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Less Jugaad, More Real Innovation

Vishy KurugantiJune 10, 20134 mins

[Editor’s Note: The World Bank’s Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grants program that surfaces and funds innovative projects with high potential for development impact that are scalable…

A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

Vishy KurugantiJuly 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…

RSBY: a government initiative that (Gasp!) seems to work

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20124 mins

[Editor’s Note: RSBY expands to Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (Hindi for “National Health Insurance Policy”). The brainchild of IAS officer and Director General of Ministry of Labour and Employment…

Empaneled hospitals in RSBY Network (as of Feb 20, 2012)

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20121 mins

Note: Applying flat 37% as BPL percentage for all states; State population from 2011 Census.

The Complete RSBY Process Flows

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20121 mins

RSBY: Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna, FKO: Field Key Officer, DKM: District Key Manager

Key nuggets from Bill Gates' Annual Letter 2012 – Global Health

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 09, 20122 mins

This is Part 2 of TechSangam’s review of the 2012 Annual Letter from Bill Gates. The Gates letter covers 4 broad areas – Innovation in Agriculture, Global Health, US Education, and Foundation Updates…

The story behind this picture – reader comments

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 20, 20121 mins

Last week, I posted this picture asking for your help in suggesting captions. A whole gamut of submissions, from the poignant to the mundane to the witty, flowed in. My purpose was to find out how…

Could NREGA be rejiggered to combat malnutrition?

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 20, 20123 mins

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. Pic courtesy: hungamaforchange.org If you’ve lived in America, India, perhaps even Europe, chances are you’ve read that on…

Nine Key Takeaways from HUNGaMA Survey on Hunger and Malnutrition

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 11, 20123 mins

In our continued coverage of Naandi Foundation’s HUNGaMA survey, we’ll look at the nine key takeaways in this post. [For the truly brave, here’s the link to the 139-page PDF that we’ll continue to…

What we can expect from Naandi Foundation's landmark HUNGaMA survey

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 10, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy hungamaforchange.org Back in August 2011, during a trip to Hyderabad to run my 6th marathon, I spent some quality time with Manoj Kumar, Naandi Foundation’s CEO, hearing about his…

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