Acumen Fund, a global non-profit social venture capital fund, is looking for Summer Associates for their India office in Hyderabad. Acumen Fund has made a variety of investments into companies in India, some of which we’ve covered on TC-I before,…
Academics who attended the recent Indian Science Congress wholeheartedly agreed that the standard of science education across India is appalling. That shouldn’t surprise anyone. In 2008, the National Knowledge Commission recommended that attracting and retaining talented students in basic sciences is paramount…
Rahul Brahmbhatt is a contributing writer to Think Sport.
After a two year hiatus from international competition, the Indian women’s national football team is currently competing in the 11th Annual South Asian Games was held from January 29th to February 9th in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
As a…
In an article in India Knowledge@Wharton, Abraham George, founder of The George Foundation, questions the effectiveness and validity of many so-called social entrepreneurs and writes about the myth of the BoP consumer. He starts with the common definition of social entrepreneurs as…
[Hat Tip: Anoop]
Here is a very elegant and simple platform for social ventures to compete against each other for funding. The site lets you pledge money for the organization(s) you want to support most and based on these votes will…
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First Energy is an alternative energy business that caters to consumers in rural and suburban India through an affordable cooking offer consisting of a biomass stove and a fuel made from pelletized agri-residue. Overall, the aim is to provide…
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The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the last call for nominations for the second annual Wireless Innovation Project, a competition to identify and reward the most promising advances in wireless related technologies that can be used to solve critical problems…
