On February 11th and 12th, ECell TISS will hold INNOLAB as part of the iPreneur program. This program intends to: In Innolab, we intend to invite technological, services or process based innovations in the field of agriculture, education, health, environment or any other field that have a potential to create considerable social change, out of the [...]

Guest Post National Social Entrepreneurship Forum is organizing half a day conference on the occasion of starting its student chapter at Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai. The event will witness participation of more than 300 students from across Mumbai and some of the leading thought leaders and experts from the sector. Some of the [...]

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai’s Entrepreneurship Cell will be holding marcomS, the Social Marketing Campaign Competition as a part of iPreneur 2010, TISS’ annual event to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship to be held on 11th and 12th February, 2011. TISS-Mumbai has partnered with Ecofarms. Prizes totaling Rs 1,000,000 are available to the best [...]

I’m just walking out of Confluence 2010, a remarkable event organized by National Social Entrepreneurship Forum (NSEF). Bringing together young people with keen interest and passion for social entrepreneurship together with some leading social entrepreneurs, the event resulted in an inspiring day of conversations and experience sharing. Below are some interesting snippets from the event: [...]

Microfinance’s  small-town success attracts venture investors - Livemint story on the increasing Venture-Capital activity in the microfinance sector in India Poverty of will - R.Ramkumar from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) argues that new UPA government’s first Budget is marked by the absence of strong commitment to raise social sector spending ‘There needs to be [...]