Brought to our attention by Tim Fox at the India Development Blog, Al Gore has recently launched The Climate Project-India. Fox actually noted in his recent blog post that he has been selected as one of the workshop participants. The website is rather bare right now, however, over the next few weeks and months the [...]

A startup from France has embarked on developing a way for individuals to have their own private virtual desktop regardless of where they are located as a means to provide increased access to the benefits of computing technologies to those who cannot afford it. The company’s mission is similar to that of the One Laptop [...]

From Avashya: India has a rich content pool of software programming talent. To recognize young India’s software prowess the corporate India keeps on organizing events. The Great Indian Developer Ecosystem is one such event, to be held in May 2008. The summit will Summit Features Co-located Conferences on Bleeding-edge .NET, Rich Web, and Daring Java. [...]

Anyone who has flown recently can relate to the frantic attempt to remove clothing, shoes and other packed items from your suitcase in order to meet the weight requirement that is draconiously enforced upon unsuspecting passengers. In a similar fashion, here are some additional articles that may be of interest that I could not fit [...]

Two weeks ago I wrote about James Surowiecki’s article in the New Yorker that brought forward the inherent limitations of microfinance to actually generate a substantial number of jobs in a developing country. Since then it seems as if I was not the only one (surprise surprise) to take notice of Surowieki’s conclusions and it [...]

Although they have been actively blogging for ThinkChange India for a few weeks now, we would like to formally introduce Prerna Srivastava and Shital Shah. Both of them are former Indicorps Fellows and bring to ThinkChange India their experiences, passion and wit. Having them on board will help make this platform an even more enjoyable [...]

PopTech! is a network of social entrepreneurs and mentors. It has recently unveiled a fellows program that culminates in an all expense paid trip to their annual conference in October for 20 lucky social entrepreneurs. Fellows will be selected based on their proven track record, as well as their interest in and high potential for [...]

Wi-Fi Alliance released a report titled “Wi-Fi in India: A Key Enabler of Economic, Social and Community Development,” which studies the impact of wireless technology in rural and urban India. The report profiles the work of a non-profit organization, Byrraju Foundation, which leverages Wi-Fi technology to connect rural farmers to experts in agriculture, remote patients [...]

Get your daily dose of headlines:  Southern Railway is going to provide 455 automatic ticket vending machines (ATVMs) in 191 stations for suburban rail commuters.  The facility will service approximately 9 lakh people, and is expected to be scaled up to service a larger swath of commuters.  The Madhya Pradesh government requested that the Planning Commission [...]

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, along with other high ranking politicians traveled to India from the United States to learn from Indian businesses on how to become leaders in climate change and renewable energy. Speaker Pelosi said, “Our delegation was very encouraged to hear that the leaders in the Indian business [...]