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Acare Institute 2012 - Students & Faculty (Pic: courtesy their Facebook page)

Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams

By on July 2, 2012 in Challenges, Education

[Editor’s Note: Last Friday I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 2012. I was impressed by the quality of the ideas and the pitches. What was most striking was that nearly all teams came across as *really wanting* to execute on their plans — in other words, […]

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Abhay Mishra goes to Sikkim Manipal University

By on January 9, 2012 in Field Reports

Abhay Mishra (name changed for this story) is 24 years old. He’s halfway through his MBA program at Sikkim Manipal University after completing a 2-year computer course and a B.A. degree. He has never worked in his life. Abhay’s father, Mishra-ji (name changed), is a man in his mid-50’s and works as a security guard […]

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Acara Institute Co-founder Fred Rose (pic courtesy acarainstitute.org)

Acara Summer Institute 2011 Day#1 Highlights

By on June 28, 2011 in Challenges, Education

As I wrote in my introductory post on Acara last week, the Acara Summer Institute 2011 is in full swing this week at the Honeywell Bangalore campus. I attended 90% of the first day sessions and plan to return for days 4 and 5. I’ve tried to capture the day’s key highlights. Classroom Sessions by […]

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Khata Kholo Har Darwaza Kholo – Eko’s Branchless Banking (Part 1)

By on May 1, 2011 in Banking, Y' Turks

[Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago I had an engaging phone conversation with Abhishek Sinha, co-founder and CEO of Eko Financial Services, a trailblazing branchless banking social enterprise that’s making a dramatic difference to the lives of India’s migrants. This two-part series draws extensively from our phone conversation, follow-up email exchanges, and related research. Khata […]

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