Grameen Gyan Kosh - GGK

29/07/2022

In the new episode of 'In The Field' podcast, Professor Jeemol Unni, Professor of Economics, Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University and co-author of the book "Women Entrepreneurs in the Indian Middle Class: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" talks about the motivation for writing the book and the research pedagogy utilised for the collection of data.

Professor Unni talks about the evolution of the field and uncovers the factors impacting women's participation in entrepreneurship. She further discusses using a novel macro and micro research approach and proposes an enabling ecosystem framework for promoting women's entrepreneurship in India.

This podcast episode is a joint effort by LEAD at Krea University, an action-oriented research center based in India. WE Hub Foundation of the Government of Telangana is this study's partner.

Click here to listen to the whole podcast: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZzEVzDgC0JJYPR_cUy1sPlNXfwTswJKW/view

02/12/2021

My travel blog!

20/10/2021

What motivates women in India to operate enterprises ranging from small and medium to large enterprises? Are young girls interested in becoming entrepreneurs? How can policy be informed?

‘Women Entrepreneurship in the Indian Middle Class: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’, a book co-authored by Professor Jeemol Unni, Professor of Economics, Chair, Masters of Arts in Economics Programme, Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University, examines entrepreneurship using a gender and class lens from multidisciplinary perspectives. It traces the evolution of the field and uncovers the factors impacting women’s participation in entrepreneurship to understand the questions above. It uses a novel macro and micro research approach and proposes an enabling ecosystem framework of promoting women entrepreneurship in India.

The book has been published by Orient Black Swan (Orient Blackswan Private Limited)

05/09/2016

IRMA Incubator ISEED

From encouraging farmers in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, to grow millets to promoting rural tourism in Maharashtra, Anand-based Institute of Rural Management is supporting rural startups who use modern communication tools to expand their businesses

28/08/2016

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-economy-is-growing-but-its-rural-people-are-eating-less-than-40-yrs-ago/story-EL3jk9Ph6NMKsAzR3wIlSN.html

India’s economy has been growing consistently since the early 1990s. The country has survived the recessions that started in USA in 2008 and affected large parts of the world. What is not as well known is that over the same period, more and more people in rural India were eating less and less.

19/08/2016

National Seminar on "Seeding Social Enterprise and Innovation in Universities" at IRMA during 22-23 August, 2016

06/08/2016

http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-top-story/agriculture-in-115-indian-districts-most-at-risk-from-climate-change-116080300726_1.html

Least vulnerable to climate change are districts along India’s west coast, northern Andhra Pradesh and north eastern states. Assam has the highest number of districts, 13, of “very low vulnerability”.

28/07/2016

A video on Agrarian Crisis
http://www.ggk-irma.in/discussionforum/videodetail.php?id=9

Grameen Gyan Kosh (GGK), G.G.K., Empowering, rural India and creating a new breed of rural managers

27/07/2016

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/education/irma-to-launch-incubator-for-social-enterprises-in-august/article8906197.ece

The Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), conceived and nurtured by the late Dr

23/07/2016

http://www.domain-b.com/industry/Healthcare/20160718_doctors.html

Four out of 5 India's rural 'doctors' are quacks: WHO

09/07/2016

First announcement of the Sitarama Rao Livelihoods Asia Case Study Competition 2016 on the theme of "Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture".
Knowledge Partner: IRMA
http://www.accessdev.org/lh-li-case-study.php

The Sitaram Rao Livelihoods Asia Case Study Competition is an effective mechanism for bringing together the collective intellect of the sector that helps to assimilate innovative solutions, breakthroughs, good experiences and best practices. It helps practitioners to learn from mutual experiences an...

03/07/2016

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-28/landmark-report-on-climate-impact-on-agriculture/7551362

Pacific staple crops are more resilient to climate change than those produced in other parts of the world, and are going to be increasingly important to millions of Pacific islanders as extreme weather events hit harder in the future.