The US-based Deshpande Foundation is internationally offering an opportunity for individuals “to create solutions through social innovations and entrepreneurship for some of the top issues that NGOs face in the Sandbox region of Northwestern Karnataka in India. This family Foundation of Gururaj (“Desh”) and Jaishree Deshpande has helped NGOs in developing an international presence and also has promoted innovation for social change.
The 2010 Deshpande Foundation Innovators Challenge is for “An ideal Innovator is a social innovator who is ready to test a product or idea in a development lab setting. The Innovator may be an undergraduate, grad student or a professional who is trying to create an innovation. The application procedure for this exciting program is as follows: interested applicants will choose one of the nine challenges that we have selected for this year and develop a project designed to address this challenge and the cause of it. Your solution can either be a social innovation to be implemented within the non-profit or social entrepreneurship sector. The nine most pressing challenges in the Sandbox region are listed below for you to view.”
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