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PRADAN: Institution Building for Sustainable Development

In: Social Entrepreneurship and Gandhian Thoughts in the Post-COVID World

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  • Somnath Ghosh

    (Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies)

Abstract

Initiated through a model of providing professional assistance in mitigating developmental and social issues, PRADAN serves as an example of a new-age social development organization that works at the intersection of technology, professionals, and the marginalized. This study sheds light on the journey of PRADAN from its ideation including its incubation in ASSEFA, another development organization. It then traces its evolution from its initial activities of seeding professionals to existing social organizations to subsequent sectoral approaches to provide solutions using technology to livelihood issues on its own. This includes the efforts to build a network of women’s self-help groups (SHGs), which is seen as a successful model for raising family incomes and empowering women in the process. The case study will help practitioners as well as management scholars on how an ecosystem approach can be applied in negotiating social issues witnessed in resource-constrained environments.

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  • Somnath Ghosh, 2023. "PRADAN: Institution Building for Sustainable Development," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Babita Bhatt & Israr Qureshi & Dhirendra Mani Shukla & Vinay Pillai (ed.), Social Entrepreneurship and Gandhian Thoughts in the Post-COVID World, pages 131-159, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-99-4008-0_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-4008-0_7
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