Earlier this month, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) announced a National Biomass Cookstove initiative which will provide efficient cooking stoves to rural areas. According to the MNRE press release, 80% of residential energy in India comes from biomass (with…
Aiming to “usher in an age of energy independence in rural India,” Servals Automation Pvt Ltd (SAPL) markets innovations to the bottom of the pyramid population. The enterprise is involved in production, marketing, and research & design in the effort to…
Villgro (formerly Rural Innovations Network) is sponsoring a new business plan competition for social entrepreneurs called Wantrapreneur. The competition is specifically aimed at innovations and solutions that benefit the rural poor.
Wantrapreneur is all about identifying ideas that have the potential to…
We covered the arrival of TED in India earlier, and now they are looking for TEDIndia Fellows. A message from TEDIndia organizers:
Organizers of the TED Conference announced they would begin the search for 100 TEDIndia Fellows to participate in the TEDIndia…
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GreenMicrofinance Celebrates EARTH DAY 2009 – Launches Online University Forum edit
GreenMicrofinance™, a cutting-edge Pennsylvania-based triple bottom line company, has set Earth Day, April 22, 2009, at 5:00 PM EDT, for the launch of its online climate change and microfinance…
The World Resources Institute (WRI) and Nextbillion.net recently published a great interview with C. K. Prahalad on the role of private enterprise in development and poverty alleviation. Prahalad is the author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid and one of…
India is represented strong in the list of participants from the 2009 Global Social Benefit Incubator, which is a program led by SocialEdge and Santa Clara University that “assists social benefit entrepreneurs in developing business plans that enable their organizations…
D.light Design is looking for a Head of Sales & Marketing:
D.light Energy Pvt. Ltd. is looking to hire an experienced and creative Head of Sales & Marketing (India) to rapidly develop a pan-India distribution channel capable of reaching deep rural, while…
The inspirational, energy-filled, and fun TED conference is heading to India this year. From November 4-7, 2009, TEDIndia will take place in Mysore and bring together speakers and delegates that are reinventing India. The huge success of TED makes its arrival…
