What do you get when you mix young social innovators, a supportive online community and five prize bundles of cash and free business services? We’ll find out in December... but the folks at AFI bet it will be enterprises well on their way to achieving scale and impact in solving some of India’s most pressing social problems.

Meet Action For India

India is full of ingenious and resilient entrepreneurs working at the grassroots level to solve urgent social problems. But in a country of over 1.2 billion people - most with unmet basic human needs - we need solutions that scale.  The goal of Action For India (AFI) is to help entrepreneurs overcome barriers to scaling their innovative solutions.  

In January the Delhi-based startup NGO held its inaugural event, a Forum attracting over 200 young social innovators, social enterprise exemplars, policymakers and corporate leaders. Featuring Sam Pitroda the event was deemed a huge success. Now, AFI is on to its next initiative, an online competition on the globally recognized Ashoka Changemakers platform.

The 2012 Growth Prize Competition

The purpose of the competition is to identify social entrepreneurs who demonstrate progress in scaling - or preparing to scale - their ventures during the June 1-Dec 1 period. One prize each will be awarded in five sectors: education, healthcare, agriculture, energy and livelihoods. Winners will each receive INR 5L in funding, plus a bundle of free IT, legal, accounting and consulting services. All participants also benefit from the opportunity to grow and promote their enterprise using the Ashoka platform and will be invited to the 2013 AFI National Forum.

Join the Competition

1.) Visit the AFI Community http://www.changemakers.com/community/afi   to learn more.

2.) Login and set up a Changeshop http://www.changemakers.com/innovations

3.) "Enter Now" at the AFI Community by June 1st.

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