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Calling bullshit on Forbes' List of Top 30 Social Entrepreneurs

Vishy KurugantiDecember 05, 20113 mins

Pic: courtesy top-cartoons.de Normally I don’t pay much attention to Top [X] rankings. Maybe today was a slow news day. Maybe I just returned from Villgro’s Unconvention and am still chewing the cud…

India's Largest Social Enterprise Creates India Inclusive Innovation Fund

Vishy KurugantiNovember 16, 20111 mins

Members of GOI’s National Innovation Council (Courtesy: innovationcouncil.gov.in) (Lest you miss my tongue-in-cheek title, India’s Largest Social Enterprise = Indian Government) If you’ve been…

Stanford Graduate School of Business Launches Institute to Alleviate Poverty

Vishy KurugantiNovember 06, 20113 mins

SIIDE benefactors: Robert & Dorothy King (Pic: courtesy news.stanford.edu) The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) has established the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies…

Voting in developing countries dominated by ethnicity? Banerjee and Duflo answer with.. (yes) a RCT

Vishy KurugantiOctober 28, 20112 mins

In the diverse melting pot that is the great Indian democracy, we all know the strong role ethnicity plays in deciding elections. In their book Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo write…

Conversations on design for public good

Vishy KurugantiOctober 27, 20113 mins

Panel discussing: The Challenge of Start Up Innovation On Oct 14, the Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS), an innovation consulting firm, hosted its second Design Public conclave in Bangalore. The…

CSR Ratings of the largest 500 Indian companies

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 25, 20111 mins

After writing the post on ITC e-Choupal, I’ve been looking for the complete list of Indian public companies that do triple bottom line reporting. I still haven’t found it but came across an…

Vishnu's Favorite Devotee Myth and its Relevance to Social Enterprises

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 23, 20112 mins

Pic: Courtesy pcworld.com Narada, a divine sage in Hindu mythology, is arguably the greatest of Vishnu’s many devotees. But Narada was considered to be vain about his devotion to Vishnu – every now…

The Invisible City Makers in Bangalore

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 14, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: When I was researching for this post on CSTEP, I came across an exhaustive 98-page report (authored in 2010) on the homeless in Bangalore. The research was done in collaboration with…

Corruption cases against Indian government officials – current state

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 09, 20112 mins

Regular readers of this blog may have noticed a publishing hiatus during the Anna Hazare movement. Along with hundreds of millions of other Indians, I was following the ebb and flow of the movement…

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…

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