InVenture, which we previously covered, has some exciting updates as it launches its new site. Here is the latest from its founder, Shivani Siroya: InVenture started a transition from a being a non-profit start-up to a more mature hybrid model. By privatizing portions of our operations, we have been able to cut down overhead and [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-05 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-29 via … http://tinyurl.com/3hyxggp # Social Impact Awards: Honouring the changemakers http://is.gd/LpAmh5 # Villgro for rural social entrepreneurs! http://is.gd/LpAmh5 # Social Impact Awards: Honouring the changemakers http://bit.ly/mKdI30 # Villgro for rural social entrepreneurs! http://bit.ly/kKorjG # Do strategy and technology function independent [...]

Ritvvij Parrikh is a Product Manager for Samhita. Technology can help one’s organization operate more efficiently, empower one’s team to do more and reduce costs. Yet the mass proliferation of technology in the Indian social sector is at best restricted. Most of the investments that have made are confined to simple read only solutions like [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-29 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-22 via … http://tinyurl.com/3e5pjvl # Develop and test sustainable business models with Water For People via ThinkChange India – Water For People … http://tinyurl.com/3ducmcz # Citi calls for applications for 8th Annual Micro Entrepreneur Awards http://goo.gl/8900A # LeapFrog to Invest up [...]

Water For People has received a four-year grant to develop and test sustainable business models to expand sanitation coverage in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Based in Kolkata or Delhi, India, this position will search for opportunities and drive the development of viable sanitation business-based solutions that can be taken to scale within India. This will be achieved by [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-22 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15 via … http://tinyurl.com/3w76a2q # India's stake in Africa's future http://goo.gl/nPoxm # To ensure quality education, India needs quality teachers: MI Hussain http://goo.gl/dIkhI # To ensure quality education, India needs quality teachers: MI Hussain http://bit.ly/jbmnTX # Grassroot innovations draw India Inc [...]

Reposted from Ashoka: Save the date! Ashoka’s Changemakers® will host a #SocEntChat for our Asia community on Tuesday, May 31, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. IST (yes, that’s Indian Standard Time!). No matter where you are in the world, please join us for a discussion with innovators, social entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts. We hope you will! [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-08 via … http://tinyurl.com/6cubjox # Sanitation Solutions wins third place and People's Choice award via ThinkChange India – Sanitation Solutions … http://tinyurl.com/3npgw4v # Social protection: from handouts to social justice http://goo.gl/DTVob # 'Social businesses are opportunities for impact investments, goodwill building' [...]

Sanitation Solutions covered by ThinkChange India earlier, has won a coveted third place and the People Choice award in the 2011 edition of Dell Social Innovation competition. The result is updated in the competitions official website. TakaTaka solutions working on waste management in Kenya and Malo Traders working on health in Mali have taken the [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-08 via ThinkChange India – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-01 via … http://tinyurl.com/3h6mgag # Pravah presents Ocean in a Drop via ThinkChange India – After consolidating Pravah’s learnings for the … http://tinyurl.com/3jagvjo # Fighting Malaria with Microfinance? http://goo.gl/Aps4f # Madura Microfinance Partners With Vodafone, Nokia http://goo.gl/O3SRm # Exclusive Interview with Director [...]