Villgro (formerly known as Rural Innovations Network) is hosting the “UNCONVENTION - Where Path Breakers Meet Path Makers” in Chennai on December 10-12, 2009. As we wrote about before, a business plan competition called Wantrapreneur was held to select finalists, who will present one…
Ajaita Shah is the Founder of Frontier Markets. She has 4 years of microfinance experience as a Credit Plus Manager at Ujjivan Financial Services, and Director for Swayam Krishi Sangam (SKS). She has consulted with the Social Performance Task Force…
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,…
Aiming to “usher in an age of energy independence in rural India,” Servals Automation Pvt Ltd (SAPL) markets innovations to the bottom of the pyramid population. The enterprise is involved in production, marketing, and research & design in the effort to…
LGT Venture Philanthropy is proud to announce the launch of the iCats Program: The iCats Program is an answer to the need for professional know-how and resources in many philanthropic organizations and social enterprises. LGT Venture Philanthropy created a web-based…
Editor’s note: The following interview is part of an ongoing series for ThinkChange India where we speak to social entrepreneurs firsthand. The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with first-hand insights from groundbreaking changemakers. Readers will be able to…
Editor’s note: The following interview is part of an ongoing series for ThinkChange India where we interview social entrepreneurs firsthand. The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with first-hand insights from groundbreaking changemakers. Readers will be able to see…
Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog from the Social Capital Markets conference taking place in San Francisco, California. Expect to see many more features in the next week!
Ashish Gupta left his job as a technology consultant in the US…
Forbes India featured a social enterprise model for carpet weavers – Jaipur Rugs. The company, founded by Nand Kishore Chaudhary, works in 10 states throughout India and has 40,000 employed weavers.
With a full-fledged quality assurance process called Zero Defect and Quality…
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India like the rest of the…
