This post is written by guest writer Jaidip Patel, who has led a sports for development programme, Ahmedabad Ultimate, and is currently based in Hyderabad.   This year’s Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship leapt new bounds for India’s development sector as pioneers, leaders and delegates converged in Hyderabad on 17-18th November, 2011. Hosted on familiar [...]

This post was contributed by Samhita. The 4th EdelGive Social Innovation Honours 2012, is a national awards programme instituted by the EdelGive Foundation, to reward innovative work in the social sector in India. The objective for the EdelGive Social Innovation Honours is to identify and reward organisations that are innovating to empower women in India. [...]

This is a guest post from Namit Agarwal, Communications Manager of Samhita. Indian billionaires have been criticized for their inability to contribute enough to social causes. As more and more billionaires around the world pledge their wealth for charitable purposes the gap becomes more distinct. In the recent past we have seen Indian industry leaders parting [...]

ThinkChange reported the announcement of EdelGive Social Innovation Honours for 2011. The application deadline for this award has been extended to November 12th, 2010. Here is a quick recap of the details relating to this award Award categories: Health and well being: Awarding an innovation which promotes women’s health and overall well-being Education: Awarding an [...]

We all know the power of prizes to motivate innovation and so this new award will hopefully do just that: The financial services firm, Edelweiss Capital Ltd is partnering Kubera Partners, a private equity firm based in USA to launch the Kubera-Edelweiss Social Innovation Honours, three awards totaling US$ 60,000 to felicitate outstanding innovations that positively impact [...]