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		<title>Agastya  &#8211; transforming education in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the chance to visit Agastya's operations in Hubli earlier this year. Agastya is a NGO based in India that is hoping to transform the educational system by making it more interactive, experimental and interesting for children. Recently Ramji Raghavan, Agastya's founder visited Boston and I had occasion to meet and hear him speak passionately about why he started Agastya after a career in banking.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=290&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First-hand Village Level Perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit the Deshpande Foundation’s Social Entrepreneurship Sandbox in the Hubli/Dharwad area. The Foundation was established by Desh Deshpandeand his wife Jaishree.  As part of their effort, they have brought together 25 young Indians, who have shown a commitment to the social sector, for a year long fellowship program. Each fellow is expected to work with a village and understand the issues first hand.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=150&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mann Deshi Mahila Bank &#8211; a Women&#8217;s bank</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/06/29/mann-deshi-mahila-bank-a-womens-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently micro-finance has caught the attention of the public specially after Prof. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2006. One of the challenges that micro-finance faces is that beyond providing its borrowers with credit, it needs to make sure that they also have marketable skills and training that will increase their income generating capacity and the required business skills to help them manage their enterprises.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=22&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BAIF Development Research Foundation – Sustainable Development To Support Rural Families</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/06/27/12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to spend a month in India and visited several NGOs while there. One of the innovative organizations is BAIF (Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation) -- I visited their operations outside of Hubli in Northern Karnataka state and wrote an article about their work for Lokvani.com, that I have reproduced below<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=12&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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