHx8fHx8fHx8fDE2Njk3NDU4ODA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<h2 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Social Innovation Lecture Series (SIL)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 75px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<p class=\"\"><b>About the series:<\/b>&nbsp;This lecture series presents social innovators\/entrepreneurs, their journey, their models for delivering social impact, the lessons learnt and their tips\/pointers for the next generation of social innovators\/ entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><b>Organized by:<\/b> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\">Social Innovations<\/a><\/span> at Venture Center; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/include\/\">INCLUDE program<\/a><\/span> at Venture Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><b>Supported by:<\/b> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/\">Venture Center<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nclinnovations.org\/\">NCL Innovations<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nstedb.com\/\">DST-NSTEDB<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><b>Contact person:<\/b> Dr. Mugdha Lele, Head for Social Innovations&nbsp; (mugdha@venturecenter.co.in )<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>List of talks conducted:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/events\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Available here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/source.unsplash.com\/g5F4ZzeNEgY\/1920x1080'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 50%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/source.unsplash.com\/g5F4ZzeNEgY\/1920x1080\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 83px; padding-bottom: 29px; background-image: url('https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1423589989400-cc0270157ed0?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=MnwzODUwMDN8MHwxfGFsbHx8fHx8fHx8fDE2Njk3NDU4Nzk&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 50%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1423589989400-cc0270157ed0?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=MnwzODUwMDN8MHwxfGFsbHx8fHx8fHx8fDE2Njk3NDU4Nzk&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<h1 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Startup 101 Series&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 30px; padding-bottom: 75px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start-up 101 series is an induction series designed for young entrepreneurs who are initiating their entrepreneurial journeys. The aim is to expose them to the basic details and requirements in this journey from aspects of human resources, financial compliances, term sheets, how to raise money, technology commercialization, networking, how to pitch, preparing a business plan, venturing basics and such related aspects of entrepreneurship. Some practical tips and pointers based on real-life experiences will be shared by the speakers in this series.&nbsp;The idea is to enthuse and inspire young entrepreneurs and provide them a common launch pad to take off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>THEME \/ MISSION<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;:<\/strong> &nbsp;Start-up India Mission \/ Skill India<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Startup 101 : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Startup-101_2017.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&nbsp;#1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Startup 101 : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/csr\/intox\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&nbsp;#2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Startup 101 : <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/startup101\/\">#3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Startup 101 : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/events\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">#4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Enterprises: A Venture Center perspective Venture Center defines Social Enterprises as those startups with the following features: Startups that aim to provide a solution to a significant problem or need of society and people at large especially under-served and under-privileged sections of the populations Startups with a financially sustainable business model and\/or a for-profit &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/initiatives\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Initiatives&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template\/page\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venturecenter.co.in\/socialinnovations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}