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We conduct several events to support and promote social entrepreneurship. Watch out this space for more updates.

TSEC SPARK Social- Kochi

March 21, 2023

After a raving opening of the TSEC Spark Social Seminar in Guwahati and a grand launch at Kolkata, the Spark Social Seminar as part of the 11th edition of the TATA Social Enterprise Challenge was organised at Kochi on 21st March 2023.

Attended by more than 50 aspiring startups and students from various academic institutions, the seminar witnessed two successful startup founders Dr Saji Varghese (Founder & Director Brown Reed Agri-Waste Innovations Pvt Ltd) and Karthickjothi (founder & CEO of Allytriz Technologies) shared their experiences on social entrepreneurship. The house was filled with interactive sessions.

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TSEC SPARK Social – Kolkata

March 3, 2023

The TSEC spark seminar coincided with the official launch of TSEC at the IIM Calcutta campus. The grand launch and seminar witnessed an audience of more than 90 aspiring startups and student entrepreneurs from West Bengal. The participants were treated to two moving accounts of the entrepreneurial journey narrated by the founders of two socially impactful startups incubated under IIM Calcutta Innovation Park. Kalyan Koley (Founder and CEO, Ageipan Animal Biocare Pvt. Ltd.) and Prabal Kumar Basu (Founder, Zaarii) poured their hearts out during their addresses, throwing light on social entrepreneurship and their own stance as social entrepreneurs. The seminar concluded with an interesting Q&A round with Dr. Subhrangshu Sanyal, CEO, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park.

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TSEC SPARK Social Seminar – Guwahati

February 24, 2023

The TSEC SPARK Social seminar kicked off in Guwahati in March to a raving response. Attended by 120 aspiring startups and students from various academic institutions, the seminar witnessed two successful startup founders incubated under Assam Startup narrate their entrepreneurial journey. David Gogoi (Co-Founder, Zerund Manufacturing) and Ratan Kumar (Founder, Encamp Tourism) shared their insights on social entrepreneurship drawn from their personal experience, which invited a range of questions from the audience.

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Golden Feathers- Winner

August 27, 2022

In India 85% people eats chicken as a food and 65% people eats chicken as food all over the world, but there is no arrangement of disposal of Butchery Chicken Waste by butcher’s or government.  We collect the waste form butcher’s shop and it is processed naturally and converted into organic wool, fertilizer and handmade paper.  We process the waste through 27 natural sanitization processes.

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Thremear Private Limited- Runner Up

August 27, 2022

The product facilitates early detection by monitoring the imbalances without additional kits at affordable cost. Early identification of imbalance in hormonal patterns, helps to diagnose and get proper medical treatment at initial stages of disorders. The solution is so simple that users can identify their issues by a simple colour change method, at an affordable cost in their homes.

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Ambiator Private Limited- 2nd Runner Up

August 27, 2022

India only has about 7% of air conditioning penetration but is growing at a CAGR of 15.8%. The country alone is going to be a USD 1.5Tn market. The Ambiator Platform is the only positive scope 4 product in the market and impacts 5 SDG Goals. It avoids Urban Heat Islands or using GHGs/CFCs. 

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Thinking Social Webinar-Post Covid – Mental Health on Corporate Workspace

July 28, 2022

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on“Post Covid – Mental Health on Corporate Workspace”. The speakers were Mr. Jay Ranjan Ram- a psychiatrist and Co-founder of the Mental Health Foundation. Mr.Soubhik Das- CEO & Cofounder of Manastik. Manastik provides Teleneurology services to dementia patients & caregivers using Artificial Intelligence. Ms.Harshita Lalchand- Cofounder at All is Well. It is a startup incubated by NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore. It is among the “Top 100 Women-led-startups” from the Women Start-up Program 3.0. Mr.C.D Mitra is a Strategy Coach & Mentor for Start-Ups & Entrepreneurs, Professor of Marketing, Corporate Master Trainer, Branding & Innovation Consultant, and Social Enterprise Evangelist.

