Fri February 7, 2020
CNN Hero Dr BP Agrawal's Journey on Scaling Social Enterprises: 4-6.30p on 2/7 @ Uni of Santa Clara
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at Guadalupe Hall
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Want to know how we convinced a rural village in India that wouldn't co-invest even a rupee towards a rainwater harvesting program in their village ended up co-investing $10K+ per community? How inviting 80-year old Parsaram and a two-week infant Ankita to inaugurate the communal rainwater reservoir completely changed the villagers' perception towards it? And how to we can make cultural traditions and social norms an asset, rather than a liability and translate these cultural imperatives into system design.
The University of Santa Clara's Frugal Innovation Hub will host Dr. BP Agrawal, CNN Hero and Founder of Sustainable Innovations, to share his personal "in-practice" stories for overcoming the barriers of scaling-up. For over a decade, Dr. Agrawal has perfected social enterprises for access to safe drinking water and delivery of healthcare at the doorstep of the vulnerable. His model evolved to thrive amid a trust deficit, an entitled mindset, ingrained segregation and ubiquitous gender inequality.
(Park in the parking lot in front of Guadalupe Hall. Walk into the building, take the elevator to the 3rd floor, exit elevator, turn right then left. The Frugal Innovation Hub office # 313 will be the first one on your left)
The events are free and light refreshments will be served.
About Dr BP Agrawal:
Dr. Agrawal perfected social enterprises for access to safe drinking water and for delivery of health care at the doorstep. His model grew to thrive amid a lack of trust for community programs; an entitled mindset that expected the government to provide services free of cost; ingrained segregation based on gender, caste, class and language among a host of others, and ubiquitous gender inequality where women are not considered at par with men.
Dr Agrawal would like to cultivate relationships and disseminate this knowledge to universities, academics, philanthropic ventures, CSR executives, innovators, engineers and other like-minded individuals. He is the recipient of CNN Hero recognition, Lemelson-MIT Sustainability Award, Energy Globe World Award, Purpose Prize, Drucker Award Finalist for Innovations, World Bank Sustainable Social Enterprises Award (2006 and 2007), USF Distinguished Alumni Award and BITS Pilani Distinguished Alumni Award.
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The University of Santa Clara's Frugal Innovation Hub will host Dr. BP Agrawal, CNN Hero and Founder of Sustainable Innovations, to share his personal "in-practice" stories for overcoming the barriers of scaling-up. For over a decade, Dr. Agrawal has perfected social enterprises for access to safe drinking water and delivery of healthcare at the doorstep of the vulnerable. His model evolved to thrive amid a trust deficit, an entitled mindset, ingrained segregation and ubiquitous gender inequality.
(Park in the parking lot in front of Guadalupe Hall. Walk into the building, take the elevator to the 3rd floor, exit elevator, turn right then left. The Frugal Innovation Hub office # 313 will be the first one on your left)
The events are free and light refreshments will be served.
About Dr BP Agrawal:
Dr. Agrawal perfected social enterprises for access to safe drinking water and for delivery of health care at the doorstep. His model grew to thrive amid a lack of trust for community programs; an entitled mindset that expected the government to provide services free of cost; ingrained segregation based on gender, caste, class and language among a host of others, and ubiquitous gender inequality where women are not considered at par with men.
Dr Agrawal would like to cultivate relationships and disseminate this knowledge to universities, academics, philanthropic ventures, CSR executives, innovators, engineers and other like-minded individuals. He is the recipient of CNN Hero recognition, Lemelson-MIT Sustainability Award, Energy Globe World Award, Purpose Prize, Drucker Award Finalist for Innovations, World Bank Sustainable Social Enterprises Award (2006 and 2007), USF Distinguished Alumni Award and BITS Pilani Distinguished Alumni Award.
Want to know how we convinced a rural village in India that wouldn't co-invest even a rupee towards a rainwater harvesting program in their village ended up co-investing $10K+ per community? How inviting 80-year old Parsaram and a two-week infant Ankita to inaugurate the communal rainwater reservoir completely changed the villagers' perception towards it? And how to we can make cultural traditions and social norms an asset, rather than a liability and translate these cultural imperatives into system design.
The University of Santa Clara's Frugal Innovation Hub will host Dr. BP Agrawal, CNN Hero and Founder of Sustainable Innovations, to share his personal "in-practice" stories for overcoming the barriers of scaling-up. For over a decade, Dr. Agrawal has perfected social enterprises for access to safe drinking water and delivery of healthcare at the doorstep of the vulnerable. His model evolved to thrive amid a trust deficit, an entitled mindset, ingrained segregation and ubiquitous gender inequality.
(Park in the parking lot in front of Guadalupe Hall. Walk into the building, take the elevator to the 3rd floor, exit elevator, turn right then left. The Frugal Innovation Hub office # 313 will be the first one on your left)
The events are free and light refreshments will be served.
About Dr BP Agrawal:
Dr. Agrawal perfected social enterprises for access to safe drinking water and for delivery of health care at the doorstep. His model grew to thrive amid a lack of trust for community programs; an entitled mindset that expected the government to provide services free of cost; ingrained segregation based on gender, caste, class and language among a host of others, and ubiquitous gender inequality where women are not considered at par with men.
Dr Agrawal would like to cultivate relationships and disseminate this knowledge to universities, academics, philanthropic ventures, CSR executives, innovators, engineers and other like-minded individuals. He is the recipient of CNN Hero recognition, Lemelson-MIT Sustainability Award, Energy Globe World Award, Purpose Prize, Drucker Award Finalist for Innovations, World Bank Sustainable Social Enterprises Award (2006 and 2007), USF Distinguished Alumni Award and BITS Pilani Distinguished Alumni Award.
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The University of Santa Clara's Frugal Innovation Hub will host Dr. BP Agrawal, CNN Hero and Founder of Sustainable Innovations, to share his personal "in-practice" stories for overcoming the barriers of scaling-up. For over a decade, Dr. Agrawal has perfected social enterprises for access to safe drinking water and delivery of healthcare at the doorstep of the vulnerable. His model evolved to thrive amid a trust deficit, an entitled mindset, ingrained segregation and ubiquitous gender inequality.
(Park in the parking lot in front of Guadalupe Hall. Walk into the building, take the elevator to the 3rd floor, exit elevator, turn right then left. The Frugal Innovation Hub office # 313 will be the first one on your left)
The events are free and light refreshments will be served.
About Dr BP Agrawal:
Dr. Agrawal perfected social enterprises for access to safe drinking water and for delivery of health care at the doorstep. His model grew to thrive amid a lack of trust for community programs; an entitled mindset that expected the government to provide services free of cost; ingrained segregation based on gender, caste, class and language among a host of others, and ubiquitous gender inequality where women are not considered at par with men.
Dr Agrawal would like to cultivate relationships and disseminate this knowledge to universities, academics, philanthropic ventures, CSR executives, innovators, engineers and other like-minded individuals. He is the recipient of CNN Hero recognition, Lemelson-MIT Sustainability Award, Energy Globe World Award, Purpose Prize, Drucker Award Finalist for Innovations, World Bank Sustainable Social Enterprises Award (2006 and 2007), USF Distinguished Alumni Award and BITS Pilani Distinguished Alumni Award.
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455 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
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