Amitabh Kant
G-20 Sherpa, Government of India

The Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award - India was established by Jubilant Bhartia Foundation and Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship as an endeavour to promote social entrepreneurship in India. For over a decade the award has been recognising & awarding entrepreneurs who implement innovating, sustainable and scalable solutions to social issues for underserved communities of India.

Aparna Hegde – ARMMAN
www.armman.org

Year Established: 2008

Area of Activity:

Leverages Health to create cost-effective, scalable, gender-sensitive, non-linear, systemic solutions to improve access of pregnant women and mothers to preventive information and services along with training health workers to reduce maternal and child mortality/morbidity.

• Impacted lives of over 40 million pregnant women, new mothers & their families in 20 States & Union Territories
• Trained over 3.24 lakh health workers

Bijal Brahmbhatt - Mahila Housing Seva Trust
www.mahilahousingtrust.org

Year Established: 1994

Area of Activity:

Invests in women’s collectives & leadership, mobilises and empowers them to take charge of their habitat improvement. Forges unique relationships between poor communities & local governments for access to basic services, promotes climate resilience & deepens participatory governance for responsible urban development.

• Serves 1126 slum settlements, reached 4,50,857 households & created 16,000 Community Action Group women leaders
• Helped poor women in accessing ` 166.19 Cr worth of public resources

Anuradha & Dhimant Parekh - The Better India
www.thebetterindia.com

Year Established: 2008

Area of Activity:

Uses the power of stories to effect large-scale social impact. World’s largest positive stories platform publishing in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bangla & Marathi by unearthing stories of ordinary unsung heroes, community change-makers, remarkable ideas & ground-breaking innovations.

• Reaches out to over 200 million people every month across all channels
• 93% of readers find inspiration in stories, fuelling their drive to contribute towards positive social change

Shuchin Bajaj - Ujala Cygnus
www.ujalacygnus.com

Year Established: 2011

Area of Activity:

A chain of low-budget-and-patient friendly-tertiary-care hospitals enabling access to high-quality integrated healthcare infrastructure and services for underserved communities in tier 2&3 cities of India. Mobilises community on health awareness through health/medical camps for rural outreach.

• Benefitted over 2 million patients with over 500 doctors & medical experts in 17 cities in India
• Trained over 55,000 community medical practitioners