SELECTED FOR: National Social Entrepreneurship Forum
COUNTRY: India
Yashveer founded the National Social Entrepreneurship Forum (NSEF) to address talent inequity in the development sector and influence youth culture in India by inspiring, educating, and supporting university students to pursue social innovation and entrepreneurship. Over the last three years, NSEF has undertaken social entrepreneurship activities at 40 universities, successfully integrating development needs into youth-targeted programs. Among its initiatives, NSEF has set up student-run chapters at top institutes across the country, inspired youth through real-time stories, linked developmental organizations to talented students, strengthened the capacities of youth through social venture planning tools, and provided youth with mentors and access to diverse networks through its conferences and competitions. “India is a country of volumes,” says Yashveer. “The problems of our society are in volumes. What’s needed is to scale up the number of people — and solutions — to address these problems.”