Mumbai, India 3rd March 2025: NSRCEL’s Impact Orbit and Capgemini in collaboration with Social Stock exchange of National Stock Exchange (NSE-SSE) marked a special event at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai, to discuss Social Stock Exchange (SSE) and its impact on fundraising journeys for non-profits in India. The event included masterclasses about fundraising on the Social Stock Exchange and fundraising for early stage non-profits.
The event was attended by professionals across corporate CSR, academia, leading non-profit founders, and funders in the social impact ecosystem. Some of the eminent leaders who addressed the event were Alina Alam, Founder & CEO Mitti Café, Anurag Pratap, VP & CSR Leader, Capgemini, Anand Sri Ganesh, CEO-NSRCEL-IIM Bangalore, Dr. Harish Ahuja, Head of Sustainability, Product & Strategy Development (Power & Carbon markets), Listing, and Social Stock Exchange, Abhinav Agarwal, Chief Manager, NSE, Kaoshal Kumar, Senior Manager, NSE NSE, Leena Kejriwal, Founder & CEO, Missing Link Trust, among others.
Anand Sri Ganesh reflected on the event, saying, “Our goal is to empower social entrepreneurs who drive lasting change. The emerging regulatory advances and traction made by the Social Stock Exchange not only excites us as an ecosystem enabler, but also as a non-profit ourselves. We congratulate the NSE, SEBI and advisory team for the progress and look forward to contributing to its growth.”
Anurag Pratap, Vice President and CSR Leader at Capgemini, stated: “At Capgemini, we are committed to leveraging technology for positive impact, aligning with our global mission to drive scalable change. Through our partnership with NSRCEL, we aim to empower social enterprises by providing access to the right resources, networks, and sources of capital to develop sustainable and scalable solutions. Platforms like the Social Stock Exchange play a critical role in unlocking new funding avenues, enabling innovators to scale solutions that foster a more inclusive future.”About NSRCEL and Incubation Program in Partnership with Capgemini:
NSRCEL, the business incubator of IIM Bangalore, supports entrepreneurs at all levels through a mix of academic training and hands-on methodologies. This enables them to develop impactful solutions for communities and promotes sustainable development.
The Tech-Enabled Social Innovations Incubation Program, In partnership with Capgemini, is the only incubation program of its scale where both non-profits and for-profit enterprises co-exist and are co-incubated in the same cohorts.
In partnership with Capgemini, the program will support 120 tech-enabled social enterprises in 3 years. Since January 2023, the program has incubated 80 ventures in 5 cohorts, with the 5th cohort of 25 ventures ongoing. These ventures are impacting areas of education, employability, agriculture and health amongst others.