The India chapter of Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES-India) operating out of IIT-Madras is set to conduct workshops running up to a competition in which the best social business plan will be rewarded. Times of India reports,

Participants must submit executive summaries…

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…

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A startup incubated by Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI), a society established under IIT-Madras,  plans to connect people living in rural areas with job opportunities presented by urban explosion – and make money…

University of Madras is organizing a International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility between from the 5th to 7th of November, 2008. They have interesting names lined up, including writer Dr. Ramachandra Guha and social activist P. Sainath.

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I picked up this video from Guy Kawasaki’s blog. This is how he describes it:

This is a video of the winner of Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Week innovation tournament. The challenge for the tournament was to use an everyday object to create as…

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While this came to ThinkChange India’s attention after the deadline past, the competition seems like a great opportunity for our readers and should definitely be something to do next year.

Titled Genesis, this competition, which will be held at IIT-Madras, aims…