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By Ms. Pooja Khandhar
PGDM-A ROLL NO.19
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Rashmi Bansal is awriter, entrepreneurand youth expert.
She has authored twobestsellers namely,Stay Hungry StayFoolish and ConnectThe Dots.
An alumnus of IIMAhmedabad, she has
worked with Times ofIndia Group and iscurrently with JAMMagazine in Mumbai.
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I Have A Dream is the story of 20 inspiring
social entrepreneurs of India.
There is a belief that principles of
management can and must be used toachieve a greater common good.
Change starts with one person, and that
person could be someone next door.
Someone like you.
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Mr.Bindeshwar Pathak
Sulabh (sanitation)
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Mr.Bindeshwar Pathak born in year 1943 inBihar.
Bindeshwar Pathak graduated in Sociology in
1964. He earned his master's degree in 1980 and
his PhD in 1985, from the University of Patna.
At young age, his grandmother once made him
eat cowdung to purify himself, after contact
with an untouchables.
The same Brahmin boy grew up to lead a
movement we know as SULABH.
A revolution in toilets and a rightful place in
society, for those who once cleaned them.
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A man who dreamed to become lecturerwhich was equivalent of becoming doctorand engineer of today.
During his colleges days he was brilliantstudent but during his finals he scored lowmarks which he thinks was the dreambreaking point of life.
This is what he believed in Yeh
mahatvapoorna hai ki jeevan mein modaane lagte hain. Pehle ek, phir doosra,phir teesra..ab kis mod pe atkengeaap,yeh kehna mushkil hai.
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He tried hands in everything from being
school teacher, doing any odd jobs to joining
family business of selling ayurvedic
medicines. A gandhi follower wanted to rid off caste
system and so he started working with lower
caste people.
The Brahmin community used to make fun ofhim saying him Bhangi.
A common man to great entrepreneur and a
role model of Goodness.
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Ishita khanna
(Founder ofSPITI ECOSPHERE)
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Ms.Ishita khanna born in year 1977 in
Dehradun was always in belief that she had
different fascination towards Mountains and
Environment. She completed her Masters in social work
from Tata Institute of social science,
Mumbai and felt in love with Spiti Valley.
Little wonder that she took upon herself therole of saving the himalayas through
ecosphere with help of locals ofSpiti,
Himachal Pradesh.
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She believed nature is real saver of world
and we learn a lot from mountains as we are
controlled by nature and it makes us humble.
She also believed economic development andconservation to co-exist is possible.
She started an NGO called Muse with her two
colleagues with an aim for development of
Spiti Valley.With innovative ideas and mastered
marketing she grew the valley into tourism.
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She gives the credit to localites of Spiti for
such advanced development.
She says If you have an idea, you just
have to do it. The more you give , more we get back.
She also says Small changes you make in
your own life, make a difference to
environment
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Mrs.Shaheen Mistri
Founder- AKANSHA
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Shaheen Mistri is an Indian social activist
and educator.
Born in 1971 in Parsi family, Mumbai
She had an upbringing from Saudi Arabia tillUnited States.
She is a founder of the Akanksha Foundation,
an Indian educational initiative in Mumbai
and Pune. She is CEO of Teach For India since 2008
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Shaheen Mistri, as a young college student,
walked into the Mumbai slums and expressed
her desire to teach the less privileged
children who roamed the streets.
In 1989 she started teaching students of
Ambedkar Nagar slums during her college
days.
A mission started 20 years back AkankshaFoundation, which started with just 15children in one centre, now teaches 3,500
children in 58 centres and six schools.
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She feels delighted to express that some of
the children she started teaching when they
were 3 and 4 are now in same college where
she studied(St.Xavier's College).
Shaheen believes A successful student is a
best reward a teacher can get
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There are 2 kinds of youth in India- one
who choose to go and yell on TV and the
others, who want to do something.For
them,there is
TEACH FOR INDIA.
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