Big Change: Amrit Kaal To Foster The Climate Of Social Entrepreneurship In India

To be resourceful for the 'Big Change', social entrepreneurship is witnessing a decolonisation whereby it is being made easily accessible to all.

In the Amrit Kaal period, social entrepreneurship is set up as a problem-solving method that seeks to deal with comprehensive issues rather than just being a wealth creator.

Social entrepreneurship must incorporate the key aspects of collective accountability for integrity, socio-ecological practices and a stance of learning.

The existing ongoing reality consists of a coexistence of awful issues —problematic and complicated collective challenges — that embrace various facets of life, which are becoming more intricate on a regular basis.

Social entrepreneurs need to adopt a structural-thinking method for their enterprises to address these fundamental and underlying challenges in society.

Social entrepreneurs, as change-makers, need to make special efforts to improvise societal justice and change social norms as we reinvent our practices in the Amrit Kaal.

To attain a healthier outcome, we must rapidly act in cooperation to overhaul all socio-economic facets, from social contracts to education and working conditions. In a nutshell, we require a 'Big Change' in capitalism.

This is the time for social entrepreneurs to step out of the conventional playing field and be an engine of innovation.

Many of us associate entrepreneurship with cutting-edge technological advancements, skyrocketing profits, and wealth mining as the primary motivators, but entrepreneurship can also be a catalyst for stimulating societal change, preserving ecological sustainability and creating a prosperous economy.

Social entrepreneurship has the incredible potential to construct a stage to unleash social entrepreneurs on the country’s toughest socio-economic problems.

The government of India widely supports its citizens in fostering a climate of entrepreneurship throughout the nation by encouraging them to avail the full benefits of its schemes and policies which are offered to citizens.

Citizens need to play a significant role and open up in terms of active participation, take initiatives and utilise the offered schemes and policies.

Social entrepreneurs have the potential to bring the nation one step closer to solving the country’s ongoing challenges.

Our recent approach to entrepreneurship resonates with our existing economic framework in its basic structure, which is with an alignment towards economic growth.

However, for social entrepreneurship to meet the requirements of the 'Big Change', all venture-and value-creation methods must integrate ecological practices and societal integrity.

Fortunately, in Amrit Kaal, there is an immense energy to work on cohesive methods using innovative enterprise-based models to boost socio-economic freedom.

'Make in India' and the concept of self-reliance are no more a dream; India is already speeding towards achieving its 'panch pran' pledges.

The government of India does not work on the zero-sum power game philosophy, in which for some to win, others must lose.

To fight that conceptualisation, the country knows that it is imperative to recognise and acknowledge humans’ dependence on mutual progress, cooperation and collaboration.

Indian social entrepreneurs are analytical, futuristic and progressive; they are working on a system that takes into account structural disparity, generational trauma and historical exclusion.

This instigates the consideration that the environment we live in was not intended for all humans and that the foundations of our education, economic and health systems, amongst others, need to be reimagined. 

To adapt to the fluctuation of issues, a learning stance is required, which includes the placement of keys in context, inventive experimentation with concepts, and thoughtful and insightful practices.

Problem-solving within a stance-of-learning context permits communities to make mistakes as they unceasingly create innovative solutions that are reflective of past actions.

A stance of learning lets errors and flawed solutions in social enterprises be tested, restated upon, and incessantly improved to best fit the scenarios at hand.

This ability is desired now more than ever, as we reimagine the general standards of retrieval and how social entrepreneurs can best contribute to the 'Big Change'.

To wholly mitigate the multifaceted societal and ecological challenges, social entrepreneurs need to create consistency in their approach within the context of present reality.

Social entrepreneurship plays a significant role in the development of rural areas.

In India, 'you build your village' should be the basic mantra, even in the remotest of villages and tribal areas.

The 'apno gaav, aap banao" theme played a significant role in strengthening various communities in Sikkim. This initiative is still being undertaken for the people and by the people.

Similarly, the Yuva Shakti Team at Pachkodiya in Rajasthan is holistically developing its community through the active participation of local participants. This helps in the holistic transformation of villages.

The first step is to gather the gram panchayat and speak to them. Without effective, two-way dialogue, it is not possible to have zeroed in on the targets to be tackled.

Then, take suggestions from all the people there — men, women, and children — and find out even their most basic needs.

As basic as reliable supply of water and electricity before anything else, it could play an important role in setting plans and priorities from a village development planning and management perspective.

The aim should be to bring communities and authorities together to ensure the village is transformed in a way that the villagers would be happy to maintain. More villages and authorities should take note of it and replicate it in their villages.

In the next few years, social entrepreneurship is going to play a significant role in connecting the gap formed by discrimination and poverty at the grassroots level.

Hence, collective accountability for integrity; socio-ecological practices; and stance of learning play a crucial role in social entrepreneurship and innovation and can’t be overlooked to bring out the 'Big Change' from a holistic development perspective.