Eisha Khan
Math Major
Venturing into the World of Social Entrepreneurship
Over the summer, Eisha ventured into researching her socially-driven for-profit business model, which is a restaurant. The social aspect of the business is that Eisha wants to create opportunities of employment for the marginalized transgender community in Pakistan. At large, her research was meeting with the transgender community to not only meet their desired needs but to also understand their current standing within Pakistan. At her meetings with The Transgender Initiative Office, Eisha was able to create a training program, which is designed to enhance an employee’s desired skills. Moreover, she was able to create a list of interview questions that she could ask prospective employees. The people Eisha met helped her lay out the foundation of her restaurant. Although Eisha’s past experience with entrepreneurship helped with the business model, it was on-site learning with members of the transgender community that helped channel her inner activist the right way.