Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare Sector in India: An Analysis

Authors

  • Vikas Aggarwal
  • Anil Kumar Angrish
  • Sanjeev K. Bansal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33516/rb.v41i2.55-71p

Keywords:

Social Enterpreneurship, Healthcare, Sustainablity.

Abstract

World is full of social issues and problems such as access to food, water, sanitation, education and healthcare, which are affecting especially poor strata of population of the world. One of the social issues those needs urgent attention is to provide quality healthcare services to the needy people. Governments of respective countries are expected to resolve these problems and issues. But governments are finding it challenging to resolve these issues especially of provision of quality healthcare due to resource constraints. Social entrepreneurship is being increasingly recognized as a key element to address social problems in an innovative way. The present paper is an attempt to highlight the application of social entrepreneurship in healthcare sector in India by exploring different dimensions. This paper also draws attention to the most serious and unresolved problems in healthcare sector which may become the opportunities for passionate people, i.e., social entrepreneurs, to use entrepreneurial principles to resolve these issues.

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Published

2015-07-01

How to Cite

Aggarwal, V., Angrish, A. K., & Bansal, S. K. (2015). Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare Sector in India: An Analysis. Research Bulletin, 41(2), 55–71. https://doi.org/10.33516/rb.v41i2.55-71p

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Volume 41, Issue 2, July 2015

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