<p>When Gaurav Singh decided to leave his successful career with a Fortune 500 company, he wanted to do something more meaningful, something that will help him create value for society. "I went to engineering college, but quickly realised that my real strength lay in problem solving. I would keep creating challenges for myself," he narrates.</p><p>"After finishing engineering, I started working at Accenture. Though I was not unhappy there, I kept looking for a sense of purpose. I wanted to channelise my strength into something bigger than myself."</p><p>Following a stint at the Teach For India fellowship, Singh went on to start his own school for the underprivileged, 3.2.1 Education Foundation, which is in its second academic year. "During my fellowship I realised that one of the core issues in our education system was a lack of belief. Our system didn't believe in the abilities of all our children. Our country needed belief centers places that would convince us about the potential of all children. So, I decided to skip the Teach for India post fellowship placement process and take the plunge to start my own school. I had no idea how to do it but I knew it had to be done."</p><p>Countless others like Gaurav are taking their entrepreneurial drive one step further to create a societal change. Various organisations have popped up across the country over the last few years who are, through their work, addressing social issues, while simultaneously earning a subsistence profit. They are self-sustaining bodies that are not just empowering society, but also boosting their local economies.</p><p><a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1905382/report-are-social-businesses-the-way-forward">Keep reading...</a></p>