We are looking for

India’s top social

entrepreneurs
9 months
Dasra Social-Impact is a professional development program for social 280 contact hours
entrepreneurs looking to take their organizations to scale. Training
Mentoring
Whether you are a for-profit, non-profit or a hybrid, we are looking for Networking
social entrepreneurs who want to make a step-change in their growth.
Dasra Social-Impact has the following core elements: Case studies

•  A solid business plan to take you to scale – our network of mentors,

funders and social enterprises will get to understand and challenge your “I was looking for ways to
scale my work in WLF to
intervention and give you clarity on your strategy
create a large social impact
across the country. I did not
•  Training and mentoring to build your skills as leaders – our 9 month know how - until I attended
program of mentoring, coaching and residential training courses gives you the Social-Impact training
program."
the time and space to think big, and the skills and confidence to realize Ayyappa Massagi
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•  Access to a community of India’s most promising social entrepreneurs –

you will join upto 30 other social entrepreneurs, all at pivotal points in their
organization’s growth trajectory. Together, through peer-mentoring and “I have never before met
such an eclectic and awe-
networking with our extensive circle of contacts and funders, you will learn
inspiring group of individuals
from each other and forge relationships that can dramatically change your and it was equally re-assuring
work. to see that we might work on
different issues but our
problems are similar.”
Dasra Social-Impact is a partnership between Dasra and Uma Golpalkrishnan,
Social-Impact International. Aangan Trust
Please visit www.dasra.org/dasrasocial-impact
for our online application form.
Enabling social purpose
organizations to scale
What the 9 months will look like:

Unique peer Ongoing

Three core mentoring - Village one-to-one expert Pitching to investors
residential weeks Capital mentoring
• Developing scaling • Innovative funding •  At least one • Preparation and
capacities and competition professional mentor training for real-life
shaping your • Working in small •  Ongoing bespoke pitches at end of
strategy groups with fellow guidance from course
• Key dates: social entrepreneurs Dasra team • Pitching to real
October 2010 • Peer voting for potential investor
February 2011 funding of upto INR panels
May 2011 35 lakhs per
organization

Dasra Social-Impact is proud to be

working with some of the most CEOs or senior decision-makers will be required
exciting organizations in India: to commit to:
 
Mentors include: • 3 residential weeks
•  HSBC Private Equity • 10 hours per month of homework and mentor time
•  Gaja Capital • Demonstrating an openness to learning
•  McKinsey
The course will cost the organization INR 20,000 plus
•  Bain & Company
travel costs. The actual costs (INR 3 lakhs) are subsidized
•  Tata Steel by Dasra Social-Impact.

Partners include: Applications will be accepted until 30 June 2010.

•  Acumen Fund
•  KL Felicitas Foundation
•  Aavishkaar
•  First Light Ventures

Previous alumni include:

•  Industree
•  SAPL
•  Water Literacy Foundation
•  Sahaj
•  Saath

For further information please visit www.dasra.org/dasrasocial-impact