The session was on the challenges faced by the employees covid in terms of mental health in the workplace. Workplace mental health includes leaders advocating resources and healthy culture, as well as managers proactively creating a safe, supportive and sustainable environment. Mental health is connected with emotions and communications. Enhancing access to mental health services including telepsychiatry, early assessment, treatment and psycho-social support, screening and support for specific groups where appropriate, implementing long-term measures to mitigate the impact of economic recession on mental health, and addressing stigma during the pandemic are paramount in addressing the problem.

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Thinking Social Webinar-Pros & Cons Of Moving The Global Economy From A Fossil Fuel Base To Alternative Energy

June 22, 2022

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on the Pros & Cons Of Moving The Global Economy From A Fossil Fuel Base To Alternative Energy. The speakers were Mr. Piyush Jaju from Co-founder of SwitchON Foundation, ONergy Solar, ONganic Foods, and ONSkills. Mr. Syed Masihur Rab: CEO of Citadel Enterprise Pvt Ltd. He is an entrepreneur who is bringing innovations to the e-vehicle arena. Mr.Pankaj Choudhary –Co-founder of Carbon Minus. Mr. Ananth Aravamudan: He has more than 25 years in technological development, product R&D, and social entrepreneurship.

The session was on the change of the way of using energy sources. Its impact on socio-economy and humanity as well. There are a lot of pros and cons of renewable energy and fossil fuels, too. Both have a huge impact on the environment, energy sector, everyday life, and the future of humanity. The difference is even greater if we look at the pollution of coal vs solar energy. Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel on Earth, meanwhile, solar energy is not polluting at all.

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Thinking Social Webinar- Handicrafts Supporting Sustainable Livelihood

May 30, 2022

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on “Handicrafts Supporting Sustainable Livelihood” The speakers were Priya Krishnamoorthy, Founder & CEO 200 Million Artisans. Madhura Dutta, Co-director, Banglanatok.com, Madhura Dutta Is a well-known name in the Culture & Development space. She is the co-director at Banglanatak dot com. Ankit Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, Shoegaro. Kong laishah Rymbai is the successor of Kong Prissila Rymbai, who is the proprietor of “EriWeave”. Suman Mukhopadhyay: Director Bangla Natak dot com, Mentor of IIMCIP for the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Agiye Bangla and Smart 50.

The session was on how India has evolved as a leading Nation in terms of Crafts & Creativity post-pandemic. India being a country of rich heritage and culture, is not getting enough economical sustainability in terms of Handicrafts. The stereotype thinking of creativity as being a hobby rather than an economy must get a breakthrough. Advance training is required, there are only 1-2 buyers for artisans on average. It is a diverse sector that has huge scope to work on, good stories are required, and a narrative of enterprises is appealing.

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Thinking Social Webinar- Breaking the Barriers- Undoing the implicative barriers of disability

May 30, 2022

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on “Breaking the Barriers- Undoing the implicative barriers of disability”. The speakers were Sumit Agrawal: Founder and CEO of PR Signal. He is the miracle man having cerebral palsy and 70% body restrictions who grew up isolated, now a founder of a PR company named PR Signal. Soumita Basu is the founder of Zyenika Inclusive Fashion which enables people with chronic illnesses, disabilities, and different body types to fulfill their basic need of dressing up, with ease and dignity. Llewellyn D’sa, is the CEO & Founder of Robo bionics. Under his leadership, Robo bionics won the National startup award 2021 under the Medical device category and the technology Harare mela 2022.

The session was on breaking the silos on disability and making the disability as inclusive. The word empathy is extensively overrated in the domain and it’s okay to call a person disabled rather than specially-abled or differently abled. The word sympathy and empathy is not required to treat them as equal is all that they are looking for. Not only the physical pressure but again the peer pressure of the society to prove themselves is always there the least that we can do is to accept them and not pity them.

