Articles by Perzen Patel
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Guest Articles
Tuesday
December 31
20138 Defining Milestones in India’s Social Enterprise Landscape
As India celebrates its 67th year of freedom on Thursday (Aug. 15), it seems poignant to pause and reflect on eight milestones that have played an important role in shaping India’s social enterprise landscape and the lessons they teach us.
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- Energy, Social Enterprise
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Thursday
June 6
2013Diagnosing Jaundice by Phone: How ClikJaundice is using mobile technology to empower parents at the BoP
Jaundice is a potentially serious but easily treatable condition affecting about half of the world’s newborns. But at the BoP, limited access to health care can make it difficult to diagnose, putting babies at risk of severe brain damage. Now, in India, a new mobile tech product called ClikJaundice is providing remote diagnosis of jaundice at an affordable price.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Guest Articles
Monday
May 27
2013NextThought Monday: Barefoot Power looks to reduce the cost of living off-grid in India
Founded in 2005, Barefoot Power has created affordable lighting and phone charging products tailored for low-income markets – including 20 developing countries across Africa, America and, more recently, China. To ensure that Barefoot Power can rapidly expand within the focus states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh by mid-2013 and make safe and affordable energy options more accessible, the company is focused on a two-pronged distribution approach.
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- Energy
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Monday
April 8
2013NexThought Monday: Strategies for Doing Business in Emerging, Diverse Rural India
Only12 percent of India’s population lives in cities, the remaining 88 percent of people are not reaping many of the economic benefits from the country’s evolving leadership status and associate growth. Rural poverty remains rampant; as a result, innovative thinking is required to meet the needs of India’s majority.
I spoke with Pradeep Kashyap, the CEO and Founder of MART, one of India’s leading emerging markets consulting firm, about the opportunities and challenges of creating innovations for rural Indian markets- Categories
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Friday
March 8
2013“The Female Sanitary Revolution”: Disruptive innovations break taboos to promote women’s health
Every 28 days across the globe, half the world’s population menstruates. This presents a major challenge for millions of girls and women in BoP countries who can’t afford sanitary napkins. Cheaper alternatives like newspaper or rags are ineffective and unhygienic, often leading to health risks and absences at school or work. Fortunately, new innovations promise to lower prices and revolutionize female sanitation at the BoP.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Guest Articles
Monday
February 25
2013Ennovent, University Impact Fund Reveal New Research on the Business of Health Care in India: The industry will reach $280 billion by 2020
Estimates project that the Indian health care industry will grow from its current value of $40 billion to $280 billion by 2020. Yet resource shortages in low-income markets have resulted in a lack of quality health care that is affordable and accessible. And NGOs aren’t addressing many of these markets’ greatest needs. New research from Ennovent and the University Impact Fund reveals a wealth of opportunities for businesses to fill this gap.
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- Education, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- public health, research
