Author Archive:
Alison Bukhari
Collaborating internationally to empower Indian women
As a philanthropy advisor in the UK with a focus on India, I have had a difficult year listening to the growing opinion that we should scale back our philanthropic funding to a country with …
Support infrastructure for social enterprise – persuading the investor to be more entrepreneurial
Re-envisioning capitalism is a constant theme at the moment. As the global economy continues to reel from a financial crisis that seems to have no end in sight, people are starting to question what ‘traditional …
Developing Indian philanthropy to reduce overseas development aid
As someone who spends their working days (and the hours either side) thinking about India or directing strategic capital to high-potential social entrepreneurs in the sub-continent, I feel I have to respond, albeit a little …
Cardinal knowledge: creating a philanthropy bridge
Whether or not you believe in using cardinal points to describe developed and emerging countries, whether here in London we are in the North or the West, whether India is the South or the East, …
The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook: How to start, build and run a business that improves the world
Sitting here in Mumbai having spent a few days last week facilitating Dasra’s skills-building programme for social entrepreneurs, Dasra Social-Impact, it seems an apt time to be reviewing The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook. Rupert Scofield’s book …
Supporting Indian social entrepreneurs with ‘more than just money’
Philanthropists and social sector leaders exist in a vicious circle. Social entrepreneurs on the ground are so caught up in running their day-to-day operations that they have very little time to put their head above …
