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India PR Wire recently reported that Solid Solar, a rooftop solar specialist company, has developed the ‘Solid Sun-Shade Solutions’ in the Indian...

An article published by India Knowledge @ Wharton profiles HarVa, a network of rural business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in the north...

Indian rural distribution company Villgro Innovation Marketing has raised seed funding from U.S. based Unitus Seed Fund. Based in Tamil Nadu, Villgro...

A recent article by Forbes India considers whether SKS Microfinance can transform into a cost-effective and diversified microfinance provider. Forbes India cites...

A new technology initiative to help create official unique identity numbers and cards for each of India's 1.2 billion citizens is well...

A recent Credit Suisse report describes India's increasing transition away from agriculture and towards industry and services. The report cites how only...

The benefits of using clean cookstoves in developing countries have long been accepted as important in improving health, creating safer homes, and...

Indian medical technology developer Forus Health Pvt. Ltd. has recently raised $5 million from two venture capital funds. The investments by Accel...

India's Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority is considering allowing business correspondents -- representatives authorized by banks to act on their behalf --...

In April, India became a member of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), an organization that supports microfinance globally. As...

A new seed capital provider, Venture Lab, was recently launched in an effort to support financial inclusion start-ups around the world. Backed...

Indian social venture fund, Aavishkaar, has invested close to $5 million in an education services start-up and a renewable energy start-up. Karadi...

The IFC is investing up to $20 million in Pragati India Fund to facilitate the transfer of growth capital to small and...

Sustainability platform Just Means recently profiled Miracle Couriers, an Indian social enterprise that hires and trains deaf women and women in India...

The Hindu’s Business Line recently had an article on the evolution of Intellecap, a social business consultancy in India. Writer Murali Gopalan...

Social venture fund Lok Capital and one of its limited partners have recently invested approximately $5 million in IFMR Rural Channels, an...

A recent article in The Hindu highlighted the fact that most of India will only achieve the millennium development goals (MDG) on...

The Guardian recently reported on the purchase of an 8% equity stake of Indian clothing and handicrafts retailer Fabindia by private investment...

An article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses the need for global corporates and local social enterprises to engage more effectively...

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...