This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), a Singapore-based platform for social investors, is preparing to more than double membership from India over the following 12 months. The platform, among other things,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Bangladesh, nearly half of 55 million urban residents lack the sanitation infrastructure to properly process human waste. The result: massive amounts of raw waste is unsafely dumped, fouling the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Time and time again Naren has seen that organizations cannot achieve scale without “grassroots reach,” or the trust factor in a community. Therefore, SVP India seeks to partner with organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Management education as a fad began spreading like wildfire when the top management colleges in India started attracting multi-national organizations offering huge remuneration to the fresh-out-of-college students. It came with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As most of us were returning to work after a well-deserved winter holiday, a small group of SVP partners and staff crossed time zones to India to take part in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Overwhelming because of its sheer size: [India] is a country of 1.2 billion people with over 3 million NGOs. It is hard to grasp how one can even begin to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Knowing what “change” you want to see in the world, and how you can encourage it, are important steps in the journey of philanthropy. Then comes execution—what will it really…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Educate Girls development impact bond is at risk of validating its premise. With the bond, Educate Girls aims to improve education for 15,000 children, 9,000 of them girls, in…
Properly done, corporate social responsibility efforts should be meaningful and impact-oriented says Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Trusts. Read the source article at The Bridgespan Group
Why has the readily available and continuous wide-spread access to information not yet eradicated poverty in much of the world? Anik Singal explores how one initiative is currently accelerating social…
Rohini Nilekani of the Akshara Foundation, explains in this video how India can benefit from more discussions on philanthropy. Nilekani is the Founder-Chairperson of Arghyam, a foundation she set up…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pitched between a forested ridge and the boundless sprawl of Mumbai, the village of Kokanipada is home to 2,000 people, most of whom work as day laborers in India’s financial…