Unitus Labs and Sorenson Legacy Foundation recently released the first case study as part of a series on their Ultra Poor Initiative to alleviate extreme poverty. Conducted in partnership with Jharkhand-based NGO NEEDS, the program known as UPna sapna (translated to “Our Vision” in Hindi) is a “two year, agricultural livelihood-led ultra poor support program [...]

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Ayyappa Masagi is the Founder of Water Literacy Foundation, a non-government organization that works to improve awareness on water conservation and to ensure effective utilization of available water for household, industrial or agricultural purposes by deploying various ingeniously developed techniques of water harvesting, bore well-recharging and irrigation. ThinkChange India caught up with him for a [...]

This post was contributed by Samhita. The 4th EdelGive Social Innovation Honours 2012, is a national awards programme instituted by the EdelGive Foundation, to reward innovative work in the social sector in India. The objective for the EdelGive Social Innovation Honours is to identify and reward organisations that are innovating to empower women in India. [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-31 via ThinkChange India – – Various groups of students working on their … http://tinyurl.com/453742c # Do good and get paid well http://goo.gl/326Sj # Upaya Social Ventures announces LiftUP Project in India http://goo.gl/MyQSV # ISB iDiya- Social Venture Competition for Working Professionals http://goo.gl/0Kcei # HUL to drive sustainable and responsible growth: [...]

VIT University’s Centre for Social Entrepreneurship Development [CSED] announces the third edition of its premier social entrepreneurship competition “Social Transformers ‘11”.  Applications are now open for the event which will be held during the University’s annual tech fest “GraVITas” between the 16th and 18th of September, 2011. Social Transformers allows participants to showcase their solution [...]

Looking for: Film/Media Curator Location: Pune Are you a cultural anthropologist or social scientist? Does your heart bleed observing the prevalent social issues in your locale, our world today? Have you observed being human from spiritual perspective? Do you believe in the power of media to shift present reality? Do you love watching films and [...]

Spark your innovation with NASSCOM Foundation’s 4th edition of the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours NASSCOM Foundation, in association with Genpact opens entries for India’s most impactful social enterprise projects, using technology to solve India’s social and environmental issues. The awards aim to showcase projects that demonstrate best practices in using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) [...]

What is iDiya? Targeted at working professionals and early stage NGOs in India, iDiya invites self-sustainable and eventually profitable business models that can also create a social impact. The aim is to stimulate, develop and facilitate high-impact and scalable social enterprises in India. What’s in it for the winners? • A total prize money of Rs 3 [...]

The competition this year will be flagged off with an opening ceremony in which Ms. Shaheen Mistry, Founder, Teach for India and Akanksha Foundation and Mrs. Gul Panag, Actor and Social Activist, will address students at the ISB campus and share their …