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Key recommendations for growing the social sector in India
‘Firms die, industries prosper’ – this was the conclusion of Jayant Sinha of Omidyar Network at the recent Impact Investor Forum in Bangalore, run by Dasra and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and Omidyar Network. …
‘Imagine if Google had to create the internet first before it could operate’
The growth of Swasth India, a provider of affordable healthcare services to low-income households in the slums of Mumbai, demonstrates the potential of social enterprise. Sundeep Kapilla and Ankur Pegu established Swasth in 2008 to …
What’s in a corporate foundation name? An Indian perspective
The topic of what name to give to a corporate foundation has great relevance in an Indian context since creating trusts and foundations still remains the favourite route to CSR practised by Indian companies. According …
Does India Inc really market its cause?
In today’s world of ‘global-philanthropy-meets-consumerism’, purchase sees an attached taste of feelgood. As more and more consumers flock towards ‘responsible’ product buys and as a large number of brands seek non-traditional perspectives as ways to …
What you need to know about foreign aid (and why we need to protect it)
These past weeks, the international conversation about aid to developing countries has been heating up. Does Britain’s decision to cut foreign aid to India foretell a shift in the relationship between traditional donor countries and middle-income …
Sh*t matters
I’ve been talking a lot of sh*t the last few weeks – with various events conspiring to get me on the topic of toilets, sanitation and hygiene! Dasra decided back in February this year to …
Giving back is fun: A tool to enhance employee engagement for corporate India
Around this time last year, the Securities and Exchange Board of India passed the Companies Bill, which prescribed that corporations in India try to spend at least 2%, if not more, of their average net …
A legacy beyond London: can the Games inspire India’s girls?
As London launches into its post mortem of the Olympics and Paralympics and the legacy question rears its head, I have been hearing stories from further afield that tell of the Games’ influence in remote …
Recycling to aid a basic yet unaddressed need of underprivileged India
As the retail and apparel industry across the globe gets increasingly inundated with labels, styles and trends, we are becoming, or at least looking, more fashion-forward than ever before. This is even true in India, …
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 …
