Chandra Shekhar Ghosh: founding Bandhan
Publication date: 2 November 2018
Abstract
Learning outcomes
To understand social entrepreneurship and a social entrepreneur; to identify a social problem and develop a business idea; to understand the theory of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition; and to understand microfinance and its impact in the lives of the poor.
Case overview/synopsis
The case traces the journey of its founder Chandra Shekhar Ghosh from being a small time entrepreneur in microfinance to being the owner of a universal bank named Bandhan. Bandhan bank started its operations on August 23, 2015 with 501 branches, 2022 service center and 50 ATMs across 24 states. It had 14.3 million accounts, around 105 billion loan book and 19,500 employees. The founder of Bandhan bank, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, an Ashoka fellow had won numerous awards such as Entrepreneur with Social Impact Award by Forbes (2014), Entrepreneur of the Year by Economic Times (2014), Skoch Financial Inclusion Award (2011), Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2014) by AIMA to name a few. In 2014, Bandhan was also recognized as Global Growth Company by World Economic Forum.
Complexity academic level
The case is suitable for analysis in a MBA level course on social entrepreneurship.
Supplementary materials
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Subject code
CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.
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Acknowledgements
Disclaimer. This case is written solely for educational purposes and is not intended to represent successful or unsuccessful managerial decision-making. The authors may have disguised names; financial and other recognizable information to protect confidentiality.
Citation
Ghosh Dastidar, S. (2018), "Chandra Shekhar Ghosh: founding Bandhan", , Vol. 8 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-09-2017-0234
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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