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[TC-I Call to Action]: Total Immersion Programme in Finance and Development Summer Internships

By Shital Shah | Published: March 18, 2009

The Centre for Development Finance (CDF) announces some very exciting internship opportunities for this summer. If you’re looking for something more long term, word has it that CDF will likely be releasing postings for BoP related full…

Posted in Opportunities | Also tagged BoP, Business Development, call to action, Centre for Development Finance, collaboration, Cooking, development finance, economic development, Employment, Energy, Environment, Finance/Credit, financial services, Governance, Government, Graduate students, Housing, IFMR, infrastructure, InSight, Internship, Internships, lighting, map, marketing, markets, matching, MFI, Microfinance, microfinance institutions, NGO, NGOs, Opportunities, Policy, poverty, Renewable, renewable energy, Rural, rural India, rural markets, Sanitation, Studies, summer, Summer Intern, summer internship, TC-I Call to Action, Technology, Total Immersion Programme, travel | 1 Comment

Laptops and Local Trains

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: February 4, 2009

When I first heard the news, I was reminded of chaiwalas on local trains who chant, “chaiiii, chaiiiii, chaiiiii” and sell just the right amount of delectable tea in earthen cups for a very sweet price. Has the day come?…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Atan, Atanu Dey, computer, deesha, deeshaa.org, Education, expertise, Government, III, Innovation, markets, Media, NComputing, Nicholas Negroponte, OLPC, Op-Ed, PPP, rains, Technology, Wi-Fi | Leave a comment

Inching towards ending polio

By Vinay Ganti | Published: November 24, 2008

The Final Inch is a documentary funded by and produced by Vermilion Pictures, chronicling the final stages of the global fight to end polio. A large chunk of the movie was filmed in India, given that…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged CCI, documentary, film, , Government, Health, Polio, Public Awareness, The Final Inch, Vaccination, Vaccine, YouTube | Leave a comment

Outsourcing Health and Education Knowledge: This Time India is the Sender

By Vinay Ganti | Published: July 8, 2008

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…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Africa, beta, E-education, e-medicine, Education, expertise, Government, Government of India, HCL Infosystems, Health, Help others, iGovernment, Infosys, infrastructure, markets, medical care, medicine, networking, Outsourcing, PATH, PPP, Technology, tele-education, tele-medecine, Universities | Leave a comment

Stern words for climate change and development

By Vinay Ganti | Published: June 30, 2008

Made famous by the epynomous report on climate change, Sir Nicholas Stern spoke recently on the need to reframe the climate change debate through the lens of development. He said that the two were tied at the hip.…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged 21st century, AIDS, CCI, climate change, Clinton Foundation, Criticisms, death, Economics, Energy, Environment, Government, Guest Post, hybrid buses, leadership, marketwire, poverty, sir nicholas stern, startups, Tidbits | Leave a comment

TC-I FundWatch

By Vinay Ganti | Published: June 5, 2008

Here is a recap of the major investment activity in India’s social venture space and also traditional investment that will directly affect the poor:

Social

Chennai based Equitas will secure $12.5 million in funding from two

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged ADB, broadband internet, CCI, Chennai, E-education, Education, Equitas, Finance/Credit, financial inclusion, Ford Foundation, foreign, Government, Indian School of Business, Intel, Intel Capital, Intellecap, MFI, Microcapital., Microcapital.org, Microfinance, online education, PPP, Private Equity, private equity firms, Rural, rural India, social venture, Social Venture Capital, Technology, Vriti Infocom | Leave a comment

TC-I Tidbits

By Vinay Ganti | Published: June 4, 2008

Your daily dose of headlines:

Energy: Four ultra mega (super duper?) power projects have been greenlit by the Indian government across the country.
Education: Microsoft is investing $20 million in education initiatives in India over

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Accenture, Airtel, Bangalore, Business Standard, Cloth Shopping Bags, Concern India Foundation, CSR, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Government, Job Opportunities, Keyboard, Microsoft, NGO, NGOs and Non-profits, Nokia, non-profit, Opportunities, PluGGd.in, ProPoor, ProPoor.org, Rural, Technology, Tidbits | 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 Artisans, eleventh five year plan, Eleventh Plan, Employment, employment generation, Entrepreneurship, Gandhi, Government, iGovernment, infrastructure, khadi, MSME, partnerships, Public Private, public private partnership, SKS, SMEs, Universities | 3 Comments

TC-I Tidbits

By Vinay Ganti | Published: April 28, 2008

Your daily dose of headlines:

Science & Tech: The Indian government has successfully launched 10 satellites simultaneously to significantly expand its presence in space.
Women’s Rights: PM Singh asked local officials to fight the killing

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Basic Rights, BBC, BoP, chidambaram, Coimbatore, diagnostic, Education, Employment, finance minister, Government, grassroots, Haryana, Health, Health Ministry, HIV, infant killings, Nreg, panchayats, prisioner literacy, ProPoor, ProPoor.org, rights, Rural, rural employment, satellites, Singh, SKS, space exploration, Technology, Tidbits, Women's Rights | Leave a comment

Solid Waste Management – A PPP Opportunity?

By Shital Shah | Published: April 9, 2008

Meena Gupta, a secretary at the Ministry of Environment and Forests, claims that the Indian government will soon add amendments to municipal solid waste management regulations, and highlighted the private sector’s role in exploring new projects.

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Chennai, Environment, Exnora, Government, India Together, journalism, Merinews, Ministry of Environment and Forests, NGO, Opportunities, partnerships, portal, PPP, PPPs, primer, public private partnership, Public Sector, Recycling, regulation, risks, SKS, SMS, Solid waste management, Tamil Nadu, waste, waste management, World Bank, Worldbank | 15 Comments

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