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The seminar focused on social entrepreneurship initiatives addressing clean air, sanitation, and water in India. It featured presentations from social enterprises Smart Air (China), Ultimate Concepts (Hyderabad), and Bala Vikasa (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh). The seminar also discussed opportunities for social innovation in smart cities and areas of focus like ICT, clean tech, and sanitation. Next steps include a social enterprise live labs initiative to help test ideas in real-life field implementations.

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Seminar Report

The seminar focused on social entrepreneurship initiatives addressing clean air, sanitation, and water in India. It featured presentations from social enterprises Smart Air (China), Ultimate Concepts (Hyderabad), and Bala Vikasa (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh). The seminar also discussed opportunities for social innovation in smart cities and areas of focus like ICT, clean tech, and sanitation. Next steps include a social enterprise live labs initiative to help test ideas in real-life field implementations.

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SEMINAR REPORT

Social Entrepreneurship: Global Experiences & Local Opportunities


21st March, 2016. ASCI Bella Vista, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad

ASCI and Ledmac Limited, London are partnering to pool their expertise and
experience in the field of Social Entrepreneurship to offer a rich mix of international
best practices along with deep understanding of the Indian context to undertake
stellar work in this area of national importance.
A number of joint activities will lay the foundation for a strong Indo-UK partnership
and hope to become one of the success stories of how transnational partnerships
can make a strong impact in India.
The first activity that the partners have organized jointly is the seminar series titled,
Social Entrepreneurship: Global Experiences & Local Opportunities.
OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR SERIES
To share knowledge, global best practices and local opportunities

To bring social entrepreneurs to share their experience of having


successfully brought their innovations to scale

Thematic Focus of the first Seminar, 21-03-2016, ASCI

CLEAN AIR
Dr. Thomas Talhelm
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Founder of Smart Air, a Social Enterprise started in China


Smart Air is a social enterprise that promotes DIY air filters as a low-cost solution to indoor
particulate air pollution in China. The frugal innovation consists of a HEPA filter strapped
on to a fan has significantly brought down costs and increased access to clean air.

The social enterprise takes a scientific approach to need identification, concept development
and product testing. This approach was demonstrated. Systematic documentation and
communication of results is crucial for market development and sustenance.
Smart Air believes that if more people see their open source data and testing, more people
would know that clean air doesn't have to cost much.

Thematic Focus of the first Seminar, 21-03-2016, ASCI

SANITATION
Dr. Y. Malini Reddy
ASCI

Ultimate Concepts, a Social Enterprise started in Hyderabad


A Public Private Partnership (PPP) project to put up Urinals for Men at a distance of every
500 meters in the twin cities. This is one of the biggest Public Sanitation Project taken up
by any Municipal Corporation in India. The project is to run from the revenue generated
from advertisements on the urinal walls.
The innovative waterless urinal requires no flushing and saves up to 1.51 lakh liters of
water per year per urinal. It uses Zerodor technology to ensure odorless urinals. It is
compact unit using only 20 sq.feet of place to install and is solar powered with 3 days back
up . Urinals are fitted with fans and other accessories and the entire urinal can be installed
in 2 hours.
The company maintains 5 times a day cleaning schedule by assigning 1 cleaning truck to
10 urinals. The maintenance vehicle consists of a 300 litre water tank, a 250 litre trash can,
a high pressure water jet pump and mechanical pickers.

Thematic Focus of the first Seminar, 21-03-2016, ASCI

WATER
Mr. Shoury Reddy
Bala Vikasa

Bala Vikasa, a Social Service Society in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh


Over the past 39 years, Bala Vikasas water programs have reached more than 3.5 million
individuals. Bala Vikasa empowers communities in 6000 villages in all 23 districts of
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and is slowly expanding its programs to neighboring states
of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and Tamil Nadu. 620 water purification plants have
been installed.
In the state of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh close to 200,000 women from the most
underprivileged communities have benefitted. On average, 5,200 women gain economic
strength from micro-enterprise opportunities and entrepreneurship every year.
Water kiosks established for disbursal of water through Any Time Water' (ATW) systems
and smart cards at the price of Rs. 1 per litre.

Thematic Focus of the first Seminar, 21-03-2016, ASCI

SMART CITY
Prof. Srinivas Chary
ASCI

Social innovations in Smart City Initiative in India


Government of India has launched 100 Smart City Programme and shortlisted 20 Cities in
first round. Each of these cities have prepared smart city proposal comprising a) one or
two pan city ICT applications and b) Area development in the city with high quality services
and livability using innovation and smart technologies.
This programme offers tremendous opportunities for social innovations to engage with cities
to improve mobility, transparency, citizen engagement, municipal service delivery etc.

IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITIES AND AREAS OF FOCUS


ICT for development
(ICT4D)
Mobilizing information and
communication technologies
for support of development
goals is an area of high
relevance that cuts across
sectors. Innovations that
can bring time, cost and
service efficiencies have high
market value and contribute
much to inclusive growth.

Water
Water kiosks
Water testing and
purification systems

Clean Tech
Recycling
Biomethanation plants
Scaling up Smart Air
in India

Sanitation
Toilet Infrastructure low cost, suitable for different terrains and ground water levels, womens
urinals
Decentralized systems for septage capture
Professionalizing septage collection and transportation
Innovation low cost and environment friendly septage treatment facilities
Sustainable Business models in Public and Community Toilets Public Private Partnership, Build
Operate and Transfer
Operations & Maintenance - Business models for public/ community toilets and for school
sanitation, skilling
Information Education and Behavioral Change Communication Materials, Community Participatory
models.
School Sanitation Model Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) schools

NEXT STEPS

SE Live Labs Initiative


The SE Live Labs provides the unique opportunity to Social
Entrepreneurs to test their idea live in the field by providing access
to area/ geographies for implementation in real life situations.
We are happy to invite
existing Entrepreneurs and Social Entrepreneurs, aspiring Social
Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, CSR officials, Business and Not-for profit
organizations, Government Mission Directors and other functionaries,
Academics, Mentors, Incubation Centers and other members of the ecosystem

to write to us with
ideas, thoughts, experiences, challenges, opportunities

where we can collaborate


to make a deeper impact on the Social Entrepreneurship landscape in India

Write to us at [email protected]

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