A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

July 24, 20125 mins

Pic: courtesy aspenideas.org [Editor’s Note: The publishing delay of this post is a deeply personal reminder on the need for an “editor” hat — even for a one-person blogging organization. A partial…

Dasra Social Impact: Executive Education for Cohort #7 of Social Entrepreneurs

Dasra Social Impact: Executive Education for Cohort #7 of Social Entrepreneurs

July 13, 20122 mins

Last month, we wrote about Chennai-based Villgro’s announcement of its new high-touch training program for social entrepreneurs. Dasra Social-Impact (DSI) is a grand daddy when it comes to “executive…

Master of Social Entrepreneurship from Deshpande Education Trust

Master of Social Entrepreneurship from Deshpande Education Trust

July 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…