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Putting Bangalore’s Mayoral Election in Perspective

Vishy KurugantiApril 27, 20126 mins

Bangalore’s newly minted mayor (Venkatesh Murthy) and outgoing mayor (Sharadamma) - Pic courtesy thethindu.com [Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Namma Bengaluru Foundation‘s…

What we can expect from Naandi Foundation's landmark HUNGaMA survey

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 10, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy hungamaforchange.org Back in August 2011, during a trip to Hyderabad to run my 6th marathon, I spent some quality time with Manoj Kumar, Naandi Foundation’s CEO, hearing about his…

Does Microcredit work for the urban poor? Banerjee and Duflo Answer

Vishy KurugantiOctober 13, 20114 mins

In chapter 7 of Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, they delve into the economics of lending to the poor and, among other things, proceed to answer the question “Does Microfinance work…

Creating a Nation of Electronics Geeks

Vishy KurugantiAugust 02, 20113 mins

Srikanth Jadcherla, CEO of Seer Akademi, successfully using webex in a remote rural school in Nalgonda District. [Editor’s Note: Srikanth Jadcherla is a serial entrepreneur straddling the worlds of…

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