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By : Kanika Kakkar

SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions), which means creation in Sanskrit, was born in 1993 as a result of the felt need for an institutional support to the activities of the Honey Bee Network. Honey Bee signifies a philosophy of discourses, which is fair, authentic and accountable. It advocates people to people learning. 

Sristi vision is to create a framework for creating an inventive ethic at grassroots level and forging links between excellence in formal and informal Science through Honey Bee Network.

SRISTI was set up to provide organizational, intellectual and logistics support to the Honey Bee Network. The primary objectives while setting up the organization were: systematically documenting, disseminating and developing grassroots green innovations, providing intellectual property rights protection to grassroots innovators, working on the in situ and ex situ conservation of local biodiversity, and providing venture support to grassroots innovators.

SRISTI manages the Honey Bee database of innovations, and supports the publication of the Network's newsletter in three languages, English, Hindi and Gujarati. 

Lately SRISTI has being focusing on more concerted ways of hitherto neglected domains like women's knowledge systems, value addition through a natural product laboratory, using ICT to establish knowledge network, connecting innovators, traditional knowledge holders with the centres of formal excellence, entrepreneurs etc and innovations in education. 

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Happy Hands Foundation

With inputs: Shubhendu S.

Happy Hands Foundation strives to revive cultural traditions, art and craft forms through contemporary ways and initiatives such Green Room and Blue-Prints. At Happy Hands, the focus is to create sustainable development opportunities for artisans and craftsmen of India, and encourage them to live a life of dignity, not charity.

The Happy Hands Foundation is an innovative fair trade, not-for-profit organization increasing economic opportunities for artisans and craftsmen in India and empowering them to bring about changes in their lives, their families and communities.

Happy Hands Foundation has impacted the lives of more than 500 artisan families, allowing them an income base from craft-work. Losing these crafts would mean losing an important part of our culture...most of it unexplored, unappreciated.

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InspirED

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InspirED is an education conference focusing on innovative approaches in the classroom and creative solutions to the challenges faced by India's education system. 

InspirED brings together India’s most innovative and creative professionals working in the field of education. Geared towards bringing about change and transformation in education across the country, InspirED is a platform to learn, lead and leverage ideas, to connect, collaborate and engage in ways that are key to transforming students lives and the future of education in our country.

InspirED was founded and organized by a group of educators devoted to supporting teachers and schools in developing innovative pedagogical approaches to create change in Indian education. It is our hope that the connections and ideas generated at the InspirED conference will power a transformation in our children's schools.

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4th EdelGive Social Innovation Honours 2012

Reporter: Kanika Kakkar

The 4th EdelGive Social Innovation Honours 2012 is a national awards programme instituted by the EdelGive Foundation, to reward innovative work in the social sector in India. 

The objective for the EdelGive Social Innovation Honours is to identify and reward organizations that are innovating to empower women in India. 

In India there’s an urgent need for progress which makes EdelGive Social Innovation focus on funding and showcasing for innovative work that helps to empower women in five four different categories: Education, Health and Well-Being, Livelihoods and Rights and Representation. 

EdelGive Foundation is an initiative of Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd., one of India’s leading financial services firms. It provides strategic direction to the philanthropic activities of Edelweiss, its employees, clients and associates. 

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Aavishkaar

Aavishkaar aims to harness the entrepreneurial spirit at the bottom of the pyramid to create inclusive economic development. It seeks to empower disadvantaged and rural communities through infusion of commercial activities. Typically entrepreneurs who operate at the lower end of the economic spectrum are overlooked by financiers as they are categorized as being too small and risky.

They believe that not only do these entrepreneurs have potential to create widespread impact on local communities through boosting local production and creating livelihood opportunities but also provide attractive commercial returns. At Aavishkaar they have taken it upon themselves to be the leaders of micro equity investments to create scalable small entrepreneurs with significant social impact.

Aavishkaar provides risk capital and support to early stage ventures. Aavishkaar works very closely with its investee companies. Aavishkaar’s investments span a wide number of sectors such as Technology for Development, Handicrafts, Renewable Energy, Agriculture, Rural Innovations, Health and Education.

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Beyond Profit Magazine

Social enterprises change societies and systems, invent new approaches, and create sustainable solutions that generate social development. At a time when traditional businesses and their leaders are failing to address the society's problems, the world is seeking new models to bring innovative solutions to challenges related to poverty, climate change, education, and health.

Beyond Profit, a new social enterprise magazine, presents the stories, people and ideas behind these innovating social ventures by bringing you first-hand insights and expert commentary. Beyond Profit is the leading publication focused on for-profit social enterprise and development innovation in South Asia. 

The magazine sparks "beyond profit" thinking in the hopes that the reader will make change--either by starting an enterprise or by investing time or capital in fostering new development approaches.

The publication is brought to you by Intellecap - a social investment advisory firm providing services to the for-profit development sector in areas such as financial inclusion, water, energy and education. 

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