http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/05/04/starbucks-ahimsa-aarthik-swaraj Comments for "Starbucks + Ahimsa = Aarthik Swaraj" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/05/04/starbucks-ahimsa-aarthik-swaraj <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> May 4, 2006 - 12:00, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> The Economic Times</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> Starbucks + Ahimsa = Aarthik Swaraj</div><br> <div class="form-item"> <label>Story Link:</label> <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1513445.cms">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1513445.cms</a> </div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> <p><em>SASWATI CHAKRAVARTY<br /> </em><br /> He has Starbucks in his eyes and ahimsa in his heart. Vikram Akula, the 37-year-old founder of SKS Microfinance, dreams of putting the two together to attain ‘aarthik swaraj’.</p><p>Akula, who finds a place in Time’s list of 100 ‘People Who Shape Our World’, believes corporatising the NGO sector is a must for meaningful poverty alleviation programmes. “A for-profit business model is the fastest way to put more money into more poor hands,” he says in a chat with ET.</p><br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/05/04/starbucks-ahimsa-aarthik-swaraj#comment Business Development Financial Services Microfinance South Asia Thu, 04 May 2006 12:22:48 -0400 _Alex Bloom 2639 at http://www.nextbillion.net