Social Business Design Lab held

The 7th Social Business Design Lab chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus took place in the city Saturday, said a press release. The programme was divided in three major parts - social business project presentation, update of past social business projects and launch and signing of two social business projects. At the programme, JMI Pharmaceuticals inaugurated E Medicare Tele Medicine Social Business Project, which will ensure low cost medical services to people living in remote areas of Bangladesh as a social business. SKS Foundation and Grameen Telecom Trust jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) of commencement of operations of SKS Social Business Project which will expand sheep rearing business by poor women in Gaibandha. Professor Yunus thanked the participants for coming up with innovative social business plans and encouraged the designers to implement the projects and for other participants to support them. Among others, former advisor of a Caretaker Government Tapan Chowdhury, Chairman of Mahin Group Abdullah Al Mahmud, CEO of Gono Shahajjo Shangstha Dr Mahmood Hasan, Country Director of Action on Disability and Development Mosharraf Hossain and Country Representative of The Asia Foundation Hasan M Mazumdar were present at the programme. Representatives from different national and international NGOs, business leaders, educationalists attended the programme.