Nabil Bank Certifies First Batch of Campion College's Nabil School of Social Entrepreneurship Program

The Nabil School of Social Entrepreneurship certification and celebration program was conducted yesterday (December 11, 2022). The program was held at Campion College, Sanepa, Lalitpur, starting at 4 pm.

Nabil SSE is the Nabil School for Social Entrepreneurship, a CSR initiative by Nabil Bank Limited, aimed at developing social entrepreneurship in Nepal. The Nabil School of Social Entrepreneurship promotes and incubates social entrepreneurship all over Nepal, which aims at improving people’s experience and quality of life and promotes positive social well-being, economic prosperity, and/or environmental sustainability of communities.

Nabil Bank, under its CSR initiative, introduced the Nabil School of Social Entrepreneurship Program on November 26, 2022, in collaboration with academic institutions in all 7 provinces of Nepal. It has been implementing Fellowship Program in partnership with the Faculty of Management, SOMTU, and Certificate Courses in all provinces of Nepal.

Campion College, the implementing partner of the Certificate Course in Bagmati Province has completed its first batch of 25 candidates. Candidates who are already into entrepreneurship or pursuing their studies and willing to learn about social entrepreneurship and contribute to the field have become a part of this program. A 14-day long training spread over a 3-month period on Social Entrepreneurship provided training on the four themes- Knowledge, Skill-set, Mind-Set, and Resources and was conducted in a practical approach. The course provided the participants with an opportunity to learn from the entrepreneur’s experience, experts in the field, field visits, case studies, and workshops.

In the program, the welcome speech was delivered by Ms. Roshani Chand, Nabil Bank. Shortly thereafter, Nabil Bank's Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Chaudhary Group (CG), Mr. Nirvana Chaudhary delivered his keynote speech.

Chaudhary highlighted that the Chaudhary Group takes the initiative seriously. The Nabil School for Social Entrepreneurship initiative is promoted by Nabil Bank, one of many business verticals of the Chaudhary Group. Chaudhary highlighted that they want the social entrepreneurship initiative to be a highlight of Nabil Bank and the Chaudhary Group in Nepal, like the Tata Group's cancer research initiative, and Gates Foundation's polio and malaria eradication initiative in Africa.

Furthermore, congratulating the NSSE certificate recipients, Nirvana Chaudhary hinted that this course will mean a lot more in the real world and will be incredibly useful for them to tackle social entrepreneurship issues than they have now realized.

Course completion certificates were then distributed to 25 recipients, followed by a token of love distribution session to NSSE experts. Mr. Bhupendra Pandey, Deputy CEO at Nabil Bank, also expressed his thoughts about the NSSE CSR Initiative of Nabil Bank.

Simran Silpakar, a student in BBA 4th semester at Campion College and one of the participants in the Certification Course, shared how the course inspire her and change her mindset of starting on its own. She said, “In our educational system, we learn theories and we believe what is written in books. However, the real world is different than what we read between the lines. This course let us explore and expose us to real scenarios and cases.” Stating that she discovered a lot about the entrepreneurship journey, she said, “I learned that age is not a limit for exploring and getting ideas for starting a business, and failure in the process does not make you unsuccessful.” Thanking the organizer, she said that this kind of program will provide direction to the youngsters to be independent and contribute to society through entrepreneurship.

In the end, Mrs. Anamika Shirvastava, Principal at Campion College also delivered a vote of thanks to Nabil Bank, the NSSE experts, and certificate recipients.

About Nabil School of Social Entrepreneurship – NABIL SSE

NABIL School of Social Entrepreneurship describes social entrepreneurs as people who have practical ideas for change, using social entrepreneurial approaches to tackle complex social problems. These enterprising individuals who have identified an unmet social need, find a business model that can sustain & create lasting social impact. 

Objectives:

• Provide a platform to present their creative ideas and solution through social enterprises
• Promote and Develop Social Entrepreneurs in all the provinces of Nepal
• Facilitate access to finance for social entrepreneurs
• Raise the profile of social entrepreneurship
• Support learning that builds leadership capacity
• Support those creating change in their local communities

Programs under NABIL SSE:

• Fellowship Programme in Social Entrepreneurship
• Certificate course in Social Entrepreneurship