SOCIAL VENTURE CAPITAL FUND We are a social venture capital fund that finances startups with the potential to improve the lives of low-income families in emerging and frontier markets. Our geographic focus is on Developing Asia, where nearly 2 billion people have limited or no access to clean water, quality food, secure shelters, affordable healthcare, [...]

Nominations to Sankalp Social Enterprise Awards are now open. On offer for winners are opportunities to access impact investments, and advisory & mentoring services. The prestigious Sankalp Social Enterprise Awards are inviting nominations from high impact, early-stage social enterprises working in the following focus sectors: Agriculture, Food and Rural Business Clean Energy and Clean Technology [...]

iWeekend is an intensive and innovative experience that helps entrepreneurs form a team, create a business plan, build a prototype and pitch to angel/seed-stage investors, all in a weekend. iWeekend is coming to Mumbai this February. So if you are an active or budding entrepreneur, or have a business idea, we would love to see [...]

If you are an social enterprise based in India, you have the opportunity to participate in the IDEX Accelerator Program. IDEX Accelerator (IDEX) is a professional development program for aspiring social enterprise practitioners. IDEX places talented Fellows with enterprises that are applying innovation and seeking social impact to the world’s most pressing issues—such as access to quality education, [...]

Several other persons also received the prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice this year for their invaluable contribution towards social causes including Dr Sima Samar, chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human …See all stories on this topic » Source: Google Reader Starred Items

JAMSHEDPUR: XLRI School of Business and Human Resources will host the 5th edition of the national convention on social entrepreneurship. The two-day meet, to commence from January 25, will witness eminent speakers including T Vijay Kumar, mission director of National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM); M Sitaramachandra, senior rural development specialist at World Bank and noted [...]

Social Enterprise at IIM Calcutta in India with TATA Here’s an opportunity for aspiring social entrepreneurs to showcase their ideas (or newly-established companies).  From time to time, Dowser will help spread the world about different contests and resources that can help entrepreneurs make the leap from idea to action!  After all, we are devoted to solutions journalism. The Tata [...]

A social revolution is not the same thing. Zakaria, a native, knows this but mustn't assume that most Americans do. They will come away with the wrong idea of what is happening there. Similarly, the U.S., like India, has a “broken” government. Sweeping …See all stories on this topic » Source: Google Reader Starred Items

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde honours Bollywood actor Aamir Khan with an award for his television show Satyamev Jayate in New Delhi on October 18. (PTI Photo) Aamir Khan does everything differently, is common knowledge but this time the actor has taken one step further to retain his philanthropist image. The Satyamev Jayate host [...]

Parle G is a brand of Milk+Wheat biscuits available across India. As per multiple surveys, Parle G remains the world’s largest selling biscuit. Parle G is essentially a meal substitute or supplement in a country like India which faces acute child and mother malnutrition etc. A sealed packed of Parle G Biscuits is available from [...]