School For Social Entrepreneurs India

This is the flagship programme of SSE India, a 9 month long programme with 24-30 contact days. It focuses on fostering a social entrepreneurial mindset, mastering business skills, measuring and communicating social impact, testing and selling products/services, and building resilience. The program's in-person learning blocks are held over 3-4 days each month from April to December in Delhi NCR. It is open to individuals from all backgrounds, ages (18+), and locations within India who are passionate about creating positive social or environmental change and have innovative ideas. Thanks to partners, successful applicants pay no tuition or accommodation costs; participants are responsible for their own travel expenses.

Works with employees/intrapreneurs to take greater ownership and connect with the organisation’s vision.

Includes the Rajasthan-based Local Entrepreneurs Programme (women).

Focuses on building entrepreneurial skills for budding entrepreneurs via practical learning, mentoring, and action learning to examine ideas, develop a business model, integrate personal values, and refine social impact.

The vision is to equip PRIs to align with SDGs and be effective vehicles of social change and rural development, using an action learning approach to build capacities for inclusive planning and achieve the vision of ‘Leave No One Behind’.

Aims to explore entrepreneurial opportunities for better service delivery and job creation, with active participation of Gram Panchayats, Block Panchayats, and Zila Panchayats to create transformative outcomes and guide ‘how development should happen’.

Provides a platform to explore avenues of learning, opportunities, and collaboration through SSE Global’s network, including chapters in the UK, India, Canada, and Scotland.

Involves a designed intervention tailored to their needs and interests.

The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) has partnered with Badiri Education and Development Academy (BSEP) and NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) since 2018 to support female entrepreneurs. The programme was held in India, UK, and Sharjah.

SSE India, in partnership with Finish Society and supported by PwC and National Peroxide Limited, has supported 150 women. These women have established 'Hamari Hunarshala', a private limited company that serves as a platform for developing skills, producing handmade products, and trading them in the market. The company is owned, managed, and run by the women of Kachchi Basti.

SSE India, along with Transforming Rural India Foundation under the Global Opportunity Youth Network (GOYN) programme, provides this opportunity. The approach keeps tribal people at the center, ensuring entrepreneurs and enterprises benefit tribal communities, regardless of whether solutions come from tribal people or outsiders, or if tribal people become entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs work in tribal areas trading in tribal products.

The programme endeavors to drive a WASH economy that will impact WASH products and services in Odisha, in line with the Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) mandate, eventually benefiting communities. This programme is delivered in partnership with Pantiss Foundation, supported by Unicef.

SSE India provided handholding and capacity building support in establishing the fellowship programme and a certificate course in social entrepreneurship in Nepal.