Since its inception, the Deshpande Foundation has expanded its reach to include a number of progressive programs all designed to foster entrepreneurial aptitude and a passion to purse social justice through social enterprise. In an effort to coordinate these endeavors, the Foundation has established a cutting-edge program, the Deshpande Center for Social Entrepreneurship (DCSE).

By embracing the concepts of innovation, scalability and entrepreneurship and applying them to social objectives, the DCSE desires to make a global impact on civil society. The DCSE hosts and supports developing entrepreneurs, encouraging them to use one another as sounding boards, build and experiment with prototypes and generate brand new concepts designed to address development issues.

The DSCE will function as the nerve center for all activities related to Deshpande Foundation programs fostering social entrepreneurship, including Social Entrepreneurs in Residence, the Deshpande Fellowship Program, the Leaders Accelerating Development (LEAD) Scholarship Program, our Social Entrepreneurship Course offerings and more. We are excited to jump into our inaugural year and anticipate much growth. Please check back often!