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Let us study about some common entrepreneurship activities related to the society.

        Social Entrepreneurship

        Social  entrepreneurship  means  doing  business  in  a creative manner to help  in  the social  development of  the
        society. Social entrepreneurship deals with environmental and social issues. They put efforts and take risks to bring
        positive changes in society. Some of the problems taken care by social entrepreneurs are poor quality education for
        underprivilege, health and sanitation, unemployment, child labour etc.
        Some of the well-known social entrepreneurs are:





                                 • Urvashi Sahni: She is the founder and CEO of SHEF (Study Hall Education Foundation), an
                                  organization dedicated to offering education to the most underpriviliged girls in India.






              Urvashi Sahni

        •  Harish Hande: He is  the CEO & Founder  of  Selco, a company rendering  sustainable
          energy sources to rural regions  of the country. This  project was the first rural solar
          financing program in India.

        Agricultural Entrepreneurship                                                           Harish Hande

        Agricultural entrepreneurship  means doing business in a creative manner that deals with production and marketing
        of different agricultural products. This has brought the development of remote areas and also has helped the farmers
        by providing low-cost innovations in farming processes. Tree farming, dairy farming, meat packing, food delivery, and
        herb growing are some of the examples of entrepreneurship ventures in agriculture.

        Some of the well-known agricultural entrepreneurs are:



                                 •   Pramod Gautam: A former automobile engineer who switched to farming in 2006, now
                                   gets a yearly turnover of over 1 Crore after implementing a radically different method of
                                   cultivation. Pramod sells the processed and unpolished pulses under the brand name of
                                   ‘Vandana’.





             Pramod Gautam
        •  Rajiv Bittu:  Rajiv  is  a  part-time  Chartered  Accountant  and  a  full-time  farmer.  And
          according to him, he earns more from farming than his chartered accountancy firm.
          According to Rajiv drip irrigation is the best way to reduce water wastage and labour
          cost, while mulching is nothing but a thin layer of plastic in which holes are made to put
          the seeds. This restores the sun rays for a long time and retains humidity of the soil. It
          also restricts the growth of weeds around the main crop.
                                                                                                 Rajiv Bittu
        Women Entrepreneurship
        Women  entrepreneurship  means  women  are  turned  into  entrepreneurs  by  initiating,  organising  and  setting  up
        production and marketing of the products. Women initially joined the business world with innovative ideas to start
        small and medium scale ventures such as papad making, pickle preparation, food items, paintings, handicrafts, etc.

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