TechSangam

Abhay Mishra goes to Sikkim Manipal University

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 09, 20123 mins

Pic: distancelearningdelhi.com Abhay Mishra (name changed for this story) is 24 years old. He’s halfway through his MBA program at Sikkim Manipal University after completing a 2-year computer course…

Takeaways/Quotes from TEDx-IIMB inaugural edition

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 05, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy ted.com Last evening I attended TEDx-IIMB – the inaugural TEDx edition at IIM-Bangalore. I caught 2 out of the 3 sessions altogether. The diverse speaker list included sports celebrity…

The myth of scalability in Indian social enterprises

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 02, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy blog.druva.com Last summer, I attended a few sessions of the Acara Summer Institute – a three-week crash course in social entrepreneurship at the university level. I introduced myself to…

A handicapped security guard and the promise of his talented daughter

Vishy KurugantiDecember 31, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: Apologies for the 9 days of hiatus in blogging. It was my first vacation since I started writing this blog. To pile on the excuses, it was my first vacation where my wife was working…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles – Volume 8

Vishy KurugantiDecember 19, 20117 mins

The TUI highlight in the past week is the SpotFix at Prestige St. Johns Wood – behind Oracle’s Koramangala office. This SpotFix merits a ‘Super’ prefix because they also installed a bay of urinals…

UC Berkeley Brings Continuing Education to India via Partnership with Seer Akademi

Vishy KurugantiDecember 18, 20114 mins

Logo courtesy: seerakademi.com Logo: courtesy extension.berkeley.edu Last week I was privileged to attend a special event on continuing education hosted by Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA). The…

Color of money

Vishy KurugantiDecember 16, 20113 mins

Pic: courtesy katellora.tumblr.com A few weeks ago, I attended the two-day Unconvention 2011 – a social enterprise conference hosted by Villgro in Chennai. Nilima Achwal (Villgro Fellow) and I co…

Peer Instruction Lessons from a Top Harvard Physics Professor

Vishy KurugantiDecember 15, 20115 mins

Last week I attended an interesting event on continuing education hosted by the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA). Speakers at the event included the vice-chancellors of UC Berkeley and Gujarat…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles – Volume 7

Vishy KurugantiDecember 14, 20116 mins

It’s official, folks. The time has come to take my relationship with The Ugly Indian (TUI) to the next level. But first let me talk about how this relationship has evolved. It started with…

Rebooting IAS an essential part of Reforms 2.0

Vishy KurugantiDecember 07, 20116 mins

[Editor’s Note: One of my favorite policy wonks and Indian foreign policy expert, Nitin Pai, has often argued that the top item on India’s todo list is Reforms 2.0. To the long list of second…

• Pages
• 1
• 2
• 3
• …
• 15
• 16
• 17
• …
• 27