I bought the audio cd of the book(here is the paperback version) by mistake but Flipkart refused to replace it with the book- so much for their famed customer service. This coming after they refused to replace the phone which was not working on delivery - had to take it to the MicroMax service center myself. Flipkart - bad service :-(
So I am forced to listen to the audio CD. I feel that 4 of the stories are very boring may be because of the haphazard stories or because they are way too long :
Here is the list of Social entrepreneurs and their ventures covered in I have a dream.
So I am forced to listen to the audio CD. I feel that 4 of the stories are very boring may be because of the haphazard stories or because they are way too long :
- Parivaar Ashram (Vinayak Lohani)
- BPA (Bhushan Punani)
- Akansha Foundation (Shaheen Mistry)
- Pratham
Here is the list of Social entrepreneurs and their ventures covered in I have a dream.
- Sulabh Internaional (Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak) - Needs no Introduction.
- Conserve India (Anita Ahuja) - Something about helping rag pickers.
- Avishkar (Vineet Rai) - A venture fund for socially relevant causes.
- RangSutra (Sanjoy Ghose & Sumita Ghose) - Connecting village artisans to markets.
- DesiCrew (Saloni Malhotra) - Rural BPO
- Ecosphere Spiti (Ishita Khanna) - Travel,adventure & Eco-tourism in Himalayas, started with Sea-buckthorn
- Selco (Harish Hande)- Solar energy systems on a mass scale.
- Pipal Tree Ventures (Santosh Parulekar) - Providing vocational training for the skills in the construction industry to unemployed youths in the rural area.
- Project Chilika (Dinbandhu Sahoo) - Seaweed cultivation/Ocean farming in Orissa. Taught villagers ocean weed farming as opposed to aqua farming(fish cultivation) as it doesn't destroy ecological balance.
- Super30 (Anand Kumar) - IIT JEE coaching for underprivileged.
- Mirakle Couriers (Dhruv Lakra) - A courier agency that employs low-income deaf adults. Dhruv also worked in Dasra - an NGO and Merrill lynch before. Also got Echoing Green fellowship and N.C.P.E.D.P. Shell Helen Keller Award 2009.
- Shreesh Jadhav - Monk, Belur Math
- Parivaar ashram (Vinayak Lohani) - A residential place for orphans,tribals and children of prostitutes. Supported by (Ramesh Kacholiya) Mumbai Group of Friends.
- Madhu Pandit Dasa - President of ISKCON Bangalore
- Goonj (Anshu Gupta) - Through systematic collection, sorting and delivery Goonj reaches every scrap of waste clothing from urban India to someone out there. To use with dignity, wear with pride.
- Parivartan (Arvind Kejriwal) - Needs no Introduction.
- Blind People's Association (Dr. Bhushan Punani)
- Akanksha Foundation and Teach for India (Shaheen Mistry) - Teaching the less privileged.
- Pratham(Madhav Chavan) - a network of non-governmental organisations that promote primary education for disadvantaged children.
- Association for Democratic Reforms (Trilochan Sastry)
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