Annual Social Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by IISWBM

By a staff reporter: IndianInstituteofSocialWelfareandBusinessManagement(IISWBM),thefirstBSchoolofSouthEastAsiaorganizeditsAnnualSocialEntrepreneurshipSummit,

UMEED2024,hostedbytheEntrepreneurshipCellwhichfocusedonsocialwelfare,givingaboosttosocialentrepreneurship.Itwasatwo-daySummitwhichconsistedofmainlytwoevents,RaisingSmileswhichwasheldon18thFebruaryfollowedby D.E.S.I.TalksandKha-e-Jaoon23rdFebruary.

ThefirsteventRaisingSmilewassuccessfullyconductedbytheE-Cellmembersat“PrabartakSangha”anorphanageatChandannagar,withcontributionsfromallthe

facilitiesandstudents.Stationaryitems,schoolbags,tiffinboxes,mosquitonets,fooditems,toysandmanymorethingsweredistributedamong200+kidstobringjoytothem.

OnDay2ofUMEED,D.E.S.ITalksandKha-e-jaocommenced.InD.E.S.ITalkanumberofthemostnotablespeakerslikeMr.IndrajitLahiripopularlyknownas"Foodka"toeveryone,afamousYoutuber,foodvlogger,writerandEntrepreneuralongwithMr.AbhishekBanarjee,analumniofIIMCalcuttaandfounderofTigonis(BengalBuildingSolutionsPvt.Ltd.),Ms.SujataChatterjeeasocialentrepreneurandfounderofTwirl.store,Dr.DeborshiDealifesciencespecialist,scientist,aneducationistandasocialentrepreneuraswellasMr.SouravChakrabarty,CEOandCo-founderofSconto(India'sstudentlifestyleanddiscoveryplatform)participatedinaninteractivetalkshowforstudentswheretheysharedtheirperspectivesonEntrepreneurshipforsocialcauses tothe studentsof IISWBM.

InKha-e-Jao,theFoodFestivalofIISWBM,whichwasanintra-collegecompetition,studentscompetedinteamstodisplaytheirartofculinary,throughtheirinnovativemarketingstrategies,inordertogeneraterevenue.

TheeventwaspresentedbyCETESTastheirTitlesponsor.PrintMediaPartnerwasEdugraphand91.9FriendsFMwastheirRadioPartner.TheFoodPartnersincludedInduCoffeeHouse,FoodStationandBeveragePartnerwasCoca-cola.MediaPartnerwasANMNewsandSpoton.TheirSocialMediaPartnerwasDrool_over_Mealzby

NasreenAkhtarandCo~AssociateSponsorswereSpuddy,FiveMadMen,Sconto,BowsandMore,HeroSriKrishnaAutomobiles,ZongCanGuan,OrganicabySusmita,MohonaDesignerBoutique~Nokhshikantha.TheirgiftingpartnerswereHandson creativityandAlshumeaFabulousFlames.BlissBeautySalonandAcademywastheirgroomingpartnerandHenryHarvinbeingtheirEducationPartner.