Articles by Rishabh Kaul
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Monday
July 12
2010Piramal Prize Accepting Entires for its 2nd Edition
Piramal Foundation in partnership with CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad is accepting applications for the 2nd Piramal Prize to identify, support and acknowledge ventures that are helping solve the healthcare crisis in India. Last date for entries, 15th August.
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Thursday
July 1
2010Stories from Sarvajal’s Turf
This summer I have been working in Sarvajal’s franchise business development (FBD) team. My journeys took me to remotest corners of Gujarat, where I traveled extensively in the outback and lived with the franchisee as a member of his family. Sarvajal believes what they are doing is creating soft IP in rural marketing through their FBD teams.
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Friday
April 23
2010Government Sanitary Napkin Scheme Threatens BoP Innovator
A. Muruganatham and his invention, a machine that can churn out 120 sanitary napkins an hour, has been creating a lot of waves in the developmental sector. A high school drop out, Muruganatham created his machine after realizing that there was an immense need for low cost sanitary napkin at the base of the pyramid.
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Thursday
April 1
2010NSEF: A Net Impact for India?
National Social Entrepreneurship Forum plans to open centers of excellence in campuses all across the country to promote social entrepreneurship amongst the Indian youth
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Tuesday
February 16
2010Apply now to be an E4SI fellow!
E4SI is a unique fellowship opportunity for Indian youth from some of the most prestigious technical schools to spend their summers working in dynamic responsible businesses.
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Friday
February 5
2010Moringa Oleifera: Miracle Tree for the Rural Poor?
A recurring theme in romantic novels and movies is that you travel all over the world to finally find what you were searching for, right where you began. Could it be that the answer to malnutrition and self sustaining communities be a plant which has been growing in their back yard for all this time?
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Monday
February 1
2010Using Knowledge from the Informal Economy to Create Sustainable Ventures
There’s huge potential for the knowledge of informal sectors to be leveraged and introduced into the formal economy. Once entrepreneurs and investors start realizing this and giving it due recognition, I’m confident that we’ll see India’s villages achieve growth at a much faster rates.
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Tuesday
December 15
2009On the Way to Copenhagen: The Business of Climate Change Adaptation
As COP15 enters its final week it’s timely to ask what role business can play, especially in addressing the effects of climate change in the lives of the poor.
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