TISS All Set To Offer Online Course On Social Entrepreneurship

Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) is all set to offer online course for a masters programme in Social Entrepreneurship. The course Masters of Arts in Social Entrepreneurship (MASE) will be a two-year programme with an intake of 34 students and is hosted by the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship under the School of Management and Labour Studies. 

The field of Social Entrepreneurship which has grown very rapidly in recent years, leverages knowledge of business  management  and  entrepreneurial  skills  to solve problems  related  of society  and  the  environment.  

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Following are the objectives of the Master of Arts Social Entrepreneurship (MASE): 

• To develop individuals as entrepreneurs with a focus on social entrepreneurship
• To enable  budding  and  practicing  social  entrepreneurs to solve social problems
• To create  an  environment  for  dialogue,  discussion and  creation  of  a  research  base,  for  developing the domain of knowledge in social entrepreneurship,  for  sharing among  interest  groups,  and  to enable  practitioners  in  enhancing  effectiveness of their operations.

The  programme  covers  an  overview  of  economics, polity  and  sociology,  innovative  problem  solving, venture  creation,  business  and  organisational  management and  leadership  linking,  with  benefits  to stakeholders. According to the officials of TISS, the programme is primarily targeted toward developing entrepreneurial  skills. There  are  three  major  dimensions  and components  of  this  programme i.e. social context, entrepreneurship skills and management tools. Students can register for the course- here. 

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