PPT | The Emerging Paradigm in Mental Health: Social Innovation Mapping

Rohini Nilekani, wife of Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, is a journalist-turned-author whose debut Stillborn – a medical thriller – was the first Indian novei of its kind in its genre. An active sociai worker, Rohini now runs Akshara Foundation promoting education for underpriviieged chiidren. She aiso pians to pen another novel. Chetan Krishnaswamy finds out […]

A few signs are showing that women are coming into their own in Indian cinema…. not very radically so, but at least differently from men. Hopefully, in a larger context, film festivals and discussions like the one presented by Vimochana, have their own role to play in fostering a climate for this social transformation.

Why then hasn’t micro-financing taken off? Ms Nilekani has funded, Sanghamitra, which is a micro-financial institution that’s targeted at the urban poor. If you’re still wondering what such an institution does, well it’s actually pretty simple; It offers loans to the poor at decent rates. View PDF

Early bird customers o f Kinetic Honda have a unique facility: a scooter on rent from any dealer anywhere in the country. Early this year. Kinetic Honda Motor Ltd, the Japanese collaboration headquartered in Pune, began a scheme called the Founders’ Club, for all those custorhers who purchased Kinetic Honda scooters (current Bangalore price Rs […]