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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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