GSVC2009
GSVC2009
GSVC2009
GSVC2009

PARTNERS

   Haas School of Business
   Columbia Business School
   London Business School
   Indian School of Business
   Yale School of Management
   University of Thammasat
AFFILIATES
   Social Venture Competition-Korea
   University of Geneva
Preliminary Round Results

The following are the teams that are being invited to make presentations at the ISB:
 

Pioneer Healthcare
A network of hospitals in a hub and spoke model, combining best medical facilities and knowledge, augmenting each other to provide effective primary healthcare in rural areas.
 



ISB, Hyderabad, India
 

i-RAG
Real Time Traffic Management System that will monitor traffic density at traffic junctions and will change the traffic lights accordingly in real time, to ensure smooth traffic flow thus saving fuel and improving environment.
 
TISS, Mumbai, India

Sehat Sahyog
Technical support unit that will focus on Community Health Financing Solutions tthough NGOs and CBOs currently involved with urban poor, thus providing healthcare facilities at affordable cost to the poor.
 
SIESCOMS, Mumbai, India

Hydrus
An innovative, small-capacity, low-cost hydro electricity generator that will provide electricity to small villages (in hilly and inaccessible rural areas) at affordable prices.
 
NMIMS, Mumbai, India

Go Cars
A mobile based car pooling service that facilitates shared trasporation in real time, providing mutual benefits to both ride-giver and ride-seeker. It also contributes to environmental improvement through this mechanism.
 
ISB, Hyderabad, India

SRAVN
To provide bio-degradable, low-cost sanitary napkins to very poor women, thus addressing hygiene and reproductive health issues.
 
NMIMS, Mumbai, India

Grass Bounty
This venture plans to manufacture eco-friendly paper and paper products from Boda grass that grows abundantly in the forest areas, thus generating employment opportunities to village/ forest communities.
 
IIM, Indore, India

Water Lifting Device
Creating efficient and convenient water lifting devices which will address the water shortage problem in India. It is environment friendly as compared to diesel pumps.
 
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Ability - Digital Bridge
Holistic approach for ICT product to bridge disability digital divide through text to speech to sign language conversion and vice versa.
 
International Space University, Strasbourg, France

SeedImpact
This is an online platform to linking MFIs and retail investors so that the MFI have access to funds below market interest rates, thus helping the ultimate beneficiaries.
 
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Cyclechalao
To promote bicycle as the first choice of people for travelling short distances in closed communities, by providing bicycle rental services.
 
NMIMS, Mumbai, India

ONE
To develop professionalism in NGO sector of Hong Kong through training, information transparency, performance evaluation and data base support services.
 
CUHK, Hong Kong

Ummeed
To provide bio-degradable, sanitary napkins that are economical to low-income rural women thus addressing hygiene and reproductive health issues.
 
SPJIMR, Mumbai, India

A-Spine
This is a patented surgical process (Baloon Kyphoplasty) that will reduce surgical costs as also increase quality of life of patients with stress-induced Vertebral Compression Fracture.
 
NCCU, Taiwan

Lighting Lives
To promote Solar Cell electricity generation to provide LED-based lighting systems in rural areas through a rural entrepreneur-driven implementation model.
 
ISB, Hyderabad, India

ArtIsAn Art
To promote handicrafts through providing design support and market access thus ensuring higher income for rural artisans.
 
ISB, Hyderabad, India

Go for Social Innovation
An enterprise that will provide social entrepreneurship training programmes and access to resources for Chinese college students.
 
BNU, Beijing, China

Vidyut Shakti
Venture to promote cultivation of Jatropha, extraction and trans-esterification of Jatropha oil through innovative and low-cost technology to produce bio-diesel and then generate electricity.
 
BITS, Pilani, India

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