The Centre for Development Finance (CDF) announces some very exciting internship opportunities for this summer. If you’re looking for something more long term, word has it that CDF will likely be releasing postings for BoP related full time positions in the…
We have written about microinsurance before, including SKS’s Vikram Akula’s decision to develop a product for his customers. Now, Bajaj-Allianz and CARE India will be developing a product of their own. In an interesting partnership between the charity and a commercial…
Lakshmi Krishnan of the Centre for Micro Finance, IFMR writes to us about a new opening in the organization. This is particularly exciting for anyone interested in microfinance, research, and traveling throughout India. Several classmates in graduate school had worked…
Whether you are an individual investor, an institutional fund, or a microfinance organization, the issue of returns on social investment is always a concern. The difference is usually in the approach that each stakeholder may take in measuring these returns. …
The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with interviews with people we believe are at the brink of something special but have for the most part been overlooked by the mainstream media. Readers will be able to see…
Here is an interesting approach to the technological hurdles of mobile banking. Called Cashnxt, this venture in Kerala, uses high-pitched sounds via mobile phones to encrypt and decrypt the secure data needed to perform a financial transaction. An article on…
To start, I want to say that my mind has been racing despite sleep deprivation and jet lag since I touched down in Mumbai at 0135 IST this morning. This is the first I have set foot in India since…
Moneycontrol.com reports the launch of India’s first peer to peer microlending site, RangDe.org. The site explains the driver behind an online forum for microloans:
Rang De is a unique platform for individuals to become Social Investors and connect with borrowers of microcredit…
Editor’s note: In addition to being informative, this post also outlines what IFMR Trust is looking for in potential hires. If you would like to see that immediately, go after the jump.
Before Thanksgiving break I had the pleasure of sitting…
