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The Caterpillar Foundation and Water.org recently launched a $3 million partnership to promote water and sanitation services in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu....

India’s first e-toilets called Delight were installed in December 2010 in Kerala. Having been designed to meet India’s dire sanitation needs and...

Forbes recently profiled Poop Rewards, a start-up company which won the ‘Start-up Weekend Delhi’ business plan competition. The organization aims to leverage...

IT C is set to share its new business model for ITC e-Choupal, the ten-year old initiative that has helped create a...

The World Bank has recently approved $155.3 million in credit for the Second Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (KRWSS) to...

A recent Mint article profiled winners of the Manthan Award, South Asia, which supports start-ups using information and communication technology (ICT) for...

The International Finance Corporation has recently started providing advisory services to Ananya Finance for Inclusive Growth Private Limited, in order to help...

How we made it in Africa’s Loraine Stander interviews Frank Braeken, Unilever’s executive Vice President for Africa on the company’s strategy to...

A Times of India article discusses how Coca-Cola is investing $2 billion in India over the next five years, and how tailoring...

The new book, I Have a Dream by Rashmi Bansal, an Indian economics and management graduate, includes a number of case studies...

As the Indian microfinance industry goes through operational and regulatory change due to the crisis in Andhra Pradesh last year, a new...

The International Finance Corporation has recently partnered with Indian microfinance franchising company IntelleCash. The partnership will enable IntelleCash to provide services to...

Hyderabad-based Waterlife Private Ltd., which installs safe water systems in rural and urban areas, has received an investment of approximately $5 million...

The Wall Street Journal reports that given the microfinance crisis in India over the past year, the industry will likely eventually revive,...

Management consultancy, McKinsey, has recently found that brand owners have much to gain if they pay close attention and tailor their products...

Reserve Bank of India regulation for the microfinance industry has prompted several microfinance institutions to reevaluate their strategies and either shut down...

A recent Times of India news article, details the benefits of non-profit organization, Industree Crafts Association, which helps connect low-income Indian artisans...

The Schwab Foundation has recently named Neelam Chhiber, Founder of Industree Crafts Foundation in India, as the ‘Indian Social Entrepreneurship of the...

A recent Business Standard article discusses the evolution of Indian microfinance institutions (MFI) SKS Microfinance, which had an initial public offering (IPO)...

The Northeastern state of Tripura has invested in making homeopathy available to thousands of its residents by investing in ICT to deliver...

Long a scourge of land owners and those building homes and offices in India, the government is introducing legislation that will require...

Responding to worker housing needs, many manufacturing companies across India are building low cost houding for blue collar workers to reduce labour...

David Calhoun, CEO of information and measurement company, Nielsen Holdings discusses how international clients can “learn from the innovations of Indian marketers...

The Caterpillar Foundation – the philanthropic arm of manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, Caterpillar Inc. – has partnered with Water.org –...

Indian telecommunications company Vodafone and HDFC Bank are planning to launch a mobile banking service in 2012 called ‘m-Paisa’, which would offer...

By ELLIOT HANNON / NEW DELHI, posted on Dasra.org As the US and Europe inch toward the holiday season, Indian festivities are...

Published in the Economic Times, November 21, 2011  Age at starting business: 30 years Company name: Intellecap Headquarters: Hyderabad Seed capital: Rs...