Tag: Microfinance

Every month, we touch base with our borrowers to see how they are doing and if our loans have been helpful or not. With the rising number of people we are investing in, we need more and more support from you. Click on the image above for more details on how you can help. Do Read more …

The recent microfinance crisis in Andhra Pradesh is a grim reminder that scale minus thought leadership combined with knee jerk reactions can be disastrous. The result being that a phenomenon that could positively impact the lives of many low income households across India has come to a screeching halt in the state. A summary of Read more …

By Smita Ram, Rang De Team In the last couple of weeks, we have heard of more than a couple of suicides by borrowers of microfinance institutions in Andhra Pradesh.  While the media is known to exaggerate and take a lop sided view of stories, let us not deny the fact that there is a Read more …

By Ramakrishna Nk, Rang De Team After a very inspiring TEDxHitechCity Meet at Hyderabad, Aishwarya (member of the Rang De Hyderabad Chapter) and I decided to take off to the Charminar area to meet some of the recipients of our education loan. Aishwarya took half a day off and we both set off with a Read more …

By Smita Ram, Rang De Team Meeting a Rang De borrower after they have utilised the loan is a truly unique experience. It suddenly dispels all myths about the working poor and makes one think about how much planning actually goes into a micro-business.  However, people who are not able to travel and want to Read more …

By Rahul Anand, Rang De Delhi Chapter Member On a slightly misty morning (January 23rd), all of us from the Delhi chapter gathered at the IIT Delhi auditorium where ‘SmashUp’, an event for entrepreneurs organised by TIE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) was going on. Rang De had a stall in the event. Ishaan and Chetan (other Read more …

By Smita Ram, Rang De Team Photo Courtesy Global News Centre For Microfinance On a weekday in October 2007, a few months before RangDe.Org went live, Ram and I found ourselves literally shaking with excitement. We had an appointment with the man himself. The man who was responsible for spearheading India’s largest MFI’s growth trajectory. Read more …

By Archana Ramakrishnan, Rang De Team Arvind and Archana were satisfied by Rang De’s campaign at Sasken. Rang De looks to spice up corporate campaigns to attract further attention. It was a day of fun and awareness at Sasken Bangalore last Wednesday. Rang De, armed with punching bag and gloves, set up a “Knock Out Read more …

In the last 10 days, the Rang De team has been buzzing with actvitiy during the evenings. Not that it doesnt during the day but there is a sudden excitment as evening sets in. if you are wondering why…its because when most people are looking at their watches and counting minutes so that they can Read more …

Smita and Diksha on the banks of the Brahmaputra On a recent visit to Assam, Diksha and Smita had the chance to understand and soak in the local Assamese culture. The trip left both Smita and Diksha wanting to spend more time in Assam. What the rest of the team had to put up with Read more …