Friday 16 December 2022

BITS of Social Impact - A Teaser

Social Entrepreneurship (SE)- going beyond the buzzword! National Education Policy-2020 has given a thrust to SE and startups. 

What does SE mean? If it is meant for common good of the society, how does an SE sustain itself? How do we identify the need for an SE?  What are the practical tips for setting up a social venture? Are there some examples of social ventures from Indian context?

To answer above questions and more, here is a new book for you authored by us. Titled 'BITS of Social Impact', it is like a primer on Social Entrepreneurship with 25 real-life stories of founders and co-founders who have set up successful social ventures in India and overseas. These founders have pursued their chosen paths with passion. 

For ease of readability, the stories of these founders and co-founders have been grouped under the following sections:

  1. Healthcare (Four stories of founders and co-founders)
  2. Education (9)
  3. Environment (6)
  4. Art and Culture (2)
  5. Community Transformation (4)

In addition, the book also showcases nine Emerging Stars who have founded or co-founded NGOs or ventures in recent past. They have displayed incredible empathy for people around their communities and taken up various social causes ranging from organic farming to assistive technology for disabled and from countering hate to mental health.  Some of these emerging stars are current students.

The title of the book was selected through crowd sourcing of ideas from BITS alumni across the globe. The suggestion by Akarsh Shroff emerged as the clear winner.

It was a privilege interacting with these passionate founders who are all alumni of BITS Pilani. The book is to be released during BITS Alumni Association's Global Meet (BGM) being held in Jaipur from 6-8 Jan 2023. All BGM delegates will get a complimentary copy. Later the book will be available on Amazon and other sites.

The book is our humble contribution to our alma-mater as it enters its diamond jubilee soon (1964-2024). The book has been dedicated to BITS Pilani and we have pledged the entire royalty from the book also to BITS Pilani.

We dedicate this book to our alma mater, BITS Pilani, for nurturing the social impact creators…


We are grateful to Dr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chancellor BITS Pilani for the Foreword. We also thank all those who have helped us in putting the book together. They have been included in the Acknowledgements section. The book would be of interest to entrepreneurs, researchers, students, budding SEs, policy makers, civil service organisations, NGOs, educational institutions, investors and the government.

Once the book is released, do share your feedback. The book is available at Amazon both in hard copy and Kindle versions.

Those interested to browse excerpts from our previous book may click the link 'BITS of Success'.

     -  Harsh Bhargava with Sai Prameela Konduru/ Secunderabad/ 15th Dec 22

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37 comments:

  1. Heartiest congratulations. The book is bound to be highly interesting read.

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  2. Looking forward to the book, all the best. Shiv Asthana

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  3. Congratulations Harsh and Sai , this is a commendable work .
    I am sure the stories will be highly inspiring for budding enterpreneures . Look forward

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  4. Heartiest congratulations. The book undoubtfully will be very informative & interesting. Looking forward for the release.

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  5. This is great work Harsh and Sai.It will be very inspiring to all the Bitsisns .Congrats for a brilliant initiative.Proud of your dedication.

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  6. Waiting for release. Appears to be interesting

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  7. It is a great contribution to society, eagerly waiting for it in book form release by publisher

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    1. Thanks much. Will share the link once released.

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  8. Great Harsh. Your vision is examplary. Keep up the good work

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  9. Looking forward to it's release sir

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  10. Dear Harsh
    A great venture, I must say but then would not have expected anything lesser from you
    I’m sure the book will find great favour and direction with those looking to start their own
    Keep up the great work

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  11. Congratulations Harsh and Sai.
    May the book be read by many Social Entrepreneurs and may it impact and transform many lives and communities in the process .
    Trixie Asirvatham

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    1. Thanks so much Trixie for your warm sentiments.

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  12. Well Done. It would be really interesting to read the book, and would be an inspiration to young social entrepreneurs

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  13. Eagerly awaiting the for the releasing of the Book. Congrats to you Harsh Bhargav & Sai for the 'Literature on SE' which is the Present day requirement for encouraging the Educated youth.

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  14. Eagerly waiting for the book. It must be a wonderful

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  15. Thanks much Gops. Will share the link in my next story on the book.

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  16. Hearty congratulations 🍁

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  17. Harsh - good job for another innings !
    I was looking forward to reconnecting at BGM 23 ... but it is not to be ...

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  18. Capt Sunil Sud (R) IN24 December 2022 at 16:17

    Congrats Sir. What a way to commemorate one's Alma-mater!!

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  19. Sounds a great book Harsh. Heartiest Congratulations & all the best. Three Cheers!

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    1. Thanks much Vinod for your words of appreciation.

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