Our grantmaking programs partner with institutions, nonprofits, and NGOs working in health, education, agriculture, and livelihoods. We run our own programs in leadership and entrepreneurial development as well as in community engagement. Through programs such as the Champions, Deshpande Fellowship Program, Entrepreneurship Academy, Global Exchange and LEAD, we catalyze leadership, passion, and initiative.
- Development Dialogue registrations for 2012 (January 15-17) has begun.
- Deshpande Fellowship Program (DFP) interviews for Cohort 8 started on 14 December, 2011.
- Second batch for Deshpande Susandhi Koutilya (DSK) Fellowship Program started on December 5, 2011.
- The Hindu Business Line published a great article on Navodyami - Read it here.
The Deshpande Foundation is pleased to announce that at Development Dialogue 2012, Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy will be our Keynote Speaker.
Development Dialogue is a three day event that brings together hundreds of practitioners, academics, investors, grassroots activists, philanthropists and entrepreneurs from across the world to discuss sustainable solutions to societies problems.
Our Featured Partner Podcast highlights The Teacher's Foundation. TTF's mission is to make a significant shift in the kind of education that is routinely managed and imparted in this country by adding value to all educators and educational institutions, helping them to achieve and maintain the vital edge that distinguishes successful outward-looking individuals and institutions from the mediocre ones.
Marshalling Global Perspectives to Create Local Solutions
The Deshpande Foundation promotes three principles – innovation, entrepreneurship, and scale – in its pursuit of economic development. Through our Social Innovation Sandbox Initiatives, we carefully select entrepreneurs, ideas, and strategies and in turn connect these to resources, networks, and opportunities for further engagement and growth.
