The ThinkChange India team is pleased to welcome a regular contributor to the blog by partnering with the editors at Beyond Profit. Beyond Profit, a new social enterprise magazine, presents the stories, people and ideas behind innovating social ventures by bringing you first-hand insights and expert commentary. The publication is brought to you by Intellecap - a social investment advisory firm providing services to the for-profit development sector in areas such as microfinance, water, energy and education.
A number of immersion programs exist that attempt to make the youth aware about development challenges in India. Some examples include Grassroutes, Teach for India and Engineers for Social Impact (E4SI). As the application deadline for this year’s E4SI fellowship approaches (7 March,…
Editor’s note: The following interview is part of an ongoing series for ThinkChange India where we speak to social entrepreneurs firsthand. The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with first-hand insights from groundbreaking changemakers. Readers will be able to…
A few kilometers past Charminar, the heart of the old city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, an auto rickshaw stops in front of a quiet, non-descript gate. Across the road is the Falaknuma Palace, in the process of getting a major…
Editor’s Note: The following post is a collaboration between Adrienne Villani, a member of the Beyond Profit Editorial Team, and Semil Shah, a Principal at India Strategy Consulting, a boutique services firm that advises small and medium enterprises and global…
We’ve been ruminating lately on something that may ruffle a few feathers. It’s about the definition of social entrepreneur. Traditionally, an entrepreneur (the “mainstream” species) is a person who runs an enterprise or a venture. She is an ambitious leader, likely…
It is a dusty, sun-baked road that takes us to Singampet village in Mahbubnagar district, over a hundred kilometers away from Hyderabad, the capital of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The surrounding fields are bare, waiting for the…
Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Adrienne Villani is an Associate at Intellecap, where she is involved in the conceptualization and creation of content for Beyond Profit, Intellecap’s publication on social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, both in print and online. Trained as a demographer,…
Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Adrienne Villani is an Associate at Intellecap, where she is involved in the conceptualization and creation of content for Beyond Profit, Intellecap’s publication on social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, both in print and online. Trained as a demographer,…
Microfinance Insights is published bimonthly by Intellecap. As the sole print publication in the sector, we provide the latest news, trends and analysis that are current and global in scope. We have a global readership of over 10,000 across 150…
