78,000 mothers die giving birth in the country every year, and a million babies die within their first month of life. Many of these deaths can be prevented with the most basic of care and precautions, the lack of which is a widespread and pressing issue. Yet, in a country where a large proportion of [...]
PATH is looking for a Manager for its Safe Water Project. Attached is the flyer with details on the job description. Here is a short description of the Project itself: PATH’s five-year Safe Water Project (SWP) aims to identify, evaluate, adapt, and develop appropriate products and investment strategies to enable sustainable commercial enterprises to produce, [...]
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 is truly only to its shareholders, then I guess the actions of Mercedes-Benz, [...]
Sanitation hasn’t probably got as much a face-lift earlier as it has seeming got with Sulabh International Social Service Organization. Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder, won Stockholm Water Prize 2009 for his innovation in sanitation. He has designed a “flush compost toilet” and a treatment system around it that treats the human excreta to extract [...]
Sulabh‘s founder, Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, was recently named the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. Sulabh has been working for decades to address sanitation, health, and hygiene in India and other countries. Through inventive toilet designs, new biogas technologies, and his struggle for human rights, especially for those of the “untouchable” caste, Dr Pathak is recognized [...]
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[Story Source: Livemint] While browsing through a blog, The Better India, I came across this Livemint report about a bookstore on wheels. Started by Pankaj Kurulkar, the project has been kicked off in Maharashtra. Kurulkar expects to take it to more states. The article goes further and talks about the challenges that a project of this nature [...]
To start, I want to say that my mind has been racing despite sleep deprivation and jet lag since I touched down in Mumbai at 0135 IST this morning. This is the first I have set foot in India since 2005 and thus my first visit since the inception of TC-I, which makes the experience [...]
I had the opportunity to attend the International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship in India on the 4th and 5th of December. In this post I will try to narrate my experience at the conference. In the posts following this one, I will talk about people and organizations I got in touch with, and most importantly [...]
L-RAMP‘s blog announces the Rural Innovation Network‘s fellowship program, an exciting new hands-on opportunity to hone social entrepreneurship skills. Vinay previously blogged about RIN, an NGO that assists rural entrepreneurs to bring their product to market. Details on the fellowship: Rural India needs ideas that can deliver inclusive, eco-friendly and sustainable prosperity. A handful of [...]
