The 8th Microfinance India Summit 2011 will be held from December 12-13, 2011 at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi. The annual Global Event organized by ACCESS captures current debates, issues and challenges that a growing microfinance sector in India faces as it strives to reach the poor with access to financial services. Over the years, the [...]

Its a remarkable coincidence that Transparency International India and 5th Pillar have come together to organize the Freedom from Corruption Summit in April 2011. In the last few days, we have witnessed an unprecedented national movement – people from all across the country are coming together to stand-up against corruption, lead by the renowned social [...]

This post was written by Namit Agarwal, Samhita Communications Manager. Last week of January each year XLRI, Jamsedhpur sets the stage for a series of dialogues propagating social development. National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship is an annual feature at XLRI to provide a common platform for stakeholders from the social sector to share, learn and interact. “We [...]

XLRI is hosting the 3rd National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship in Jamshedpur between 28th and 30th of January 2011. In a pioneering move, the XLRI team is webcasting the conference live! Click on the below link to learn more about this year’s conference, the agenda and the list of speakers: XLRI Conference Link Live Webcast

On February 11th and 12th, ECell TISS will hold INNOLAB as part of the iPreneur program. This program intends to: In Innolab, we intend to invite technological, services or process based innovations in the field of agriculture, education, health, environment or any other field that have a potential to create considerable social change, out of the [...]

To be held at BITS-Pilani in Goa, the Grassroots: National Conference on Social Profit will be an event that will: demystify Social Businesses for the youth of today. It is themed “Social Profit” underlining the fundamental commitment this sector displays towards profit that leads to value generation with wealth creation. The conference will feature eminent [...]

As a part of its Diamond Jubilee celebrations, XLRI Jamshedpur launched an initiative to organize an annual conference of social entrepreneurs and development sector professionals. The aim was to bring together co-professionals in development/social sector (social entrepreneurs, CBOs/NGOs, government agencies, support organizations, corporate foundations, academics, etc. – and students) on a common platform – to [...]

Guest Post National Social Entrepreneurship Forum is organizing half a day conference on the occasion of starting its student chapter at Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai. The event will witness participation of more than 300 students from across Mumbai and some of the leading thought leaders and experts from the sector. Some of the [...]

This is a guest post from Namit Agarwal, Communications Manager in Samhita Social Ventures. Capturing the rural market and serving the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) is high on priority for most Indian companies now.  A paradigm shift in the market has put rural India on every company’s marketing roadmap. Every company wants to go [...]

From UnLtd India: Join us for Social Mashup!  Meet India’s most passionate, innovative, and curious start-up social entrepreneurs for two groundbreaking days of conversations, connections and inspiration.  Organized by UnLtd India, the launchpad for social entrepreneurs in India, Social Mashup is Dec 2-3 at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.  Register at socialmashup.org. Attached is the event’s poster. social_mashup_poster