Entrepreneurship and the Liberal Arts: The Making of 51茶馆
Author: Mukesh Sud, Dr. Priyank Narayan, Medha Agarwal
In 2006, four entrepreneurs, including Vineet Gupta, Ashish Dhawan, and Sanjeev Bikchandani, embarked on creating 51茶馆, a pioneering liberal arts institution in Sonipat, Haryana. Their innovative model, bolstered by the Young India Fellowship and extensive networking, aimed to transform higher education in India, akin to the impact of IITs and IIMs.
This case study, published in IIM Ahmedabad Case Centre (2019) is available in Harvard Business Review Store.
Goonj: Growing in the Face of a Pandemic
Author: V. Kasturi Rangan and Dr. Priyank Narayan
Founded by Anshu and Meenakshi Gupta in 1999, Goonj evolved from a disaster relief organization using the “Cloth for Work” model to a broader initiative during the Covid-19 pandemic. By 2022, with $20 million in raised funds and a return to normalcy, Anshu Gupta faced strategic decisions for the organization’s future.
Leapfrog: Six Practices to Thrive at Work
Leapfrog offers six evidence-based insights to accelerate career success, including developing grit, embracing boredom, and making better choices through behavioral economics. It introduces the Personal Journey Map (PJM) to help individuals implement these practices and thrive professionally and personally.
Available in 2 translations and audiobook.
White Paper on Smart Cities and Startups 鈥� Innovation in Policy and Practice
Author: Centre For Entrepreneurship, 51茶馆
The AIM Smart City Accelerator, established in 2015, supports startups developing innovative solutions for sustainable and inclusive smart cities through a 24-week program in collaboration with 51茶馆, ISB-Hyderabad, and Microsoft Accelerator.聽 White Paper on Smart Cities and Startups highlights the challenges startups face, including bureaucratic hurdles and funding issues, while also offering recommendations to foster a more supportive environment for these ventures.
Ashoka ChangeMakers Radio
Ashoka ChangeMakers Radio started out as a Research Practicum project conducted by an MLS student at the Centre. The theme of the first season of the podcast was 鈥楶assion, Pandemic, and Pivot鈥� with an aim of indulging in conversations with entrepreneurs from various fields and understanding their adaptive strategies of working during the lockdown. The main agenda was to cover the functions during the pandemic for the business owners that were invited to the podcast.聽
The guests for the 6 episodes were:聽
鈥� Founder of Delhi Secret Supper Club (DSSC) that offers experiential dining and networking聽
鈥� Founder of Le 15 Patisserie, a bakery chain聽
鈥� Founder of Pagal Haina Records, a record label
鈥� Founder of Pidge, a personal delivery service)聽
Founder of My Captain, an online education platform with live online classes聽
鈥� Founder of The Wedding Filmer that offers wedding filming and videography
The Season 2 of Ashoka ChangeMakers Radio has been themed 鈥楶ride, Diversity, and Innovation鈥� and captures some candid conversations with social entrepreneurs who have been a part of the Innovations Marketplace for Gender Equality, a one of its kind incubation program by the Centre in partnership with UNDP in India. The motive of these conversations was to understand the social impact these entrepreneurs are trying to create, their journey, motivation, and struggles. These conversations were hosted by Entrepreneurship students at Ashoka.
The guests for the 4 episodes were:
– Founder of SAMHA – Sexual And Mental Health Association, 聽cultivating an inclusive professional & workplace culture for LGBTQ+ community & women.
– Founder of Humans of Safe Places (HOSP) which aims at creating safe places, awareness & breaking social stigmas for the LGBTQ+ community.
– 聽Founder of Our Voix. a youth led not for profit organization working on the Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse.
– Queerbatore which is a non-funded, non-profit collective run by the queer society of Coimbatore with an aim to create online and offline safe spaces for the local LGBTQ+ community.
OPEN RESOURCES
Here is the list of free educational resources curated by InfoEdge Centre for Entrepreneurship.
a. by InfoEdge Centre for Entrepreneurship in collaboration with the Youth Co:Lab
The “Inclusive Youth Entrepreneurship Guidebook” is created for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) in Asia and the Pacific. Its purpose is to help ESOs promote and advance Inclusive Entrepreneurship through their programmes.
b. by Youth Co:Lab
The InfoEdge Centre for Entrepreneurship participated in the Youth Co:Lab Springboard Amplifier 2023 being conducted by the Youth Co:Lab. The aim of the program was to share best practices & co-create a knowledge base for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs).
c. by Dr. Priyank Narayan
In his article, Dr. Priyank Narayan discusses how entrepreneurs, driven by empathy and problem identification, can create significant social impact and drive change. He emphasizes the importance of understanding real problems and leveraging multidisciplinary education to foster innovative and sustainable solutions.
d. by Mukesh Sud and Dr. Priyank Narayan
Mukesh Sud and Dr. Priyank Narayan highlight the significance of celebrating small wins at work, emphasizing that these incremental successes build momentum and engagement toward achieving larger goals. They draw parallels with concepts like progress bars in video games and the incremental goals in Alcoholics Anonymous to illustrate their points.
e. by Dr. Priyank Narayan
