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80% of adults in India have an account at a financial institution, Yet usage hasn't been promising. Bindu Ananth, Chairman- Dvara Trust and IRMA alumna of PRM-20 pens her views about account usage disconnect in the country.

https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/indias-findex-data-reasons-behind-non-usage-phenomenon-even-after-widespread-financial-services/1358810/ …

India’s Findex data: Reasons behind non-usage phenomenon even after widespread financial services The Global Findex Survey 2017 reports that 80% of adults in India have an account at a financial institution. This is an important milestone for India and the world.

Meenu Vadera, CEO - Azad Foundation and Sakha Cabs and IRMA alumna of PRM-6.

रूढ़िवादी धारणाओं को यूटर्न देती महिलाएं संस्था से अब तक 1,500-1,600 लड़कियां ट्रेंड ड्राइवर बन चुकी हैं. इनमें से 600-700 लड़कियां बतौर प्रोफेशनल ड्राइवर काम कर रही हैं.

Co-founded by Kevin Parekh, Sattvaponics aims at changing the nutraceutical industry by producing clean and high potency raw materials.

Kevin is an alumnus of PRM-32.

CIIE-IIMA, Sanjaya Mariwala invest in Sattvaponics The nutraceutical industry is currently facing challenges like pesticides and heavy metal contamination, low bio-active content, and inconsistency in output due to heavy reliance on weather, soil and traditional means of production.

Eight inspiring young entrepreneurs from around the world have been chosen as the winners of the 2018 Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards. Among them is Mayank Midha for his venture Garv Toilets.

Mayank is an alumnus of PRM-28.

Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2018 — Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership In 2018, 2,120 entrepreneurs from every continent entered the Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards. Through an intensive selection process led by CISL, eight winners were chosen.

Watch Avishek Gupta hold forth on SDG #7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, as part of a panel of influential impact leaders at . Avishek is Investment Director at Caspian Impact Investment Adviser and IRMA alumnus of PRM-27.

Impact Investors Council on Twitter “What is stopping investors in channeling resources to clean energy? Listen to track on SDG #7 - Affordable & Clean Energy focusing on the challenges & solutions for investors to channel investments for this goal! Have you registered yet for ? https://t.co/B1pJaHk0PO”

Vivek Puthucode talks about his new role with Microsoft in this interview.
Vivek is General Manager, One Commercial Partners and Small Medium & Corporates in Asia Pacific with Microsoft. He is an IRMA alumnus of PRM-14.

Four questions with ... Vivek Puthucode - Asia News Center Vivek Puthucode General Manager, One Commercial Partners and Small Medium & Corporates in Asia Pacific Vivek Puthucode is the General Manager for Partners and small and midmarket businesses in Asia Pacific, and his role covers ASEAN, New Zealand, South Korea, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh a...

Avinash Kishore Shahi talks about Agrarian Stagnation in Eastern India, with a focus on the Gangetic Plains, in the conference "Rural India: Blossoming in Neglect?" organised by Vikas Anvesh Foundation from August 28th to 30th, 2018.

Avinash is a senior Research Fellow at IFPRI and IRMA alumnus from PRM-20.

Issues in Agricultural Stagnation in Eastern India Keynote Address on Issues in Agricultural Stagnation in Eastern India Delivered on 30th August, 2018 by Avinash Kishore, Research Fellow, IFPRI Conference on...

Ragini Bajaj Chaudhary, India CEO, Gray Matters Capital shares the investor standpoint on what it takes to bring about change and scale sustainably in the education sector.

Ragini is an IRMA alumna from PRM-12.

We are looking for entrepreneurs who understand challenges in education: Ragini Bajaj Chaudhary With govt spending on education at around 3% of the annual budget, private capital bringing in around $200 mn each year and CSR investment of $500 mn as of 2016, it’s not that education has not attracted investment

Check out this new book co-authored by Prof. Vishal Narain, where is used as a lens to understand the challenges and opportunities regarding adaptation and mitigation strategies.

Vishal is an IRMA alumnus from PRM-14.

Climate Change Governance and Adaptation: Case Studies from South Asia Climate change in this book is seen not only as an environmental problem but as a societal challenge too and as such discusses the governance issues from an interdisciplinary approach and across different scales: local, state, and national. Drawing governance lessons from case studies across South A

Watch Anshul Sonak deliver the keynote at MIT’s Asia Inclusive Innovation Challenge where he was addressing Asia winner startup cohorts. He talks about the future of work, gender inequality & new Human Machine Partnerships.

Anshul is an alumnus of PRM-14.

Think Big Act Small Symposium - Anshul Sonak