Coimbatore Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Date, schedule, result, party-wise candidates and other key detailsCoimbatore Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu anticipates a high-stakes battle as parties strategise candida...
18 Apr, 2024, 12.46 PM IST
Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency: BJP's K Annamalai to face DMK's Ganapathy Rajkumar, AIADMK's Singai Ramachandran; voting on April 19Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat witnesses high-stakes battle with K Annamalai, Ganapathy P Rajkumar, and Singai Ramachandran. Promises include II...
14 Apr, 2024, 07.11 PM IST
High-stake battle in Coimbatore - 'Manchester of South India'CPIM's PR Natarajan, backed by DMK, had won the Lok Sabha seat in 2019 with a vote share of 45.66%, with BJP's CP Radhakrishnan coming in s...
10 Apr, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
Indian trio reap $500 million each selling payments startupIn an age where every funding round is touted in press statements and staff parties, Prosus-owned PayU found itself having to take complete...
02 Sep, 2021, 03.48 PM IST
Menterra takes the first leap with this skill development academyLeap Skills Academy, founded by Megha Aggarwal and Ankit Durga in 2013, is attempting to solve the problem of demand and supply of skilled ...
14 Apr, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
Social business incubator Villgro completes first round of fundraisingThe fund will have a final corpus of Rs 40-50 crore by the time it makes its final close in March 2017, said PR Ganapathy, co-founder and a...
19 Jan, 2016, 11.56 AM IST
Social business incubator Villgro launches Menterra social impact fundThe list of backers also includes a few Indian high-net-worth individuals including Chandu Nair, cofounder of KPO firm Scope e-Knowledge Ce...
19 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
XSM to host 8th National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship at XLRI, Jamshedpur“The conference aims to provide a platform for showcasing, knowledge sharing and building the social entrepreneurship ecosystem,” said Shuk...
18 Dec, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
Mahindra Finance and Marico dip into CSR budget to finance startupsMahindra Finance and Marico have partnered with social venture fund Villgro to finance startups by using their corporate social responsibil...
12 Dec, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
Companies Act amendment allows use of CSR funds in startupsAn amendment made in the Companies Act allowing CSR contributions to incubators, is providing legs to for-profit ventures working with soci...
05 May, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
Companies in NSIC shortlist to get training & funding of Rs 3 croreAs per NSDC data, India will be home to 700 million people of working age by 2020, and NSDC is aiming to skill 500 million Indians by 2022.
09 Feb, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Villgro launches Rs 20-crore incubation fundMSDF has given part of the Rs 20 crore as donor grants to Villgro and will be investing the rest of the money in the social impact fund.
20 Jan, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Social enterprise Incubator Villgro invests in three start-upsUjjeewan Healthcare, Aindra Systems and Scholowiz Educational Solutions, all early-stage companies, have secured funding from Villgro.
08 Sep, 2014, 08.29 AM IST
Startups companies let you enjoy village sunset“We also offer packages for educational tours and corporate training tours and charge our fee based on the size and type of visiting team,”
31 May, 2014, 11.12 AM IST
Grants to social ventures see 100% rise in past 3-4 yearsExperts said there has been a near 100% increase in grants to social entrepreneurs in the last three-four years.
15 Apr, 2014, 10.51 AM IST
- Villgro to launch training programme to bring unsuccessful social entrepreneurs back
Villgro is all set to launch a one-year training programme in a unique attempt to bring unsuccessful social entrepreneurs back to the drawi...
15 Jun, 2012, 05.04 AM IST
- Dhoni, Bindra & AM Naik among Padma awardees
Other prominent names include Sam Pitroda, Madhavan Nair, Anil Kakodkar, Sister Nirmala, Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar. Incredible India |...
26 Jan, 2009, 12.30 AM IST