Deadline: 30 September 2018
Applications are open for Sankalp Awards 2018 which is looking for impact driven and passionate social entrepreneurs.
Awards brings together, supports and honors promising enterprises tackling some of these key development challenges.
Rooted in an ethos to champion social change and transformation through the spirit of entrepreneurship, it is one of the most prestigious impact enterprise awards in the country. Since 2009, Sankalp Awards has recognized more than 450 social enterprises, facilitated 500 + mentoring connections and raised more than USD $250 million equity investment.
Thematic Areas
- Agriculture
- Leverage technology to enhance value chain efficiency.
- Address gaps in near farm storage and processing.
- Innovative models for establishing efficiency market linkages for farmers and improve farmer share of margins.
- Work closely with farmers to build capacity and take informed decision with respect to choice of crops, harvesting/production, and marketing.
- Gender & Livelihood
- Financial Inclusion
- Leverage technology and innovative models to drive financial inclusion
- Develop tailored services and products supported by alternate data to enhance financial transactions
- Build an improved & accessible financing ecosystem for small businesses and entrepreneurs
- Work with regulators to ensure data protection/adherence to guidelines while catalyzing scale and innovation
- Health & WASH
- Improve the uptake of healthcare treatment and diagnostic services among communities through technology.
- Address gaps in the supply of services in the water, sanitation and hygiene ecosystem to enhance access.
- Work closely with healthcare service providers to help make healthcare service delivery models more equitable.
- Scalable, high- impact healthcare financing solutions to achieve universal health coverage by providing financial risk protection to communities.
- Innovative models that adopt a holistic, wellness approach towards healthcare.
- Energy
- Innovative business model or technology for installing charging infrastructure, incentivising fleet electrification, and shifting people to environmentally friendly transportation modes
- Support waste to energy segregation and distribution through an effective supply chain
- Ensure the distribution of energy efficient products and services through innovative technologies/business models
- Enable economic empowerment of women in the workforce for enhancing last mile access to energy products or services.
- Support climate-smart villages or other climate smart/resilient interventions.
Benefits
- Opportunity to pitch applicants idea to an illustrious Grand Jury of Investors.
- Showcase applicants idea and enterprise at the Sankalp Global Summit.
- Establish one on one connects with investors.
- Connect with leading mainstream and impact-focused investment houses.
- Mentorship from and access to wide network of global partners, incubators, accelerators, industry experts.
- Get showcased and leverage visibility through a wide network of digital, print and electronic media.
- Fast track entry to national and international competitions and social programs.
- Training and access to leading business services, legal expertise, marketing and communications support.
Eligibility Criteria
- Enterprises registered in India.
- Driven to make social impact
- Minimum one year in existence
- For-profit enterprises
- Revenue generating
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: India
For more information, please visit Sankalp Award.