About 650 people from 20 countries gathered in Mumbai on April 12 and 13 for the Sankalp Forum, bringing together all aspects of the inclusive business spectrum from across India. If Sankalp is any indication, the social enterprise sector is growing in size and maturing in terms of the conversation and types of issues facing [...]

The Sankalp Forum, an annual conference that aims “to catalyze impact investments into sustainable and scalable social enterprises globally” will be held this year from April 11-13 in Mumbai. Sankalp is an Intellecap initiative that brings together all the relevant stakeholders in the social enterprise ecosystem, and awards the achievements of those who have succeeded [...]

It is encouraging to see that the impact investing industry in India is gaining mainstream recognition these days. Businessworld, the country’s main business magazine ran a cover-story in November titled Social Capital, featuring all the major social venture capitalists in the country. Almost all of the organizations featured in the story were covered by us [...]

Let Me Know, a portal for finding up to date information on internships, fellowships, competitions, conferences and events in a variety of fields, including social entrepreneurship, has posted a couple interesting opportunities: Constru India is organizing a conference,focussing on -1)Urban Infrastructure & Transportation.2)Green & Intelligent Buildings.3)Build with Steel4)Construction Engineering & Design.5)Construction & Building Materials 6)Electricals [...]

User Post The Srijan Financial Inclusion Forum 2010, scheduled for October 7-8, 2010 at the Hotel Taj Land End in Mumbai is an annual Intellecap initiative. This by-invitation two-day action agenda forum will focus on the roadmap for Indian Microfinance over the next decade as well as assess innovative technology interventions to catalyze greater financial [...]

Intellecap has released the 3rd edition of “Inverting the Pyramid” — its annual review of the microfinance industry. The focus of the report has changed each year to reflect the current questions being faced by practitioners, thought leaders and clients within the space. Last year‘s report aimed to address issues like scale and replication; this [...]

Sankalp, the annual social enterprise awards and investment forum organized by Intellecap, took place this week in Mumbai.  The Sankalp Awards recognized many innovative and sustainable models in the following categories: Agriculture, Food and Rural Businesses; Clean Energy; Health, Water and Sanitation; Inclusive Education; and, Technology for Development. The 2010 winners are: Agriculture, Food and [...]

A number of immersion programs exist that attempt to make the youth aware about development challenges in India. Some examples include Grassroutes, Teach for India and Engineers for Social Impact (E4SI). As the application deadline for this year’s E4SI fellowship approaches (7 March, 2010), we asked some former fellows about their experience working for various social [...]

Editor’s note: The following interview is part of an ongoing series for ThinkChange India where we speak to social entrepreneurs firsthand. The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with first-hand insights from groundbreaking changemakers. Readers will be able to see other conversations under our TC-I Changemakers tab. Success with early-stage ventures both [...]

A few kilometers past Charminar, the heart of the old city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, an auto rickshaw stops in front of a quiet, non-descript gate. Across the road is the Falaknuma Palace, in the process of getting a major face-lift. Upon knocking, we walk into a compound housing a workshop for rescued victims of [...]