Education

Founded in 2007, Educate Girls (EG) is a non-governmental organization that holistically tackles issues at the root of gender inequality in India’s...

Financial services player India Infoline interviews Hina Shah, the founder of the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD).The ICECD offers...

In efforts to increase digital penetration across India, it seems that organizations across the non-profit, private, and public sector are starting new...

A Radiophone project has been launched recently to offer better educational opportunities for children of migrants in Gurgaon. Qualcomm's Wireless Reach initiative...

The Loyal Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has established the “Professor C.K. Prahalad Center for Emerging India,” which...

Diya Gupta from the Guardian reports on the problems of illiteracy and why children in rural India do not attend school. The...

The Wall Street Journal recently reported the acquisition of two education companies in India. With an annual growth rate at over 15%,...

Technology company Bosch Ltd. has announced a 22.8 million higher education fund to promote applied research in cyber physical systems, mobility solutions,...

A report by NGO Dasra studies how private-public partnerships can play a large role in improving the quality of public education in...

TARA Akshar, an ITC-based literacy program created by a New Delhi based company, Development Alternatives, has helped teach rural women how to...

Azim Premji, the Chairman of Wipro, is donating $2 billion to the Azim Premji Trust, which will channel funds to educational and...

A new curriculum designed for rural telecenter managers in India has recently launched. The Indira Gandhi National Open University has teamed up...

Global financial and education company McGraw-Hill Companies and Indian IT service provider Wipro are partnering to “develop mConnect, a mobile learning platform...

A recent NextBillion blog applauds the Aziz Premji Foundation’s (AFP) initiative to launch 1,300 schools across India, but questions whether organizations should...

Shashi Tharoor, whose portfolio as minister of state includes higher education, called for foreign universities to locate in India to improve overall...

Madhav Chavan, the founder of the education charity Pratham, has won the fourth World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) prize in the...

The Deshpande Education Trust (DET), has launched a Masters of Social Entrepreneurship programme with the Karnatak University in Karnataka. The two year...

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

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

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

The International Finance Corporation has partnered with India’s National Institute for Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development (NIESBUD) to pilot a Training of...

In making an equity investment in GRAS Academy, a vocational education and skills development provider, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation aims...

On the opportunities and challenges of doing business in India (undated)

New research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income. Pro-market policies...

Villgro’s Investment Manager Kavita Rajagopalan explains that the education sector in India is an ocean of opportunities The education sector in India...

Ronald Cohen, chairman of The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures, talks to BW Businessworld’s Haider Ali Khan about social entrepreneurship and philanthropy...