Vidya Grants, a seed funded Chicago-based social startup, crowd-sources funds for students that are on the risk of dropping out of school.  Vidya Grants started ground operations two months ago and have their pilot under way.  They have developed relationships with organizations such as Gray Matters Capital.  Vidya Grants’ immediate goals are to sign up a [...]

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This is a guest post from Namit Agarwal, Communications Manager of Samhita. Indian billionaires have been criticized for their inability to contribute enough to social causes. As more and more billionaires around the world pledge their wealth for charitable purposes the gap becomes more distinct. In the recent past we have seen Indian industry leaders parting [...]

Samata, an NGO with a consistent track record of successful interventions to protect the human and democratic rights of communities adversely affected by mining, is hiring. It has vast knowledge and experience in policy making, capacity building, networking and monitoring mining/mining related projects. Please find the detailed job descriptions here and in the following documents: [...]

Location: Kheda District (North of Kheda), Charotar, North of Surat, Valsad Status: Part-Time, Regular Expected Start Date: March/April 2010 Background:  Bhanu Narendra Joshi (BNJ) is establishing a innovative, novel approach to social business in order to carry out both microfinancing activities and health care medical record data-keeping in a coordinated manner.  We are seeking an [...]

Magic Lantern Foundation is a registered not-for-profit and has been working with culture and human rights since 1989. They have openings for two internship positions. Find more details below. Currently we are readying for two film festivals in New Delhi. They are looking for two interns to start work immediately. Here are some details about [...]

Micro Home Solutions is a multi disciplinary social enterprise based out of New Delhi, India. Our objective is to provide economically viable housing solutions for under-served urban populations. mHS is looking for architects with a minimum of 4 years experience to work on several projects in our Delhi office. The initial focus will be on [...]

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IFMR Centre for Development Finance and the World Resources Institute came out with a report focusing on clean energy options for the base of pyramid in India, this report is titled “Power to the people” and it is being launched in Mumbai on the 28th of September 2010 in front of a host of social sector [...]

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 [...]