TechSangam

Behold the unassuming Ugly Indian

Vishy KurugantiAugust 17, 20145 mins

Behold the Ugly Indian. The Kaam Chalu Mooh Bandh Ugly Indian. The non-preachy Ugly Indian. The not-your-activist Ugly Indian. The anonymous Ugly Indian. The inspiring Ugly Indian. The unassuming Ugly…

Why Bill Gates's Toilet of the Future might be too First Worldy

Vishy KurugantiMarch 09, 20142 mins

Almost two years ago, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation declared Caltech as the winner of Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. Caltech’s Toilet of the Future (pic webpronews.com) A solar-powered toilet that…

Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship: 2014

Vishy KurugantiMarch 06, 20144 mins

Pic courtesy skollworldforum.org The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to transformative leaders who are disrupting the status quo, driving large-scale…

Sankalp Unconvention Entrepreneur Scholarships 2014

Vishy KurugantiMarch 06, 20141 mins

Sankalp and I go back a long way. Well, not very long but three years. [2011] If I was looking for inspiration.. I found it at Sankalp Forum [2012] Five reasons to be excited about Sankalp [2013] Why…

Twelve things about Bitcoin that you probably didn't know

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 24, 20145 mins

[Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, Marc Andreessen wrote an article about Bitcoin in Wall Street Journal. It was insightful especially for folks (like me) who were NOT following this topic with…

Embracing the “tech” in TechSangam

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 19, 20143 mins

I’m a huge fan of Marc Andreessen. I won’t wax eloquent about Andreessen but draw attention to his 2011 WSJ article Why software is eating the world. The article (specifically the title/quote…

Say hello to TechSangam 2.0

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 16, 20143 mins

Pic courtesy bokardo.comPic courtesy bokardo.com When I moved to Bangalore in 2008, I looked around for the “Indian TechCrunch”. There wasn’t one. Many single author blogs but no standout — either in…

John Cochrane's Mooconomics

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 11, 20145 mins

[Editor’s Note: After a long time, I’ve read a most EXCELLENT post on state of the state of moocs. The author is John Cochrane, professor at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He taught…

Select moments in TechSangam's brief history

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 03, 20145 mins

Pic courtesy nofatclips.com Rumors of TechSangam’s demise are greatly exaggerated. This post was meant to be about this. (But DON’T click on that link just yet… indulge me for a few more paragraphs…

Eight defining milestones in India's social enterprise ecosystem

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 25, 20145 mins

[Editor’s Note: This post was 95% complete on Oct 31, 2013. After all, it was largely copy-paste so why did it languish for two months in the Drafts folder? I intended to post a critique of the…

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