India

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal features 1998 Echoing Green Fellow Vikram Akula and his organization SKS Microfinance.  SKS recently received approval from the Securities Exchange Board of India to proceed with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) expected to happen within 30 days and raise $250 million.  SKS is the largest microlender in India and will be the first to go public.  

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With all the talk of triple bottom lines, the Pop!Tech conference offered a refreshing blast of simplicity—in addition to the warm glow that comes from being near so many Echoing Green Fellows at once.

Mulago Foundation exec Kevin Starr offered this clear message to conference participants: "Whether you are a for-profit or not-for-profit should be determined by what will give you the biggest impact…My job is to buy impact. To get the biggest bang for my philanthropic buck."