[TC-I Call to Action] Samhita Social Ventures and TC-I Managing Editor

ThinkChange India is partnering with Samhita Social Ventures.  Samhita Social Ventures aims to provide social organizations with access to funds, people, knowledge, networks and customers.  Samhita is supported by Nadathur S. Raghvan, founder and former Joint MD of Infosys.

Samhita is…

[TC-I Changemakers] An interview with Shabnam Aggarwal of MILLEE

Editor’s note: The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with interviews of people we believe are at the brink of something special but have for the most part been overlooked by the mainstream media. Readers will be…

Don’t miss India’s largest Social Investment Forum – Sankalp 2010!

Are you all set to meet with some of the best and most dynamic social for-profit businesses? Observe how enterprises looking to establish and scale find projectile? And participate in a buzzing confluence of some of the most dedicated and…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

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Building a Generation of Changemakers – reflections from E4SI (apply by Mar 7)

A number of immersion programs exist that attempt to make the youth aware about development challenges in India. Some examples include Grassroutes, Teach for India and Engineers for Social Impact (E4SI). As the application deadline for this year’s E4SI fellowship approaches (7 March,…

[TC-I Call to Action]: Yale University’s Global Social Entrepreneurship Course seeking Indian social enterprises

Once again, Yale University is holding its Global Social Entrepreneurship course during Fall 2010, and is looking for Indian social enterprises to participate.

A core goal of the program is to link teams of Yale students with mission-driven social entrepreneurs in…

[TC-I Changemakers] First Energy to change the way rural India cooks

The ThinkChange India staff is committed to providing our readers with interviews with people we believe are at the brink of something special but have for the most part been overlooked by the mainstream media. Readers will be able to…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

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Delinquency risk to be a major issue?

CGAP’s Microfinance Blog posted a short piece on the risk of delinquency in microfinance that occurs when people take on too much debt by applying for microloans from multiple lenders simultaneously. This is a significant issue, something we have written about…

Stories as a means to cultural pluralism

I didn’t read books until I was 21 – no, seriously. I don’t remember reading anything other the Hindu Daily’s last page (sports) and textbooks to get through school. And I regret it wholeheartedly. I wish upon every child to…