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2017 Vera Fellowship Vera Fellows are full-time employees of the company and have the title of Associate Consultant. As a Fellow, you’ll...

As India's working population reaches 55% of the country's total population over the next 10 years and poor or low-income Indians graduate...

India is a world leader in Information Technology; however, its information and communication infrastructure is extremely poor. In a nation where there...

The World Bank has approved $13.7 billion to 40 Indian projects over four years. The financial resources will help develop projects across...

The Asian Development Bank is establishing a $250 million guarantee fund for loans to microfinance institutions from regional banks. The program would...

Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network has provided The Foundation for Ecological Security with a grant of $2.1 million to be disbursed over...

With 70% of the Indian population living in rural areas and contributing to 30-60% of consumer goods, the country is leveraging a...

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has said “India is ready to improve the quality of life of the common through e-Governance services”. His...

WWW 2011, the 20th annual World Wide Web conference is being held in Hyderabad, India. The conference seeks to address the issues...

A few years ago, Mumbai-based Piramal Foundation established Source for Change, the first all-women BPO in India. In doing so, the organization...

In collaboration with the national government, the Uttar Pradesh state government held a workshop in UP in early January to promote bamboo...

Vishnu Swaminathan, Director of the Ashoka Foundation, discusses some of the problems with low-cost housing solutions in big metros such as Delhi...

Indian MFI CASHPOR Microcredit recently received $7 million in funding from Grameen Foundation and Grameen Capital India, which was made available through...

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh’s third largest city, has become the first city in India to guarantee universal access to treated water. Under the...

Less than two years old, Eco-Save India, is a renewable energy service provider that fits residential, industrial, commercial, and public buildings with...

Meira Kumar, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, has proposed the development of a University for Artisans. The university would allow artisans...

An ABC News interview with Cynthia Koenig from New York highlights the Wello Water Wheel, a 25 gallon drum used to transport...

Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, co-founders of the Institute of Urbanology write from Mumbai, India about the harm that social entrepreneurs could...

India’s XLRI, School of Business and Human Resources, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Santa Clara University in the United States....

India’s Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD) has designed training modules specifically on microfinance given the recent developments in Andhra Pradesh and...

Insurance companies are developing a greater number of options for rural Indian and low-income customers. Leveraging grassroots representatives such as a milk...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced a national government initiative to make India slum-free. The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme seeks...

India’s poor are finding easier access to home loans but there is some concern that this trend echos the sub-prome crisis that...

Deloitte in India appears optimistic about growth in the mobile value added services market. With rapid growth expected to continue, industry players...

Next Billion interview with Hindustan Unilever’s former Chairman and MD, Vindi Banga. Focuses on the success of HUL’s Shakti Entrepreneurship Program, a...

India is excepted to become the first country to track its natural wealth. Managed by the World Bank, it will be part...

Indian conglomerate Tata Group continues to develop products and services for low-income markets. The company, which has already developed the least expensive...