Nabil School of Social Entrepreneurship provides platform for individuals who have identified a social problem, want to develop a business model that addresses the social problem and are willing to develop a business plan.

Nabil SSE Offers two programs:

• Fellowship Program
• Certificate Course on Social Entrepreneurship
• Fellowship Program on Social Entrepreneurship

The Nabil SSE Fellowship Programme is focussed on promoting social entrepreneurship across different themes and sectors such as livelihood, skill development, agriculture, education, healthcare, arts & communities’ well-being, energy, etc. spread across the country. Nabil SSE has partnered with Faculty of Management, School of Management, Tribhuvan University to implement fellowship program to invite ideas that can bring positive impact in the lives of the people, society and environment contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.

The fellowship course is designed to aspiring social entrepreneurs who are looking for support to kick start their enterprises. The course will be a rigorous action based learning process where the entrepreneur will be able to establish an enterprise at the end of the course.

Duration of the Course

This is a six-month long programme, with mentoring for a period of total one year. Every month fellows will attend the learning programme physically for 3 days and they would have residential programme for 18 days in total. Each one of them would be paired with a mentor who will be their sounding board for their entrepreneurial journey for 1 year.

Expected Outcome of the Course

At the end of 6 - 12 months, the Fellow will have an investment ready-enterprise or a business ready with product/service to trade in the market. The Fellow would be able to pitch his/her business plan to any financial institution or investors. 

Selection Process

Selection will be a two-stage process. Application form will be reviewed against a rubric and selected applicants will be called for an in-person interview. Selected candidates will be then invited for attend the fellowship program­

Eligibility Criteria:

Age Group: The age group of the candidates should be 18 years and above and should be a Nepali Citizen

Instruction medium: The medium of instruction will be in both English and Nepali. The candidate must have functional knowledge of English and Nepali language. However, language is not a barrier to learning.

Attendance: The candidate must commit to attend fellowship program for 6 months, giving 3-4 days every month. Please note minimum 90% attendance is mandatory to complete the programme.

Travel expenses: The candidate should bear all travel expenses incurred for attending the fellowship program. However, the boarding & lodging facility will be provided for attending the programme.

Identification of social issue/problem: The candidate must have identified a social problem that s/he wants to solve. The candidate should have a strong reason to solve the identified problem. The candidate should have a feasible solution in mind/on paper or prototyped.

• Certificate Course on Social Entrepreneurship:

Nabil SSE has partnered with 7 academic institutions in all seven provinces of Nepal to conduct this course. The course aims at providing aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, students and individuals who want to learn and contribute towards developing social entrepreneurship in their area.

Who can join the program?

• Any individual above 18 years of age, who have identified a social problem or wants to learn about social entrepreneurship

What Will the course offer?

• Certificate Course offers its participants with the practical aspects required for an individual to become a social entrepreneur
• Opportunity to learn from experienced entrepreneurs, experts and practitioners in the entrepreneurship field,
• Learning from among the peers from diverse background joining the program
• Opportunity to learn from the practical experience through exposure visits
• Support to develop a bankable business plan

Course Duration: 14 Days over a period of 3 months

What the previous batch candidates shared about the program?

• Build their self-confidence to take idea forward
• Given them exposure to new ideas/market
• Have better risk-taking ability
• Meet like-minded people and network
• Sense of possibility
• Ambience of the learning room and culture helped