A champion of social business and a pioneer in the field of social entrepreneurship, Muhammad Yunus, has been building successful ventures in India’s neighbor, Bangladesh, for decades. Yunus has looked globally, set up three international joint ventures, and is now looking next door to India. He first collaborated with IIM-Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation Incubation and [...]

“People are more willing to invest in social enterprises now.” Investment opportunities to develop small-scale, off-grid renewable projects in developing economies are on the rise, E and Co. Inc. Chief Executive Officer Christine Eibs Singer said. …

Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Sunday urged Corporate India to adopt a new business model measured on ‘social returns together with financial returns’ — a model that factors in attributes of the country’s value systems.
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ClearlySo, together with funding and support from the Shell Foundation, is seeking an  entrepreneur to co-create ClearlySo India. The aim is for ClearlySo to become a profitable social business. ClearlySo India will at the same time encourage and accelerate the development of social businesses, enterprises and social investment in India. ClearlySo is an innovative and [...]

LGT Venture Philanthropy is proud to announce the launch of the iCats Program: The iCats Program is an answer to the need for professional know-how and resources in many philanthropic organizations and social enterprises. LGT Venture Philanthropy created a web-based platform to match experienced professionals with specific positions in selected philanthropic organizations. The fellow positions [...]

Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Lindsay Clinton is an Associate Vice President at Intellecap, where she is the Managing Editor of Beyond Profit and Microfinance Insights. Prior to joining Intellecap, she worked as the Marketing and Communications Director at The White House Project, a women’s leadership organization based in New York City. Lindsay writes a semi-regular [...]

Here are some high level points from his talk last night. My own observations are preceded by initials, while comments he said are left alone. I kept them in this order as this was the original chronology of how they developed: (VG) Power of one man: it is impossible to not be in awe when [...]

The India chapter of Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES-India) operating out of IIT-Madras is set to conduct workshops running up to a competition in which the best social business plan will be rewarded. Times of India reports, Participants must submit executive summaries of their business plans by January 25 after which around 15 to 20 [...]

An INSEAD article reflecting on social entrepreneurship after the International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship in India highlights some key challenges and trends for the field.  Some interesting points I picked up: The legal, political, and social environment is important to social entrepreneurship. A policy and regulatory framework within which social entrepreneurs can obtain status without [...]

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 club to share his knowledge on farming exotic fruits, vegetables and flowers to his fellow farmers in [...]