As the world’s population continues to increase beyond 7.4 billion, the challenge of efficiently managing the resultant municipal solid waste (MSW) continues to grow.
Lack of awareness, and general apathy, can sometimes lead to terrible complications for people on a course of medication for a chronic disease. Driven by his own experience, a young Computer Science student from Tamil Nadu has created a new solution to ensure that patients remember to take medications as prescribed, and avoid complications.
The Indian non-profit sector has seen a lot of interest in recent years, with a large number of socially conscious youth looking to enter the sector through various startups. Now, a new Bangalore-based initiative hopes to help these youth achieve success in their ventures, and support the non-profit sector in the process.
India’s startup ecosystem is booming, with new startups mushrooming in a wide variety of sectors and arenas. However, many of them face similar teething troubles with financial and legal assistance. An upcoming event aims to help startups and their teams with these common problems by addressing them with an industry-led platform.
The Indian School of Business (ISB), along with SAP, has introduced a new programme called the Jumpstart Social Enterprise Programme, with the aim of nurturing the "social entrepreneurship ecosystem with focus on national priorities".