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[TC-I Changemaker]: Aporv empowers craftspeople via e-commerce

By Vinay Ganti | Published: June 24, 2010

The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with interviews with people we believe are at the brink of something special but have for the most part been overlooked by the mainstream media. Readers will be…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Change-Agent, Primary | Also tagged aporv, Artisans, TC-I Changemakers | 2 Comments

[TC-I Changemakers]: A conversation with Jabeen Jambughodawala, founder of SAHAJ

By Shital Shah | Published: September 20, 2009

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…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Change-Agent | Also tagged changemakers, handicraft, Jabeen Jambughodawala, SAHAJ, SoCap09 | 4 Comments

India Needs Social Entrepreneurs and Social Intrapreneurs to Fight Recession

By tdomf_ecbf4 | Published: May 17, 2009

This op-ed was submitted by , 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…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Op-Ed | Also tagged Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Arbind Singh, ArcelorMittal, Awards, Bihar, construction, CSR, CSR Awards, electricity, Entrepreneurship, Environment, farmers, FT-ArcelorMittal, Government, Gujarat, Harish Hande, informal workers, Innovation, ITC, Jharkhand, John Elkington, Karnataka, Kerala, Khemka Foundation, leadership, lighting, markets, Mittal, Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, Nidan, Op-Ed, Opportunities, portfolio, profits, Rajasthan, Rajendra Joshi, RBI, risks, Rural, SAATH, Sanitation, Schwab Foundation, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrpreneurship, Selco, SELCO India, Self Help Groups, Self Help Groups (SHGS), SHGs, Singh, SKS, slum, slums, Small farmers, SMS, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneur of the Year, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, social intrapraneurs, Solar, solar energy, sustainability, Technology, Trade, venture capital, waste | 4 Comments

Full-Time Volunteer Needed for Manzil

By tdomf_ecbf4 | Published: May 3, 2009

User Post

Position:

A full-time volunteer for Manzil, a youth empowerment and learning center in Khan Market, New Delhi

Duration:

Minimum of a six-month commitment. Prefer one year or longer.

Start Date:

The start date is flexible, but we would…

Posted in Jobs, Opportunities, Primary | Also tagged AIDS, computer, Education, electricity, empowerment, English, Fellows, Fellowship, Government, Hindi, IIM-A, Indicorps, Job Opportunities, Jobs, leadership, Lower-Income, Manzil, Media, New Delhi, NGO, non-profit, Opportunities, part-time, Singh, social stigma, TC-I Call to Action, teachers, Tobacco, toilets, travel, Volunteer, volunteering, workshops, youth | Leave a comment

Chirag to offer 1-year fellowship in rural India

By Vinay Ganti | Published: April 14, 2009

The organization Chirag is offering a one-year fellowship to work in a rural area of India. Called Swades Ki Khoj, it begins on July 1st and applications are due on until May 15th. The program’s flyer is after…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Fellowships, Jobs | Also tagged Chirag, English, Environment, Fellows, Fellowship, Ford Foundation, Health, Himalayas, Rural, rural India, rural innovation, Swades Ki Khoj, TC-I Call to Action, universal primary education | 9 Comments

Indian participants in the 2009 Global Social Benefit Incubator

By Shital Shah | Published: April 7, 2009

India is represented strong in the list of participants from the 2009 Global Social Benefit Incubator, which is a program led by SocialEdge and Santa Clara University that “assists social benefit entrepreneurs in developing business plans…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Competitions, Primary | Also tagged Annapurna Mamidipudi, business plan, Business Plan Development, Dastkar Andhra, electricity, empowerment, Energy, Environment, Global Social Benefit Incubator, Government, Grass Roots Action for Social Participation, HIV, Husk Power Systems, Incubator, Innovation, Jabeen Jambughodawala, Manoj Sinha, Microfinance, Rajendra Joshi, RAND, Renewable, rice husks, Rural, SAATH, SAHAJ, SAMRUDHI Microfinance Society, Sanju Kumar, SBI, SKS, socialedge, Socialedge.org, stoves, weavers, Women's Empowerment, Yugandhar Madavkar | Leave a comment

Sa-Dhan to Host Microfinance Conference in New Delhi

By Shivam Srivastava | Published: March 21, 2009

Sa-Dhan, an association of community development finance institutions in India will host a National Microfinance Conference in New Delhi on March 31, 2009. The conference is centered on the theme, ‘Microfinance Ecosystem: Equilibrium Between Growth & Effectiveness’.

One…

Posted in Conferences | Also tagged commercialization, community development, Conference, Conferences, credit crunch, development finance, Effectiveness, Governance, Grameen, Grameen Bank, India Microfinance, Insurance, MFI, Microcapital., Microcapital.org, Microfinance, microfinance institutions, microinsurance, Muhammad, Muhammad Yunus, New Delhi, Opportunities, Policy, Sa-Dhan, SEWA, Yunus | Leave a comment

Why you should CARE about microinsurance

By Vinay Ganti | Published: March 5, 2009

We have written about microinsurance before, including SKS’s Vikram Akula’s decision to develop a product for his customers. Now, Bajaj-Allianz and CARE India will be developing a product of their own. In an interesting partnership between…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Allianz, Bajaj Allianz, CARE India, CSR, Education, Finance/Credit, Health, Insurance, Media, Microfinance, microinsurance, NGOs and Non-profits, RN Mohanty, Rural, rural India, SKS, SKS microfinance, Vikram Akula | Leave a comment

[TC-I Call to Action]: Job Opportunity with Piramal Water

By Shital Shah | Published: January 21, 2009

For those interested in social enterprise, water, or addressing health issues, Piramal Water is looking for a Chief Operating Officer. A quick overview of the organization:

Piramal Water Private Limited develops sustainable drinking water solutions for rural

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Posted in Jobs | Also tagged Basic Rights, call to action, drinking water, Health, Innovation, job opportunity, Jobs, Malwa, Piramal Water, Rural, Sarvajal, social enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, TC-I Call to Action, water filtration | Leave a comment

Back to the drawing board? — A harsh look at microfinance

By Vinay Ganti | Published: December 23, 2008

To start, I want to say that my mind has been racing despite sleep deprivation and jet lag since I touched down in Mumbai at 0135 IST this morning. This is the first I have set foot in India…

Posted in Op-Ed | Also tagged BoP, bottom of the pyramid, BP, BRAC, Brookings, Brookings Institu, Criticisms, economic development, Economics, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Finance/Credit, Financial products, Financial Times, Government, India Deve, India Development Blog, Innovation, job creation, Jobs, Media, Microfinance, Mumbai, NextBillion, NextBillion.net, Op-Ed, Opportunities, PATH, poverty, poverty alleviation, rickshaw, shortage, SKS, SMEs, Social Innovation, Stanford, Trade, waste | 9 Comments

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