3 Pictures, 1 Video and a Superpower WannabeVishy KurugantiApril 07, 20121 minsYou can probably surmise what the 3 pictures are all about. Scroll down just a bit and any lingering doubts will be dispelled by the 10 second video. Picture #1 Picture #2 Picture #…
Ragpicker Chronicles: how a cooperative transformed their livesVishy KurugantiApril 05, 20125 mins[Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on a unique urban cooperative organization – an evolution from a ‘Convention of 800 Ragpickers’ to a registered trade union and finally to its current…
This Week in Impact InvestingVishy KurugantiApril 05, 20121 minsPic: courtesy giirs.org Aavishkar and Cisco Cisco announced that it will invest in Aavishkaar’s Aavishkar II fund – a Mauritius based US$120 million fund. The funding will be part of Cisco’s…
Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)Vishy KurugantiApril 05, 20122 mins[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a 3-part series on a unique urban cooperative organization – an evolution from a ‘Convention of 800 Ragpickers’ to a registered trade union and finally to its…
PPP in Education and other Insights from Krupakar ManukondaVishy KurugantiApril 04, 20122 minsMost schools in India DO NOT look like this! (Pic: courtesy dooneducation.com) Yesterday, just as I was getting off the Twitter grid, saw this tweet from Nitin Pai: https://twitter.com/#!/acorn/status…
Undesign patterns of Koramangala's Street of ShameVishy KurugantiApril 03, 20124 mins[Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of a series on Koramangala’s Street of Shame.] Ugly Spot #3 (open dump) on 1st Cross Rd, Koramangala 5th Block It’s been 16 days since I posted the last picture in this…
TechSangam turns one year and 17 days oldVishy KurugantiMarch 29, 20123 minsPic: courtesy eqmdallas.com March 3, 2011 was my last day with Adobe India. Eight days later I wrote the first TechSangam post – Evolution of the human race – an inspiration post based on Arthur C…
The Get Rich Guide for the Development Sector – a brilliant satire!Vishy KurugantiMarch 24, 20125 minsPic: courtesy newdelhi.olx.in Every now and then, we hear about corruption in the NGO sector. During the ebb and flow of the Anna Hazare (India Against Corruption) agitation, the UPA government’s…
The poster children of social enterprises in IndiaVishy KurugantiMarch 22, 20121 minsMy first post on Firstpost was published earlier today. I’m creating this wrapper post — with the link — purely for the benefit of this blog’s 180+ email subscribers. Here is that link – The poster…
Key Takeaways from Forbes India Panel on Creating Shared ValueVishy KurugantiMarch 21, 20122 minsPic: courtesy Forbes India Back in Dec 2011, I attended a very interesting panel discussion organized by Forbes India. The panelists were Azim Premji Foundation’s Dileep Ranjekar, FabIndia’s Sunil…
