Environment | Basix | rural innovation
Sankalp 2009, India’s First Social Enterprise and Investment Forum, Aims to Shape the Future of Inclusive Capitalism
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Environment | Basix | rural innovation
Livelihood | universal primary education | Rural
Chirag to offer 1-year fellowship in rural India
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.…
collaboration | Open Innovation | changemakers
Ashoka Launches Collaborative Competition for Rural Innovation
TCI had earlier discussed open innovation as an emerging tool for social entrepreneurs. An excellent initiative in this field is Ashoka Changemakers, which provides an online space for social innovators to present ideas and collaborate with others on refining and implementing…
Rural Innovations Network | Criticisms | Entrepreneurship
How do we go from here?
I read Atanu Dey’s take on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in India in response to a question put forward by Sramana Mitra on her blog Why is the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India not coming together as well as it needs to?
Atanu makes a…
Rural | Conferences | rural innovation
India’s First Social Enterprise and Investment Forum: Sankalp 2009
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…
social enterprise | rural India | Fellowships
[TC-I Call to Action]: Rural Innovations Network Fellowship
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…
social enterprise | Innovation | IDG
[TC-I Call to Action]: MSME Business Plan Challenge – Sankalp 2009
IndiaPRwire helps announce the launch of yet another challenge; this time, focusing on micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) business plans. The nationwide challenge, titled Sankalp, is presented by India Development Gateway, a new portal “designed to overcome the barriers currently…
Rural Innovations Network | Energy | small and medium enterprises
Rural Innovations Network — helping rural entrepreneurs get to market
Venture Intelligence Blog highlighted a profile done in Business Today on Rural Innovations Network (RIN) — a NGO that assists entrepreneurs outside the cities bring their ideas to market. The primary sector of interest for the NGO are water, agriculture, dairy and…
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