IIM Lucknow and Citi have partnered to hold Prerna – The Social Entrepreneurship Awards. We here at TC-I are excited not only because of the ‘great’ name, but also because we believe that recognition and promotion of innovative ideas will only help accelerate the impact that is possible. The awards will be held on January 22-24, [...]

Here are some updates in the microfinance space within India. All sources are from Microcapital.org. MoneyGram International to Extend Money Transfer Services to Two Cooperative Banks in India Grameen Koota Receives Rs 27.5 Crore in Equity Capital Financial Information Networks receives $15m in Equity Capital International Labour Organization’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility Opens Fourth Round of [...]

TC-I Guest Blogger Tracy Williams lives in Hyderabad where she is working with the Naandi Foundation to launch a new social enterprise connecting smallholder coffee producers with global markets. Prior to taking the India plunge, Tracy worked at the policy team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and on US economic policy issues with [...]

Hindustan Times has built an exclusive national platform to try to felicitate the TOP 50 brightest young minds in India who have been involved with climate change ideas. The Brightest Young Climate Leaders may be from the private or public sector, entrepreneurs, youth or student leaders who have shown exemplary work in the field of climate change mitigation. They [...]

cKinetics is looking for an energetic self-starter to be Editor and Publisher based out of New Delhi for India Carbon Outlook: an offline+online information marketplace meant for the diverse players working towards a low carbon economy in India.  India Carbon Outlook was launched in end Sep 2009 as part of cKinetics’ commitment at the Clinton Global [...]

Dharmesh Mistry is a contributing writer to Think Sport. In November, three students from SKSN, a school for the disabled in Rajasthan, travelled to the UK to share their experiences at a number of community events around the country and further demonstrate their sporting ability. Their event was covered in the Bolton News: Janak said: “I’m not lesser [...]

The ThinkChange India team is excited to officially introduce a new section on our site: Think Sport.  After all, what would any good news site be without a sports section? Think Sport will focus on topics related to sport and development, along with the emerging intersection between sport and social enterprises.  For those readers that [...]

I left yesterday’s post with the mention of action, and action is right where the Khemka Forum moved to by the end of the second day.  While Day 1 of the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship focused on plenaries and making connections within sectors, Day 2 moved into smaller groups, deeper conversations, and creating plans for bridging gaps. Measuring Impact [...]

‘Swach’ is the name of Tata’s latest innovation – a water purifier that will be available for the rural Indian poor for Rs. 30/- a month. As reported by The Hindu the water purifier unveiled on Monday “requires no energy or running water to operate. The replaceable filter-based product, which is portable and based on low-cost [...]

In a gathering of practitioners and investors, the Khemka Forum kicked off today at the India School of Business in Hyderabad.  The day’s activities ranged from plenaries to sector working group lunches to track breakouts.  Social entrepreneurs converged to discuss the state of their field, lessons learnt, ideas for collaboration, and the way forward. As [...]