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The myth of scalability in Indian social enterprises

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 02, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy blog.druva.com Last summer, I attended a few sessions of the Acara Summer Institute – a three-week crash course in social entrepreneurship at the university level. I introduced myself to…

Rebooting IAS an essential part of Reforms 2.0

Vishy KurugantiDecember 07, 20115 mins

[Editor’s Note: One of my favorite policy wonks and Indian foreign policy expert, Nitin Pai, has often argued that the top item on India’s todo list is Reforms 2.0. To the long list of second…

The many lives of Trilochan Sastry – academic, social activist, social entrepreneur

Vishy KurugantiDecember 04, 20115 mins

[Editor’s Note: Over the past few months, I had a series of conversations with Dr. Trilochan Sastry (Academic Dean, IIM-Bangalore). His academic pedigree is as blue-chip as it can get – B.Tech from…

Establishing commodity cooperatives – perils of using funds to mobilize people

Vishy KurugantiAugust 08, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is part 4 of a 7-part series on commodity cooperatives in drought prone regions, originally authored as a pre-published paper by Dr. Trilochan Sastry (Academic Dean, IIM-Bangalore…

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