Yunus Social Business Centre established at Kings College London
Yunus Centre Press Release (1 September 2016):
A Yunus Social Business Centre was launched yesterday at the prestigious King’s College, London (KCL)
An MoU between Yunus Centre and King’s College London, established in 1829 under University of London, was signed on Wednesday to establish the Centre which will focus on promoting social business study research and action within the college among both faculty and students.
Ms Julie Devonshire, OBE, Director of Entrepreneurship Institute at KCL, Anandana Bakshi, Head of Entrepreneurship, KCL; Dr Susan Trenholm, a lecturer on social entrepreneurship; Ed halliday, an accelerator manager of social entepreneurship; and Mr Renad Sheraif, President of KCLEnactus joined the MoU signing ceremony at King’s College in London. Professor Muhammad Yunus, Ms Lamiya Morshed, Mr Amir Khashru, joined the meeting on behalf of Yunus Centre. The signing ceremony was conducted via video conference between London and Dhaka.
This new Centre at KCL makes it the third centre in the UK after Glasgow Caledonian University and Salford University and becomes part of a growing network of social business centres, linked with Professor Muhammad Yunus, around the world, bringing the total number of such to 27 in different countries.
YSBCs develop and offer courses on social business for the students and business executives, facilitate research in social business. The centers also serve as connecting hubs among academics, social business entrepreneurs and students who are interested in the practice of social business. A global social business academia conference will bring together the representatives of these centres on November 9-10, 2016 at HEC Paris.
Source: Yunus Centre
Updated Date: 18th January, 2017