The poor in India spend about INR 280 bn (USD 6.2 bn) on healthcare every year. The majority of this expenditure is on in-patient care (30%) and drugs during outpatient care (33%). In fact, poor households spend more on health-care than the average household in India! There is an acute need for social enterprises that [...]
December 5, 2011
Sankalp Summit 2012 is delighted to announce four new partnerships with AKSI (Indonesian Association Social Entrepreneurship), IDOBRO, MentorEdge and DASRA
December 5, 2011
Sankalp Alumnus and leading social enterprise in the education sector, Butterfly Fields, won a case study competition themed “Democratizing Innovation: A Game Changer for Inclusive Growth” as part of the 3rd Global Innovation Conference held by AIMA (All India Management Association). Butterfly Fields, founded in 2005, has impacted over 100,000 students across many cities in [...]
December 5, 2011
IFC to Invest upto 20 Percent in Zephyr Peacock and Aloe Environment Fund Aloe Environment Fund is targeting to raise between $265 – $400Mn for its fund III that will focus on investments in the clean energy sector. IFC has proposed an equity investment of $25Mn or upto 20 percent of the total commitment to [...]
December 1, 2011
Sankalp Forum partner Ashoka India is inviting nominations from social entrepreneurs in the Rural Innovation and Farming (RIF) space. They seek to support individuals who are creating path breaking solutions to address rural problems and are committed to spreading them across the country. Ashoka Fellows bring in new perspectives to address existing problems. For example , [...]
November 21, 2011
We are teaming up with the entrepreneurship champions at TiE Ahmedabad, to bring the Sankalp Capital Raising Workshop to Ahmedabad, on Friday, December 9. This is specially tailored for for-profit enterprises which have a positive social or environmental impact as a result of their business operations. The workshop will be facilitated by a leading investment banker, and [...]
November 14, 2011
We are teaming up with one of India’s leading entrepreneurship champions, TiE Delhi – NCR, to bring the Sankalp Investor – Entrepreneur Clinic and Capital Raising Workshop to Delhi, on Saturday, November 26. The Sankalp Investor-Entrepreneur Clinic is an informal opportunity for promoters of emerging enterprises to pitch their business models to a small and closed [...]
November 9, 2011
This article originally appeared in Next Billion. Around the world, India has developed a well-deserved reputation as a hotbed of social enterprise activity. Yet, despite the well-publicized successes of enterprises such as Husk Power and E-Health Point, India’s wealth of social entrepreneurs face significant challenges in their efforts to build and then scale their socially-driven [...]
November 1, 2011
Access to affordable education remains a challenge in most developing nations. As Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) communities look to meet basic needs, it is undeniable that access to education remains one of their top priorities. Beyond challenges of access, it is also crucial to address challenges of teaching methodoligies. K Sharath Chandra, Founder Butterfly [...]
November 1, 2011
Sankalp Summit 2012 is delighted to announce five new partnerships with Leopard Capital, SOW Asia, Asia Value Advisors, Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion, and ISB. Would you like to partner with us? Get in touch!
December 5, 2011