Many conferences and seminars exist to bring together people for discussion, knowledge sharing, and networking.  The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation is hosting a forum on social entrepreneurship that will go to the next level and serve as the catalyst for…

One of ThinkChange India’s Managing Editors, Shital Shah, is in Hyderabad for the next few months.  If you are in the city and want to meet up, want TC-I to cover your event or organization, have feedback about the site,…

A few kilometers past Charminar, the heart of the old city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, an auto rickshaw stops in front of a quiet, non-descript gate. Across the road is the Falaknuma Palace, in the process of getting a major…

I have attended the first workshop conducted by the students of CSIM Hyderabad under the title “Empowering the underprivileged through innovations” that was previewed in my earlier post. The workshop’s purpose is to

..”Develop” the social consciousness among people, which can “Inform”…

Today, Startup Dunia featured a neat new ecofriendly social enterprise – BK Environmental Innovations.  Based in Hyderabad, they have created “bakeys,” which is edible cutlery.  In addition to producing a good that is environmentally friendly (they claim the spoon can degrade…

TC-I reader Suresh Parmar tipped us about a workshop focusing on social entrepreneurship on April 16-17 in New Delhi.  Held by the Centre for Training and Research in Responsible Business and Social Entrepreneurship (New Delhi), in partnership with the Centre…

E4SI is an ambitious fellowship program that we encourage everyone eligible to apply to:

The Engineers for Social Impact (E4SI) fellowship program has commenced its second annual rigorous recruitment process to match the most talented ten undergraduate students from fifteen elite…

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…

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Corporates, non-profit organizations and individuals are helping re-build government schools in Andhra Pradesh by adopting schools under the School Adoption Scheme – started around three years ago by the state government. To summarise the scheme:

Private companies or…

The ThinkChange India Team is proud to introduce Badhri as one of our new part-time bloggers. An avid blogger in the social entrepreneurship space already, Badhri will bring a unique perspective and energy to the TC-I community. He is a…