Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31 /ThinkChange India/ – – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24 … http://tinyurl.com/yl9dy8s # What Makes a Social Entrepreneur? /ThinkChange India/ – In an article in India Knowledge@Wharton, Abraham … http://tinyurl.com/yd94ahr # http://bit.ly/dCHXZa ITsAP Software-Products' Awards. Categories include Social Impact, Startups – Emerging Trends (BoP n Social Entre'ship) # Ashoka organizes Social [...]

Academics who attended the recent Indian Science Congress wholeheartedly agreed that the standard of science education across India is appalling. That shouldn’t surprise anyone. In 2008, the National Knowledge Commission recommended that attracting and retaining talented students in basic sciences is paramount to any fighting chance with China, South Korea and the likes. One organization [...]

Rahul Brahmbhatt is a contributing writer to Think Sport. After a two year hiatus from international competition, the Indian women’s national football team is currently competing in the 11th Annual South Asian Games was held from January 29th to February 9th in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As a result of not scheduling any international friendly matches for [...]

In an article in India Knowledge@Wharton, Abraham George, founder of The George Foundation, questions the effectiveness and validity of many so-called social entrepreneurs and writes about the myth of the BoP consumer. He starts with the common definition of social entrepreneurs as those who focus on the double bottom-line – profitability and the impact on society. However, [...]

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[Hat Tip: Anoop] Here is a very elegant and simple platform for social ventures to compete against each other for funding. The site lets you pledge money for the organization(s) you want to support most and based on these votes will select the top 25. The competition will complete in 48 days, so go here [...]

Guest Post First Energy is an alternative energy business that caters to consumers in rural and suburban India through an affordable cooking offer consisting of a biomass stove and a fuel made from pelletized agri-residue.  Overall, the aim is to provide cleaner, safer, and sustainable energy solutions to emerging consumers who lack affordable and accessible [...]

Guest Post The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the last call for nominations for the second annual Wireless Innovation Project, a competition to identify and reward the most promising advances in wireless related technologies that can be used to solve critical problems around the globe. Proposals will be accepted through February 1, 2010, with the final [...]

Dharmesh Mistry is a contributing writer to Think Sport. The Beyond Sport Awards are open for another 80 days. There are 12 categories for the Beyond Sport Awards 2010 covering the entire sporting spectrum of health, social inclusion, corporate and social responsibility, and philanthropy. Beyond Sport is a global organisation that promotes, develops and funds [...]

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