Facebook announces call for applications for the second year for grants under Pragati initiative indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The/Nudge Accelerator calls for applications from non-profit startups alleviating poverty
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New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Amid uncertainty in the business climate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, young startups in India are finding it hard to draw the much required funding even as investors become extra cautious, industry insiders said on Wednesda. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 19 : The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation has called for applications from non-profit startups ready to scale up their solutions for India s economically disadvantaged communities.
This is third round for The/Nudge s 5-year Accelerator fund which has enabled 10 non-profits to touch over 10 million lives till date.
Shortlisted from a
pool of 1,326 applications, these four organisations are early-stage, women-led non-profit startups that are boosting women entrepreneurship using digital skills and tools.
Tech4Good works to provide
open-source technology solutions to non-profits and has so far reached out to over 500 such enterprises across India, helping them serve more than one million of their beneficiaries better.
Shakti An Empathy Project (STEP) runs an incubator programme for women-led social enterprises by focussing on those based in Tier II and Tier III locations across India.
Renu Shah, founder of Shakti, an Empathy Project (STEP), shares the impact her project has created. STEP is one of the non-profits that has received grants from The Nudge Centre for Social Innovation under Facebook Pragati project.
Transform Schools seeks certainty of learning in uncertain times for Indian government school students ANI | Updated: Dec 12, 2020 13:47 IST
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): A formal dissemination of the RCT findings was organised by Transform Schools over a webinar on Thursday evening, comprising of an eminent panel of speakers.
Schools in India have been shut since start of 2020. This meant unprecedented learning losses for the students without access to digital learning. COVID-19 forced 268M students in India out of schools, 80 per cent of whom are from low-income households. Poor access to online learning further exacerbated the impact of school closure, as less than 50 per cent of students are connected to government s e-learning groups.
Transform Schools seeks certainty of learning asiabulletin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asiabulletin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.