More coaching less schoolingVishy KurugantiMay 22, 20161 minsIITs to release 50 years of solved JEE Question Papers!! India’s Human Resources Department (akin to Department of Education in US and elsewhere) made this decision after consultation with the IITs…
John Cochrane's MooconomicsVishy KurugantiFebruary 11, 20145 minsJohn Cochrane, pic courtesy his blog [Editor’s Note: After a long time, I’ve read a most EXCELLENT post on state of the state of moocs. The author is John Cochrane, professor at University of Chicago…
12 MOOC perspectives you may not have heard ofVishy KurugantiSeptember 08, 201312 mins[Editor’s Note: There are some who consider educational institutions to be the best examples of social enterprises. I’m not one of them. The reason why I periodically share education perspectives on…
Is the no-frills traveling MBA program (CREAM) working?Vishy KurugantiAugust 31, 20134 mins[Editor’s Note: In the early days of this blog (circa Apr 2011), I wrote about CREAM – a unique no frills traveling MBA program targeting rural and social entrepreneurs. Last month, I had a chance…
Annual State of Education Report (ASER) 2012Vishy KurugantiJanuary 17, 20132 minsPratham’s Annual State of Education Report (aka ASER) for 2012 is out. You’ll find it here. Odds are you have an allergy towards massive PDF documents or you are the quintessential procrastinator. So…
Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams (Part 2)Vishy KurugantiAugust 17, 20124 mins[Editor’s Note: In late Jun 2012, I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 2012. Each team had 7 minutes of presentation followed by 7 minutes of…
A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneurVishy KurugantiJuly 24, 20126 minsPic: 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…
Stuart Hart is in town and IISE will open its doors shortly. Apply soon!Vishy KurugantiJuly 17, 20123 mins[Editor’s Note: I was alerted to the existence of the Indian Institute for Sustainable Enterprises (IISE) by Priya Naik, CEO of Samhita Social Ventures (IISE’s outreach partner). If you are thinking…
Dasra Social Impact: Executive Education for Cohort #7 of Social EntrepreneursVishy KurugantiJuly 13, 20123 minsPic: courtesy dasra.org 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…
Master of Social Entrepreneurship from Deshpande Education TrustVishy KurugantiJuly 11, 20122 minsPic: courtesy detmse.com 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…
