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How commodity cooperatives differ from milk or sugar cooperatives

Vishy KurugantiAugust 01, 20114 mins

*[Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of *a 7-part series on commodity cooperatives in drought prone regions, originally authored as a pre-published paper by* Dr. Trilochan Sastry (Academic Dean, IIM…

Commodity Cooperatives in Drought Prone Regions – Part 1

Vishy KurugantiJuly 29, 20114 mins

Trilochan Sastry (Academic Dean, IIM-Bangalore) [Editor’s Note: I had a scintillating conversation with Dr. Trilochan Sastry (Academic Dean, IIM-Bangalore and social entrepreneur/activist) a few weeks…

A Call to Social Arms – Part 1

Vishy KurugantiJuly 25, 20114 mins

Israel’s mandatory military service program has long been an ideal for some concerned Indian citizens (Israeli citizens need to put in a 2-3 year military stint after turning 18). They argue that a…

No frills traveling MBA program from TREES (Part 2)

Vishy KurugantiJuly 21, 20115 mins

[Editor’s Note: I originally wrote about the education social enterprise “TREE Society” (Training Resources for Enabling Enterprises Society) back in April. In the past few months, they began their…

Travel Another India – One Village at a Time

Vishy KurugantiJuly 20, 20115 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last week, I had an engaging phone chat with Gouthami, co-Founder & CEO of Travel Another India (TAI), a rural responsible tourism social enterprise registered in Chennai. This post is…

Travel Another India (TAI) in Pictures

Vishy KurugantiJuly 19, 20111 mins

Our review post on Travel Another India (TIA) – One Village at a Time was published today. Here are the rest of the wonderful pictures. Rural Locales Amraee Rural resort in Pranpur (Madhya Pradesh…

Why I Like These Social Enterprises – Part 1

Vishy KurugantiJuly 18, 20114 mins

Pic: courtesy inthroughit.wordpress.com It recently struck me that I should start adding a “What I like about <enterprise x>” section to each post. The section would include social metrics the…

For the poor, what could possibly be more important than food?

Vishy KurugantiJuly 14, 20112 mins

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s book Poor Economics continues to live up to its promise. If you’ve missed it, here’s the teaser excerpts I captured last week. I’ve been tweeting insights from the…

Eko's Race to Profitability Received a Few Booster Shots

Vishy KurugantiJuly 13, 20112 mins

Earlier this week, TechSangam was the first blog to report on Eko Financial’s $5.5 million funding round from Creation Investments. TechCrunch’s Sarah Lacy followed with this really nice coverage on…

Sakhi Retail: Maharashtra's rural distribution and marketing network

Vishy KurugantiJuly 12, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: I had a brief conversation with Upmanyu Patil (CEO of Sakhi Retail) on the sidelines of Sankalp Forum 2011. Last week, I followed up with a phone conversation. This post is the result…

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