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The cost of immunising millions of the world’s most vulnerable children against five deadly and debilitating diseases is set to fall, thanks...

Twenty social enterprises have been awarded grants of $100,000 each by the India Development Marketplace funded by the World Bank Group. The...

The most sought after social enterprise recognition in India - the Sankalp Social Enterprise Awards - announced winners in five sectors. The...

Aspada Will Also Invest in Agricultural Supply Chain Companies in an Effort to Support Small Holder Farmers. Aspada Investment Company received the...

The Artha Venture Challenge, a national competition run by the Artha Platform to find the most ambitious, early stage social entrepreneurs in...

Pollinate Energy — a Sydney and Bangalore-based social enterprise NGO dedicated to using renewable resources to eradicate energy poverty in India -–...

Rural areas in India can operate as back offices for the country's urban centres, like Bangalore has emerged as a crucial centre...

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organisation of the World Economic Forum and the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, not-for-profit organisation of...

Sattva Media and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. and Niiti Consulting Pvt. Ltd. are collaborating on a research study to find out how social...

Investors have committed at least Rs 400 crore to a government-backed fund that will provide capital to new ventures serving the needs...

In February, at the India Call to Action on Child Survival and Development Summit, India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released...

A tap that drips once every second wastes a thousand litres of water in a month. Aabid Surti shows us how easy...

The government’s plan to create a new cadre of trained individuals to provide basic healthcare in villages has received a setback with...

More than 60,000 households in rural India will have better access to electricity by 2015 as Simpa Networks, a company supported by...

The Villgro Awards recognise outstanding individuals, enterprises, and other stakeholders in the Social Entrepreneurship ecosystem for their contribution to effecting change by...

The government last week announced a Rs 5,500-crore 'India Inclusive Innovation Fund' will focus on generating employment and supporting livelihoods across the...

If you are a social entrepreneur and want to attend the Sankalp Unconvention in Mumbai in April then you have until tomorrow...

Giving a commitment to help India meet its significant needs by providing finance and knowledge services in response to India’s request to...

Impact investing, in which money is used to deliver social benefits alongside financial returns, generated around $100 million (around Rs.547 crore today)...

Scholarship application to The Impact Forum in Singapore, run by Shujog and the Asia Impact Investment Exchange, close on 8th March. Impact...

Microfinance firm Grameen Financial Services Pvt Ltd, popularly known as Grameen Koota, has raised its third round of equity funding, led by...

DFID and the Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves have both announced special awards, of INR five Lakh and INR 7.5 Lakh...

The World Bank announced the launch of 2013 India Development Marketplace and pledged $1 million in grants to be awarded to 15-20...

Today Dasra launches their fourth Philanthropy Week, designed to be India’s leading thought provoking platform where prominent philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, foundation heads,...

The Incube Connect Fund, sponsored by Incube Ventures Pvt. Ltd, will be accorded registration under the Securities and Exchange Board of India...

21 social enterprises have been selected for this year’s Sankalp Social Enterprise Awards. Created by the Sankalp Forum, the annual awards run...

Down To Earth, the television mini series created but the partnership between Dasra and Bloomberg India are now coming online. Dasra is...