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Father of microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, has partnered with India's Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to start a $10 billion seed...

NextBillion blog describes a speech given by Vikram Akula, founder of SKS Microfinance in India, on his failures while running SKS, which...

Impact investment fund Lok Capital has recently closed Lok Fund II, a $65 million fund focused on microcredit, mobile payments, remittances, small...

Investor Sequoia Capital has recently invested in Indian microfinance institution, Ujjivan Finance Company, making it the largest investor with a 15.7% stake...

A South Indian entrepreneur, Arunachalam Muruganatham, has created the world’s first low-cost machine to produce sanitary towels for low-income women. Having won...

L&T Insurance company has recently partnered with SEWA, the Self-Employed Women’s Association, to make VimoSEWA, a national insurance cooperative, its first microinsurance...

Coca-Cola and NDTV are partners in a campaign called Support My School in which they are promoting a three year plan to...

An article published by India Knowledge @ Wharton discusses the need for education reform across primary and secondary education in India and...

A recent Business Line article profiles Vortex, a low-cost ATM developer in India. Having been started by IIT Madras alumni and researchers,...