Certificate Course

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SOCIAL WORK

An initiative of, Department of Sociology, Asutosh College

Introduction

The field of Social Entrepreneurship strives to solve the problems related to man, society and environment using the knowledge of Sociology, Business Management and Entrepreneurship. The field has developed and prospered rapidly in past few years owing to the rising demands of social sector across the world. The global politico-economic-social developments have led to an ever-rising gap between the have and have-nots and thus, an increased need for fresh perspectives to answer the question of inequality, access to resources and sustainable solutions to local-regional problems. Social sector needsprofessionals who can take the leadership roles and offer sustainable solutions to existing social problems and situations.

Theonline and virtualcertificate course of ‘social entrepreneurship&social work’ aims to offer a platform to professionals and students to become ‘agents of change’ for our society.

The objectives of the ‘Social entrepreneurship and Social Work’certificate course are to:

  • Develop individuals as entrepreneurs with an aim to solve social sector problems of urban and rural nature;
  • Enable individuals to understand and work with community development initiatives;
  • Create an environment for dialogue, advocacy and further research about society, human rights and environment;
  • Offer a window of professional opportunities and social sector start-up knowledge.

Distinctive features of the courseare: inductive pedagogy, interactive virtual classroom sessions, carefully curated contextualised case-studies, expert talks by industry leaders, flexible timings and end-of -the course brainstorming-incubation session.

The certificate courses are designed and oriented to make the current Indian Higher Education System more relevant and career oriented with focus on quality and excellence. The programmes are designed to ensure that graduates who pass out after completing the courses would have knowledge, skills and aptitude for meaningful employment in the industry in general and self-employment in particular. To enrich and empower the students, Asutosh college has introduced need-based, value-added certificate courses as a parallel sub-discipline while pursuing their degree level education.

Discipline:

Name of Course Nature of the course Discipline Eligibility of Students Duration
Social entrepreneurship & Social Work Professional certificate course Department of Sociology Passed in HS 100 hours/ 100 classes

Coordinating Department

Name of Course Discipline Coordinating Department Departmental Co-ordinator Contact Details
Social entrepreneurship & Social Work Sociology Department of Sociology Miss. Sritama Chaudhuri sritamachaudhuri@gmail.com Ph no. 9163750636

Brief syllabus outline

Social Entrepreneurship & Social Work

Course Code Title Total hours
Module 1 Introduction and foundation

  1. Introduction to Sociology, Social Work and social entrepreneurship
  2. Research methods in Social Work and Social entrepreneurship
  3. Importance of social sector and social work
 10 hours
Module 2 Social Work

  1. Methods of Social work: working with group, individual and communities
  2. Human rights advocacy
  3. Case study of organizations
 16 hours
Module 3 Social entrepreneurship

  1. Introduction and basics of Social Entrepreneurship
  2. Approaches to social development
  3. Strategic venture design, resource management and social sector marketing
  4. Funding and legal framework for social ventures
  5. Social impact assessment
  6. Sustainable development
 16 hours
Module 4 Social sector: Community development

  1. Welfare and development of weaker and marginalised sections
  2. Community participation and organization
  3. Rural and urban community development
  4. Models of community organization practice
  5. Social policy planning in India
  6. Case-studies
 16 hours
Module 5 Social sector: Health

  1. Health, gender and development
  2. Disease, its prevention, management and health policy
  3. Post-covid health care and management
  4. Reproductive health
  5. Sanitation, gender and urban-rural divide
  6. Public health and administration
  7. Case study of prominent health organizations

 

 16 hours
Module 6 Social sector: Environment

  1. Climate change and need of the hour
  2. Climate policies and carbon budgeting
  3. Grassroot level environmental organisations
  4. Urban-environmental initiatives
  5. Case studies of prominent environmental organisation
 16 hours
Module 7 Career counselling and social entrepreneurship start-up knowledge session 10 hours
    Total = 100

Technical requirements of the course:

  1. One google classroom platform to upload all study materials, videos and assignments.
  2. One Whatsapp group with ONLY FACULTIES of the department as ADMIN and students
  3. Google meet virtual classroom links of faculties for their respective classes.

Benefits of the certificate course :

  • The education sector is undergoing a rapid metamorphosis owing to global technological and social changes. The demand for ‘employable graduates’ is rising with every passing day. This certificate course aims to bridge the gap between education and industry and offers an outside perspective to the students.
  • The certificate of this course will add professional value to the CV and acquaint the students with various professional opportunities outside of academia as social sector is one of the booming sectors of the economy and is ripe with varied job prospects.
  • The incubation session of the course will boost students to start their own social entrepreneurship ventures and give back to the society. The governments at both centre and state have always put added emphasis on the idea of entrepreneurship and self-reliance.