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 [...]

Coffee with Entrepreneurs! Sign up for July 4th coffee slots now! First Monday of every month in Mumbai What is it? An opportunity for social entrepreneurs to have conversations with Acumen Fund’s India portfolio team. These chats are informal, and a chance for us to connect directly with entrepreneurs. You can use the time to [...]

Coffee with Entrepreneurs! First Monday of every month in Mumbai What is it? An opportunity for social entrepreneurs to have conversations with Acumen Fund’s India portfolio team. These chats are informal, and a chance for us to connect directly with entrepreneurs. You can use the time to obtain feedback on a business plan, brainstorm ideas, [...]

The American Center and Samhita cordially invite you to a discussion program on “Making Philanthropy Easy, Essential and Effective” with Dr. Amita Vyas, Assistant Professor & Director, George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services and Founder & President, Global India Fund Inc. in conversation with Li Ping Lo, Foreign Services Officer, U.S. Consulate [...]

For all the talk about the bottom of the pyramid, few companies have been able to understand mindsets and cater marketing messages for the untapped market.  In the effort to focus on this issue and provide insight into rural markets, the Rural Marketing Congress, organized by The Ideas Exchange, is taking place in Mumbai on [...]

Third Sector Partners is the country’s leading and exclusive executive search firm for recruiting CEOs, Boards, top team talent in community development, health, education, sustainability, energy efficiency, bottom-of-pyramid markets and key social and environmental sectors. With a clientele across not-for-profits, foundations, agencies and corporations, both in the country and globally. TSP has, since its inception, [...]

Dharmesh Mistry is a contributing writer to Think Sport. Mumbai based NGO Down to Earth (DTE) is hosting its annual sports event the ‘Interactive Games Day’ on February 21, 2010 and is looking for volunteers for the event. The event will involve games that challenge kids physically and mentally and will require for them to [...]

UPDATE: The deadline has been extended until October 31st. So anyone interested can still apply. On March 12th, 2010 the Marico Innovation Foundation will announce the winners of it Innovation for India contest, which honors three categories: Business Innovation (Products/Services, Business Model and Innovation in social space by a business organisation); Social Innovation (innovation by [...]

Modeled after a similar service in London, UnLtd India has started a service called the Hub, which is a meeting space in Mumbai for social entrepreneurs to share, develop and execute on their ideas. Usually users are charged by time, but from September 22-27th, they are opening it up for free! According to UnLtd: The [...]