Entrepreneurship
IIT-M startup is bringing portable, fold-able COVID hospitals to rural areas
A MediCAB is a DIY micro-hospital. The unit is transportable, movable, and easy to install. Moreover, it comes with all the essentials ranging from electricity to medical equipment. Each such unit has a capacity of 15 beds. While the Coronavirus crisis has peaked beyond control, the healthcare community is frantically trying everything to fight …
Goldman Sachs alum is helping Transgenders cross the ‘PeriFerry’ of bigotry into viable opportunities
Identities are the bedrock of our existence. Our legal and social existence depends on our identity, with religion, caste, creed, language, and sex being used to define it. But when the legal statutes and society refuse to recognize one of those factors, our identity collapses. What follows, is marginalization, discrimination, and suffering. This is exactly …
An entrepreneurial train journey to unravel a new, young India!
India. 1.2 billion inhabitants. 29 states and 7 territories. 22 official languages and hundreds of dialects. India is the quintessential example of a pluralist country, with a wide variety of religions and cultures…but also an example of contrasts, where life is a surprising mix of tradition and modernity ; where slums are stacked next to …
Two blind brothers are leading a fashion brand to garner money for medical research
The tagline of the cause-driven brand, Two blind brothers clothing, is “Feel the Difference” and that’s what they do – to make a difference through the feel of their clothing products. Started by two brothers and students at the University of Virginia, Bradford and Bryan Manning, the e-commerce site sells luxury casual wear and the …
The Solar Urja Lamp (SoUL) project of IIT Bombay is creating solar entreprenuers out of semi-literate tribal women in Rajasthan
Many villages in the Dungarpur district of Rajasthan had never seen light after sundown. Without any stable connection to the state electrical grid, they mostly resorted to Kerosene lamps. But today, the situation has changed drastically. The Solar Urja Lamp (SoUL) project – a brainchild of IIT Bombay – which was started in 2015 by …
How a couple is creating employment for mental illness survivors using a cup of tea
“Understanding of Mental disability is virtually non-existent. Even in the hierarchy of disability, Mental Illness gains the lowest rung. Society needs to have provisions for accommodation and adaptation for the mentally disabled.” says Ambareen Abdullah who has always loved to know people closely. Be it the days of her graduation in Psychology or the Masters …
Transgender Armenians stitch and sew their way out of prejudice
Armenia is one of the least LGBT-friendly countries in Europe YEREVAN, Oct 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When she was 14, Lilit Martirosyan decided she wanted to start earning money for herself. But finding a normal job was complicated – employers didn’t like the way she looked. So, like many transgender women in Armenia, she …
SETU – A Bridge for the artists of dying traditional art forms
A blend of diverse cultures and art forms practiced in different communities in India indeed makes it one of the most vibrant and colourful nations in the world. Be it embroidery, painting, wood carving, stone carving, sculpturing, India has traditionally been a heritage of craft and art forms and immensely creative and talented artists. If …