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Announcing Tata Social Enterprise Challenge

Vishy KurugantiDecember 18, 20121 mins

2012 has been the year of social enterprise challenges and social enterprise incubators in India. The exciting addition to the former is Tata Group’s announcement of the Tata Social Enterprise…

Thank you US Patent and Trademark Office

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 05, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy indianipfirm.com Anthony Bugg-Levine (of New York-based NonProfit Finance Fund) shared a couple of encouraging developments on Twitter. The issue? The semantics and connotation of…

Your Vision. Our Software. World-changing. Introducing ThoughtWorks Social Impact Program

Vishy KurugantiAugust 29, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy thoughtworks.com Your Vision. Our Software. World-changing. This is how ThoughtWorks, a privately-held global IT consultancy firm with offices in 10 countries, describes its Social…

This Week in Social Enterprise Jobs – Volume 3

Vishy KurugantiAugust 27, 20122 mins

About six months ago, I wrote Social Enterprise Jobs in India – Who’s Hiring – a first look at the social enterprise job landscape in India. I wrote a follow-up post in May (SocEnt jobs – Volume…

A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

Vishy KurugantiJuly 24, 20125 mins

Pic: courtesy aspenideas.org [Editor’s Note: The publishing delay of this post is a deeply personal reminder on the need for an “editor” hat — even for a one-person blogging organization. A partial…

A look at LGT Venture Philanthropy's India Investments

Vishy KurugantiJuly 17, 20124 mins

Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein (aka “Prince Max”) – CEO of LGT since 2006 LGT Venture Philanthropy is the philanthropic / impact investor arm of Princely Family of Liechtenstein/LGT Group. LGT…

Dasra Social Impact: Executive Education for Cohort #7 of Social Entrepreneurs

Vishy KurugantiJuly 13, 20122 mins

Last month, we wrote about Chennai-based Villgro’s announcement of its new high-touch training program for social entrepreneurs. Dasra Social-Impact (DSI) is a grand daddy when it comes to “executive…

Master of Social Entrepreneurship from Deshpande Education Trust

Vishy KurugantiJuly 11, 20121 mins

The Deshpande Education Trust (DET) feels that it isn’t doing enough to further the cause of social entrepreneurship in India. I’m so glad they felt that way. A week ago, DET announced the launch of…

Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams

Vishy KurugantiJuly 02, 20123 mins

Acare Institute 2012 – Students & Faculty (Pic: courtesy their Facebook page) [Editor’s Note: Last Friday I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 201…

Taking greed off the table

Vishy KurugantiJune 25, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy nonprofituniversityblog.org In a recent Business Standard article, How Janalakshi got to the top, the following quote from its chairman Ramesh Ramanathan caught my attention. “As a…

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