The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation keeps social entrepreneurship as one of their core focus areas and their portfolio is dedicated to creating institutions and platforms that strengthen the ecosystem for social entrepreneurship in India. One of their current initiatives is the annual Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, which is covered regularly here on ThinkChange India. [...]

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 [...]

As part of the lead up to the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, the Khemka Foundation has published a series of podcasts focused on different areas within social entrepreneurship. The interviews were conducted by Shivraj Parshad of The PRactice. To hear the podcasts, please click here.  The full transcripts are also available. The series covers interviews [...]

Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad 17th and 18th of November 2011 The Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship plays hosts to India’s most influential social entrepreneurs, thought leaders, philanthropists, investors, academics, government and media representatives, who meet under it’s ‘big tent’ to collectively advance the agenda of social entrepreneurship in [...]

In the lead up to the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, ThinkChange India will run a series of podcasts/interviews from Indian leaders of social innovation.  This is the third post of the series. Shivraj Parshad of the PRactice interviewed Mr. Arun Maira, member of India’s Planning Commission.   This week’s Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship brings all [...]

In the lead up to the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, ThinkChange India will run a series of podcasts/interviews from Indian leaders of social innovation.  This is the second post of the series. I had the opportunity to speak with Professor Gregory Dees, who is a Professor of the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship and co-founder of [...]

ThinkChange India is pleased to once again act as a media partner with the Khemka Foundation for the upcoming Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. The Khemka Foundation’s annual forums on social entrepreneurship are designed to create an ecosystem, a community of sorts for all the players in the field. Every year, social entrepreneurs, investors, academics, [...]

In the lead up to the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, ThinkChange India will run a series of podcasts/interviews from Indian leaders of social innovation.  This is the first post of the series. Shivraj Parshad of the PRactice interviewed Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, an Indian philanthropist and cardiac surgeon.  Dr. Shettyfounded Narayana Hrudayalaya, a hospital that [...]

I left yesterday’s post with the mention of action, and action is right where the Khemka Forum moved to by the end of the second day.  While Day 1 of the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship focused on plenaries and making connections within sectors, Day 2 moved into smaller groups, deeper conversations, and creating plans for bridging gaps. Measuring Impact [...]

In a gathering of practitioners and investors, the Khemka Forum kicked off today at the India School of Business in Hyderabad.  The day’s activities ranged from plenaries to sector working group lunches to track breakouts.  Social entrepreneurs converged to discuss the state of their field, lessons learnt, ideas for collaboration, and the way forward. As [...]