
Son of the Soil | The Innovators
Category: Events | Sector: Agriculture (Products, Services, etc.), Agriculture Products, Distribution and RetailFarmFolks have created a software that helps farmers with critical knowledge throughout the crop cycle, from the time the soil is prepared...

Making The Most Needed Products Available To...
Category: Events | Sector: Information, Communications, and TechnologyPractical Action, alongside partners Hystra and BoP Innovation Center, launched on November 21st the Global Distributors Collective (GDC), which aims to help...

Stopping antimicrobial resistance would cost just USD...
Category: News, Publications | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesSuperbug infections could cost the lives of around 2.4 million people in Europe, North America and Australia over the next 30 years...

CottonConnect partnered with luxury lable for a...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture (Products, Services, etc.), Agriculture Products, Distribution and Retail, Equality and EmpowermentIn order to meet its goal to use 100% organic cotton by 2025, global Luxury group Kering recognized that full awareness of...

2017 Vera Fellowship
Category: Jobs | Sector: Other2017 Vera Fellowship Vera Fellows are full-time employees of the company and have the title of Associate Consultant. As a Fellow, you’ll...

Food Retail: Next Large Opportunity For Country...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsAn article on the state of unorganized agriculture in India makes a case for building out a more robust food retail supply...

Educate Girls – Senior Development Manager (USA)
Category: Jobs | Sector: EducationFounded in 2007, Educate Girls (EG) is a non-governmental organization that holistically tackles issues at the root of gender inequality in India’s...

India Needs Decentralised Approach To Sustainable Energy,...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerHarish Hande, Founder of Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) emphasized the need for a decentralized approach to sustainable energy distribution to management...

LIBA Establishes India’s First Research And Innovation...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: EducationThe Loyal Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has established the “Professor C.K. Prahalad Center for Emerging India,” which...

Benefits Of Credit Rating For SMEs
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesAn article in The Economic Times discusses the benefits of credit ratings for SMEs, which often find it difficult to access financing....

Indian Handicrafts & Gift Fair Hosts Over...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndia's 31st handicrafts and gifts fair brought the products of 23,000 exhibitors to the attention of over 6,500 buyers from over 30...

Lighting Up The Last Mile: Fibre Optics...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Information, Communications, and TechnologyThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recently reported that old and inadequate copper wiring is hindering last mile internet connectivity across the...

Indian Brides Herald A Toilet Revolution
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIn its efforts to improve India’s poor waste and sanitation situation, the government, in collaboration with NGOs, is promoting a “No Toilet,...

CSR That Works: Interview With Hindustan Unilever’s...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherNext Billion interview with Hindustan Unilever’s former Chairman and MD, Vindi Banga. Focuses on the success of HUL’s Shakti Entrepreneurship Program, a...

Bandhan Microfinance To Offer The Western Union...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesIn efforts to increase its rural presence across India, U.S. headquartered Western Union, a money transfer services company, has partnered with Microfinance...

GE Health-Embrace To Distribute Infant Warmer In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesIn another move to bring essential healthcare products to low-income communities in India, GE Healthcare will soon launch a low-cost ‘infant-warmer’ in...

Financial Inclusion Of Sugarcane Farmers In Modern-Day...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsRamesh S. Arunachalam discusses sugarcame farmers in India as an example of a low-income group that can be provided with appropriate financial...

The $720 House That’s Built In A...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndian conglomerate Tata Group continues to develop products and services for low-income markets. The company, which has already developed the least expensive...

FINO Bags The Growth Enterprise In Technology...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherDuring the annual Sankalp awards, FINO, a provider of technology to microfinance institutions, won the Growth Enterprise in Technology Sector Award. FINO...

Financial Inclusion Through M-Banking
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndian telecom company Idea Cellular and Axis Bank have together launched Idea MyCash, a mobile banking service aimed at low-income rural and...

Healthcare As A Social Business
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesSwiss pharmaceutical company Novartis continues to promote Arogya Parivar, a rural Indian healthcare business, which launched in 2007. Having been rolled out...

Journey Of A School Dropout To A...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherBeyond Profit magazine outlines an example of an Indian boy who benefited from the services of Pipal Tree Ventures. The company offers...

Triple Bottom-Line Social Enterprise Tackles India’s Waste...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA recent article discussing India’s inadequate waste disposal problems presents an organization that has been active in this space since 1998. NGO...

In Pictures: Eco-Friendly Water Solutions For Indian...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsBBC photographs depict how Indian non-profit International Development Enterprises (IDEI) distributes affordable, eco-friendly irrigation equipment that helps small-scale Indian farmers sustain two...

Silver Prices And India’s Monsoon Season
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA recent article discusses seasonal fluctuations in the purchase of precious metals including gold and silver. In India, approximately 70% of silver...

IFC, Netherlands Launch Joint Program In India...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe International Finance Corporation and Netherlands’ Ministry of Economic Affairs have entered into a partnership to develop innovative solutions for efficient agricultural...