Entrepreneurship

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Pioneering Spirit 2011

TiE Delhi-NCR is supporting the 2nd Season of Pioneering Spirit – the unique television series created by Lufthansa & ET Now which will showcase the lives of business pioneers and give young entrepreneurs a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be selected as ‘pioneers of tomorrow’. It’s a great opportunity to not only validate your business ideas but [...]

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Apply now for Impact Shanghai 2011

Impact is a new, Shanghai-based initiative that promotes and enables sustainable entrepreneurship around the world.  Impact offers existing and nascent entrepreneurs the opportunity to incubate, refine and enhance their business models with guidance from expert mentors and exposure to seed capital. Impact will take place in Shanghai in September 2011.  The 7-week programme awards entrepreneurs [...]

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Indicorps 2011 Fellowship Application Now Available

Indicorps, an innovative nonprofit based in India, offers Fellowships for people of Indian origin to implement sustainable grassroots development projects with community-based organizations. As an intense, total-immersion leadership program, Indicorps encourages individuals to explore their role as a catalyst for change. 27 new projects have been announced for the Indicorps 2011 Fellowship. Fellows will tackle [...]

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Join a train journey that could change your life! Tata Jagriti Yatra : Apply now!

Tata Jagriti Yatra is an annual train journey that that takes 400 of India’s highly motivated youth (with some participation of international students) on an 18-day national train-journey, introducing them to unsung heroes of India. The aim is to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship (both social & economic) within India’s youth by exposing them to [...]

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Genesis- The VC Speed Date at Eximius 2010

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell of IIM Bangalore proudly presents Eximius ’10 – The Entrepreneurship Summit of IIM Bangalore On August 14th& 15th, 2010 After the success of EXIMIUS 2008 and 2009, the third edition of EXIMIUS will be bigger with more events and exciting speakers! India is at the cusp of innovation! EXIMIUS 2010 [...]

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Eximius 2009 @ IIM-B

What is EXIMIUS? EXIMIUS is the entrepreneurship summit at IIM Bangalore, which aims to promote an entrepreneurial mindset amongst the Indian youth. It is organized by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell. Visit http://www.eximius-iimb.com What is so great about Eximius? Last year’s inaugural Eximius saw more than 2000 footfalls. We had partnered with reputed VC firms [...]

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Pratham, Barclays to boost rural entrepreneurship

Pratham – a leading NGO dedicated to child education and Barclay’s have come together to foster wealth creation in villages by grooming entrepreneurship among the rural youth. Pratham would identify poor rural youth with acumen for entrepreneurship and provide the much needed skills in various fields, while Barclay’s would help with the initial investments for [...]

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India Needs Social Entrepreneurs and Social Intrapreneurs to Fight Recession

This op-ed was submitted by Suresh Pramar, and is a user post. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of TC-I, but we feel that it is important to cultivate opinions from all sides. India like the rest of the world has not escaped the impacts of the current downturn. The sudden rush in [...]

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One man injects safety into health centers

[Article Source : Business Standard] Of the 5 billion medical injections administered in India every year, 62 percent are unsafe – startling figure that brought Marc Koska, inventor of non reusable K1 syringes, to India This is how the article starts – one of the innumerable “startling” facts waiting to jolt the social entrepreneur inside [...]

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[TC-I Call to Action]: UnLtd Communications Coordinator

UnLtd India, the organization that helped develop the Social Entrepreneurship conference that we covered extensively before, is hiring a Communications Coordinator.   If you’re savvy with media, writing, and marketing, see below. JOB TITLE : COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR (PART TIME TBA) ORGANISATION: UnLtd India LOCATION: Bandra West, Mumbai PURPOSE: To design, develop and effectively implement UnLtd India’s [...]