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Differences between CSR and CSV (Creating Shared Value)

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 16, 20121 mins

Earlier this week, I wrote an overview post on Creating Shared Value. In the foreword, I loosely described the Shared Value concept as ‘CSR on steroids’. As though anticipating such loose…

India's Most Impactful Social Enterprises (unsorted working list)

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 16, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy universetoday.com Editor’s Note: I should caution readers that this is a work-in-progress topic. The primary purpose of this post is to complete the contender list in each category. Ever…

Just WHAT exactly is Shared Value?

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 14, 20123 mins

A few months ago, I attended a very interesting panel discussion organized by Forbes India. It was my introduction to Shared Value – a concept which, loosely speaking, is like ‘Corporate Social…

Key nuggets from Bill Gates' Annual Letter 2012 – Global Health

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 09, 20122 mins

This is Part 2 of TechSangam’s review of the 2012 Annual Letter from Bill Gates. The Gates letter covers 4 broad areas – Innovation in Agriculture, Global Health, US Education, and Foundation Updates…

Key nuggets from Bill Gates' Annual Letter 2012 – Innovation in Agriculture

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 08, 20123 mins

If you have time, you really should read the complete text of the 2012 Annual Letter from Bill Gates. But I know you live in a multi-screen world with thousands of tweets, status updates, and vids…

Road Reclamation – The Ugly Indian Way

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 06, 20121 mins

The first few news articles I read this morning were depressing ones about the UP elections. That probably explains my less than cheerful previous post. “A quick Facebook session should lift my…

Understanding the medieval battle for Uttar Pradesh

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 06, 20122 mins

Scene from UP’s Kushinagar – constituency with most # of criminal background candidates (Pic: courtesy bbc.co.uk) Last week we learnt, from a perusal of an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR…

UP Election Candidate Insights from ADR's National Election Watch

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 31, 20122 mins

Uttar Pradesh’s districts (Map courtesy mapsofindia.com) National Election Watch (NEW), a nationwide campaign comprising of more than 1200 NGO and other citizen led organizations working on electoral…

WaterAid's Review of Total Sanitation Campaign

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 27, 20123 mins

[Possibly TechSangam’s 1st Oops moment: A friend/reader just alerted me to the fact that the WaterAid report, on which this post is based of, is from 2008 and not 2012 as I had assumed. Will hunt for…

The not so curious affair of IAS officer Raju Narayana Swamy

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 25, 20124 mins

Update (Jul 27, 2012): Wrote a follow-up post – What’s up with Raju Narayana Swamy these days? An appeal (see below) is making the rounds on Facebook today. An academic pedigree to die for, top of the…

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