Social Entrepreneurship

Firstpost gives readers a wild card to Spark the Rise

Submit a "Spark" - a Project or Idea that aims to drive positive change - and work with the Spark the Rise community to make it a reality!

Why the-sanitary-pad man is a different entrepreneur

Arunachalam's obsession with women's hygiene drove him out of village and made his family abandon him but that's the thing about an obsession- you never back down.

TISS, DBS Bank tie-up to support social entrepreneurship

Singapore-based DBS Bank and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) joined hands to launch a programme which will support social entrepreneurship.

The return of Vikram Akula, this time as sugarcane messiah

Former microfinance posterboy says he made many, many, many mistakes; talks about 3Cs to make social entrepreneurship models more sound.

Neelam Chhiber is WEF's India Social Entrepreneur of the year

Neelam Chhiber is the founder of Indus Tree, that connects rural artisan producers to urban consumer markets. Its partly producer-owned retail brand, Mother Earth, focuses on home furnishings, fashion and food.