The Immersion Program is a one-month intensive program, which aims to provide young minds with an opportunity to learn about the concept of social business, as well as the philosophy of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. It is designed to help participants develop their social business entrepreneurial zeal. Interested students, studying in any discipline, are encouraged to apply. This program will give you a grand opportunity to gain practical insights into the operation, management and social impact of these businesses through meetings as well as field trips to Grameen Bank and Grameen families of Social Business. In addition, you will have the access to social business study materials and will be able to attend a short course on social business where each participant will learn how to create a ‘Social Business Plan’. At the end of the program, all participants shall submit their own social business plan and a report on the program. We at Yunus Centre welcome students from all over the world who are enthusiastic about joining our movement of putting poverty in the museums and are passionate about becoming social business leaders.

Applicants, who are hoping to work alongside like-minded peers to forge lasting relationships based on the ideas behind social business, will discover the immersion Program at Yunus Centre to be the ideal avenue. Participating in this program will enable them to get involved in the following activities:

Social Business field trips: The most unique aspect of this program is the opportunity to participate in field trips to Grameen social business operation sites. More information on these social business sites have been provided in the next section.

Exploring Grameen sister Companies: There will also be the chance to have meetings with companies of Grameen such as Grameen Danone, Grameen Shakti, Grameen Caledonian Nursing College, Grameen Telecom trust and so on.

Global exposure: A splendid chance to work with and gain knowledge from people of different languages, nations as well as from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Social Business Design Lab: Design lab is the place where business ideas from budding entrepreneurs of diverse backgrounds meet Social Business Gurus. Participants of the program will get the chance to see and learn from this wonderful sessions first hand.

a) Materials to study-

1. Banker to the Poor
2. Creating a World without Poverty
3. Building Social Business
4. Super Happiness
5. The Power of Social Business (BCG)
6. Harvard Business Review (HBR)
7. Redesigning Economics to Redesign the World
8. YC Newsletter
9. Conference Volume

1. Bonsai
2. To Catch a Dollar
3. Documentary- Banker to the poor
4. Muhammad Yunus- Create Social Fiction
5. Muhammad Yunus- Ideas for Social Change: Social Business

1. Grameen Bank
2. Grameen Trust
3. Grameen Danone
4. Grameen Veolia
5. Grameen Telecom
6. Grameen Telecom Trust
7. Grameen Shakti
8. Grameen Health Care
9. Grameen Shamogree
10. Grameen Intel

1. Grameen Bank Branch
2. Grameen Danone
3. Grameen Veolia
4. Grameen Shakti
5. GC Eye Care Hospital
6. Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing
7. Japan Auto-Mechanic School
8. Grameen Shikkha
9. Social Business Industrial Park
10. Nobin Udyokta Project

• At least enrolled in an Undergraduate program
• All majors can apply

• Make sure you that you apply one month prior to your intended start date. We will confirm you three weeks earlier if you are selected
• If you receive our confirmation, inform within three days whether you will be joining or not
• Try not to cancel once you have confirmed