Launched in 2009, the Sankalp Forum is a project led by Intellecap, an international social advisory firm and "think and do" tank. Director and co-founder of Sankalp, Aparajita Agarwal, told the India Times in and interview that she wanted to change the way social innovation worked and was conceived of in India. "It took us four years of rigorous work at Intellecap with investors, entrepreneurs, financial institutions, development agencies and government agencies, to identify the critical gap that existed between capital providers (funders) and capital seekers (enterprises)," she says.
As such, Sankalp Forum's network is wide and it currently organizes an annual summit in Mumbai that brings together over 1000 people from around the world.
Contact Information
Sankalp Forum website
Sankalp on Facebook
Sankalp on Twitter
Social Enterprise Connectors
The Sankalp Forum Works with Investors to Build Business
Trend Themes
1. Social Innovation Capital - Identifying critical gaps and connecting funders and social enterprises.
2. Global Social Entrepreneurship - Bringing together people from around the world to exchange ideas and forge partnerships.
3. Disruptive Social Ventures - Changing the way social innovation is conceived of and executed in emerging markets.
Industry Implications
1. Social Enterprise - Connecting social entrepreneurs with funders to generate sustainable change.
2. Impact Investing - Promoting profitable investments in social enterprises that generate measurable social and environmental returns.
3. International Development - Strategizing and implementing initiatives that enable environmentally sustainable and socially responsible economic growth in emerging markets.