Entries Published On April, 2012
This Week in Impact Investing
Aavishkar and Cisco Cisco announced that it will invest in Aavishkaar’s Aavishkar II fund – a Mauritius based US$120 million fund. The funding will be part of Cisco’s commitment to invest about $200 million of venture capital investments in India, of which almost half has been utilized. Aavishkaar II’s focus will be on rural India, specifically agriculture, …
Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)
[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a 3-part series on a unique urban cooperative organization – an evolution from a ‘Convention of 800 Ragpickers’ to a registered trade union and finally to its current form.] Panchayats and cooperatives are associated with rural India, right? Or so I thought until I started reading up on …
PPP in Education and other Insights from Krupakar Manukonda
Yesterday, just as I was getting off the Twitter grid, saw this tweet from Nitin Pai: https://twitter.com/#!/acorn/status/187127256383098880 I returned to Krupakar Marukonda‘s timeline a few hours later and I’m so glad I did (I now follow him). The tweets are one part rant, one part facts, and one part opinion — all of which combine …
Undesign patterns of Koramangala’s Street of Shame
[Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of a series on Koramangala’s Street of Shame.] It’s been 16 days since I posted the last picture in this photo album – Koramangala 5th Block 1st Cross. 65 pictures, numerous conversations with shopkeepers, and a month-long vigil later, I believe there are sufficient data points to document (what I’d …
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