Introduction to Social Innovation

NAME OF THE EVENT: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL INNOVATION

VENUE : CIVIL AV HALL

NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: 150

SPEAKERS: Mr. SENTHIL KUMAR

CHIEF COORDINATOR: Prof. SHARMILA KP

The Innovation Club organised an awareness session on ‘Social Innovation’ on 5^th October 2018 in the Civil AV Hall,CMRIT. Prof. Sharmila.K.P briefed the crowd of the basic idea behind social innovation and what is expected from the members of the innovation club. Moving ahead, she felicitated Mr.Senthil Kumar, a renowned social innovator and welcomed him to the Dias. The attendees included a mixed crowd of students and faculty members ,who were interested in the idea and prospects of social innovation. The session was concluded by leaving the crowd awestruck and inspired.

The agenda of the session was to inculcate interest in social innovation among all the attendees.The speaker Mr Senthil Kumar,the man behind the highly innovative project-SaveMom,an initiative that helps ease the process of pregnancy among rural women,especially in the backward regions of India. The crowd resonated well with his story of transition from a research engineer at Qualcomm to Social Innovator. He repainted the story of his journey and the idea behind this innovation by introducing his pregnant sister.Her troubles and worries during this special phase is what made Mr Senthil Kumar being about a change in the system.He managed to familiarize the attendees with the stages of the venture, various technologies incorporated such as AI gynecologist, progress web application etc and the roadblocks faced during the execution of the initiative. Social stigmas, inhibitions and connectivity were among the top challeges faced and acted as a hindernace to the success of the system.The session was concluded by introducing the methods in which the attendees could do their bit to bring about the change they wish to see.