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BoP Hub
Singapore
BoP Hub is a non-profit venture that aims to provide a global platform to forge strategic partnerships between the private sector, social enterprises, subject matter experts and the BoP community, to give individuals at the base of the pyramid a chance to participate in the marketplace activities as consumers and entrepreneurs.
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Dawn Consulting
India
Dawn Consulting provides financial strategy and implementation support to early stage and established enterprises – we facilitate formation and transformation. Our mission is a reflection of the common issues that face mature and established companies that need to restructure and those that are in the start up phase. These issues include determining business focus, choosing between alternate strategies, balancing of growth and profitability and cash flow support. Dawn Consulting’s services and level of involvement are tailored to suit the maturity of the enterprise. For running enterprises with a full fledged finance and legal team, Dawn provides strategic advice in the areas of corporate strategy and finance. For early stage companies, Dawn works with a network of service providers in areas such as legal, accounting, tax and audit to provide a broad based service. Formed by a team that has deep and broad expertise in the areas of corporate finance and strategy, Dawn Consulting has a credible track record as a financial advisor, having serviced about 300 plus clients in both high tech and traditional industries.
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Educational Initiatives
India
The company is headed by IIM Graduates Sudhir Ghodke and Sridhar Rajagopalan and its aim is to promote an atmosphere of quality within India's primary school system. It pursues this by raising concerns related to the quality of learning, providing services related to assessment, professional development of teachers, curriculum and pedagogy, and influencing educational policy, especially in the realm of assessment.It takes a systems approach in order to improve the quality of learning. It uses a cycle of problem discovery, cause identification, solution implementation and feedback (which may lead to a deeper level of problem identification), a positive spiral towards improvement. EI has over 15 years of expertise in education, with a deep understanding of child psychology and efficient methods of teaching, based on detailed research and formidable database of student learning through ASSET (Assessment of Scholastic Skills through Educational Testing) Through its interactive tools such as Mindspark (digital self-learning program), ASSET, Detailed Assessment, CCE Certificate Course, Teacher Evaluation Program, Teacher Sheets and more, Educational Initiatives assists thousands of teachers in improving their students' achievements. EI is also working with leading organizations such as the World Bank, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Google, the Azim Premji Foundation, Duke University, USA and is conducting large-scale assessment projects with various state governments.
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India US Agency for International Development
USAID’s mission statement highlights two complementary and intrinsically linked goals: ending extreme poverty and promoting the development of resilient, democratic societies that are able to realize their potential. We fundamentally believe that ending extreme poverty requires enabling inclusive, sustainable growth; promoting free, peaceful, and self-reliant societies with effective, legitimate governments; building human capital and creating social safety nets that reach the poorest and most vulnerable.
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Jindal Centre for Social Innovation
The Jindal Centre for Social Innovation aims to catalyze and foster innovative ideas for inclusive social change in North India. The vision for the Centre is rooted in a deeper understanding of the 21st century challenges and the urgent need for creativity and dedicated collective action to address them. In its quest for social innovation, the Centre aspires to create, converge and combine ideas and individuals across JGU and the broader innovation ecosystem. The Centre is currently developing a social entrepreneurship incubator to support individuals with ideas to take action. Stay tuned for more details.
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Katherine S Miles Consulting Limited
Thailand
Katherine has supported bilateral and multi-lateral agencies on their strategies for promoting responsible business behaviour among companies in developing countries. In India she authored a market study and facilitated a multi-stakeholder engagement process for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on the international and India specific responsible finance trends. In turn she developed the business strategy, and participated in two appraisal missions to establish a new 3 million EUR bilateral assistance programme for the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) & GIZ on Responsible Finance in India.
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