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[TC-I Call to Action]: UnLtd Communications Coordinator

By Shital Shah | Published: May 7, 2009

UnLtd India, the organization that helped develop the Social Entrepreneurship conference that we covered extensively before, is hiring a Communications Coordinator. If you’re savvy with media, writing, and marketing, see below.

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Posted in ALL POSTS, Jobs, Opportunities | Also tagged call to action, civil society, Communications, Conference, English, Entrepreneurship, , film, Governance, Government, Hindi, ITC, job opportunity, marketing, Media, Monitor, Mumbai, NGO, Opportunities, Policy, SEED, Seed Funding, SMS, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, start-up, Studies, TC-I Call to Action, UnLtd, UnLtd India, writers, YouTube | Leave a comment

Announcing the Launch of the GreenMicrofinance University Forum

By tdomf_ecbf4 | Published: April 27, 2009

User Post

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, Renewable, Studies, sustainability, Technology, , Universities, University Forum, Volunteer | 1 Comment

Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 Finalists [Updated]

By Shital Shah | Published: November 14, 2008

This week has had no shortage of announcements of accepting nominations for some competitions and the unveiling of winners from others. Today, IndiaPRwire reports that the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, Schwab Foundation, and…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Ahmedabad, Aishwarya, Arbind Singh, Awards, Bihar, BP, Brij Kothari, clean energy, Competitions, corporations, Economics, Education, Employment, Energy, entertainment, Entrepreneurship, film, Finalists, financial services, Health, IIM Ahmedabad, India Economic Summit, IndiaPRwire, informal workers, Jharkhand, Khemka Foundation, literacy, markets, Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, NGOs and Non-profits, Nidan, partnerships, PlanetRead, PPP, Prema Gopalan, Rajasthan, RBI, Rural, rural business, Same Language Subtitling, Schwab Foundation, Self Help Groups, Self Help Groups (SHGS), SHGs, Shiksha, shortage, Singh, social entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2008, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, Subtitles, Swayam Shikshan Prayog, Swayam Sikshan Prayog, Trade, UNDP, WEF, Women's Rights | Leave a comment

[Internship Opportunity]: Indicorps, January 2009

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: October 22, 2008

Wondering what you should do this upcoming January 2009? Consider Indicorps’ 4-6 month internships, starting January 2009:

Start the new year with a meaningful commitment to yourself and the world in which you live. Apply NOW for a 4-6 month

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Posted in Jobs, Opportunities | Also tagged Ahmedabad, Fellows, Fellowship, Gujarat, Indicorps, Indicorps Fellowship, Internship, Internships, Jobs, leadership, Opportunities, podcast, workshops | Leave a comment

TED | Talks | Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics (video)

By Vinay Ganti | Published: April 16, 2008

Here is an interesting video on social networking and the advent of open-source economics. This is a trend that I believe will have significant positive effects on the social entrepreneurship scene.

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Economics, Entrepreneurship, networking, open-source economics, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, TED.com, Yochai Benkler | Leave a comment

Reducing traffic congestion in Bangalore through Carpooling: Commonfloor.com

By Santhosh Ramdoss | Published: April 2, 2008

Everyone complains about the traffic in Bangalore these days. For that matter, its a chronic problem in every big Indian city. Most of us sit around and complain, and blame the city administration for inadequate planning, not enough roads, poor…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Bangalore, carpoolilng site, carpooling, commonfloor.com, congestion, Energy, Environment, IIT, IIT Roorkee, IndiaPRwire, maxHeap, maxHeap technologies, networking, regulation, Social Entrepreneurship, start-up, subsidies, Technology, traffic | 5 Comments

Wireless Technology for Development

By Shital Shah | Published: March 25, 2008

Wi-Fi Alliance released a report titled “Wi-Fi in India: A Key Enabler of Economic, Social and Community Development,” which studies the impact of wireless technology in rural and urban India.

The report profiles the work of a non-profit organization,

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged adoption, Agriculture, Byrraju Foundation, community development, computer, Developing World, Digital Divide, Education, Employment, Enabler, entertainment, farmers, IDG, Livelihood, networking, non-profit, Opportunities, Rural, Studies, Technology, Urban India, Wi-Fi, World Bank, Worldbank | Leave a comment

Late Night Edition

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: March 19, 2008

Headlines:

Government Claims Job Scheme Has Benefited 3 Crore Families

Government on Wednesday claimed in the Rajya Sabha that over three crore families had benefited from the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) programme and Rs 8,000 crore

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Bangalore, Basic Rights, CCI, Contest, Employment, family networking portal, Government, Health, Health Ministry, Hindi, Hyderabad, Kindo, Lok Capital, Lok Capital LLC, map, MFI, Microfinance, Monitor, National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG), networking, non-profit, nonprofit, npr, Nreg, NREGA, PluGGd.in, portal, profits, Rural, rural employment, SC/ST posts, Social Venture Capital, Tobacco, Tobacco monitors, venture capital, youth | Leave a comment

Op-Ed: Surrogate Wombs and Reproductive Outsourcing

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: March 10, 2008

Today, the NY Times published an article entitled, “India Nurtures Business of Surrogate Motherhood.” The article describes the rapidly expanding business of “reproductive outsourcing” to India, through which fertility clinics “provide surrogate mothers for foreigners.” The…

Posted in Op-Ed | Also tagged Basic Rights, bureaucracy, developing countries, foreign, Government, Health, Indian government, legislation, NY Times, NYTimes, Op-Ed, Outsourcing, poverty, pregnancy, SMS, social stigma, Surrogate motherhood, Transaction, Women's Rights | Leave a comment

Point of Discussion: Will rural India embrace social networks?

By Vinay Ganti | Published: March 3, 2008

An interesting post on Watblog.com, which came to my attention via Avashya, asks the question: How Will Rural India Deal With Social Networking?…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Avashya, BoP, BRAC, criteria, Environment, InSight, marketing, networking, RAND, Rural, rural India, SKS, Technology, travel, Watblog.com | Leave a comment

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