In this article, Manku highlights how three of the five finalists for this year’s India Social Entrepreneur of the Year, an award dedicated to promoting social innovation, are technology-driven. Manku also explores how the “social enterprise model, wherein the social impact is as important as the financial viability of the entity providing solutions and services to address problems” is increasingly “becoming more favored than the not-for-profit model because it comes with built-in sustainability.” The article quotes GIIN’s Global Liaison Anil Sinha as an expert on the topic: “Social enterprise implies social impact, scalability and financial viability—though currently certain sectors or segments of society cannot be reached under this model—it is proving to be an effective means of delivering impact on the ground and making social development self-sustainable.”

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