• Shilpi Gupta
• Dr. Prachi Singh

Social entrepreneurship has become the buzz word in India and around the world. People have found this concept of philanthropy a bit intriguing in nature. It has the best mixture of social service and entrepreneurship; this combination makes it most attractive and so unique in nature. Usually entrepreneurship is related to economic activities and being ruthlessly profit making and ignoring social benefits or societal wellbeing. The economic development of a Nation depends on its industrial development. The industrial development is based on the entrepreneurial competencies of the people. Entrepreneurs are innovative, highly motivated, and critical thinkers. When these attributes are combined with a drive to solve social problems, a social entrepreneur is born. Social enterprises are the organizations which aim their efforts toward improving the general welfare of society and they apply market‐based strategies to achieve a social purpose.

Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Market Based Strategies.

" SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE CORE FORCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.931-937, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808437.pdf

" SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE CORE FORCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp931-937, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808437.pdf