Sankalp Forum’s annual summit
ENTERPRISE/SOCIAL
With a focus on “Looking Beyond Impact: Seeking Transformational
Change”, the Summit will take up a debate on the evolving role of socialbusinesses
and the impact investing industry in changing lives of people at the base of
the pyramid. Through thought-leading discourses,global knowledge-transfer and
dialog,the Summit will take stock ofmeasures that have been enabling the work
of social enterprises in bringing transformational change, and identify
measures for the future.
Mumbai/India gears up for the World’s largest social enterprise
gathering on April 16-18
Sankalp Forum’s annual summit
Sankalp Forum’s annual summit brings together global industry
heavyweights like Antony Bugg-Levine, Susanne Dorasil, VineetRai and TCA
RanganathanCash prizes and grants of around INR 4 Million
to be awarded here along with a host of other benefits.
Sankalp Forum’s annual summit is back with its 5th
edition. This time it has joined forces with Villgro’sUnconvention to create
the SankalpUnconvention Summit 2013 and consolidate the social enterprise space
in India.
In 2012, the Summit was attended by over 700 delegates from 343
organizations across the social and mainstream space. Of the 168 social
enterprises who attended from countries like Vietnam, Nigeria and USA,31 got to
pitch their businesses to investors, 45 secured mentoring opportunities with
sector experts, and all of them connected with enablers and crucial networks.
This year, with over 1000 delegates in attendance on each of the
3 days, the SankalpUnconvention Summit will disseminate awards and grants
totaling INR 4.3 million. It will also
do what no other gathering does - organize garage sessions, mentoring clinics
and workshops to help early-stage entrepreneurs addresscapacity roadblocks,
alongside featuring cutting edge discussions that will go beyond conventional
definitions of impact.AparajitaAgrawal, Director of Sankalp Forum, stated, "The Summit is a culmination of
learnings and lessons gathered round the year by Sankalp Forum in partnership
with practitioners like IFC, NASE and early-stage social entrepreneurs, crafted
to dive deeper into what it means to holistically improve lives at the base of
the pyramid.”
Key confirmed participants include Ms Susanne Dorasil from the
German Ministry of Economic Cooperation & Development (BMZ), Impact Investing
Champion Mr Antony Bugg-Levine, Omidyar Network’s MrJayantSinha and CMD of Exim
Bank Mr TCA Ranganathan.
About Sankalp Forum
Sankalp
Forum (www.sankalpforum.com), an Intellecap initiative,
recognizes & supports innovative, sustainable, high impact social
enterprises. It builds an enabling ecosystem for early-stage businesses,
channels impact investments, and engages over 11,000 stakeholders globally
through collaborative year-round initiatives. It mobilizes a community of
entrepreneurs, investors, enablers and policy-makers to encourage innovation,
facilitate scalability, and drive consensus on matters that aid social
enterprise development.
Sankalp’s
Annual Summit is the largest social enterprise focused gathering in the world,
and in 2013 it partnered with Unconvention to become the SankalpUnconvention
Summit. The Summit brings together more than 1,000 delegates, thought leaders,
industry experts, policy makers from around the world to voice, discuss, debate
issues, trends and solutions that aid social enterprise development.
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