• [Round One Winner: 3/8] Vikrant Baibhaw – Eco-friendly bags, affordable alternative of polythene bags

    [Round One Winner: 3/8] Vikrant Baibhaw – Eco-friendly bags, affordable alternative of polythene bags

     Living Rise | December 30, 2011

    Vikrant and his brother Vishant started an NGO that helps underprivileged children. They then created a green business with a 500 crore potential. He is one of the winners for Spark the Rise Round 1.

  • Wanted: a new direction for education

    Wanted: a new direction for education

     Culture & Education | November 17, 2011

    While we drown in the noise of debates over what...

  • No crying over chilled milk: Promethean Power

    No crying over chilled milk: Promethean Power

     Agriculture & Rural Development | December 29, 2011

    When Sam White and Sorin Grama of Promethean Power Systems...

  • CGNet Swara: The Rise of the Citizen-Journalist

    CGNet Swara: The Rise of the Citizen-Journalist

     Agriculture & Rural Development | November 29, 2011

    Reporting is no longer limited to writers and broadcasters with years of professional journalism experience. Ordinary citizens, or citizen journalists, can report on events as they see them so that we can read about them as they happen. They shoot pictures of events they deem newsworthy and share them with their friends, who share them with their friends—and the cycle goes on.

  • Lighting up lives – Bridging the energy divide

    Lighting up lives – Bridging the energy divide

     Energy & Technology | March 1, 2012

    Barefoot Power has impacted the lives of 1 million people...

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  • [Round One Winner: 6/8] Abhishek Sidhu—Hydraulic Wheel Lock

    [Round One Winner: 6/8] Abhishek Sidhu—Hydraulic Wheel Lock

     Living Rise | January 10, 2012

    Tell us who you are. Hi, my name is Abhishek...