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Intuit Fasal quietly disrupting the farm market intelligence space

Vishy KurugantiOctober 10, 20124 mins

A happy Fasal farmer (Pic courtesy intuit.com) What happens when you breed JustDial and ZipDial with a Nasdaq 100 software company in the Indian rural countryside? You get Intuit Fasal – a powerful…

Scrap the BDA!

Vishy KurugantiJuly 19, 20125 mins

[Editor’s Note: The Bangalore citizen for all seasons (Ashwin Mahesh) shared an interesting note about BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) on Facebook last night. I’m reproducing it here with his…

Master of Social Entrepreneurship from Deshpande Education Trust

Vishy KurugantiJuly 11, 20121 mins

The Deshpande Education Trust (DET) feels that it isn’t doing enough to further the cause of social entrepreneurship in India. I’m so glad they felt that way. A week ago, DET announced the launch of…

WaterAid's Review of Total Sanitation Campaign

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 27, 20123 mins

[Possibly TechSangam’s 1st Oops moment: A friend/reader just alerted me to the fact that the WaterAid report, on which this post is based of, is from 2008 and not 2012 as I had assumed. Will hunt for…

A Call to Social Arms – Part 1

Vishy KurugantiJuly 25, 20113 mins

Israel’s mandatory military service program has long been an ideal for some concerned Indian citizens (Israeli citizens need to put in a 2-3 year military stint after turning 18). They argue that a…

Somaiya Trust's Help-A-Child scholarship for college students

Vishy KurugantiJuly 06, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: A retweet in my Twitter stream took me to Andrea McLeod’s profile where I learned that she manages the fundraising and communication functions at Mumbai-based Somaiya Trust. A few…

Oh Crap! Where's the One Potty Per Household Project?

Vishy KurugantiJune 14, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last week, I spent a few hours with the Arghyam management team – Sunita Nadhamuni (CEO) and Vijay Krishna (Director, R&D and head of India Water Portal (one of Arghyam’s key offerings…

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