Thu February 6, 2020
CNN hero Dr BP Agrawal's Journey on Scaling Social Enterprises
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"Want to learn how we convinced a rural village in India that wouldn't co-invest even a single rupee towards a rainwater harvesting program to co-invest $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."
Reddit Inc. 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. STEVE HUFFMAN, CEO REDDIT will open the event.
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.
All those interested in finding permanent solutions to India's water and healthcare woes especially for the vulnerable and want to understand the simple mechanics of creating successful enterprises built on a framework of ordinary, every day innovations, this event is for you.
The event is 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, corporate organizations, 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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Reddit Inc. 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. STEVE HUFFMAN, CEO REDDIT will open the event.
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.
All those interested in finding permanent solutions to India's water and healthcare woes especially for the vulnerable and want to understand the simple mechanics of creating successful enterprises built on a framework of ordinary, every day innovations, this event is for you.
The event is 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, corporate organizations, 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 learn how we convinced a rural village in India that wouldn't co-invest even a single rupee towards a rainwater harvesting program to co-invest $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."
Reddit Inc. 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. STEVE HUFFMAN, CEO REDDIT will open the event.
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.
All those interested in finding permanent solutions to India's water and healthcare woes especially for the vulnerable and want to understand the simple mechanics of creating successful enterprises built on a framework of ordinary, every day innovations, this event is for you.
The event is 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, corporate organizations, 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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Reddit Inc. 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. STEVE HUFFMAN, CEO REDDIT will open the event.
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.
All those interested in finding permanent solutions to India's water and healthcare woes especially for the vulnerable and want to understand the simple mechanics of creating successful enterprises built on a framework of ordinary, every day innovations, this event is for you.
The event is 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, corporate organizations, 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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