Sankalp, the annual social enterprise awards and investment forum organized by Intellecap, took place this week in Mumbai. The Sankalp Awards recognized many innovative and sustainable models in the following categories: Agriculture, Food and Rural Businesses; Clean Energy; Health, Water…
In Wired magazine’s provocatively titled “Social Entrepreneurship Achieves What Centralized Aid Could Not in India,” one man’s efforts at providing sustainable solutions for water and health in Indian villages show how economic incentives may be more successful than pure aid. …
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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 –…
The Global Social Venture Competition, a MBA social venture competition that partners several different universities around the world, wrapped up this past weekend at UC Berkeley Haas Business School. The GSVC is one of the most competitive gatherings in the…
Doodh Bhandar (DB), a plan focused on revolutionizing milk production in rural India, has reached the finals of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Business Plan Contest in the Social Enterprise track. Cattle are one of the most important assets for rural…
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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…
We had featured American India Foundation New York Young Professionals Chapter’s annual benefit in the past. Here is a recap from AIF itself of the event.
For the 2008-2009 fiscal year, our second since forming in summer 2007, the New York…
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…
The organization Chirag is offering a one-year fellowship to work in a rural area of India. Called Swades Ki Khoj, it begins on July 1st and applications are due on until May 15th. The program’s flyer is after the jump.…
