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[TC-I Changemakers]: NSEF to develop nationwide network of centres at universities

By Vinay Ganti | Published: October 24, 2009

The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with interviews with people we believe are at the brink of something special but have for the most part been overlooked by the mainstream media. Readers will be…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged BITS Pilani, business plan competition, Fellowships, IIM Lucknow, Internships, National Social Entrepreneurship Forum, Nirmaan, NSEF, TC-I Changemakers | 4 Comments

[Guest Post]: Even Education is Flat

By Shital Shah | Published: September 5, 2009

Editor’s Note: The following post is a collaboration between Adrienne Villani, a member of the Beyond Profit Editorial Team, and Semil Shah, a Principal at India Strategy Consulting, a boutique services firm that advises small and medium enterprises…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Op-Ed | Also tagged Adrienne Villani, Beyond Profit, Education, India Strategy Consulting, Intellecap, Poverty Action Lab, research, Semil Shah, William Davidson Institute | Leave a comment

Global Social Venture Competition 2009 picks its winner

By Shital Shah | Published: April 28, 2009

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…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Competitions, Primary | Also tagged Berkeley, business plan, business plan competition, business school, Chennai, connectivity, corporations, Employment, Finalists, girls, Global Social Venture Competition, GSVC, Health, healthcare, hygiene, IDG, Indian School of Business, infrastructure, Jobs, medicine, MNCs, Opportunities, poverty, poverty line, public health, Rural, rural health, rural India, social enterprise, social venture, Tamil Nadu, telemedicine, Trade, Uplift, youth | 2 Comments

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, social network, Studies, sustainability, Technology, , University Forum, Volunteer | 1 Comment

UFV-CRRID partnership promises grassroot-level business development

By Badhri Jagannathan | Published: December 30, 2008

Indian Express and Abbynews.com report that University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), Canada and The Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to “empower the rural entrepreneurs of North…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Agriculture, BoP, Business Development, Cambridge, Cambridge University, community development, Education, Entrepreneurship, Grassroots Initiatives, IDG, partnerships, RAND, Rural, SMEs, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, start-up, Tata, Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme, Tata Sons, The Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, TISES, UC Berkely, University of the Fraser Valley, Uplift | Leave a comment

Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme – A review

By Badhri Jagannathan | Published: December 3, 2008

Earlier this year, ThinkChange India covered the signing of MoU between TATA Sons, UC Berkeley and Cambridge University to provide opportunities for the students from these universities to take part in Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme (TISES).

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Berkeley, Cambridge, Cambridge University, CSR, Education, Employment, employment generation, Entrepreneurship, Fellows, Fellowship, Health, IDG, income generation, interactive, Internship, Livelihood, Liza Cirolia, Microfinance, Monitor, Opportunities, REDP, Rural, rural development, Rural Entrepreneurship Development Program, Shu Shang, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, sustainability, Tata, Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development, Tata Group, Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme, Tata Sons, Tata Steel, TCSRD, TISES, University of California, Valerie Fitton-Kane | Leave a comment

Outsourcing Health and Education Knowledge: This Time India is the Sender

By Vinay Ganti | Published: July 8, 2008

Update from the Editors: This project has actually be reported on before by Prerna. You can read it here. What is new is the inclusion of an education component.

In an interesting role reversal, The Government of India…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Africa, beta, E-education, e-medicine, Education, expertise, Government, Government of India, HCL Infosystems, Health, Help others, iGovernment, Indian government, Infosys, infrastructure, markets, medical care, medicine, networking, Outsourcing, PATH, PPP, Technology, tele-education, tele-medecine | Leave a comment

Guest-Post: The Savior of Madurai’s Mentally-Ill

By Vinay Ganti | Published: July 7, 2008

Editor’s Note: This article is contributed by Sarah Scrafford, who regularly writes on the topic of top accredited universities. She invites your questions and writing job opportunities at her .

Very…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Akshaya Foundation, Bangalore, Beggars, BoP, budget, CRY, expertise, Health, ITC, Job Opportunities, Krishnan, Madurai, Microsoft, NGOs and Non-profits, Opportunities, Sanitation, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Tamil Nadu, Volunteer, waste | 3 Comments

The Talent Vacuum

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: May 9, 2008

Many of our prior posts have spoken to the urgent need to overhaul, or at the least, significantly revamp the education system in India, as evidenced by the massive rise in demand for both primary and higher education institutions…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Atan, Atanu Dey, corporations, deesha, deeshaa.org, Economist, Education, Effectiveness, engineering, engineers, Gandhi, Government, higher education, HUL, IIT, IITs, Incentives, infrastructure, Jobs, NASSCOM, New Delhi, Policy, Pratham, rahul gandhi, reservations, Rural, shortage, Singh, skills deficit, TIDE, VAMP, workforce | Leave a comment

TC-I Tidbits

By Shital Shah | Published: May 7, 2008

Your daily dose of headlines:

Health: Over 53% children in India under five years – that is, 67 million – live without basic healthcare facilities. This means that India alone accounts for about one-third of all children in the

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Canara Bank, Education, electricity, Energy, Environment, Government, Health, healthcare, iGovernment, Karnataka, Microfinance, Pension, Rural, shortage, Solar, solar power, teachers, Tidbits, Times of India, United Nations | 1 Comment

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