Villgro Awards recognize and felicitate outstanding individuals, enterprises and institutions in the Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship eco-system, for their contribution in effecting a sustainable change in society. The accolades will be conferred at Uncovention 2011– the flagship social entrepreneurship conference of Villgro. Nominations are invited across the categories of Lifetime achievement, Social Enterprise, Social Investor, [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-02 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25 via … http://t.co/kzid3usu # Poor Women Will Drive India's Rural Future http://t.co/o8v5wcxz # TOI Social Impact Awards: Proud moment for the winners http://t.co/Io4md5Xy # India's social conscience has undergone a dramatic change http://t.co/1ZcPgGwU # KfW Entwicklungsbank | Social Enterprises in [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18 via … http://t.co/nuI0hPC4 # Ennovent launches the online global network via ThinkChange India – ennovent, a for-profit enterprise, has … http://t.co/Tww1TFEL # TOI Social Impact Awards: Innovations that save many lives http://t.co/xhZ75zb4 # India a global role model for women's [...]

This post is written by Melissa Richer, Executive Director of Ayllu, and Juli Huang, Manager of the Ayllu India Map. Ayllu is proud to announce the India Map. Just launched at SOCAP 11, the map examines key scaling challenges and innovations through the perspective of entrepreneurs. Sponsored by Potencia Ventures (formerly Artemisia International), the map focuses [...]

Rang De is a young and new-age non-profit working as an online platform for peer-to-peer micro-lending. It is more than 3 years and old is now looking for a Manager to handle Social Audit and Partnerships. Read the job requirement below. Please contact in case you want to apply. If you want to do [...]

India claims to be one of the fastest growing economies in the world, yet there is a grave question marks on the percolation of its economic and social benefits to that proportion of population living below poverty line. Over 500 million Indians live below poverty line of $1.25 a day. To put it simply, the [...]

ennovent, a for-profit enterprise, has launched its online Global Network at www.ennovent.com. This connects entrepreneurs, investors and experts to discover, finance and scale for-profit innovations for sustainability at the base of the economic pyramid. The Network will initially focus on India and will cater to innovations in five key sectors: energy, food, water, health and [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11 via … http://t.co/Ewekdkkw # The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Technology : A slate for micro-finance http://t.co/8N1Zkram # A hybrid digital slate that allows both paper-based and digital record-keeping http://t.co/VoPfbVRB # TOI Social Impact Awards: They make India a better place [...]

His administration placed advertisements in newspapers this week, seeking a team of professionals to manage a $1.3 billion annual budget for programs involving job creation, housing, infrastructure and microfinance. In Bihar, a state of 103 million … See all stories on this topic »

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-04 via … http://t.co/jSAH22q # Making social housing successful http://t.co/j7P5KjE # Akshaya Patra to organise Social India Conference http://t.co/bQ9u5rg # IRMA director keen to promote social entrepreneurship http://t.co/rcdPjbo # India's premier rural management school keen to promote social entrepreneurship via ThinkChange [...]