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Sakhi Retail: Maharashtra's rural distribution and marketing network

Vishy KurugantiJuly 12, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: I had a brief conversation with Upmanyu Patil (CEO of Sakhi Retail) on the sidelines of Sankalp Forum 2011. Last week, I followed up with a phone conversation. This post is the result…

Eko India Financial Services raises $5.5 million round from Creation Investments

Vishy KurugantiJuly 10, 20114 mins

We had written about Eko Financial Services in a two-part series (Part 1 linked here). Today they are announcing the closing of a $5.5 million funding round from Creation Investments, a Chicago-based…

Corruption Cases in the Indian States – a Visual Story

Vishy KurugantiJuly 08, 20111 mins

Our good friends at PRS Legislative Services took 10-years of corruption case data (2000-2009) from National Crime Records Bureau and created a very useful visualization using Tableau. I’ll start off…

Teaser on Banerjee-Duflo's Poor Economics

Vishy KurugantiJuly 07, 20113 mins

I cannot recall the last time I looked forward so much to reading a book on economics. But after reading the reviews of Poor Economics (by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo) and hearing from friends…

Somaiya Trust's Help-A-Child scholarship for college students

Vishy KurugantiJuly 06, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: A retweet in my Twitter stream took me to Andrea McLeod’s profile where I learned that she manages the fundraising and communication functions at Mumbai-based Somaiya Trust. A few…

CSTEP: World-class research meets policy and decision making

Vishy KurugantiJuly 05, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last month, I had a meeting with Dr. S.S. Krishnan, Principal Research Scientist and Energy Efficiency category lead at Bangalore-based CSTEP. This post is based on our conversation…

Surprise Surprise! The crown jewels in India's Midday Meal Programs are Charitable Trusts

Vishy KurugantiJuly 03, 20114 mins

Akshaya Patra, a Sanskrit term with origins in the famous Hindu epic Mahabharata, translates to inexhaustible vessel. A public charitable trust which provides nutritious, high quality and tasty mid…

Akshaya Patra in 24 Pictures

Vishy KurugantiJuly 01, 20111 mins

A few months ago, a friend forwarded an email with 24 pictures of the Akshaya Patra kitchen workflow. If Akshaya Patra is ever asked to use only 24 pictures for a fundraising pitch, they should use…

War stories from Ashoka Fellow Solomon Prakash

Vishy KurugantiJune 30, 20112 mins

Solomon Prakash knows a thing or two about social entrepreneurship. After all, he’s devoted the last 20 years in pioneering work in education, poverty alleviation, employment and labor related social…

Global Easy Water Products' Journey to Profitability and Beyond

Vishy KurugantiJune 29, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: On the sidelines of Sankalp Forum 2011 (which changed the pace of this blog last month), I had a brief conversation with the affable Om Prakash Singh, CEO of Global Easy Water Products…

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