GNLU Faculty of Social Work in collaboration with
Legal Incubation Centre
PRESENTS
WORKSHOP & COMPETITION
ON
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
27th & 28th March 2015
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Serve Happiness Foundation, Gujarat
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ABOUT UNIVERSITY
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar, is one of the premier national law
universities of India. GNLU is also a nodal agency mandated to enhance the standards of legal
education in 32 law colleges of Gujarat, catering to nearly 12,000 students every year. GNLU aims at
advancing and disseminating learning and knowledge of law and legal processes and their respective
roles in national development. GNLU offers interdisciplinary legal courses in many faculties, namely
B.A. LL.B., B.Com. LL.B., B.Sc. LL.B., B.S.W. LL.B., B.B.A. LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D. in law and
interdisciplinary fields, and foreign law courses and foreign language programmes.
ABOUT B.S.W. LL.B. HONOURS
Gujarat National Law University has the distinct honour of being the only University in India that
offers an integrated honours Degree of Bachelor of Social Work and LL.B. since July 2011. BSW
LL.B., programme has been designed focusing on the needs which shall be helpful in the practice of
law. Graduates from this programme will be creative problem-solvers and will be enabled to
fundamentally alter the way justice system works for the needy sections of the society. They will
acquire knowledge, skills and perspectives of society to practice law that can deliver justice to all
sections of the society. Students of this programme can work for the society using expertise in legal
literacy, socio-legal research, policy analysis and advocacy, legislative reforms and management of
NGOs/NPOs. They can also find employment in the universities, national and international research
and legal institutions and civil society organizations, or they can also start their own social ventures.
To further the cause of the enhancement of the BSW LLB course, the Faculty of Social Work at
Gujarat National Law University presents a workshop on Social Entrepreneurship, followed by a
competition, with the support of Legal Incubation Centre in collaboration with Serve Happiness
Foundation, Bharuch, Gujarat.
ABOUT LEGAL INCUBATION CENTRE
The law school has a specialized incubation Centre to mentor law graduates aiming to be legal
entrepreneurs. In a bid to instill business skills to start a legal venture, the law school has set up the Centre
on the lines of top B-schools. It is the first legal incubation Centre of its kind in India. It provides
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opportunity to GNLU graduates to become initial incubates as it aims to create jobs, train
entrepreneurs, start innovative start-ups, legal firms and companies. The incubation centre is started
with an aim to provide seed-funding, mentoring, and training to promote entrepreneurship in the
knowledge-driven profession.
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our
thinking.”
― Albert Einstein
Social Entrepreneurship is the process of pursuing innovative solutions to social problems. Just as
business entrepreneurs create and transform whole industry, social entrepreneurs act as the change
agents of society, seizing opportunities, while others miss in order to improve systems, invent and
disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create social value.
The workshop provides an environment comprising of peers and mentors to help you work through
your social enterprise idea and provides a connection with community for your own journey. In the
duration of the event, the students will, at the foremost, be nurtured about the concept of
Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship and thereafter, opportunities in various sectors of
social enterprises will be addressed. Subsequently, the participants will select one sector, ideate a
business plan, form teams, and compete with other teams in the final round.
WHO SHOULD APPLY
The workshop is open for students, researchers, academicians and professionals working in NGOs
and Corporate sector. The participants must be
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Those who are interested in understanding the concept of Social Entrepreneurship.
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Those who
have ideas, but don’t know where to start or need support in developing their
own ideas.
Those who are interested in learning and preparing 
Business Model Canvas (BMC) for
converting their ideas into social/business enterprises.
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PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
After first day workshop and training, the various participants shall form their respective team and
going to compete with each other on the second day. Each respective team will get feedback on
their ideas from mentors, and then present their ideas which shall be judged by the panelist. The top
two winning teams shall be felicitated with the trophy and winning prizes.
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Winning team: INR 6000 with winning trophy 
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Runner-up: INR 4000 with runners up trophy. 
