Partnering with Career Launcher, SKS Microfinance will be opening 10 school in Nalgonda, Khammam, Rangareddy and Medak districts of Andhra Pradesh that will be English medium institutions for primary school education. The SKS-CL Academy, in the pilot phase, will provide primary education till third standard using the national open school syllabus with special emphasis on [...]

I hope many of you did not miss this excellent op-ed by Rohini Nilekani on this Sunday’s edition of The Hindu. A philanthropist herself, Rohini talks about the changing face of philanthropy in India. Rohini has an interesting take on this new movement to create change: But as I look around now, a lot of [...]

I came across two articles today where the railroad industry in Kerala is pushing some small scale innovations of their own. Here is the first story. The railways is providing broadband Internet connection in the state through the Railtel Corporation of India. The biggest incentive for those taking the net service of Indian Railways is [...]

[Source Article] It is strange, though always welcome, that many a times social good happens unexpectedly – with no prior intention. One such example is that of the rural Muslim women of Murshidabad. In course of their tryst to earn a living they have opened up avenues for spreading messages of social relevance and keep [...]

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In the town of Musiri, located in Tamil Nadu, the government has decided to compensate residents for using a new public toilet. The novelty of this effort does not stop there, as both the urine and feces of the people will be utilized for fertilizer research. Finally, by having the residents use the toilet, officials [...]

You may have noticed in the last three weeks some new and interesting perspectives in this space – and also a new name behind those posts. Well, we are excited to announce our newest recruit to the TC-I team, Aishwarya Mishra. Aishwarya Mishra is a software engineer by profession. He has completed Engineering in Computer [...]

From the Acumen Fund Blog (click for entire post): The next Indian general elections are due soon, and one crucial battle line in the upcoming election will be the parties’ interest in addressing the bottom of the pyramid … While Congress and BJP have their own versions of the addressing inclusive growth, the truth is [...]

Update from the Editors: This project has actually be reported on before by Prerna. You can read it here. What is new is the inclusion of an education component. In an interesting role reversal, The Government of India along with its technical partner for the project HCL Infosystems, will be “setting up an e-networking infrastructure [...]

Editor’s note: We have actually done a post on Suminter India Organics Pvt. Ltd., Endeavor’s first selection in India. Go here to read it. We recently learned of a job opportunity with Endeavor India, a non-profit organization that offers “high-impact entrepreneurs” the “support and tools they need to scale: strategic advice from world-class consulting firms [...]