Akshaya Patra in 24 PicturesVishy KurugantiJuly 01, 20111 minsA few months ago, a friend forwarded an email with 24 pictures of the Akshaya Patra kitchen workflow. If Akshaya Patra is ever asked to use only 24 pictures for a fundraising pitch, they should use…
War stories from Ashoka Fellow Solomon PrakashVishy KurugantiJune 30, 20112 minsSolomon Prakash knows a thing or two about social entrepreneurship. After all, he’s devoted the last 20 years in pioneering work in education, poverty alleviation, employment and labor related social…
Global Easy Water Products' Journey to Profitability and BeyondVishy KurugantiJune 29, 20113 mins[Editor’s Note: On the sidelines of Sankalp Forum 2011 (which changed the pace of this blog last month), I had a brief conversation with the affable Om Prakash Singh, CEO of Global Easy Water Products…
Acara Summer Institute 2011 Day#1 HighlightsVishy KurugantiJune 28, 20113 minsAcara Institute Co-founder Fred Rose (pic courtesy acarainstitute.org) As I wrote in my introductory post on Acara last week, the Acara Summer Institute 2011 is in full swing this week at the…
Bangalore BOP Salary Trends on Babajob – visualizedVishy KurugantiJune 27, 20111 minsA few months ago, we covered Babajob’s 4-year journey – A monster in the making: the Babajob story. During our meeting, Sean Blagsvedt (Babajob CEO) mentioned that they were working on visualizing the…
The Acara Institute Challenge: inspiring social entrepreneurship at the university levelVishy KurugantiJune 24, 20112 minsPic courtesy acarainstitute.org [Editor’s Note: In the past fortnight, I had a Skype call with Fred Rose, Co-Founder & CEO of Acara Institute, and a meeting with Arun Patre, their India Manager. The…
India's Largest Rural BPO's ambitious plan to create 'hubs' in every rural districtVishy KurugantiJune 23, 20114 mins[Editor’s Note: Yesterday I drove up to Whitefield to meet Murali Vullaganti, co-founder and CEO of India’s largest rural BPO, Rural Shores. What I heard must have excited me because I’m publishing…
Some GDP and health trends from GapminderVishy KurugantiJune 22, 20111 minsA friend alerted me to Gapminder.org a while ago and today I finally sampled some of their amazing datasets via their nifty Trendalyzer. If you haven’t heard of Gapminder, their mission statement…
BPO-level education for illiterate villagers in 8 months!Vishy KurugantiJune 21, 20113 mins[Editor’s Note: Last month I spent a few hours chatting with Sunil Savara at his Koramangala office. Savara is co-founder of Head Held High, a social enterprise with aspirations to become the largest…
Vaatsalya's affordable and high quality healthcare formula for smaller townsVishy KurugantiJune 20, 20114 mins[Editor’s Note: On the sidelines of Sankalp 2011, I had the opportunity to briefly meet Dr. Ashwin Naik, Founder & CEO of the Vaatsalya chain of hospitals. I finally caught up with him in person at…
