Hubli Sandbox
Founded | 2007 |
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Headquarters | |
Key people | Dr. Desh Deshpande, Jaishree Deshpande, Naveen Jha, Dr. Neelam Maheshwari |
Website | www.deshpandefoundationindia.org |
The Hubli Sandbox in Hubballi, India is an ecosystem launched by Deshpande Foundation that supports mission-driven individuals to come up with sustainable and scalable enterprises having social and economic impact.[1] It's a co-creation of Dr. Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur[2] and his wife Jaishree Deshpande.[3]
Programs
Hubli Sandbox runs many programs in the areas of education, student leadership, agriculture,[4] micro-entrepreneurship, and maternal health. Major programs are Sandbox Startups, Navodyami, Grantmaking & partnerships, Deshpande Educational Trust (DET), LEADers' Accelerating Development (LEAD), Agriculture, Healthcare, and Global Exchange Program.[5] The Development Dialogue is the annual international conference of social entrepreneurship conducted by Hubli Sandbox.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Hubli Sandbox, an innovation hub to find solutions to real world problems".
- ^ Mishra, Bibhu Ranjan (27 January 2015). "NRI venture capitalist plans social entrepreneurship centre in Hubli". Business Standard. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Sandbox turns Hubballi into talent hub".
- ^ "How 'Desh' Deshpande is helping Indian NGOs scale up".
- ^ "All about the Hub experience: The best practices to build regional hubs".
- ^ "'Development Dialogue-2016' begins".
- ^ "'India needs 10 million entrepreneurs solving problems of a billion people'".