How can a social enterprise provide high-quality medical care to millions, even those who can’t pay? In this lesson, we delve into the inspiring case study of Aravind Eye Systems, a pioneering organization in India that revolutionized cataract surgery access through innovative operational models, strategic cost reduction, and a unique differential pricing system.
🎯 Learning Objectives
• Understand how Aravind Eye Systems addressed multiple barriers to access eye care, including awareness, fear, and cost.
• Analyze the operational efficiency strategies employed by Aravind, such as task shifting, high-volume surgery, and resource innovation.
• Explore Aravind’s unique differential pricing model and how it achieved financial viability through cross-subsidization.
• Discover how Aravind scaled its impact through vision centers and technology, decentralizing primary eye care.
📚 About the Course
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create real change? You don’t have to start your own organization to make a difference in the world. Everyone can learn the social entrepreneurship mindset and skillset to build social impact. In this course, you will immerse yourself in a social or environmental challenge you want to tackle. You’ll start by researching your topic of choice, talking to people, and ideating a potential solution that you can contribute. Then, you’ll build a business model around that solution, understanding concepts like measuring social change, ensuring financial viability, funding and pitching.
This course is a safe space to experiment and explore. You’ll be guided by a ten stage framework to help structure your journey. Along the way, you’ll hear from social entrepreneurs around the world through case studies and campus conversations. These include Yale alumni, members of the New Haven community, and global changemakers. Everyone is welcome to join this course! You can apply your lived, learned, or professional experience to discover how you’re going to make a difference.
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