http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/4078 Comments for "The Spark Group" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/4078 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> The Spark Group<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-image-32"><br /> <img alt="The Spark Group" src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/logo_brown_baseline-1.thumbnail.jpg" /><br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.thesparkgroup.net" TARGET="_blank">http://www.thesparkgroup.net</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> <p>The Spark Group is an idea incubator working at the grassroots level in India. Using insights from academic research, the Spark Group develops promising ideas into commercially viable business ventures that deliver valuable services to poor communities. The Spark Group is funded, in part, by the IFMR Trust and is supported by <a href="http://www.bostonpledge.org/">The Boston Pledge</a>.<br /> <br /> Spark&#39;s founding team has over 50 years of experience in world-class organizations such as McKinsey, Microsoft, Deloitte, IBM, Procter &amp; Gamble and the World Bank.<br /> <br /> Funded by the Network Enterprises Fund, Spark&#39;s advisors hold positions of eminence in organizations like Harvard University, MIT, The Boston Pledge and ICICI Bank.<br /> <br /> The projects include <a href="http://www.thesparkgroup.net/home322"><em>Spark Accreditation</em></a> - in which for a fee, any school can receive a letter-grade evaluation of its quality. Another project is <a href="http://www.sparkguru.com/"><em>Spark Guru</em></a> - a teacher assessment service where trained teachers would be sent to identified schools and enhance the learning capabilities of children. Also in the pipeline are initiatives in the space of technology solutions for microfinance and education investment.</p><br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/4078">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/4078#comment Education Activity Investment Activity Active Consumer For-profit Activity India Private Investment Funded Sun, 20 May 2007 06:34:56 -0400 Nitin Rao 4078 at http://www.nextbillion.net