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Announcing the Launch of the GreenMicrofinance University Forum

By tdomf_ecbf4 | Published: April 27, 2009

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GreenMicrofinance Celebrates EARTH DAY 2009 – Launches Online University Forum edit

GreenMicrofinance™, a cutting-edge Pennsylvania-based triple bottom line company, has set Earth Day, April 22, 2009, at 5:00 PM EDT, for the…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Primary | Also tagged bottom of the pyramid, clean energy, climate change, collaboration, Communications, Conference, Conferences, Education, Energy, engineering, Environment, environmental sustainability, , financial services, FLOW, Green Energy, GreenMicrofinance, Health, languages, Microfinance, microfinance institutions, Mumbai, networking, NYU, Opportunities, Policy, public health, social network, Studies, sustainability, Technology, , Universities, University Forum, Volunteer | 1 Comment

C. K. Prahalad Discusses Development Through Private Enterprise

By Shivam Srivastava | Published: April 12, 2009

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and Nextbillion.net recently published a great interview with C. K. Prahalad on the role of private enterprise in development and poverty alleviation. Prahalad is the author of …

Posted in Change-Agent | Also tagged BoP, bottom of the pyramid, construction, developing countries, economic growth, emerging markets, Energy, Environment, Innovation, InSPIRE, lighting, markets, NextBillion, NextBillion.net, Opportunities, poverty, poverty alleviation, Prahalad, regulation, renewable energy, sustainability, YouTube | Leave a comment

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, Livelihood, Manoj Sinha, Microfinance, Rajendra Joshi, RAND, 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

[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, Indian government, infrastructure, InSight, Internship, Internships, lighting, map, marketing, markets, matching, MFI, Microfinance, microfinance institutions, NGO, NGOs, Opportunities, Policy, poverty, 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

Tech Winners Starting Small, Scaling Up

By Shital Shah | Published: November 13, 2008

Remember the Tech Museum Awards? The award “honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity.” The 25 winners were announced yesterday, with two innovators from India. MercuryNews.com covered the ceremony in…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Awards, Bangalore, Berkeley, Biomass, computer, corn husks, DESI Power, Digital Green, Digital StudyHall, Education, electricity, Energy, HUL, Innovation, IPO, ITC, languages, NGOs and Non-profits, nonprofit, npr, Op-Ed, Opportunities, Pune, RAND, rice husks, Rural, rural India, SKS, slum, slums, Social Entrepreneurship, teachers, Tech Museum Awards, Technology, University of California | Leave a comment

A dash of (A)cumen: The recipe behind Acumen Fund’s investment strategy

By Vinay Ganti | Published: October 29, 2008

Yesterday, Acumen Fund‘s Chief Investment Officer Brian Trelstad came to NYU to conduct a live case study on a real company that Acumen Fund invested in, in an effort to educate MBA and other students on…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged 1298, Acumen Fund, ambulances, BACO, Best Alternative Charitable Option, Brian Trelstad, characteristics, criteria, for profit, Health, healthcare, hurdle rate, leadership, Mumbai, NYU, partnerships, portfolio, profits, Renewables, risks, SKS, Social Entrepreneurship, social venture, Social Venture Capital, social venture fund, subsidies, workforce, YouTube, Ziqitza Healtchare Limitedm | 1 Comment

TC-I Week in Review

By Vinay Ganti | Published: June 7, 2008

Top posts from the past week:

Prerna talked about the flourishing gay-lesbian scene in Bangalore
She also touched on a new venture using rice husks for renewable energy
Shital highlighted a few activities in India

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Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Bangalore, Energy, Environment, HIV, Innovation, Microfinance, missing middle, Op-Ed, renewable energy, rice husks, SBI, SKS, Week in Review, World Environment Day | Leave a comment

Rice Husks + Innovation = Renewable Energy

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: June 3, 2008

India has been found to be particularly fertile ground for experimentation with renewable energy initiatives. The latest version of Ernst & Young’s “Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index” reaffirms this fact, ranking India as the third most attractive market…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Agriculture, Bihar, carbon emissions, consumption, electricity, Enabler, Energy, Environment, Ernst & Young, foreign, Government, Husk Power Systems, Innovation, Kyoto, Kyoto Protocol, ranking, renewable energy, Renewables, rice husks, Rural, rural development, rural India, SKS, Social Entrepreneurship, Technology | 15 Comments

TC-I Week in Review

By Vinay Ganti | Published: May 31, 2008

Top posts:

Prerna’s op-ed on income generation for women
Shital’s post on a promising model for ecotourism
Vinay’s feature of the pot-in-pot

Reaching into the archives:

A few months ago, Santhosh featured…

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Ecotourism, Energy, featured, Harish Hande, HIV, income generation, Op-Ed, renewable energy, Selco, Solar, Week in Review | Leave a comment

TC-I Tidbits

By Shital Shah | Published: April 22, 2008

Health: According to a report, India is not on track toward the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child and maternal mortality. The number of children who die before their fifth birthday stands at 76 per 1,000 live

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Agriculture, child mortality, CSR, death, electricity, Employment, Energy, food output, food prices, Government, Gujarat, Health, lighting, Maternal mortality, MDG, Migration, OSRAM, rains, renewable energy, rising food prices, Rural, Solar, Tidbits | Leave a comment

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