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"In any game, there are two types of people: Spectators and Players. Only the latter matter" XL Dream Run is a unique – and perhaps first of its kind – event, where 300 students of XLRI Jamshedpur would run to raise funds for a cause – The XLRI Social Entrepreneurship Trust. These students also include the exchange students from 5 b-schools in France, Germany, Manila, and Sweden who are spending one term at XLRI. Some faculty and staff have also registered for the event. We would like to thank our alumni across the world and batches, who have been generously donating for the cause. XLRI Social Entrepreneurship Trust was established to promote and support “entrepreneurship with a social cause” among the students, alumni and community. At present it supports 3 social ventures which are launched by some of its present students, who have decided to take this “road less traveled” as a career option:  A large part of India’s traditional rural and tribal art is dying because (1) the artisans, being disconnected from the market, have not been able to contemporize their designs, and (2) since they have no direct access to the market, do not find their work remunerative enough to continue. Parichay is a venture to connect the rural/tribal artisans & craftsmen to the market. (read more..)
---  A large number of Indian villages are geographically scattered, a for most the national grid passes by kilometers away. Providing electricity can only be done through a more decentralized and self-sustaining model. Swavalamban is a venture which aims to use "ox-driven generator" to provide electricity to the villages in Jharkhand (read more.. )
----  Dream4Others is online market research company which will work for the development of the society by generating huge donations. Aim is to bring the arms of social development and market research together to drive each other. It works on a unique business model which offers a five-way advantage - to the respondents, our clients, the company itself, NGOs, and most importantly, to the underprivileged section of the society(read more.. )
"A candle's light might be miniscule, but it can do what hundreds of floodlights cannot. And that is to light another candle"
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