Author Archives: Moledina

Some thoughts on the social entrepreneurship program

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Moledina

On my return and during my trip I was asked a few times what I meant by Social Entrepreneurship (SE). My standard answer was that SE means a lot of different things to different people, but at Wooster it is: … Continue reading →

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Sustainable energy solutions for the underserved

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Moledina

Nearly 87 percent of India’s 640 thousand villages have population clusters of 2,000 people or fewer. In spite of a network of 3.6 million rural retail outlets that provide food and other consumer goods, there is very little active marketing … Continue reading →

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Creating an SE pandemic at the bottom of pyramid!

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Moledina

It’s hard to not get excited and inspired when the founder of the Centre for Social Initiatives and Management (CSIM) says that he “wants to create a pandemic of social entrepreneurs at the bottom of the pyramid”! How can a … Continue reading →

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Affirmation

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Moledina

We visited academics from two programs: NSRCEL, which is a business incubation unit at the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) and the Management Program at IIT-Madras in Chennai. While IIMB is not formally involved in SE, our meeting with the professors … Continue reading →

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Life skills for the underprivileged and the liberal arts

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Moledina

On Friday July 3rd, we met a young Ashoka Fellow named Vishal Talreja and the program officer of Dream a Dream, Kalpana Purushothaman. Dream a Dream provides life skills programming for vulnerable children. An effortless meeting ensued between us in … Continue reading →

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