
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...

India Builds, But Will Electronics Makers Come?
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIn its efforts to move along to through the economic development cycle, the Government of India is investing $1 trillion over 5...

NREGS And The Fast Disappearing Artisan
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Hindu Business Line discusses some of the problems with National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India, which was created in...

India Journal: Harnessing Business To Eradicate Poverty
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIn a Wall Street Journal blog, development research and strategist, Lindsay Clinton, discusses the need for larger businesses to develop more innovative...

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...

Bharti Bets On Bollywood, Digital TVs In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndian mobile-phone company, Bharti-Airtel, has projected rapid growth in sales of its satellite TVs in rural India. It hopes to leverage its...

Low-Cost Innovations Make Life Easier For Rural...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA Business Standard news article discusses the simple innovations that make life easier for rural farmers, households, and communities in India. Examples...

How Micro Housing Is Becoming Big In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherGiven the recent negative attention being paid to the Indian microfinance sector, other base-of-the-pyramid lending models are attracting more attention. Micro-housing, providing...

Nokia Extends Mobile Money Service To Union...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherMobile telephone maker, Nokia, has tied up with the Union Bank of India to provide mobile banking services to customers who are...

How The Digital Age Is Reshaping The...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherBabajob.com is a digital platform founded by Sean Blagsvedt through which employers can find low-skill labour including cooks, maids, and entry-level office...

Bajaj Allianz Wins Award For Micro-Insurance
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndian insurance company Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has recently won an award for “financial inclusion initiatives” in India. The company was presented...

Five Most Innovative Social Entrepreneurs
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherSiliconIndia News has profiled five of India's most innovative entrepreneurs. The focus of their work includes the promotion of human rights, environmental...

Bottom Of Pyramid Moves To 2.0 Version
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe bottom of the pyramid (BOP) concept, which was first introduced by late management guru C.K. Prahald and Professor Stuart Hart in...

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...

Safe Water For 70 Thousand Nepalese Now...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA model that has brought safe, filtered drinking water to over 70,000 people in Nepal, is expanding to India. Village Forward, a...

Inadequate Sanitation Costs India The Equivalent Of...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA World Bank report has recently indicated that India is losing billions due to inadequate sanitation. More specifically, in 2006, losses were...

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...

Mangalore: BASF Launches Major ‘Water Education’ Project...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherUN-HABITAT and BASF Foundation have jointly launched a water education programme in schools across Mangalore with the hope of improving water quality...

Start Ups: Rising Tide Of Angels Boosts...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndia is seeing an increasing number of angel investors channelling risk capital towards early stage companies. With the development of incubation centers...

3G, WiMax Critical To Rural India
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherHemant Joshi, a partner with Deloitte Haskins and Sells, shares his views on the role of 3G and WiMax technologies in the...

Japanese Giants Produce For Emerging-Market Consumers To...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherJapanese companies are beginning to have more of a focus on people within lower income levels in emerging markets. Recently, Japanese company,...

Changing The World For Girls? Start In...
Category: India, Jobs | Sector: Other"If you are a social entrepreneur with ambition, you want to work in a country where your efforts can have a huge...

Indian Microlender Raises $30 Mln From IFC
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherDespite the controversy surrounding the Indian microfinance industry, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $30 million into microfinance institution (MFI) Bandhan....

India’s Oldest Microfinance Firm On The Verge...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndia’s oldest microfinance institution, BSFL or Basix, is on the verge of closure due to reduced loan repayments and inability to raise...

New Markets Push Handicraft Exports 26 Pc...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherHigh growth in the export of Indian handicrafts could benefit artisans across the country. Though products have traditionally been exported to the...

Push To Affordable Housing
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherWashington D.C. based Ashoka Innovators for the Public is set to work with a large network of social entrepreneurs, NGOs, international and...

Mobile Technology For Rural India Through Social...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndian social enterprise, VNL, which makes environmentally friendly telecom equipment for rural markets, was recognized in the m-Business & Commerce category of...