We EMPOWERED!..Guest lecture on Social entrepreneurship

Mr. Mahadevan of Oriental Cuisines shared with us his experience and the path which lead him to great heights. We had an enthralling 20 minutes lecture on Social Entrepreneurship. He spoke about the qualities that an Entrepreneur should poses, where he emphasised on discipline, quantitative ability (ability to analyse the figures) while dealing with large number of units, being able to get things done even when we are not around the work place. He shared with us many of his personal experiences where the above mentioned qualities had come handy. He also stressed on the importance of an employee in an organisation and the way in which he has to be treated. He says that profit is not a bad word in social entrepreneurship. He made us realise that without profit the purpose of the Business is not fulfilled. The profit is needed to achieve the social motive for which the business is started. Mr. Mahadevan employs several economically backward people who are getting pension benefits, insurance, etc... and above all a secured life for them, in more than 70 countries. Apart from this he is also supporting several NGOs. A simple, down to earth person who has achieved so much in life and is passionate about giving back to the society which brought him up, was just extremely amazing to listen to.