[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 – one of the innumerable “startling” facts waiting to jolt the social entrepreneur inside [...]

Shital had written in last November about Sankalp 2009, a business plan competiton for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) organized by India Development Gateway, in partnership with Rural Innovations Network (RIN) and National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Turns out the business plan competition has now developed into India’s first ever Social Enterprise [...]

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 other conversations under our TC-I Changemakers tab. Last week, Vinay sat down (via webcast) [...]

The company has given its old black-and-white passbook a colourful facelift, using glossy paper, at once reaching out to its depositors and opening up a new revenue stream — through advertisements. And with that simple modification, SKS Microfinance’s leader Vikram Akula has managed to address multiple problems at once. First the addition of color and [...]

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 other conversations under our TC-I Changemakers tab. This week we had the opportunity to [...]

Update: A recent Times of India article discusses the actual effectiveness of the Public Interest Litigation provision and its current troubles. You can read the article here. An NGO called Cancer Patient Aids Association (CPAA) has embarked on a campaign to mandate compulsory licensing for 20 different drugs used to treat cancer sufferers. These drugs [...]

Although they have been actively blogging for ThinkChange India for a few weeks now, we would like to formally introduce Prerna Srivastava and Shital Shah. Both of them are former Indicorps Fellows and bring to ThinkChange India their experiences, passion and wit. Having them on board will help make this platform an even more enjoyable [...]

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, along with other high ranking politicians traveled to India from the United States to learn from Indian businesses on how to become leaders in climate change and renewable energy. Speaker Pelosi said, “Our delegation was very encouraged to hear that the leaders in the Indian business [...]