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India's Most Impactful Social Enterprises (unsorted working list)

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 16, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy universetoday.com Editor’s Note: I should caution readers that this is a work-in-progress topic. The primary purpose of this post is to complete the contender list in each category. Ever…

Key nuggets from Bill Gates' Annual Letter 2012 – Innovation in Agriculture

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 08, 20123 mins

If you have time, you really should read the complete text of the 2012 Annual Letter from Bill Gates. But I know you live in a multi-screen world with thousands of tweets, status updates, and vids…

Welcome to India: a nation of national shames

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 10, 20122 mins

“The results of this survey are both worrying and encouraging.” As I read the above gem from the transcript of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech on the release of the HUNGaMA report (see What we…

UC Berkeley Brings Continuing Education to India via Partnership with Seer Akademi

Vishy KurugantiDecember 18, 20113 mins

Logo courtesy: seerakademi.com Logo: courtesy extension.berkeley.edu Last week I was privileged to attend a special event on continuing education hosted by Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA). The…

Global Online Education Trends and its import for India

Vishy KurugantiNovember 28, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a 2/3-part series on online education trends and what it means for India. Part 2 will look at trends in the online high school and higher education verticals.] A…

Impact Investing Landscape in India

Vishy KurugantiOctober 02, 20116 mins

When I give my 2-minute elevator pitch about TechSangam to friends or acquaintances, I usually follow-up with the question “Do you know what social enterprises are?” The answer invariably is “No…

Attracting diaspora to address India's higher education faculty gap

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 13, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, academic collaborators from Rutgers University, Penn State University and Tata Institute of Social Sciences published an insightful study that quantified the severe…

Will They Return? Insights on Attracting Higher Education Diaspora Faculty

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 12, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, academic collaborators from Rutgers University, Penn State University and Tata Institute of Social Sciences published an insightful study that quantified the severe…

The Supply Demand Wars in Education Policy – Part 2

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 06, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. Part…

The mud chulhas of India

Vishy KurugantiAugust 17, 20111 mins

I’m still halfway through my post on Greenway Grameen Infrastructure (published here). The Greenway Grameen Infra crew has done a fair amount of market research and have amassed a veritable photo…

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