Posted on May 4, 2008 by Aravind K C
Resource: MBA’s Without Borders - Developing People and Nations (Website)
In 2004, co-Founders, Tal Dehtiar and Michael Brown, believed that business can and must play an important role in alleviating poverty in developing countries; they also believed that MBAs have valuable skills which are needed by businesses and NGOs working in developing countries.
Filed under: Biz, Internships, Volunteer, What | Tagged: business, business plan, development, entrepreneurship, MBA's WIthout Border, NGO's, Volunteer | No Comments »
Posted on May 1, 2008 by Aravind K C
Event: WIDER-MERIT Research Workshop on Entrepreneurship, Technological Innovation, and Development (Website)
Organised By: UNU-WIDER and UNU-MERIT of the United Nations University (UNU)
Key Dates:
Submissions of paper abstracts before- May 30, 2008
Accepted papers are required by- September 22, 2008
Event Dates: October 30-31, 2008
Filed under: 2008/05 (May), 2008/09 (Sep), 2008/10 (Oct), Biz, International | Tagged: development, entrepreneurship, innovation, paper presentation, technology, UNU, UNU-MERIT, UNU-WIDER, workshops | No Comments »
Posted on February 7, 2008 by Aravind K C
Opportunity: Engineers for Social Impact Fellowship (Website)
Key Dates:
Application deadline: March 2, 2008
For Whom:
Current undergraduate students at these premier engineering schools: BITS-Pilani & BITS-Goa , IIT-B, IIT-D, IIT-K, IIT-KGP, IIT-M, NITK-S, NIT-T, NIT-W and NSIT
Filed under: 2008/02 (Feb), Biz, Internships | Tagged: BITS, competition, development, education, fellowship, Health, IIT, immersion experience, internship, Microfinance, NIT, opportunity, social entrepreneurship, startup, summer internship | 6 Comments »
Posted on January 20, 2008 by Mohamed Sanaulla
Program: Legatum Fellowships 2008-2009 (Website)
Offered By: Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT
Key Dates:
Deadline for Submitting fellowship application: January 31, 2008
Filed under: 2008/01 (Jan), Biz, International, Scholarships | Tagged: development, entrepreneurship, fellowships, Legatum Center, MIT | No Comments »
Posted on January 6, 2008 by Nitin Rao
Competition: The Anwarul Quadir Prize of 2008 Global Essay Contest for Bangladesh (Website)
Organised by: Center for International Development at Harvard University
Key Dates:
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2008
Results: October 15, 2008
Propose an innovative and practical idea that would improve the lives of low- and middle- income people of Bangladesh (everyone [...]
Filed under: 2008/06 (Jun), International, Lit | Tagged: Bangladesh, development, Essay, Harvard, international development, poverty | 7 Comments »
Posted on November 20, 2007 by Nitin Rao
Organization: National Innovation Foundation (Website)
Students’ Club for Augmenting Innovations (SCAI) at grassroots is a body of students from India’s best management and technological institutes. National Innovation Foundation (NIF) is encouraging students to set up SCAI chapters at various schools, colleges and universities in order to provide Product Development, Business Development (setting up of ventures), Mentoring [...]
Filed under: 2007/11 (Nov), Volunteer | Tagged: development, grassroots, innovation, national innovation foundation, Volunteer | No Comments »
Posted on November 15, 2007 by Nitin Rao
Event: Global Institute for Social Innovation, London Business School (Website)
Organised by: StartingBloc - Created in partnership with the MIT Sloan School of Management, the first and only USA based 501c3 to educate youth on corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship.
Key Dates:
Dates: July 2008 (four consecutive days)
Application Deadline: December 1, 2007
For Whom:
StartingBloc aims to prepare outstanding [...]
Filed under: 2008/07 (Jul), Gyaan, International | Tagged: CSR, development, non-profit, social entrepreneurship, social innovation | No Comments »
