OREANDA-NEWS. The Tata group and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta have announced the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge (TSEC) 2013-14 to find India's most promising early-stage social enterprises.

As part of the competition, teams with an early stage venture (not older than three years) or a promising idea that can create sustainable social impact, can submit their business plans online at www.tatasechallenge.org <http://www.tatasechallenge.org>.

Detailed business plans are invited in the areas of agriculture, food and dairy, healthcare, water and sanitation, technology and development, education, housing, handicrafts, energy and microfinance/financial inclusion. The ventures will be judged on three parameters - business model, social impact and sustainability. “In line with the Tata group's ethos of commitment to society, TSEC endeavours to enable the champions of social change achieve their entrepreneurial dreams for the larger good of society, thus making it a win-win situation for all,” said Atul Agrawal, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Tata Services, in a press statement.