His administration placed advertisements in newspapers this week, seeking a team of professionals to manage a $1.3 billion annual budget for programs involving job creation, housing, infrastructure and microfinance. In Bihar, a state of 103 million … See all stories on this topic »
It is ironic that while India houses possibly the highest number of social entrepreneurs in the world, social innovation & entrepreneurship itself forms a deplorable mention in the course curriculum in most academic institutions in our country. Curriculum aside, very few colleges in India have societies dedicated to promoting social entrepreneurship and development through enterprise [...]
When ThinkChange India started three years ago (happy anniversary!), the team set forth with the intention to create a country-focused resource on social entrepreneurship. We’ve focused on building our news base and media outreach in India; however, the vision all along was clear – a “ThinkChange Global” umbrella that would house a variety of country-specific [...]
Shifting Atoms is a mission and a dream that wishes to engage with humanity at large for positive influence and collective progress. We are incubating an organic web media organization with focus on social innovations, social entrepreneurs for transformative ideas and technologies that enable positive world progress. News & Publication Our model envisions developing news [...]
NASSCOM Foundation announces Genpact NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours (GNSIH) 2011… Entries to the 3rd edition of the biggest industry recognition for social innovation are solicited. Last date for entries is October 1, 2010.NGOs, NPOs, Corporate, Students, Government/PSUs, Individuals/Groups, can now apply across the following seven categories: ICT led Innovation by Non – Profit Organisation ICT [...]
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 [...]
One Billion Minds 2009 Fellowship Program Applications Open | Application Deadline: August 15, 2009 The One Billion Minds 2009 Fellows Program is designed to engage students from top Indian universities in pushing the open innovation envelop for social innovation. Our Fellows will work closely with key Corporate and Non Profit stakeholders as well as the [...]
This op-ed was submitted by Suresh Pramar, and is a user post. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of TC-I, but we feel that it is important to cultivate opinions from all sides. India like the rest of the world has not escaped the impacts of the current downturn. The sudden rush in [...]
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 with others on refining and implementing them. Changemakers is building the world’s first global online “open source” community that competes [...]
The Hindu reports about mKrishi (mobile Krishi) a mobile agro advisory system launched by Tata. It can help farmers get personalized advise and updated information on their mobile phones about factors that may affect their crops such as weather. Prima facie, this looks very similar to Nokia’s LifeTools that ThinkChange India reported a few days earlier. However, [...]
