Classroom Presentation – Social Entrepreneurship

“Magic happens when you don't give

up, even though you want to. The universe always

falls in love with a stubborn heart.”

Hello!I am Sampad AcharyaToday I will be talking about a person who defines

social entrepreneurship for me.

Big Who is a social worker?

A Social worker is one who..× Promote Justice and Social Change× Is an agent of balance in the prevailing

social tensions× Uses their skills to address social

problems

So, according to this definition by the Canadian Labour Department…

This is what the social worker in our mindS may look like

But by the previous Definition, isn’t this guy also a Social Worker?

Big Who is an entrepreneur?

a person who organizes and manages any

enterprise, especially a

business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.

- Dictionary.com

Big Prof: According to you, Who is a social entrepreneur?

Meet Arunachalam..

36%Of girls rarely go to school during menstruation

84%Of the times, this leads to severe clinical complications

300 millionWomen & girls do not have access to menstrual hygiene products and use

old rags, sand, ash, dry leaves

Arunachalam Muruganantham× Hails from Coimbatore, India –

Textile Hub× Inventor of a low-cost sanitary

pad making machine× Manufacture sanitary pads for

less than 3rd of the cost of commercial pads

× Arunachalam’s machine creates jobs and income for many women, and affordable pads enable many more women to earn their livelihood during menstruation 

Lets hear it from the man himself

1,000,000

Jobs for women in Rural India and oppurtunities of economic

empowerment

× When he started out in 1998, his wife left him

× By 2004, he was being called a mad-man by his family

× In 2014, TIME magazine placed him in its list of 100 Most Influential People in the World

× In 2016, he was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India

“Magic happens when you don't give

up, even though you want to. The universe always

falls in love with a stubborn heart.”

THANKS!Any questions?You can find me at ur15037@stu.ximb.ac.in