Category Archives: by Professor Amyaz Moledina

Sustainable energy solutions for the underserved

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

Posted in Assessment Trip (2009), by Professor Amyaz Moledina | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Creating an SE pandemic at the bottom of pyramid!

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

Posted in Assessment Trip (2009), by Professor Amyaz Moledina | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Affirmation

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

Posted in Assessment Trip (2009), by Professor Amyaz Moledina | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Life skills for the underprivileged and the liberal arts

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

Posted in Assessment Trip (2009), by Professor Amyaz Moledina | 2 Comments

Demand, Supply, and Regulation

There is massive demand for English, information technology (IT), and engineering courses fueled by India’s growth. This demand for language and computer literacy starts from primary education right up to higher education. India state institutions cannot meet the demand for … Continue reading

Posted in Assessment Trip (2009), by Professor Amyaz Moledina | 2 Comments