Articles by Rishabh Kaul
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Guest Articles
Monday
May 2
2011Sankalp 2011: A Guide to What’s in Store at India’s Largest Social Investor Summit
Sankalp 2011, India’s largest social investment summit will take place in Mumbai between May 5-6, bringing together over 150 investors, 400-plus enterprises and several prolific thought leaders in the development and responsible business space. This year forum goes global with two forums lined up later in the year to be held in Africa and the USA.
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- Social Enterprise
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- impact investing
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Friday
April 1
2011HarVa: Harnessing the value of Rural India
In an era where enterprises working at the BoP are busy finding their niche, a start-up named HarVa comes along with its sector agnosticism and pretty much says that they will do anything that harnesses the value of rural India.
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Wednesday
February 23
2011Learning From Narayana’s Lean Model to Scale Services
Narayana Hrudayalaya performs 12 percent India’s total heart - more than heart than most hospitals in the world. Yet, by following a lean model that would make Toyota envious, Dr. Devi Shetty and other physicians have radically reduced surgical costs, while mortality rates remain consistently lower than some of the best hospitals in New York.
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- Health Care
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- scale
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Wednesday
January 19
2011Frugal Innovation: The Case of Zari
Frugal innovation in most developing countries ensures that locally sourced materials/produced goods will be in higher demand, which in some cases open up interesting new business opportunities. One such opportunity is adapting age-old (and extremely low-cost) Indian embroidery techniques for high-tech vision treatments.
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Guest Articles
Thursday
October 21
2010Transactions Without Borders: The March of Mobile Money
The term "unbanked" does not always equate to "unbankable." In fact, it’s often simply a case of banks being unreachable. In his latest book, Sam Pitroda explains that the digital wallet is going to change the very concept of money, leading to financial and social inclusion.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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Tuesday
October 12
2010Book Your Calendar for NSEF ’Confluence’
National Student Entrepreneurship Forum is hosting its annual meeting, "Confluence," on Oct. 23 and features an impressive speaker line up from some of the top organizations in this sector.
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Saturday
August 7
2010An Online Platform to Preserve Traditional Indian Handicrafts
Aporv, an online handicrafts store connects rural Indian artisans to the international customers and thus promotes and preserves Indian traditional art as well as ensure that their livelihood is sustained.
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Wednesday
July 28
2010Stories from Sarvajal’s Turf: Cartels
Cartels engage in price fixing, which can become a hindrance to any business. It becomes a challenging task to then engage in marketing while ensuring the security of your stakeholders as well as expanding the business. In the Stories from Sarvajal series, Rishabh describes his experience working at Sarvajal, a for profit water enterprise.
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