INTAKE AND DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION
Intake is around 60 participants on first come first serve basis and the application process would
be closed on receiving the first 60 eligible candidates. Therefore, interested students may kindly
apply well in time. Deadline for registration is 25th March, 2015.
Registration fee
Amount (INR)
GNLU Students / Faculty
Outside
Participants
1000
Without accommodation
1000
With accommodation
1500
Accommodation will be provided in the University on first come first serve basis to limited number
of participants with prior registration.
HOW TO APPLY
Application should be made online at http://gnlu.ac.in/gops/student/course_conference-payment-
view.php
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ORGANZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Patron-in-chief
Prof (Dr) Bimal N Patel
Director
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU)
Dr. Ranita Nagar
Dean, Department of Research & HOD of Social Sciences
Associate Professor of Economics
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU)
Faculty of Social Work
Legal Incubation Center
Mr. Saurabh Anand
Dr. Udayakumar Ramakrishna B.N.
Assistant Professor, GNLU
(Convenor)
Assistant Professor of Law, GNLU
Dr. Ambati Nageswara Rao
Dr. Viral Pandya
Assistant Professor, GNLU
Dean, Extension & Training Council
Assistant Professor of Management, GNLU
Ms. Rachana Raval
Ms. Nisha Trivedi
Teaching and Research Associate
Coordinator of Internship and Placement
GNLU
GNLU
Ms. Vedika Mittal
Khaitan & Co. Fellow in Mergers &
Acquisitions, GNLU
CONTACT DETAILS
For any query kindly contact workshop Coordinator, Dr. Ambati Nageswara Rao, Assistant
Professor of Social Work, and Member of Legal Incubation Center, Gujarat National Law
University, at [email protected] or +91 8128650816 / +91 9898332217.
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RESOURCE PERSONS
1. Nitin Tailor (CEO & Founder, Serve Happiness Foundation)
Nitin
is
the
founder
of
Serve
Happiness
Foundation,
Bharuch,
Gujarat
(www.servehappiness.org). He has a proven record in academia, technology startups and
social sector in Europe and India. He is also certified for Technology Entrepreneurship by
Stanford University's Venture Lab. Nitin is being awarded Entrepreneur of the year award
and gold medal at IIIT Bangalore in 2014. He is very much involved in inspiring youth and
nation building activities. He was facilitator and part of the team in renowned inspirational
journeys Jagriti Yatra and Yuva Prerna Yatra for youth. He has also organized Narmada
Prerna Yatra and meets those real heroes who have created entrepreneurial success stories in
Narmada region.
2. Sharad Parekh (Founder & Chief Energy Officer, Straut Renewables Pvt. Ltd.)
Sharad Parekh is a mechanical engineer graduate. He is founder of multimillion enterprises
Straut Renewables Pvt. Ltd. He shares how his ideas turned into a business venture, making
him the successful entrepreneur he is today. He also won prestigious MIT Climate Co Lab
Industry Contest held by MIT, USA in 2014.
3. Maharshi Dave (Founder, Farmbridge- An agro startup)
Maharshi
Pandeet
Dave
Deendayal
is
a
highly
Petroleum
energetic
University.
and
He
motivated
graduate
left his corporate
from
job to
pursue his dream to create positive impact in society. He provides capacity building &
training for farmers and SHGs. He is passionate about agriculture and organic farming. He is
a facilitator & motivator for effective CSR activity through Innovation.
4. Anuj Sikchi (Founder, Sikchi & Thakkar - A CA firm)
Anuj Sikchi is a law entrepreneur based in Ahmedabad. After completing his education in
commerce and CA, he has worked in some of the top CA firms. After having good
experience, he has started his own CA firm with his friend Hardik known as Sikchi and
Thakkar. They have helped many young entrepreneurs registering their startups. They are
also associated with CIIE and GTU to help student startups.
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