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[TC-I Changemaker]: Aporv empowers craftspeople via e-commerce

By Vinay Ganti | Published: June 24, 2010

The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with interviews with people we believe are at the brink of something special but have for the most part been overlooked by the mainstream media. Readers will be…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Change-Agent, Primary | Also tagged aporv, Livelihood, TC-I Changemakers | 2 Comments

South Asia Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship

By Shital Shah | Published: February 15, 2009

TC-I reader Suresh Parmar tipped us about a workshop focusing on social entrepreneurship on April 16-17 in New Delhi. Held by the Centre for Training and Research in Responsible Business and Social Entrepreneurship (New Delhi), in partnership with the…

Posted in Opportunities | Also tagged Aravind, Ashoka, Basix, Centre for Social Initiative and Management, Centre for Training and Research in Responsible Business and Social Entrepreneurship, collaboration, CSIM, CSR, empowerment, Entrepreneurship, FLOW, Grameen, Health, healthcare, Hyderabad, Innovation, markets, New Delhi, NGO, NGOs, noida, nonprofit, npr, Opportunities, RBI, Selco, SEWA, SMEs, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, South Asia Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship, SRI, Studies, sustainability | Leave a comment

Hybrid Business Models

By Shital Shah | Published: January 7, 2009

The hybrid business model (nonprofit with a profit-earning arm) is a central figure as a certain type of social enterprise, and is a topic of discussion by SocialEdge and books such as “The Power of Unreasonable…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Bangalore, Christian Science Monitor, for profit, How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, hybrid business model, Industree Crafts, Monitor, NGOs and Non-profits, non-profit, nonprofit, npr, profits, Social Edge, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, socialedge, Socialedge.org, sustainability, The Power of Unreasonable People | 3 Comments

Moralfibre, Clothing with a Conscience

By Shital Shah | Published: November 10, 2008

An Ahmedabad-based business, Moralfibre, is short listed for the Ethical Business award given by the Ethical Fashion Forum. Promoting khadi and making it fashionable for the modern taste, the business offers a new twist on an…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Ahmedabad, clean tech, Clean technology, Environment, Ethical Fashion Forum, ExpressIndia, khadi, Moralfibre, NGOs and Non-profits, Point of View, Shalini Sheth Amin, silk, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility, supply chain, Technology | Leave a comment

After Fab India, its XLRI’s turn

By Badhri Jagannathan | Published: October 15, 2008

ThinkChange India had earlier covered Fab India’s innovative business model for bringing the riches right at the doorsteps of the skilled and isolated rural weavers. A similar opportunity now knocks the doors…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Aman, Entrepreneurship, Fab India, for profit, ITC, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, Kalamandir, Livelihood, mandi, marketing, NGO, NGOs and Non-profits, non-profit, Parichay, Rural, SMEs, Social business, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, sustainability, Uplift, weavers, XLRI | Leave a comment

Nothing fabric(ated) about this venture

By Aishwarya Mishra | Published: June 17, 2008

In mid-March, we had posted about FabIndia and their innovative business model. This time, the Business Standard has reported about the same venture, in more detail, in their weekly supplement ‘The Strategist’. FabIndia’s MD, William Bissell,…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Business Standard, Chanderi, CSR, FabIndia, poverty, RAND, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility, weavers | Leave a comment

Entrepreneurship Encouraged by the Government

By Shital Shah | Published: May 2, 2008

iGovernment reports that the Indian government is encouraging the growth of entrepreneurship in several different ways, from public private partnerships to employment generation programs. In its Eleventh Plan, macro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) clusters will be promoted.…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged eleventh five year plan, Eleventh Plan, Employment, employment generation, Entrepreneurship, Gandhi, Government, iGovernment, Indian government, infrastructure, khadi, MSME, partnerships, Public Private, public private partnership, SKS, SMEs, Universities | 3 Comments

[Guest Post]: Bridging the Digital Divide: More Than Tomorrow Project

By Santhosh Ramdoss | Published: April 25, 2008

Editors Note: Guest Blogger Marshall J. Krinitz is the founder of More Than Tomorrow Project, which has successfully established two computer learning centers in the state of Himachal Pradesh. We here at TC-I were quite thrilled by their work…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged computer, Developing World, Digital Divide, e-medicine, Education, English, Government, grassroots, Grassroots Initiatives, Guest Post, Health, himachal pradesh, ICT. More Than Tomorrow, IDG, infrastructure, Innovation, libraries, literacy, medicine, RBI, Rural, software, summer, sustainability, teachers, Technology, travel, Volunteer | Leave a comment

Op-Ed: Migration and its Discontents

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: March 17, 2008

There is no doubt that the issues of migration and urbanization within India are wrought with controversy. In the case of rural-urban migration, which is overwhelmingly the case, the impact on the social, economic, and psychological structure of villages and cities,…

Posted in Op-Ed | Also tagged Adivasi, Agriculture, Dilip Ratha, economic development, Economist, Employment, Environment, expertise, Government, Gujarat, Housing, job creation, Jobs, Livelihood, Local resources, Migration, Op-Ed, population growth, poverty, Rural, rural India, slum, slums, sustainability, Transportation, Urban India, Urban migration, Urbanization | Leave a comment

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