This is where I believe social entrepreneurs will play a very important role to drive inclusive growth around the world. I am a huge fan of social entrepreneurs and I have been fortunate to have learnt from the best — Magsaysay Awardees Anshu Gupta (founder of Goonj) and Harish Hande (founder of SELCO). According to a World Economic Forum report, India has the highest number of social entrepreneurs in the world. A book that is mandatory reading for social entrepreneurs is Systems Thinking for Social Change by David Peter Stroh. Two biographies of social entrepreneurs that I would recommend are Banker to the poor by Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus and Creating Room to Read by John Wood.

Source: Indian Express January 12, 2022 07:09 UTC