Anil Shaligram Interview – part 01
The scene was set…after a long wait finally Amol and me were going to meet Anil Shaligram a Social Entrepreneur…fellow of Ashoka…a innovative thinker with social development as his final goal.
We were to meet him at his house which is 10 minutes from Thane Station but it took us almost one hour to reach there.
The house and Anil Shaligram both were ready for the interview. He had made arrangements for all 6 of us (but only 2 of us could make).
He had kept some books on Social Entrepreneur on a small table; there were many more books in the shelf behind the table.
We settled down…and the interview began.
Q.1
We: First we want to thank you for taking out time for us.
Anil Shaligram (A.S): No it’s not a problem. But can I ask you one thing what’s the purpose of the interview?
Q.2
We: Actually we are working on a Research Paper named “Social Entrepreneurship: Prospects and Constraints in India” So we are taking interviews of few Social Entrepreneurs and we will be profiling them in your paper.
AS: Ok So many how many interviews have you taken up till now? And how helpful were they?
Q.3
We: We have taken around 4 interviews up till now and we are in the process of understanding what is Social Entrepreneur and what is its current scenario in India also we came to know the qualities of Social Entrepreneur.
AS: Good!!! I have decided to structure our interview into few parts first I will give you an overview about my work and how did it happen.
Q.4
We: Ok (Amol opened his book and started penning down the points)
AS: It all started in the year 1985 that’s time an abstract concept came to my mind about using IT and cutting edge management theories for some social changes. So to understand the social environment I started reading books on the current Economic condition of the country, different advancements in the field of IT , past and contemporary Management theories and also on social networking.
In the year 1989 I started my own DTP centre to understand the IT field more clearly. The more I read I came to know different ideas for solving problems of the society.
This is a good attempt of sending such interviews so that everyone comes to know about such different issues and get different ideas on such topics.