
Each of these social enterprises illustrates how ordinary villagers can work together and make meaningful progress towards closing the livelihood deficit in rural villages. They embody Seva Mandir’s belief that business can be both socially responsible and profitable, even in the most remote and disadvantaged locations. Seva Mandir’s first experiment in social enterprise, Sadhna, is today an independent textile business employing 700 rural women, and exemplifies the promise of incubating socially profitable ideas.