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Firang Invasion of India’s Social Enterprise Ecosystem

Vishy KurugantiApril 13, 20123 mins

As you are reading this, an impassioned group of 500+ individuals from various walks of life would have descended upon Taj Land’s End, Mumbai for Sankalp Forum – India’s largest social enterprise…

Five Reasons to be Excited about Sankalp Forum 2012

Vishy KurugantiApril 10, 20123 mins

At the outset I need to mention that I’ll be missing out on this year’s action at Sankalp Forum. Due to a last-minute personal situation, I had to cancel my plans. Instead of live-tweeting with gusto…

Wheeling the UP rickshaw pullers away from exploitation

Vishy KurugantiOctober 05, 20113 mins

Naveen Krishna (Managing Director, SMV Wheels) [Editor’s Note: Last week I had a phone conversation with Naveen Krishna, Managing Director of SMV Wheels (a Varanasi-based social enterprise with an…

Greenway Smart Stove: A cleaner smarter stove for 150 million BOP households

Vishy KurugantiAugust 18, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: I briefly met Neha Juneja, co-founder of Mumbai-based Greenway Grameen Infra, on the sidelines of Sankalp Forum (covered here). I followed up with a phone conversation with her last…

Thoughts on philanthropy disruption

Vishy KurugantiMay 13, 20112 mins

World’s Top 2 Philanthropists posing a rare casual look (Pic: courtesy topnews.net.nz) Two panel discussions at Sankalp Forum 2011, both on impact investing, provided food for thought. One of them…

Anand Kumar's Super 30 Journey

Vishy KurugantiMay 11, 20114 mins

Anand Kumar speaking about his journey (Source: Sankalp Forum 2011)Well organized conferences usually feature popular speakers towards the start and end of the day. The penultimate session at Sankalp…

Selected Shorts from Sankalp Forum 2011 (Day 2)

Vishy KurugantiMay 10, 201110 mins

[Editor’s Note: The title of this post is a tribute to the popular NPR/PRI radio program Selected Shorts. This post is a sampling of of tweets that I found interesting on day#2. The list could have…

A fresh look at the migration narrative

Vishy KurugantiMay 10, 20113 mins

Pic: courtesy hummingbirdworld.com During one of the panel discussions at last week’s Sankalp Forum, an interesting conversation emerged. Two early-stage VCs (Seed Fund’s Mahesh Murthy and Kae Capital…

If I was looking for inspiration…I found it at Sankalp Forum

Vishy KurugantiMay 09, 20114 mins

Pic: courtesy newhottopics.blogspot.com When I was interviewing Sean Blagsvedt for this post, he casually asked if I was attending Sankalp Forum. “Say, what forum??” was my response. A subsequent…

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