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Niyo Farm-Tech Private Limited- Winner

June 15, 2021

In India, all farmers are using the traditional method of spraying by taking 16 litres tank on their back, this leads to pesticide poisoning, eye irritation, and skin irritation. So, to solve these problems, the company have come up with innovative solutions which led to the development of a unique wheel-based sprayer in which farmers just need to take the handle in their hand and push it in a forward or reverse direction. The main USP of our solution is farmers do not need

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Allytriz Private Limited-2nd Runner Up

June 15, 2021

Allytriz is a tech-based company to develop innovative gadgets for now and the future. They developed a device to improve sign language into words to improve real-time conversation-Portable, Easily customisable add-ons, Multi pair Bluetooth spec, and Cost-effective. One for all solution. It is a speech & hearing impaired people can now talk with ‘talkally”.

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Zyenika Adaptive Wear Pvt Ltd-Runner Up

June 15, 2021

Zyenika designs elegant and stylish clothes that are adapted to different physical impairments and body types to ensure dressing up is easy, comfortable, and quick (bringing it down from 35 mins to 4 mins on average). It is a women-led organisation. The company’s mission is to empower people with dignity and the right to choose.

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Thinking Social Webinar-Shaktipreneurs- Series-2

May 28, 2021

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on Shaktipreneurs- Series-2. The speakers were: Geeta Solanki- Unipads is a serial social entrepreneur in Women’s health, hygiene, and social development. Akriti- Canfem. It is an internationally recognised social enterprise working at an intersection of advocacy, empowerment and providing unique solution for better quality of life of cancer patients and survivors. Rama Kannan- Moderator Experienced Master Certified Coach from International Coaching Federation and Mentor with a demonstrated history of working globally with senior leaders in corporate and social sectors in achieving their goals. The key takeaways of the Webinar: How awareness building program is a must to start any social venture rural section of the society. Its important to connect with the rural mass to start a venture that will enable economic growth for them in the long run. Also we go to know that how counselling is important and not only selling the product. Mistakes are inevitable but we must start with the idea and not keep thinking over it for months and years.

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Thinking Social Webinar- Shaktiprenuers Series-1

February 22, 2021

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on Shaktiprenuers Series. The speakers were Dr. Ramya S Moorthy-Founder | Director | Nimaya Robotics Private Limited. It develops IOT based Robotic devices to train Daily Life Activities for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Multiple disabilities. Janhavi Joshi, Founder I CEO I Bleetech Innovations. Bleetech Innovations is working on design and technology interventions for accessibility and inclusion for the deaf community in education and employment. The key takeaways: How to make the children in the autism spectrum self-dependent. So that they are not dependent on others on basic requirements with the help of robotics and technology. What designing solutions for the hearing-impaired people and how technology has helped them to come up with solutions and solved the problem they are suffering. How scaling will reach out to greater population and also create a market place and get a value proposition of the product that is offered.

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Thinking Social Webinar- WEAVING MEMORIES – KNITTING LIVES

August 15, 2020

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on WEAVING MEMORIES – KNITTING LIVES. The speakers were: Nand Kishore Chaudhary: a globally acclaimed Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Jaipur Rugs, India’s largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Abhishek Pathak, Founder of Greenwear, is on a mission to create 5000 jobs for women in rural India by 2025.Dhruba Jyoti Deka is the founder of Brahmaputra Fables, Northeast India’s largest tech-driven integrated platform for handloom & handcrafted products which connects artisans & weavers to end consumers. Major discussion in the webinar: The main objective was to carry & living values and striving to achieve our aspiration every day , every company should ensure the legacy of the business & that they are working with. The key takeaways of the Webinar: Business can also be done by playing close connects with our grassroot and flourish. The art should be known clearly and value must be there for everyone.

