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Impact Investing Landscape in India

Vishy KurugantiOctober 02, 20116 mins

When I give my 2-minute elevator pitch about TechSangam to friends or acquaintances, I usually follow-up with the question “Do you know what social enterprises are?” The answer invariably is “No…

A second white revolution in India: it's not what you think!

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 30, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: A decade ago, if a soothsayer had predicted that I’d someday write about female sanitary napkins, I might have reacted violently. But this story is much more than that – it’s a story…

An agricultural extension innovation going viral: Digital Green

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 28, 20114 mins

Rikin Gandhi (Founder & CEO, Digital Green) [Editor’s Note: Early this week, I had an engrossing phone conversation with Rikin Gandhi (CEO of agricultural extension pioneer Digital Green). Born and…

CSR Ratings of the largest 500 Indian companies

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 25, 20111 mins

After writing the post on ITC e-Choupal, I’ve been looking for the complete list of Indian public companies that do triple bottom line reporting. I still haven’t found it but came across an…

Vishnu's Favorite Devotee Myth and its Relevance to Social Enterprises

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 23, 20112 mins

Pic: Courtesy pcworld.com Narada, a divine sage in Hindu mythology, is arguably the greatest of Vishnu’s many devotees. But Narada was considered to be vain about his devotion to Vishnu – every now…

FINO's branchless banking and financial inclusion products delivered via agent network

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 22, 20112 mins

Manish Khera (Founder/CEO of FINO) - Pic courtesy fino.com [Editor’s Note: To date, Eko is the only one of five branchless banking players in India I’ve written extensively about . The other players…

Elitist School Systems – teachers with high ambition and parents with low expectations (double-whammy)

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 21, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from chapter 4 (education policy) of Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics.] Parents are not alone in focusing their expectations…

ITC's e-Choupal model to increase farmer revenue and its own bottom-line

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 20, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last month, I met with Sivakumar Surampudi, a 22 year ITC veteran, architect of e-Choupal, and head of their Agro Business Division (ABD) at his office in Hyderabad. This post is based…

The curious history of conditional cash transfers

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 15, 20114 mins

Brazilian Maria shows off her “Bolsa Familia” social plan card (Pic: courtesy guardian.co.uk) [Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of six excerpts from chapter 4 (education policy) of Abhijit…

The Invisible City Makers in Bangalore

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 14, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: When I was researching for this post on CSTEP, I came across an exhaustive 98-page report (authored in 2010) on the homeless in Bangalore. The research was done in collaboration with…

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