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Competing for the Sankalp-Artha Grand Prize Award are enterprises that together form a vibrant mix of companies looking to solve important grassroot problems, from ‘bio-breaks’ to ‘honey traps’ and more. At the Sankalp Unconvention Summit 2013, startups in the space compete not just for recognition and cash prizes but also to catch the eye of […]

The Annual Sankalp Summit is being held in Mumbai and we spoke to the director and co-founder of this first global platform, Aparajita Agrawal Sankalp Forum is the first platform globally that has social enterprises at its core and under its activities they organise the Annual Sankalp Summit in Mumbai. This summit sees participation from […]

‘Sankalp Forum’ one of the world’s largest aggregation of social enterprises beings in Mumbai, april 16’th. The Sankalp Forum brings together impact based social enterprises that are geared towards building solutions for an under-served population. These are enterprises that work across India to create impact – in the areas of healthcare, education,clean energy (renewable), technology […]

Young Turks, over the past eight years, showcased entrepreneurs attempting to address real problems in education, healthcare, skills development and access to finance through innovative models. The show partnered with the World Economic Forum and the Schwab Foundation to recognize social change agents via the India Social Entrepreneur Awards for the last eight years. This […]

Although there are no official rankings, it sure appeared like last year’s Sankalp Forum was the largest social enteprise conference in India. But by linking up with Villgro, which runs the UnConvention – also focused on harnessing entrepreneurship to assist the poor – it’s now indisputable that Sankalp is THE largest conference of its kind […]

A look at some of the for-profit initiatives among the 31 finalists for the Sankalp Awards 2013, handed out by the Sankalp Forum, a global social enterprise platform that recognises and supports innovative, sustainable, high-impact enterprises. View full article

In a remote village of Gujarat, when Babubhai, 17, invented a contraption to ward off pests using local material; he wanted to share the invention with other farmers in all the villages of India so that they could benefit too. Awaaz De, which literally means “give voice,” caters to people like Babubhai who want to […]