Greater Malabar Initiative (GMI)
GMI focuses on bringing malabar region into tourism map with home stay, etc. We visited Rubber plantations near Kozhikode in the backdrop of beautiful Wayanad foothills. Rubber plantations also provides plenty of opportunities for automating the cutting, collection processes. It is always good moving up in the value chain, as it protects the farmers from price volatility. There are entrepreneurial opportunists in value addition of rubber. It’s important to create a local investor community that would support these entrepreneurs as they can connect with the problems better. Good discussions with few HNIs in Kozhikode around this.
No more excuses for not able to do good – here is a pathway! Proud to launch ” book by Prof.Simy Joy and Prof.Priya Nair Rajeev along with Arun Maira former planning commission member “to enact corporate social consciousness” part of celebrating 25 years of Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode Debashis Chatterjee
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- Urban vs Rural India with respect to social-tech startups
- Bursting the Myth: “Social-tech and Profitability cannot go together”
- Bursting the Myth: “Social-tech startups cannot create billion dollar companies”
- Handful of impact investors in India. How do we change that? Role of Entrepreneurs, Investors, Government and people in general
- Scenario of foreign investment in India, in the social innovations space