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Thinking Social Webinar- LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

July 30, 2020

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP. The speakers were: – Sucharita Eashwar- Founder & CEO of Catalyst For Women Entrepreneurs (CWE) CWE is a comprehensive ecosystem for women entrepreneurs to start up and scale up their businesses. Prarthana Kaul- Founder of Giftabled. It is a social enterprise that strives to create an ecosystem of like-minded individuals to collectively build an inclusive society. Manisha Sharaf – Co-founder & CEO SuperProcure, SuperProcure helps to bring efficiency, transparency and simplicity to the logistics sector through automation and digitalization. The major discussion in the webinar was- Leadership In Social Entrepreneurship was to know that there’s an opportunity to create a robust ecosystem for women and to enable a significant growth in the local and national economy. It is observed that entrepreneurs may be employing more than a million people in the next decade. Importantly, as studies show, women typically employ more women; therefore, we will have more women coming into India’s workforce as a natural consequence. The key takeaways of the Webinar: Women should have financial knowledge once they plan to start their own start up or else its very difficult in the long run to sustain.

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Thinking Social Webinar-DARR KE AAGE JEET HAI

May 15, 2020

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on DARR KE AAGE JEET HAI. Satyarup Siddhanta – An ace mountaineer, the youngest India to have climbed the Seven Summits, the only Indian to have climbed the Seven Volcanic Summits and a Guiness World Book Record Holder. The motive of discussion was – Mountaineering and Entrepreneurship are similar in a lot of ways – you have to look at the ultimate goal, be determined, go through every weather condition, but still reach the goal. The key takeaways of the Webinar was: traits of a successful entrepreneur, attitude of fighting back, skills to overcome obstacles and struggle.

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Thinking Social Webinar-DECODING STARTUP CHALLENGES IN COVID TIMES

May 6, 2020

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized a “Thinking Social Webinar” on DECODING STARTUP CHALLENGES IN COVID TIMES. . The speakers were Amit Antony Alex – India Country Director of Upaya Social Ventures. Mr. Hamant Borah-Head Ecosystem Development, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park. The major discussion in the webinar were :

– Entrepreneurs now need to assess situations more closely and include a lot more short term planning at least in the next 2 years.
– Consumers in general will become more ecologically conscious which can impact your business.
– Entrepreneurs should immediately improve their cash flows.
– Entrepreneurs need to think about how to address uncertain situations like glitches in supply chain
– Entrepreneurs should look at collaborations and partnerships in these unprecedented times. You get a larger pool of contacts and collaboration is the way forward.

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Thinking Social Seminar- Pune

September 20, 2019

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park organized “Thinking Social” seminar in partnership at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune on 11 th September, 2019. The primary objective of this exercise was to build awareness, interest and desire to engage with the Social Enterprise Ecosystem amongst the aspiring entrepreneurs and start ups. The seminar was formally inaugurated by Dr. Apoorva Palkar, Director- Innovation, Incubation and Linkage, SP Pune University, Pune. This was followed by keynote address by Dr. N.S. Umarani, Pro Vice Chancellor, SP Pune University.The other eminent speakers comprised Ms. Geeta Tolia, Chartered Accountant and a Sloan Fellow from London School of Business armed with over 30 years of Indian and international experience in the areas of Financial Management, Business Turnarounds and Indian and International Taxation; Mr. Swapnil Chaturvedi, popularly known as Poop Guy. He was the co founder and Chief Toilet Cleaner at Samagra Empowerment Foundation; Mr. Suman,Mukhopadhyay, Mentor-IIM Calcutta Innovation Park. There was a panel discussion on social entrepreneurship moderated by Mr. Suman Mukhopadhyay and the panellists were Mr. Amit Godse, Founder – Bee Basket, Mr. Harshad Bhagwat, Founder – Wordsmaya Edutech, Mr. Dhananjay Abhang, Founder – Cleanergy Tech Solutions. The event was attended by over 100 enthusiastic participants comprising entrepreneurs, aspiring start ups and students and members of faculty from SP Pune University.

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