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Acara Summer Institute 2011 Day#1 Highlights

Vishy KurugantiJune 28, 20113 mins

Acara Institute Co-founder Fred Rose (pic courtesy acarainstitute.org) As I wrote in my introductory post on Acara last week, the Acara Summer Institute 2011 is in full swing this week at the…

Bangalore BOP Salary Trends on Babajob – visualized

Vishy KurugantiJune 27, 20111 mins

A few months ago, we covered Babajob’s 4-year journey – A monster in the making: the Babajob story. During our meeting, Sean Blagsvedt (Babajob CEO) mentioned that they were working on visualizing the…

The Acara Institute Challenge: inspiring social entrepreneurship at the university level

Vishy KurugantiJune 24, 20112 mins

Pic courtesy acarainstitute.org [Editor’s Note: In the past fortnight, I had a Skype call with Fred Rose, Co-Founder & CEO of Acara Institute, and a meeting with Arun Patre, their India Manager. The…

India's Largest Rural BPO's ambitious plan to create 'hubs' in every rural district

Vishy KurugantiJune 23, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: Yesterday I drove up to Whitefield to meet Murali Vullaganti, co-founder and CEO of India’s largest rural BPO, Rural Shores. What I heard must have excited me because I’m publishing…

Some GDP and health trends from Gapminder

Vishy KurugantiJune 22, 20111 mins

A friend alerted me to Gapminder.org a while ago and today I finally sampled some of their amazing datasets via their nifty Trendalyzer. If you haven’t heard of Gapminder, their mission statement…

BPO-level education for illiterate villagers in 8 months!

Vishy KurugantiJune 21, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last month I spent a few hours chatting with Sunil Savara at his Koramangala office. Savara is co-founder of Head Held High, a social enterprise with aspirations to become the largest…

Vaatsalya's affordable and high quality healthcare formula for smaller towns

Vishy KurugantiJune 20, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: On the sidelines of Sankalp 2011, I had the opportunity to briefly meet Dr. Ashwin Naik, Founder & CEO of the Vaatsalya chain of hospitals. I finally caught up with him in person at…

Oh Crap! Where's the One Potty Per Household Project?

Vishy KurugantiJune 14, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last week, I spent a few hours with the Arghyam management team – Sunita Nadhamuni (CEO) and Vijay Krishna (Director, R&D and head of India Water Portal (one of Arghyam’s key offerings…

India's Ashoka Fellows

Vishy KurugantiJune 10, 20113 mins

Pic: courtesy india.ashoka.org [Editor’s Note: Last month, I sat down with Solomon Prakash for the first of what promises to be many more interesting conversations. Solomon is a serial social…

Rural BPO Desicrew lands Series A funding

Vishy KurugantiMay 27, 20112 mins

Rural BPO: career opportunity for the educated villager (Pic: courtesy outsourceportfolio.com) [Editor’s Note: I finally caught up with Rajiv Kuchhal in person yesterday. Rajiv is an angel investor…

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