Taking greed off the tableVishy KurugantiJune 25, 20122 minsPic: courtesy nonprofituniversityblog.org In a recent Business Standard article, How Janalakshi got to the top, the following quote from its chairman Ramesh Ramanathan caught my attention. “As a…
List of Social Enterprises in BangaloreVishy KurugantiJune 21, 20128 minsPic: courtesy usmansheikh.com This list has been on my todo list for a while 🙂 but a glance at the search query logs last month told me that an incomplete list (sooner) might be better than a perfect…
Villgro launches high-touch training program for social entrepreneursVishy KurugantiJune 19, 20122 minsLogo courtesy villgro.org Villgro, Chennai-based incubator and seed impact investor, announces the launch of a high-touch mentorship and training program (called SEED) for social entrepreneurs. They…
Is Rangsutra the only recent Social Enterprise exit?Vishy KurugantiJune 18, 20122 minsSumita Ghose (Rangsutra’s Founder/CEO) Put an impact investor on a panel at a social enterprise conference and you can be assured of at least two quotes. “There just aren’t enough quality social…
Samhita Academy: trailblazing the RTE path years before it became a lawVishy KurugantiJune 17, 20124 mins[Editor’s Note: Back in October, 2011 I visited the campus of an innovative Bangalore school (Samhita Academy) and learnt about Samhita’s unique model from Aparna Goenka. Aparna (Infosys alumnus) is…
Ford Foundation supported Farmers Cooperative seeks Head of MarketingVishy KurugantiJune 12, 20122 mins[Editor’s Note: Last week I was invited by Dr. Trilochan Sastry to attend the Anantpur Cooperative Federation Annual General Meeting. The meeting, held at the cooperative-owned groundnut processing…
Two bright lights in India's Impact Investing LandscapeVishy KurugantiJune 05, 20122 minsPic: courtesy wikia.com The two bright lights in India’s impact investing landscape are Harish Hande’s $10 million fund for sustainable energy enterprises and Khosla Impact. Sustainable Energy Fund…
A page each from Harish Hande and Naveen KrishnaVishy KurugantiMay 31, 20123 minsA vegetable cart seller in Bangalore (Pic: courtesy blog.travelpod.com) Recently, Harish Hande wrote a cogent and passionate article on Forbes India. The main point in his article is that businesses…
Understanding moral hazards, moral imperatives and informal insuranceVishy KurugantiMay 31, 20123 minsI recently re-read Chapter 6 of Poor Economics (Barefoot Hedge-Fund Managers) because I was looking for a savings intervention RCT. I haven’t found that RCT yet but a related story — about how the…
Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Challenge 2012 – Farming, Irrigation and DataVishy KurugantiMay 16, 20122 minsLogo: courtesy rockefellerfoundation.org Rockefeller Foundation turns 100 in 2013. To mark its centennial, they are seeking knowledge and innovation ideas that will solve problems for the next 10…
