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Understanding moral hazards, moral imperatives and informal insurance

Vishy KurugantiMay 31, 20123 mins

I 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 Data

Vishy KurugantiMay 16, 20122 mins

Logo: 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…

This week in Indian Social Enterprise Jobs – Volume 2

Vishy KurugantiMay 07, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy myboxad.com A few months ago, I wrote Social Enterprise Jobs in India – Who’s Hiring – a first look at the social enterprise job landscape in India. Since then, I’ve been on the lookout…

Ten Tips for Indian Edupreneurs

Vishy KurugantiMay 07, 20124 mins

Primary school education in rural India (Pic: courtesy technorati.com) Aspiring MBA students in urban India (Pic: courtesy mbaindia.net) [Editor’s Note: Srikanth Jadcherla is the CEO of California and…

Putting Bangalore’s Mayoral Election in Perspective

Vishy KurugantiApril 27, 20127 mins

Bangalore’s newly minted mayor (Venkatesh Murthy) and outgoing mayor (Sharadamma) - Pic courtesy thethindu.com [Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Namma Bengaluru Foundation‘s…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles – Volume 10

Vishy KurugantiApril 25, 20121 mins

Before (and after Spotfix) at Bagmane Lake; 8547 cups cleared - 16 bags of 500 cups each + another 47 to top it off. It’s been a while since I did an Ugly Indian update. To be precise, three months…

India's Social Enterprise Landscape – Findings from Intellecap Study

Vishy KurugantiApril 25, 20126 mins

Another day. Another PDF (this time a 66-pager). Where’s my ‘Executive Summary’ hat? Ah… there – I found it! At the recently concluded Sankalp Forum, Intellecap released a comprehensive study on India…

Why some blog posts have a longer gestation period

Vishy KurugantiApril 23, 20123 mins

[Editor’s Note: I couldn’t make up my mind on where to publish this post. Taking the easy way out by first publishing it on uLaaR and now here.] Pic: courtesy jamiecarie.com Years ago, during my days…

(Meta) Refreshing Indian Government Websites – Occupy Movement Style

Vishy KurugantiApril 17, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy HasGeek.in It’s 2012 – eight years since Flickr showed the world how to design a pleasing, aesthetic and easy-to-use website. The new design patterns (popularly known as Web 2.0) were…

Firang Invasion of India’s Social Enterprise Ecosystem

Vishy KurugantiApril 13, 20124 mins

As you are reading this, an impassioned group of 500+ individuals from various walks of life would have descended upon Taj Land’s End, Mumbai for Sankalp Forum – India’s largest social enterprise…

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