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    People around the world are living Rise every day - accepting no limits, thinking alternatively, and driving positive change. Do you know someone whose story should be shared, or an organization whose work should be recognized?

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  • An electrifying thinker: Exclusive interview with electric vehicle pioneer Chetan Maini

    An electrifying thinker: Exclusive interview with electric vehicle pioneer Chetan Maini

    Infrastructure & Transportation | September 12, 2011

    At the age when most boys play cricket, he made toy electric cars from scratch. His passion for electric cars took him to the University of Michigan and thereafter to Stanford University. He returned to India to found the REVAi Electric Car Company in 1994—today, Mahindra Reva. He is widely regarded as the pioneer of electric cars in India.

  • Building an ICT Company

    Building an ICT Company

    Energy & Technology | September 8, 2011

    We’re working to provide Information in any form and from multiple sources; enable Communication anytime and anywhere; and develop secure and reliable Technology for any device.

  • 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.

  • A new mobile innovation means jobs are just a phone call away

    A new mobile innovation means jobs are just a phone call away

    Energy & Technology | September 27, 2011

    India is home to roughly 370 million blue-collar workers, many of them residents of rural areas where poverty rates are high, literacy rates are low, and technology isn’t readily available.

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  • Mexico’s Digital Divide

    Mexico’s Digital Divide

    Entrepreneurship | January 4, 2012

    This 'digital divide' is starkly evident in the city of Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico state, which hugs the hem of Mexico City. It’s also a place where solutions are being created.