Posted on February 17, 2009 by Aishwarya
I read Atanu Dey’s take on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in India in response to a question put forward by Sramana Mitra on her blog Why is the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India not coming together as well as it needs to?
Atanu makes a strong pitch for leveraging existing solutions for development, reasoning that India has not yet [...]
Filed under: Criticisms, Op-Ed, Social Entrepreneurship | Tagged: Atanu Dey, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Op-Ed | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 12, 2009 by Shital
Last week, Ashoka announced that the organization will use a US$15 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the placement of Ashoka fellows in Africa and India. The grant money will specifically target social innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture and sustainable development. According to their press release,
Agricultural and rural sustainable development [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, NGOs and Non-profits, Social Entrepreneurship, Technology | Tagged: rural India, Agriculture, sustainable development, Entrepreneurship, Ashoka, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Social Innovation | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 8, 2008 by Shital
The Business Standard features an intriguing anecdotal story about salt pan workers in Gujarat who now run their own company within the industry. Twenty-seven salt pan workers joined hands and efforts to form their own private company, called Sabras.
These workers hold 65 per cent stake in equity and are planning to raise it to 74 [...]
Filed under: BoP, Employment, NGOs and Non-profits | Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Gujarat, salt pan, sabras, Vikas Center for Development, Rajesh Shah | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 5, 2008 by Shital
Indian start-ups will gain from the increasing trend in business schools to offer the services of their students in developing business plans and conducting analyses – in return, students have an incredible opportunity to work with some of the most innovative start-ups in the country and gain practical experience before they even graduate. Mint reports:
Such [...]
Filed under: Education, Social Entrepreneurship | Tagged: business school, Education, Entrepreneurship, start-up | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 2, 2008 by Shital
iGovernment reports that the Indian government is encouraging the growth of entrepreneurship in several different ways, from public private partnerships to employment generation programs. In its Eleventh Plan, macro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) clusters will be promoted.
The Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana will assist potential 1.5 lakh first-generation entrepreneurs in completion of various [...]
Filed under: Government, SMEs | Tagged: eleventh five year plan, Entrepreneurship, Government | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 22, 2008 by Shital
The online registration for Jagriti Yatra, an annual train journey to awaken the entrpreneurial spirt of youth ages 18-25, is now available. The program takes about 400 selected Indian youth around the country on a sixteen day trip to introduce them to entrepreneurs and ideas. The program will take place from December 24, 2008 to [...]
Filed under: NGOs and Non-profits, Opportunities, Public Awareness, Social Entrepreneurship | Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Jagriti Yatra, train journey | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 31, 2008 by Shital
infoDev is accepting proposals from organizations under an initiative titled “Promoting ICT-enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries through Business incubation.”
Throughout the developing world, innovative entrepreneurs are working to establish businesses that are “ICT-enabled”—offering ICT services or utilizing ICTs as a fundamental aspect of their business model. Business incubators focus on helping entrepreneurs to build [...]
Filed under: RFPs, Social Entrepreneurship, Technology | Tagged: Business Incubation, Entrepreneurship, ICT, RFPs | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2008 by Shital
CSR Asia discusses a guidebook by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific titled “Developing Women’s Entrepreneurship and E-Business in Green Cooperatives in the Asian and Pacific Region.” The guidebook
argues that new opportunities for farmers in developing countries are available through entrepreneurship and e-business in niche green or ‘organic’ cooperatives. [...]
Filed under: Social Entrepreneurship, Women's Rights | Tagged: E-business, Entrepreneurship, green cooperatives, United Nations | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 5, 2008 by Vinay
In an interview promoting his new book, India Arriving, Rafiq Dossani (former editor of Business India weekly) said that he sees the next Google coming from not Bangalore or even the developed world, but rather a small town in India.
Now, if you ask whether someone else might do that in India, and who that will [...]
Filed under: Social Entrepreneurship, Technology | Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Google, India Arriving, Innovation, New America Media, Next Google, Rafiq Dossani | 2 Comments »
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