Wednesday, January 07, 2009

H2E is the need of the hour

I have told this before, but it is worth repeating several times. India needs more entrepreneurs in Healthcare, Environment and Education, I call them H2E sectors. I refrain them calling social entrepreneurs, because every entrepreneur serves a social purpose. Every entrepreneur is a social entrepreneur.
Coming back to H2E sectors, well more than 50% of Indian population is under served in Healthcare, Environmental issues (clean energy, clean water, clean air) and Education. As long as we don't conquer these fundamental sectors, it will be hard for us to sustain the economical growth that we are aiming towards (8-10% GDP growth every year).
I am aware that there are several people who work for a cause in these sectors, but has it been enough? With the size of a population that we have, we must utilize this as a valuable asset. It is with our people we can make this India's century. We simply can't look at our population as a burden.
The population can be utilized as a valuable asset only if productive population is in good health, enabled with energy and education. That's the fundamental reason why we need more thrust on H2E sectors. Current efforts are not enough and we need entrepreneurs in these sectors.