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After nearly 25 years of work involving multi-institution, multi-country collaboration, India last week announced its first locally developed anti-diarrhoea vaccine. Effective against a strain of Rotavirus that causes severe diarrhoea among children under five in India, this vaccine is one of the emerging examples which show how the world in general, and India in particular, needs a different model..read full article ›››
Growing rural demand is making Godrej Appliances target consumers at the bottom of the pyramid with new products....read more ›››
Hyderabad-based Caspian Advisors has said it would set up a $40-million fund to provide debt capital to a wide....read more ›››
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Charity
Today Dasra launches their fourth Philanthropy Week, designed to be India’s leading thought provoking platform...read more ›››
Vodafone India launches ‘World of Difference’ programme
Fair Trade Products
The Guardian profiles FairMail, a social enterprise that works with at-risk teenagers in Peru and India to produce...read more ›››
Gender/Women
A recent news article profiles Neetu Sidhu and Allie Taylor, founders of REVIVAL Style, a social enterprise that...read more ›››
Handicrafts
A recent Times of India news article, details the benefits of non-profit organization, Industree Crafts Association,...read more ›››
Diary of a social entrepreneur
Re-wrap Helps Revive Art & Sustainable Communities in Rural India
Health
In another move to bring essential healthcare products to low-income communities in India, GE Healthcare will soon...read more ›››
Revolutionising healthcare for the poor
Illiterate, they perform root canal operation
Housing
Accion, the international organisation focused on financial services for the underserved and Saama Capital, an...read more ›››
Affordable housing finance company Dewan to raise $100m
New Law to benefit home buyers
Media
Bloomberg TV India, India’s business news channel, has announced the launch of “Down To Earth’, a TV series that...read more ›››
TED revokes TEDx Chennai license
Guardian article on Social Enterprise in India
Microfinance
Microfinance firm Grameen Financial Services Pvt Ltd, popularly known as Grameen Koota, has raised its third round...read more ›››
Microfinance institutions selling cycles to survive
Responsible lending key to microfinance
Microinsurance
Financial service business, Shriram Group, has received a $15 million investment from LeapFrog Investment, a $135...read more ›››
Jointly devising viable risk covers
LeapFrog to Invest up to $40 Million in India
Real Estate
A New York Times article explores the paradox of India: large cities with shopping malls, luxury stores, and massive...read more ›››
Retail
German sportswear maker, Adidas, plans to sell a pair of shoes for $1 in India. The company will sell the shoes...read more ›››
Chotuwash, and more
Coca-Cola India rejigs ops to push growth
Rural Economy
A new fund, the Be! Fund, launched in July 2011, is increasingly creating awareness among aspiring local entrepreneurs...read more ›››
Financial Education in Rural Areas
In Rural India, Manufacturing Is Booming
Technology
Indian social enterprise Action for India (AFI) recently held its annual forum on the role of technology in helping...read more ›››
Data collection and collation made easy
The next step for rural banking
Tourism
YES Bank and Queen Margaret University in Scotland are collaborating in order to develop a cooperative tourism...read more ›››
'Slum Tourism' for Impact?: Reality Tours couples education and social change
Transportation
A NextBillion guest post by Akshay Mani discusses a range of issues that auto rickshaw drivers in India face including...read more ›››
Utilities
Indian sustainable construction project developer MAG is constructing private housing equipped for use of renewable...read more ›››
Solar lights add glow to villages