“I was wondering what I am going to learn in just one month, which I could not make it in a year at my village and school. But this was only in initial days, now I am transformed. Amazed by myself for the transformation which...
Author: Punnyavathi G
Empowering the pioneers of tomorrow through SiV
What can be more delightful than seeing children joyfully enter their respective school premises at 7 am, unmindful of the inhospitable weather conditions prevailing in their regions? Yes, more and more children in parts of Dharwad and Gadag districts of Northern Karnataka are now beginning...
Vivek Pawar at India CSR Summit – 2018
“Representing our Organisation in a summit like India CSR and exchanging our knowledge with 1800 organizations includes of best businesses and development sector in India under one roof is one of the great experience" states Vivek Pawar. Vivek engaged a session -"Incubating and Scaling up...
“Elevate” – a stepping stone for the rural youths
With an objective to educate youths on the importance of skilling and further enhance their career Deshpande Educational Trust has launched one more remarkable skilling program “Elevate” on September 27th, 2018. Considering the known fact - ‘India has the world’s largest youth population’, the foundation...
Pramila V Puranikmath – with her lip-smacking Bhadang
To achieve anything in life age does not matter and it just remains as a number when someone strongly believes in her/himself. Pramila V Puranikmath, is one such strong believer whose optimism and faith lead her to be an entrepreneur at the age of 50...
Voices were worth hearing at the Alexathon
On August 17 & 18, Sandbox Startups’ Makers Lab hosted their 24-hour Hackathon at the new Incubation Center in Hubballi. The event titled ALEXATHON, engaged participants in voice application through an 8-hour workshop led by Alexa developer & evangelist at Amazon Sohan Maheshwar, followed by...
The fifth edition of Talaash was successfully completed recently at KLE Institute of Technology, Hubballi.
Talaash is all about identifying brilliant technical ideas from the young minds, especially who are passionate about technology and entrepreneurship. KLEIT Lead Cell and Deshpande Foundation organises this event every year to provide an accomplishable platform to the passionate technocrats. The three-day event held on...
Eventful April at Ek Soch Sandbox
The two-day conclave of micro-entrepreneurs was a refreshing and much-needed event for 150 Navodyamis at Varanasi, which held on April 26th and 27th. At the “Navodyami Summit” the mentors Nitesh Dhawan, Assistant Commissioner, Handloom Department, Varanasi; Karuna Rai, Assistant Commissioner DIC, Varanasi; Mustkeem Ansari, Handloom...
Novodyami is a ray of hope to me: Vishwanath Kenchi
At the tender age of 10 years, Vishwanath Kenchi started his journey in the handloom industry to support his family. Now he owns 50 looms in Gajendragad, Karnataka. Kenchi never lost hopes and continued with weaving, which is a traditional profession in North Karnataka and now around 120...
Ajay Suman Shukla ‘TEDx Talk’ call on youth to be innovative
Our Ajay Suman Shukla, Team Leader LEAD and Ek Soch Sandbox featured in the very popular talk show in the world - 'The TEDx Talk'. In his talk under 18 minutes, Ajay successfully captured the attention of the audience through his soulful talk, which described his...