<A Three-Wheeled Revolution by Irfan Alam is an interview with Irfan Alam conducted by Sujatha Ramprasad for India Currents in May 2010. Irfan Alam, an internationally acclaimed entrepreneur, is a man with a difference. He has deviated from the usual path of corporate business mentality to pursue socially responsible entrepreneurship. During his teenage years, he started Stock Trade Analysis and won a famous reality show called 'Business …
[🔵1. How did Irfan Alam get the idea of starting a business connected with rickshaw pullers? When Irfan Alam was seventeen, he was travelling in a rickshaw and became very thirsty. He asked the rickshaw puller for water, but the man said that he could not afford to buy and keep water bottles. Irfan immediately saw a business opportunity. The next day, he gave eight water bottles each to five rickshaw pullers and asked them to sell them to passe…
A Three Wheeled Revolution – Discourse Activities 📧 1. E-mail Writing (Page 82) Question: The R&D wing of SammaaN is planning to redesign rickshaws. Write an e-mail to Irfan Alam suggesting some useful modifications. Model Answer E-MAIL To: irfanalam@sammaan.org …
[A Three Wheeled Revolution is an inspiring interview with Irfan Alam, the founder of SammaaN Foundation. Irfan was interested in business from his childhood, and he started his first business at the age of 13. When Irfan was 17, he became thirsty while travelling in a rickshaw. He asked the rickshaw puller for water, but the man said that he could not afford to keep water bottles in his rickshaw. This gave Irfan the idea of selling water bottle…
[🔵 1. Trace the journey of Irfan Alam from a young boy with an innovative idea to a successful social entrepreneur. How did he establish SammaaN ? Answer: Irfan Alam is a young and successful entrepreneur who used his ideas to improve the lives of rickshaw pullers. His story shows that good observation, creative thinking and determination can bring social change . Irfan showed an interest in business from a very young age. During the stock mark…
