• Dr. Sunny Fernandes
• Sabeena Hamza Koya

In recent times, social entrepreneurship has become a buzzword word and it creates social value. Social entrepreneurs are persons who solve social problems, deprivation problems, environmental degradation, social exclusion, and problems of the disadvantaged, downtrodden, backward, and marginalized people in society. Thereby they create a positive social impact and bring about a positive change in society, a change for improvement, development, and a change for the better, improving the quality of life of the people and improving the standard of living. Social Entrepreneurship is a phenomenon, the central driver of which is focused on addressing a social problem (Austin et al., 2006). Social entrepreneurship creates social value through sustainable solutions for unaddressed social problems to stimulate social change (Mair and Marti 2006, Nicholls 2006 Michell and Cho 2006, Tan, William, and Tan 2005). Social entrepreneurs possess the qualities of being ambitious, mission-driven, strategic, resourceful, and result-oriented. Social entrepreneurs have a willingness to self-connect, share credit, break free of established structures, cross disciplinary boundaries, work quietly, and have strong motivation. The research paper throws light on the concept of social entrepreneurship, the characteristics, and qualities of social entrepreneurs, and the history and examples of leading social entrepreneurs

Social Entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneurship, Characteristics, Qualities, Leading examples.

"“A STUDY ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP” ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.j75-j82, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404908.pdf

"“A STUDY ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP” ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppj75-j82, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404908.pdf