About the speaker: Pooja Rai is the Founder and CEO of Anthill Creations, a not-for-profit organization incubated by NSRCEL IIM Bangalore. It aims to make play accessible to all by building sustainable playscapes. Anthill has already impacted over 150,000 children across 18 states in India. She has authored a book on women entrepreneurs called ‘The Road Not Taken’. An IIT Kharagpur alumnus, she is also a TEDx speaker, Ashoka Changemaker, and was awarded by Nobel Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus.

What will you learn: In this podcast you’ll learn about

• Different funding models or avenues available for social entrepreneurs
• Criteria for evaluation and selection of the funding model
• Things that social entrepreneurs need to keep in mind while applying for CSR funds or philanthropic grants
• Important factors to keep in mind for crowdfunding
• What is social stock exchange and how can it benefit the non-profit organization
• What are the funding opportunities available (grants from government, international development agencies and philanthropies etc)