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Spudnik Farms: This Woman Entrepreneur's Farm-to-Table Business Mitigates Risks For Smallholder Farmers
Sumeet Kaur started her career as a lawyer with a tax-advising firm. Today, however, she is a farmer and the founder of Spudnik Farms, a subscription-based farm-to-table startup headquartered in Bangalore.
Orora Global: This Clean Energy Startup Generates Livelihood Opportunities For Women In Rural India
Savitha Sridharan was an electrical engineer working for a semiconductor company in the US before leaving her career behind to start her own business. Today, she leads an all-women clean-energy company, Orora Global that has created 250 jobs for women in rural India.
Upaya Social Ventures Launches Second Pool Of Recoverable Grants
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) announced the launch of its second pool of recoverable grants, in partnership with University Impact (UI), an impact investment firm directing capital through the UI donor-advised fund to organizations and companies solving social and environmental problems
Upaya Social Ventures Announces AB Chakravarthy As India Country Director
Upaya Social Ventures is pleased to announce that AB Chakravarthy has joined the team as Upaya’s new India Country Director
Upaya A Finalist For Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards
The winners of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the businesses, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation when it comes to solving economic equality, health and climate crises, or social justice
Severe Second Wave Of Covid Cases In India
We at Upaya are devastated by the severe second wave of Covid cases sweeping across India, and remain steadfastly committed to supporting our team, our entrepreneurs, and their jobholders during these uncertain times
Bringing Life To The Soil And Jobs To The Community
Namrata Acharya never imagined she would become an entrepreneur. But, after learning about the struggles faced by farmers and rural villagers who rely on agriculture for their livelihood, Namrata knew she wanted to do something about it.
Uncovering Hidden Gender Wage Inequalities
With our objective of creating dignified jobs clearly defined, our Impact Management strategy thus leads us into understanding and measuring what, how, and how much impact the jobholders are experiencing with their jobs and the resultant income.
Making Space For Strong Women To Be Themselves
In January, Upaya selected and launched a cohort of nine women-led businesses for a special accelerator in collaboration with MIT D-Lab. The focus of this program is to take a holistic approach to build capacity for investment readiness
Upaya Social Ventures Announces Women-Led Startups Selected For Scale-Ups Accelerator Offered By Upaya And MIT D-Lab
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya), a nonprofit organization growing small businesses to create jobs for the extreme poor today announced the nine early-stage Indian companies selected to participate in a pilot accelerator offered by Upaya and MIT D-Lab, a program developing and advancing collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges