If your desire to make a difference to the world was somehow lost in your search for a stable career, here is your chance to rediscover it. As a Villgro Fellow, you will work with a social enterprise for 1 year, applying your skills to create real impact in Rural India. In charting a better [...]
Vision: Building a talent pool of young professionals who DARE to create entrepreneurial opportunities for rural India Who can apply? Be an Indian citizen of not more than 26 years of age at the time of application The minimum qualifications needed for the DARE YP Programme are a Post Graduate degree or equivalent in one [...]
Indicorps, an innovative nonprofit based in India, offers Fellowships for people of Indian origin to implement sustainable grassroots development projects with community-based organizations. As an intense, total-immersion leadership program, Indicorps encourages individuals to explore their role as a catalyst for change. 27 new projects have been announced for the Indicorps 2011 Fellowship. Fellows will tackle [...]
The Global Social Venture Competition, a MBA social venture competition that partners several different universities around the world, wrapped up this past weekend at UC Berkeley Haas Business School. The GSVC is one of the most competitive gatherings in the social enterprise world, bringing together business plans that look at both profit and social impact. [...]
Doodh Bhandar (DB), a plan focused on revolutionizing milk production in rural India, has reached the finals of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Business Plan Contest in the Social Enterprise track. Cattle are one of the most important assets for rural families in India and an improvement in their productivity will have a significant socio-economic [...]
We alerted our readers about Sankalp, and the event is now around the corner! Check back with ThinkChange India as we bring you updates and guest posts straight from the forum. Adrienne Villani and Sujatha Mutthaya from Intellecap provide more background: More than 300 social entrepreneurs, a plethora of international and regional investors, funding agencies, [...]
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 the jump. Click on it to link to their site for more information.
India Knowledge @ Wharton features an interview of Ajay Gupta, founder of various institutions that cater to employment necessities in rural India. Ajay Gupta talks about ruralnaukri.com, a job portal for college educated village youth and villegenaukri.com for school graduates. His views about impact rural employment can have on Indian economy are thought provoking. Today, [...]
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 time positions in the coming weeks… check back for more information! Total Immersion Programme in Finance and Development [...]
Nokia is about to launch a set of “Life Tools” to be embedded in its mobile phones in an effort to expand its base into rural India. These Life Tools cater to the needs of the rural community with information on three different sectors namely Agriculture, Education, Entertainment. On agriculture, the Life Tool is likely [...]
