I was reading my friend Hans Taparia’s (Hans is a founder of Tasty Bite) blog today and he wrote about the power of public-private partnerships in driving innovation. In his most recent post, Hans said,
driven by innovation, social ventures that are successful…
The Planning Commission of India has been actively making calls to NGOs and Voluntary organizations to participate in its “NGO Partnership System (NGO-PS)”.
In this call, the Planning Commission encourages the NGOs and VOs to sign-up on NGO Partnership System.
In Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India, about 150 dalit and tribal women were subjected to virginity tests during a government-sponsored mass marriage recently.
Ironically the scheme is designed to make marriage less onerous by making it free for its…
This op-ed was submitted by Suresh Pramar, and is a user post. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of TC-I, but we feel that it is important to cultivate opinions from all sides.
India like the rest of the…
[Article Source : Business Standard]
Of the 5 billion medical injections administered in India every year, 62 percent are unsafe – startling figure that brought Marc Koska, inventor of non reusable K1 syringes, to India
This is how the article starts –…
UnLtd India, the organization that helped develop the Social Entrepreneurship conference that we covered extensively before, is hiring a Communications Coordinator. If you’re savvy with media, writing, and marketing, see below.
JOB TITLE : COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR (PART TIME TBA)
ORGANISATION: UnLtd India
LOCATION: Bandra…
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Position:
A full-time volunteer for Manzil, a youth empowerment and learning center in Khan Market, New Delhi
Duration:
Minimum of a six-month commitment. Prefer one year or longer.
Start Date:
The start date is flexible, but we would prefer the volunteer to start in…
Here is a piece that I wrote for my school paper. While it is not focused on India specifically, I believe that the topic is relevant to every country.
Profits or Profiteering?: Why Companies Are Responsible for More
If a corporation’s responsibility…
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…
This year, I’m helping to run the Harvard International Development Conference (IDC) at the Harvard Kennedy School. It promises to be an exciting event, with panel topics ranging from the role of mobile technology as a means of alleviating poverty to…
