Conference on Social Entrepreneurship inaugurated

A three-day 7th National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship was today inaugurated by the Director of XLRI - SchooI of Business Management, Fr E Abraham at XLRI campus here.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Abraham said as we all know that social transformations have come through the initiatives and entrepreneurship of youth - be it the social movements, creation of disruptive technologies to change the society, and even winning freedom of nations.
As the theme of the conference "Young Changemakers: Youth as Social Entrepreneurs", is very relevant in contemporary India, Abraham said it needed the energy and passion of the young generation to address some of the most critical issues which the country was facing.

India is a country of young, with 430 million people in the age range of 15-34. In fact, estimates show that by 2020 youth will comprise of 64 per cent of India's working population, he said adding this certainly holds the promise of our "demographic dividends".
However, if this youth power does not move into more productive spaces of nation building, these dividends can also become our "demographic liabilities", Abraham cautioned.