Professor Muhammad Yunus has opened the 3rd Social Business Design Lab with his introductory speech at the Yunus Centre on 23rd March 2013. Participants from different organizations at first reviewed the update of previous social business ideas and then they have presented six new social business plans like- rickshaw project for unemployed young people, NGF social business project, nirvana social business project, ID group & texeurop social business project, salt cultivation social business project and NTFP social business project. After the presentation, there was question and answering session, group discussion to include necessary recommendations and finally the participants came up with an action time frame. The participants also selected one Project Bandhu (Project Friend) for each of the project for its follow up. Professor Muhammad Yunus thanked the participants for coming up with some innovative social business ideas and he promised to give necessary support to implement the projects. The participants showed strong determination to bring the ideas into reality for the cause of the society.

Design Lab 3