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A recent Wall Street Journal article discusses the need for technology innovation to provide gender-sensitive solutions for low-income women working on farms...

A new technology start-up, Hazel Media, has recently developed MobQuery, a data collection and management platform that has local language capabilities and...

A recent article provides brief profiles of some of India’s oldest and growing social enterprises including Fabindia, SELCO, and Husk Power Systems....

The Economic Times profiles social enterprise Head Held High Foundation (H3F), a two year-old start-up organization that provides skills and training for...

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) plans to extend approximately $5.8 million to some of India’s microfinance institutions (MFI), which...

A recent article in The Economic Times profiled the work of Japanese Professor, Shoji Shiba, who has started the Visionary Leaders for...

Indian social venture fund, Aavishkaar India II Company (Aavishkaar II), has recently received an investment from Cisco, closing its first round of...

The Omidyar Network, established by Ebay Founder Pierre Omidyar, has recently invested in two more companies in India. The first investment is...

New Delhi, -April, 2nd, 2012- The Ennovent Impact Circle announced its partnership with Toniic to further drive capital infusion in India’s BoP...

The Guardian profiles Jagriti Agro Tech, a recently established organic agriculture that is set to distribute organic produce sources from local farmers...

A recent news article profiles Neetu Sidhu and Allie Taylor, founders of REVIVAL Style, a social enterprise that supports rural Indian women...

A recent news article describes the growth of Danone India and the progress of its initiative involving low-income segments. Its most recent...

Student founders of the project 'Ashadeep', have developed a low-cost lighting solution for rural households in India. The system uses a chemical...

A Guardian blog discusses how innovation and improvements that are normally the responsibility of the public sector, have in fact been developed...

India's Census 2011, first socioeconomic census in more than 10 years, shows that despite some progress in basic connectivity such as through...

A recent news article highlights the work of Mera Gao Power, a social enterprise in India, that is developing and installing solar-powered...

An Economic Times article profiles Harish Hande, the Managing Director of the Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) in India. Having been inspired...

A recent Huffington Post article describes a range of initiatives supported by the Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP), which facilitates interest-free micro...

A new fund, the Be! Fund, launched in July 2011, is increasingly creating awareness among aspiring local entrepreneurs in low-income areas across...

India is set to include livestock, aquaculture, and textiles within its organic production process through the National Project on Organic Production (NPOP),...

A recent BioFach 2012 conference in Germany highlighted the high potential of organic farming in India to generate significant revenue and contribute...

Amul Dairy, India’s largest dairy cooperative, has partnered with Envirofit to distribute energy efficient cookstoves in rural Gujarat. Amul’s dairy farmers will...

The Omidyar Network recently announced a four-year grant of up to $650,000 for the Anudip Foundation, which provides skills training and entrepreneur...

An Economic Times article recently discussed the state of social venture capital in India over the past year. The article explains how...

Indian social enterprise Action for India (AFI) recently held its annual forum on the role of technology in helping social enterprises scale...

The Economic Times recently discussed Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), an insurance scheme, in which premiums are paid for by central and...

Fabindia, an artisanal retail chain, has recently received an investment of more than $20 million from Premji Invest. In 2007, luxury group...