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Master of Social Entrepreneurship from Deshpande Education Trust

Vishy KurugantiJuly 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…

RTE a smoke screen for India's real education problems

Vishy KurugantiJuly 10, 20123 mins

Earlier today, I caught a tweet with the intriguing title RTE: The Unasked Question. Glad I clicked on it because the linked article (by Jaideep Prabhu) made for a very interesting read. Prabhu is a…

Greatest Social Entrepreneurs of All Time?

Vishy KurugantiJuly 09, 20123 mins

Another day. Another list. Not.Going.To.Get.Worked.Up.This.Time. (Hint: my reaction to the Forbes list of 30 social entrepreneurs) But seriously there’s nothing to get worked up about a “greatest of…

Multi-Pronged Supply Chain Strategy for Indian Horticulture

Vishy KurugantiJuly 06, 20121 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part article – originally published on Scribd.com by Sivakumar Surampudi (aka “Shiv”), a 22 year ITC veteran and architect of e-Choupal. Part 1 link here and…

Supply Chains for Horticultural Products

Vishy KurugantiJuly 05, 20124 mins

[Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Scribd.com by Sivakumar Surampudi (aka “Shiv”), a 22 year ITC veteran, architect of e-Choupal, and head of their Agro Business Division (ABD…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles Volume 11 – of poets, philosophers, psychologists & designers

Vishy KurugantiJuly 04, 20121 mins

What will it take to clean up Bangalore? The answer is certainly not just corporators and bureaucrats. My favorite Bangalore citizens, The Ugly Indians (aka TUI), will tell you that the battle has to…

Decades after White Revolution Gujarat gearing up for Blue Revolution

Vishy KurugantiJuly 03, 20124 mins

All revolutions don’t have to be red in color. Milk is white and water is blue. – Old jungle saying [Editor’s Note: Meera Sanyal, CEO of RBS India who contested parliament elections in 2009 as an…

Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams

Vishy KurugantiJuly 02, 20123 mins

Acare Institute 2012 – Students & Faculty (Pic: courtesy their Facebook page) [Editor’s Note: Last Friday I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 201…

SELCO Labs announces sustainable energy challenge

Vishy KurugantiJune 30, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy solar-green-wind.com Earlier today, I read a tweet from SELCO’s official account that talked about a sustainability energy challenge launched under the umbrella of SELCO Labs. SELCO Labs…

Observations from a farmer cooperative AGM

Vishy KurugantiJune 28, 20123 mins

[Editor’s Note: Earlier this month I was invited by Dr. Trilochan Sastry to attend the Anantpur Cooperative Federation Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting, held at the cooperative-owned…

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