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[TC-I Call to Action]: 2010 Summer Grassroutes Fellowship Program

We first found out about the Grassroutes Fellowship Program in October 2008, and immediately featured it in this blog. The fellowship funds youth to go on road-trips across India, discover and work with changemakers, do their bit to change the world and…

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e-choupal to double as job portal

Rozgar-Duniya

ITC, famous among the rural folks in India for its e-choupal initiative has paired up with Monster India, a known job portal to launch rozgarduniya.com to help the rural youth to find job opportunities. The portal is available in both Hindi and…

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[TC-I Call to Action] Learning Communities Field Coordinator

This post is directly from the organization that is the subject of the post.

Dreamcatchers Foundation is uniquely positioned as an incubator for developing and nurturing programs that provide the opportunity for a transformative experience for young people that serves…

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[TC-I Call to Action] Learning Communities Development Associate

This post is directly from the organization that is the subject of the post. 

Dreamcatchers Foundation is uniquely positioned as an incubator for developing and nurturing programs that provide the opportunity for a transformative experience for young people that serves as…

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Full-Time Volunteer Needed for Manzil

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Position:

A full-time volunteer for Manzil, a youth empowerment and learning center in Khan Market, New Delhi

Duration:

Minimum of a six-month commitment. Prefer one year or longer.

Start Date:

The start date is flexible, but we would prefer the volunteer to start in…

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Global Social Venture Competition 2009 picks its winner

The Global Social Venture Competition, a MBA social venture competition that partners several different universities around the world, wrapped up this past weekend at UC Berkeley Haas Business School.   The GSVC is one of the most competitive gatherings in the…

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Doodh Bhandar – Finalist at Harvard Business Plan Contest

Doodh Bhandar (DB), a plan focused on revolutionizing milk production in rural India, has reached the finals of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Business Plan Contest in the Social Enterprise track. Cattle are one of the most important assets for rural…

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Wharton interviews Ajay Gupta of ruralnaukri.com

India Knowledge @ Wharton features an interview of Ajay Gupta, founder of various institutions that cater to employment necessities in rural India. Ajay Gupta talks about ruralnaukri.com, a job portal for college educated village youth and villegenaukri.com for school graduates.

His views about…

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TED India Conference: “The Future Beckons”

The inspirational, energy-filled, and fun TED conference is heading to India this year.  From November 4-7, 2009, TEDIndia will take place in Mysore and bring together speakers and delegates that are reinventing India.  The huge success of TED makes its arrival…

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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…