A Change for Tomorrow
I have been reading The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley recently and was amazed with the amount of research which went in to write the …
SocietyForward
World of Ideas…
I was recently reading an interview of Mr. Narayana Murty on Rediff and decided to write this post. Mr. Murthy, in his interview touches upon …
Power of Cooperatives
Last Friday, I was at a book shop and the first book I stumbled upon was I too had a dream. I was looking for …
Social Entrepreneurs in India – Part 1
I was searching for a central repository of Social Entrepreneurs in India to understand various social concerns which are being addressed. Unfortunately, when I searched …
Interesting OpenSource Sites
Over the period of time, organizations have evolved and changed the way they played the game. Once upon a time, organizations were masters in what …
Banking on Social Change – Seeking Financial Solutions for All
I am a bit late in writing about this project, but this is an initiative from ChangeMakers, an organization associated with Ashoka for providing Social and Financial Security …
Microplace
Microfinance is a very popular term and it has become a very lucrative business for many organizations. However, there is a lot of difference between …
Social Entrepreneur of Year 2007
The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation and The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in collaboration with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Confederation of India …
WEF Tech Pioneers 2007
Recently, i was going through the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers 2007 list which has been published. This list is published every year recognizing the …
BCT – Visit Report
On the 19 September, I visited Bhagavatula Charitable Trust, a Not-for-Profit organization who’s vision is “To transform 100 villages in 3 mandalas, viz. Yellamanchilli, Atchyutapuram …