Organized by the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Vienna, Austria and the social enterprise “emersense”, the Social Impact Award supports aspiring student entrepreneurs in Austria with their first steps towards social entrepreneurship. We’re sharing here excerpts from an email interview with Peter Vandor, founder of the Award and researcher at the Institute. » Read more

In our endeavor to create value for the entire ecosystem supporting disruptive innovations, we bring the perspective of Villgro. It is one of the leading organizations transforming rural lives by identifying, grooming and marketing innovations that have rural benefits. Since 2001, Villgro has activated close to 1500 innovations and impacted more than 3.5 lakh rural lives. We spoke to Ms. Sucharita Kamath, who heads the Innovation Ecosystem. » Read more

We bring you a story of passion, determination, and a winning solution from East Africa in an exclusive interview with Sameer Hajee, Founder, Nuru Light and winner of the 2009-2010 UNEP Sasakawa Prize.

Nuru’s portable, inexpensive and charging LED lighting systems sell for $5. Using Nuru’s systems, families spend just $9.50 in a year, resulting in over a 95% savings over kerosene.  For families that earn less than $1… » Read more

We thank our ennovent community who has given fantastic feedback on our blogs and a great response to the Global Energy Challenge. In a collaborative manner we can create new opportunities for the Base of the Economic Pyramid in India.

We asked our fans on Facebook, whether “Being a Social Enterprise is harder than a purely For Profit Enterprise?”. We received some interesting responses which inspired this… » Read more

Over the past few weeks we have received fantastic feedback on our efforts of showcasing the real heroes across India and abroad, who are redefining opportunities for rural India. In keeping with that spirit, we are glad to introduce Prashant Lingam, Co-founder, Bamboo House India, which aims to provide 5 million jobs to bamboo artisans in North-East India. Q. How did the idea of Bamboo House develop? » Read more