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Human resources – a powerful hammer to nail poverty

By admin | Published: January 9, 2010

Sudhar Krishnamachary is a TC-I Education Correspondent.

Just like any campus recruitment, it starts with rather lengthy information session about DHAN. A little over hundred graduating students are eagerly waiting to hear the part about salary…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Primary | Also tagged building institutions, DHAN Academy, Dhan Foundation, Education, Grassroots development, human resources, Kalanjiam Foundation, Vayalagam | 4 Comments

Ashoka Launches Collaborative Competition for Rural Innovation

By Shivam Srivastava | Published: March 18, 2009

TCI had earlier discussed open innovation as an emerging tool for social entrepreneurs. An excellent initiative in this field is Ashoka Changemakers, which provides an online space for social innovators to present ideas and collaborate…

Posted in Change-Agent, Competitions | Also tagged Agriculture, Ashoka, Ashoka Changemakers, Change-Agent, changemaker, changemakers, collaboration, Competitions, Developing World, expertise, farmers, Gates Foundation, Geotourism, Health, Innovation, Intel, NRI, Open Innovation, Opportunities, rains, Rural, rural innovation, SEED, Small farmers, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Innovation | Leave a comment

India’s First Social Enterprise and Investment Forum: Sankalp 2009

By Vinay Ganti | Published: January 12, 2009

Shital had written in last November about Sankalp 2009, a business plan competiton for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) organized by India Development Gateway, in partnership with Rural Innovations Network (RIN) and National Bank of Agriculture and…

Posted in Conferences, Opportunities | Also tagged Agriculture, Awards, business plan, business plan competition, clean tech, Conferences, E-business, Education, Energy, English, Environment, Health, healthcare, IDG, India Deve, India Development Gateway, Innovation, K1, MSME, NABARD, Opportunities, Rockefeller Foundation, Rural, rural innovation, Rural Innovations Network, Sankalp, Sankalp 2009, small and medium enterprises, SMEs, social enterprise, Social Venture Capital | Leave a comment

Ashoka Focuses on Agricultural and Sustainable Development in India

By Shital Shah | Published: January 12, 2009

Last week, Ashoka announced that the organization will use a US$15 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the placement of Ashoka fellows in Africa and India. The grant money will specifically…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Africa, Agriculture, Ashoka, Ashoka Fellow, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, bottom up approach, Entrepreneurship, farmers, Fellows, Gates Foundation, Incentives, Innovation, markets, NGOs and Non-profits, Rural, rural India, Small farmers, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, sustainable development, Technology | Leave a comment

Information sharing improves earning capacity of farmers

By Badhri Jagannathan | Published: December 25, 2008

About 138 farmers in Pune stand to gain in their productivity today thanks to their membership to Abhinav Farmer’s Club. According to a report in Business Standard, Dnyaneshwar Bodke, using his education in Horticulture Training Center founded the…

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Abhinav Farmers Club, Business Standard, Canara Bank, Comat, Comat technologies, Dnyaneshwar Bodke, e-choupal, Education, Employment, farmers, FLOW, irrigation, ITC, NABARD, Pune, rains, Rural, rural India, Social business | 28 Comments

Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme – A review

By Badhri Jagannathan | Published: December 3, 2008

Earlier this year, ThinkChange India covered the signing of MoU between TATA Sons, UC Berkeley and Cambridge University to provide opportunities for the students from these universities to take part in Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme (TISES).

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Berkeley, Cambridge, Cambridge University, CSR, Education, Employment, employment generation, Entrepreneurship, Fellows, Fellowship, Health, IDG, income generation, interactive, Internship, Livelihood, Liza Cirolia, Microfinance, Monitor, Opportunities, REDP, Rural, Rural Entrepreneurship Development Program, Shu Shang, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, sustainability, Tata, Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development, Tata Group, Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme, Tata Sons, Tata Steel, TCSRD, TISES, Universities, University of California, Valerie Fitton-Kane | Leave a comment

[TCI-Changemaker] CSIM: An NGO to groom social entrepreneurs

By Badhri Jagannathan | Published: October 19, 2008

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…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Agriculture, Ashray Akruti, Bengal, Bhumi, business school, Business Schools, changemaker, changemakers, Chennai, CHILDLINE, CIVA, consultant, Corporate Social Responsibility, CRY, CSIM, diploma, economy, Education, engineering, Entrepreneurship, Health, Hyderabad, ICFAI school of public policy, IIT, InSight, irrigation, Jobs, Livelihood, Media, Mumbai, networking, NGO, NGO network, NGOs, NGOs and Non-profits, NRI, Orissa, Policy, poverty, PRDIS, professional development, RAND, Rural, SERP, slum, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility, SRI, Studies, sustainable development, TC-I Changemakers, Technology, Volunteer, volunteering, water management | 20 Comments

A (micro)creditable partnership

By Badhri Jagannathan | Published: October 13, 2008

India Post has inked an agreement with National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to facilitate micro-credit to women-run Self Help Groups (SHG) in eight states and north eastern states.

In this strategic partnership, India Post will lend…

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Agriculture, CCI, FICCI, FLOW, Government, India Post, India Rural Business Summit, Insurance, ISB, Kerala, life insurance, Media, metrics, Microcapital., Microcapital.org, Microcredit, NABARD, North eastern states, Rural, rural business, Self Help Groups, SHGs, Tamil Nadu | 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, renewable energy, Renewables, rice husks, Rural, rural India, SKS, Social Entrepreneurship, Technology | 15 Comments

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