SEW
Social Entrepreneurship for Women

Knowledge Enhancement Workshop Series
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An initiative by the U.S. Consulate General-Hyderabad

Aimed at providing opportunities to familiarize young women with the nuances of social entrepreneurship

The U.S. Consulate General supports the empowerment of women through various measures, including social entrepreneurship. Though Hyderabad offers several avenues for young entrepreneurs, it has limited facilities to assist youth interested in social entrepreneurship, specifically young women. For want of adequate support, women – particularly from the underserved communities – who are interested in pursuing careers in social entrepreneurship find it difficult to emerge as successful social entrepreneurs.

Social Entrepreneurship for women (SEW) is an initiative by the U.S. Consulate General- Hyderabad Office is aimed at providing opportunities to familiarize young women with the nuances of social entrepreneurship thus empowering aspiring young women with the tools and skills to follow their own social entrepreneurial endeavors. The SEW project was awarded to KIIT University for the period of one year (30/09/2017-30/09/2018).

  1. Support the empowerment of women by providing social entrepreneurial skills and mentoring opportunities to encourage women to pursue further education and career paths in social entrepreneurship.
  2. Promote the understanding of social entrepreneurship among women college students and aspiring young women entrepreneurs.
  3. Strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States and India by facilitating the exchange of ideas, experiences, knowledge, and methods of teaching social entrepreneurship to women college students between the two countries.

To develop a curriculum on social entrepreneurship and then implement a series of workshops for 600+ women college students to introduce them to social entrepreneurship and provide them with the tools and skills to initiate their own social entrepreneurial endeavors.

  • The entire program which ran across 3 states and touched 10 tier-II cities
  • The workshops were conducted in 12 colleges which had a total outreach Impact of 743 women students across the various educational domains of arts, science, and commerce across the graduate and postgraduate level.
  • The 24 ideas were selected and provided with an additional two days of mentoring from the experts and connected to various funding programs.

Activity Workflow

The entire program was divided into 3 parts which were:
Content Development
  • Designing the curriculum
  • Produce teaching and learning materials
  • Design Resources for the series of two-day workshops
  • Case studies of both successful and unsuccessful social enterprise initiatives,
  • A database of study material on social entrepreneurship in India and the United States,
  • Virtual sessions with social entrepreneurs based in both India and the United States
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List of Idea Winners

View the winners from the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

Government Degree College, Siddipet

 

 

 

Idea 1

Reuse of Plastic waste in creative art and Village house construction

A.Renuka, K.Ramya, B. Rajitha, A. Bhagyalaxmi

 

Idea 2

Traditional Food manufacturing and Sale

L. Mounika, S. Shireesha, Praveen Sulthana, S. Shwetha

Kakatiya College, Warangal

 

 

 

Idea 1

Eco friendly alternative to Plastic Bags

S.Thulasi, M. Sravani,D. Sumukhi, P.Swathi, V. Mounika

 

Idea 2

Organic Farming with Natural fertilizers

G. Anusha, M. Latha, T. Sucharitha, N.Sowmya, G. Suhasini

TSWRDC Nalgonda

 

 

 

Idea 1

Controlling child kidnapping and trafficking through digital device

V. Mani Chandana, V. Sowjanya, Y.Anusha, P.Bhavani, M. Swetha , B. Akhila, B. Pavania;

 

Idea 2

 

 

Government Degree College Karimnagar

 

 

 

Idea 1

Reuse of News paper and tree plantation program

K.Bhavani, V.Vasundhara Devi, S. Manasa, D.Sruthi and S. Ramya

 

Idea 2

Digital training and awareness for Rural Youth

M. Ramya, G. gouthami, g. Bhavani, MD Afsana, A. Sumalatha
Telangana WinnersTelangana Winners

D.K. Government College, Nellore

 

 

 

Idea 1

Blood Bank

Stella

 

Idea 2

Kitchen on Wheels

Firdaus

SPMVV Tirupati

 

 

 

Idea 1

Biodegradable Sanitary Pads

Harika and team

 

Idea 2

Community Washrooms

C. Haripriya and team

St Joseph College, Vishakapatnam

 

 

 

Idea 1

Natural Perfumes

Hemlatha

 

Idea 2

Payschool/Day care

Sarla & Mukta

Vigan University, Guntur

 

 

 

Idea 1

Home Bakers

Prashanti R.

 

Idea 2

Cotton Bags(Recycled Cotton)

D.Deepika
Andhra Pradesh WinnersAndhra Pradesh Winners

R.D. Women’s University, Bhubaneswar

 

 

 

Idea 1

Platform for market connect to farmers

Garima Roy

 

Idea 2

Waste upcycling

Shalini Soni

KISS, Bhubaneswar

 

 

 

Idea 1

Tamaring Processing

Santi  Murmu

 

Idea 2

Clinical Dispensary in remote villages

Santoshi Hembrum

Ravenshaw University

 

 

 

Idea 1

Spirulina Cultivation

Smrutilekha Mishra

 

Idea 2

Diet Protein Nutrition

Barsha Bharti

S.B. Women’s College

 

 

 

Idea 1

Edible plates

Anjana Mitra

 

Idea 2

Travel Service(B2B)

Shelly Dash
Odisha WinnersOdisha Winners

D.K. Government College

Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

SPMVV

Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

KISS

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Government Degree College

Karimnagar, Telangana

Ravenshaw University

Odisha

Media Coverages

THE AMAZING SLIDESHOW ADDON!
SEW Workshop Series at Sri Padmavati Mahila VisvaVidyalayam
thehansindia.com
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THE AMAZING SLIDESHOW ADDON!
SEW Workshop Series at TSWRDC, Nalgonda & Kakatiya College, Warangal
Sakshi
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THE AMAZING SLIDESHOW ADDON!
SEW Workshop Series at Sri Padmavati Mahila VisvaVidyalayam
thehansindia.com
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THE AMAZING SLIDESHOW ADDON!
SEW Workshop Series at TSWRDC, Nalgonda & Kakatiya College, Warangal
Sakshi
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