Hand in Hand - 2011 Social Entrepreneurship Programme in Chennai, India

July 28, 2011 - PRLog -- Hand in Hand India is pleased to announce the launch of it's Social Entrepreneurship Programme co-developed with Prof. Kasturi Rangan, from the Harvard Business School. Prof. Kasturi Rangan is a leading microfinance academic who also chairs the HBS-ACCION microfinance program.

This five-day residential programme will provide a crash course in leading a successful social enterprise. It will focus on how microfinance and social entrepreneurship can empower people and enhance livelihoods, resulting in social and economic mobility. The course will take place in Great Lakes Institute of Management, near Chennai, India from 22-26 August 2011.

It offers a unique combination of HBS-style case studies with field visits to Hand in Hand operations. The Hand in Hand model combines the provision of microfinance (both through the HiH NGO and its affiliated MFI) with in-depth business and skills training. Participants are from a broad range of backgrounds, and include social entrepreneurs, senior executives from NGOs, microfinance practitioners, donors, philanthropists and government/ multilateral /bilateral staff.

The course fee is USD 2,000 which is inclusive of all meals and transportation. The medium of instruction will be English.

For more information please visit :
http://www.hihinternational.org/get-involved/sep/

You may also, contact Ms. Priyanka Jayashankar on priyanka.jayashankar@hihseed.org or Mr. Hemantha Pamarthy on hemantha.pamarthy@hihseed.org for any further details.

For telephone enquires, please call :

India : +91-44-4341-3200

Rest of World : +44-20-7514-5091