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		<title>Another successful year for ForSE 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another successful conference on Social Entrepreneurship was held on October 23rd, this time at Babson College in Boston's Wellesley suburb. Details on the conference and photos were posted in a local e-magazine, Lokvani.com and are reproduced for those who could not attend. For details go to  
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		<title>Why you need to go beyond the numbers to view rural poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past decade, much progress has been made in India and people have been justifiably proud of the improving economic situation. While most observers point to the top line numbers that show the number of people living below the “poverty line” has been consistently decreasing, by focusing on just these aseptic numbers, they fail to understand and capture the continuing anguish in the rural countryside. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/07/11/why-you-need-to-go-beyond-the-numbers-to-view-rural-poverty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=513&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reply to comment about Rural Indian Consumer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responding to a comment on my recent blog post on "The Increasing Focus on the Rural Indian Consumer" I decided to write a longer response outlining what needs to be done to really address increasing rural income in India. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/05/13/reply-to-comment-about-rural-indian-consumer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=461&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A visit to the Agastya Center in Kuppam</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/02/27/a-visit-to-the-agastya-center-in-kuppam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I had written an article about an interesting organization, Agastya, that was transforming rural education in India by bringing a fresh new approach to teaching and introducing science and technology concepts to parts of the country that are typically ignored. Since then I was fortunate to visit Agastya founder Ramji Raghavan in Bangalore and accompany him to their Agastya Center in Kuppam. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/02/27/a-visit-to-the-agastya-center-in-kuppam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=366&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Agastya  &#8211; transforming education in India</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/10/09/agastya-transforming-education-in-india/</link>
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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. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/10/09/agastya-transforming-education-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=290&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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