I came across two articles today where the railroad industry in Kerala is pushing some small scale innovations of their own. Here is the first story. The railways is providing broadband Internet connection in the state through the Railtel Corporation of India. The biggest incentive for those taking the net service of Indian Railways is [...]

Here is a recap of the major investment activity in India’s social venture space and also traditional investment that will directly affect the poor: Social Chennai based Equitas will secure $12.5 million in funding from two private equity firms over the next few months. The organization intends to use the money to expand its branch [...]

The purpose of this internship is to develop business for Source for Change, an all-women rural BPO, and to expand the capabilities of its local entrepreneur (Attachment here Source For Change.doc). The interns will be responsible for: Generating new business opportunities in data-entry and digitization services Training a local entrepreneur and developing operational processes to deliver [...]