Two questions have been lingering around for a long time when it comes to improving the of Indian education system. “How to put the millions of children at school?” and “How to improve the quality of education?”. Syamantak is an organization that has chosen to take a closer look and try an new method in [...]

Vote now by clicking here! ThinkChange India has just been informed that it has been nominated for The Best Group Indiblog by the Indibloggies. We are up against stiff competition and feel honored to be listed with these other great sites.  We encourage you to go and vote to show your appreciation for all of [...]

Many conferences and seminars exist to bring together people for discussion, knowledge sharing, and networking.  The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation is hosting a forum on social entrepreneurship that will go to the next level and serve as the catalyst for future action.  The Forum  on Social Entrepreneurship will bring together thought leaders and visionaries, [...]

Think about the last time you had an idea about solving a community issue in your area! A thousand questions might have hit you – Whether the problem is real? Is the idea feasible? Will people buy it? Who will support me to implement this idea? Where will I get funding and mentorship from? Is [...]

The StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation educates, inspires and connects emerging leaders to create new solutions to global challenges. Through the program, StartingBloc unite social innovators across sectors to change the world in sustainable ways. You can read about about my StartingBloc experience from the Boston 2009 fellowship. There are three parts to the StartingBloc Fellowship: 1. Institute for Social [...]

One of ThinkChange India’s Managing Editors, Shital Shah, is in Hyderabad for the next few months.  If you are in the city and want to meet up, want TC-I to cover your event or organization, have feedback about the site, or just want to talk more about Indian social enterprises in general, please get in [...]

Aspen Institute India wants to hear your big idea that will define India in the 21st century!  The Ideas India 2009 Essay Competition is soliciting entries to contribute to the annual “conversations” forum that will be held December 17-19, 2009 in New Delhi.   The prompt is broad: Do you have ideas that could address some [...]

Atlas Service Corps seeks nonprofit leaders from around the world to apply for their 2010-2011 fellowship positions in Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD and Bogota, Colombia. Expenses are paid in this prestigious fellowship program, including a living stipend, health insurance, and training. Applicants must have 3 or more years of experience in the nonprofit sector, a [...]

Over the course of this academic year, I intend to work alongside D-Tree and Dimagi on developing a sustainable deployment and scale-up model for CommCare, a mobile-based scheduling, monitoring, and referral application for community health workers (CHWs).  Through its “Safe Pregnancy” module, CommCare aims to routinize antenatal care by providing CHWs and their supervisors the [...]

Challenge:Future is a global student competition, aimed at promoting innovation for the world’s sustainable future. If you are a student between the age 18 and 30, Challenge:Future sincerely invites you to join our competition to develop sustainable solutions for specific global and business challenges. The registration for the competition has been launched on the 24th [...]