[Editor's Note: There are some who consider educational institutions to be the best examples of social enterprises. I'm not one of them. The reason why I periodically share education perspectives on this blog is because I'm convinced that higher education (and high school education) is being disrupted right now. Whether it's Khan Academy for middle […]
re·sil·ience (r-zlyns) n. 1. The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy. 2. The property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elasticity. [Editor's Note: Replace <material> with <Indian city> and ask yourself how true that statement might be for the city you […]
[Editor's Note: In the early days of this blog (circa Apr 2011), I wrote about CREAM - a unique no frills traveling MBA program targeting rural and social entrepreneurs. Last month, I had a chance meeting with CREAM Founder (Ranjeet Ranade). He told me that in the past two years, CREAM had gained considerable traction in […]
[Editor's Note: I started this blog in March 2011. My preliminary plan was to research, learn and write about the Indian social enterprise space for at least a year. What did I intend at the one year mark? I framed the answer in the form of two possible outcomes: a) Future career as a writer/blogger […]
[Editor's Note: The World Bank’s Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grants program that surfaces and funds innovative projects with high potential for development impact that are scalable and/or replicable. This is Part 3 of a 3-part series from my guest blogging in Bhopal (early May). Previous episodes here and here.] Sometime last year I was waiting at the […]
[Editor's Note: The World Bank’s Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grants program that surfaces and funds innovative projects with high potential for development impact that are scalable and/or replicable. This is Part 2 of a 3-part series Part 1 here.] I met two excellent organizations working on agricultural extension yesterday and one of them (Under The […]
[Editor's Note: The World Bank’s Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grants program that surfaces and funds innovative projects with high potential for development impact that are scalable and/or replicable. Through a combination of grant funds and strategic technical advisory support, the grant aims to catalyze innovative social enterprise solutions delivering a range of social and public […]
This post was supposed to be about Artha Venture Challenge (AVC) - a call for applications from social ventures across India operating in the sectors of Agriculture, Energy, Water, and Livelihoods. Up to 15 winning enterprises get the opportunity to pitch for up to INR 25 lakh (USD 50K) of funding. Ennovent, an early stage social impact investor and […]
Paul Polak is an accomplished man and a very busy man. After spending a few decades researching and trying out various innovations to lift poor farmers out of poverty, he wrote Out of Poverty in 2008. Making the treadle pump affordable to low income farmers was among his earliest invention. IDE (International Development Enterprises) is possibly […]
Sunita Nadhamuni: Nice job, Vishy!...
Sunita Nadhamuni: Nice job, Vishy!...
dilnavaz variava: Thanks for sharing this ...but what is the action ...
© 2013 TechSangam. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by WordPress. Designed by 
