Group name Entourage Group membersJoseph Thomas (11DCP076) Tarun Gautam (11DCP100) Anurag Rana (11DCP069) Sudhanshu Sharma(11DCP098)

) Piyush Bhandari (11DCP088) Swati bhargava (11DCP099)

Social Entrepreneurship is the use of business practices such as business planning, project management, marketing and sales, for advancing social causes

Social entrepreneurship implies applying business principles to improve society There is a huge gulf between the rich and poor and social entrepreneurship helps in bridging this gap . It provides a sense of purpose and a higher level of satisfaction to entrepreneurs .

Dr Verghese Kurien - founder of Amul dairy project Muhammad yunus - founder of micro credit & Grameen Bank. Harish Hande- Founder Selco India a solar electric light company in1995 which has now become India's largest solar technology firm .

GCMMF- An Overview
Gujrat cooperative milk marketing federation is Indias

largest food products marketing organization. Its a state level apex body of milk cooperatives in Gujrat which aims to provide remunerative returns to the farmers It also serves the interest of consumers by providing quality products which are good value for money.

It all began when milk became a symbol of protest.

Founded in 1946 to avoid exploitation by middleman. Inspired by the freedom movement.

History
It started 65 years back in Anand, a small town in

Gujrat in western India. Angered by the unfair and manipulative practices followed by the trade, farmers created own dairy cooperative, following the advices of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel of removing middlemen. Under the inspiration of Sardar Patel, and under the guidance of leaders like Morji Desai and Tribhuvandas Patel, they formed their own cooperative in 1946.

History cont..
Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union ltd.

began with just two village diary co-operative societies and 247 liters of milk and today is better known as Amul Dairy.

The Amul Model

It is a three tiered structure.
Federation of a state union at state level. Milk union at the district level.

Cooperative societies at the village level.

The Amul model has helped India to emerge as the largest milk producer in the world. More than 13 million milk producers pour their milk in 1,28,799 dairy cooperative societies across the country. Their milk is processed in 176 District Co-operative Unions and marketed by 22 State Marketing Federations, ensuring a better life for millions.

The three-tier Amul Model has been instrumental in bringing about the White Revolution in the country.

poverty reduction rural development involves more than

agricultural production The value of national ownership in development The beneficial effects of higher incomes in relieving the worst aspects of poverty Job creation The capacity of dairying to benefit the poor at low cost The importance of commercial approach to development The capacity of single-commodity projects to have multi-dimensional impacts The importance of market failure in agriculture

Social entrepreneurship helps in creating wealth for the entrepreneur as well as the society . It focuses on creating social wealth . People with entrepreneurial skills should not only focus on making profit for themselves but they should try and build something that benefits society as a whole .