Engagement model between corporate , academia and social sector Contact www.socialconvergence.org Subrahmanyam Ivatury suby.i@socialconvergence.org This document is solely for the use of Social Convergence client and Social Convergence personnel. No part of it may be circulated, quoted, or reproduced for distribution outside the client organization without prior written approval from Social Convergence Team

Very Siloed Model with little overlap – broad trend Corporates Academic Institutions Premier institutions CSR Bill Corporate Volunteering MSW & Such Social Sector

Corporates – interesting trend towards employee engagement Round table as part of SDG Keen to volunteer Looking for skills based probono work Management see this as a good employee engagement programs – talent retention Good understand of technology & process Efficiencies and Scale

Social sector needs a lot of help and guidance Have a strong domain competence On the ground experience Need help in tech adoption Many of them are not able to scale

Great capability in research Ability to find solutions thru research Large pool of students and professors.

Model of bring all this together Corporates Academic Institutions Social Sector

Problem Identification Incubation model - for one of the SDG areas Solutions approach Problem Identification Solution Defination Working Prototype Final Solution NGO Corporate IIIT Bangalore Corporate IIIT Bangalore Corporate NGO Corporate

You don’t have to boil the ocean Developing a solutions approach to problem solving

2 NGO come together to build the solution Case in Point 2 NGO come together to build the solution Bangalore One Kiosks agreed to house them. E Waste collection Awareness campaigns Responsible disposal Pilot – sensor in the bin for weight and height. Corporate funding and volunteering program Solution Devp by IIIT B

GIS based Bin collections Work with these 5 sectors – which the focus of most corporates and NGO’s Environment Education Health Disability TBD Others Connected classrooms Class evaluation Others Bin Alert Bin alert GIS based Bin collections Tipper trucks TBD Others Health Navigators Skill Devp TBD Others Data related Building a repository of problems

In Conclusion Corporate sector in keen in invest time in corporate volunteering as they think Its good for employee engagement Building Leadership Great & Subtle marketing Funds !!! Social Sector has domain experience on the ground Very low tech use as of now Low on process Academic institutions have the research capability to invest time and resources Source of talent Incubation capability