Conference Note: The Prime Minister of India has declared the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ a nationwide celebration to honour India’s 75th anniversary of Independence. The program is a 75-week countdown to India’s 75th Independence Day, from March 12, 2021. To mark this occasion, GNLU is proposing an International Conference on “Building Social Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for a More Sustainable and Resilient Society” – that aims to highlight the contribution of Social Entrepreneurship towards Sustainable Development while also highlighting its role and resilience in these trying times.   Main sub-themes of the Conference: Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to: 1.     Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice 2.     Social Entrepreneurship Intentions and Perspectives 3.     Mapping Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and Business Models 4.     Social Entrepreneurship Education & Capacity Building at Higher Education Institutions 5.     The Role of Universities and Incubators to Promote and Support Social Entrepreneurship 6.     Science & Technology Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Policy 7.     Striking Balance between Social Value Creation, Sustainability, and Resiliency 8.     Regulating Social Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Legislations, Policies & Procedures 9.     Innovations and Intellectual Property Rights  10.  Building and strengthening the Social Entrepreneurial ecosystem to face uncertainties 11.  COVID-19 and the next normal for social enterprises in India and across the world 12.  Social Entrepreneurial Response to Pandemic (COVID-19) and Entrepreneurship in Disadvantaged Communities 13.  Self-reliance through Atmanirbhar Bharat Initiative Making Indian SMEs Globally competitive 14.  The paradigm shift of curriculum design for institution integration to boost Atmanirbhar Bharat in light of NEP-2020 The above list is indicative. Papers on any other sub-theme consistent with the central theme may also be considered.   Conference Highlights 1.     Best Paper Award for each track 2.     Opportunities to Publish in Edited Book (s) with ISBN NO. 3.     Opportunities to interact with social entrepreneurship Ecosystem enablers    Important Dates Last dates for submission of abstract June 15, 2022 Notification of acceptance/Rejection of abstract June 20, 2022 Last date for submission of the full paper along with the registration fee July 10, 2022   Guidelines and Links for Abstract and Paper Submission: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dxKune7-1I2zJHi5jB0Y6oDJiawUvdcd/view?usp=sharing Registration Fees Registration Payment link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OtjniYwnV770bRHSzZttLirJWfnYzGjS/view?usp=sharing     Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided only to the first 50 outstation registered paper presenters in University Hostels/nearby institution hostels on sharing basis with limited facilities on 29 & 30 July 2022.   ,For further details please visit the website https://gnlu.ac.in/GNLU/News     Please find attached herewith the conference brochure for your reference. Looking forward for your positive response and participation.     Regards Dr. Ambati Nageswara Rao