News in Business standard Title: EDI student awarded by UN agency BS Reporter / Mumbai/ Ahmadabad November 10, 2007 Vikash Kumar a student of Post Graduation Diploma in Management of NGOs (PGDMN) at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Gandhinagar has been conferred upon the ‘Outstanding Community Support’ award by UN Solution Exchange (a wing of United Nations Agency in India). The award is in recognition of his contribution to the Microfinance community of practice. The award was presented to him in October. Vikash, an 8th batch PGDMN student is currently working with a Bangalore based Micro finance Institution, ‘Grameen Koota’ where he was placed by EDI through campus placement. The Post Graduate Programme in Management of NGOs has been set up for those interested in joining the development sector. The course aims at qualifying people in social planning and management of development programmes. News Article in Business Standard Read More

Mr. Vikash Kumar | Executive Director Vikash Kumar has a BA in Arts from S. K. University, Dumaka and Post Graduate Diploma in NGO Management from the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), Ahmadabad. At EDI, he specialized in management of microfinance and micro-enterprise development. He is also a certified Trainer of Microfinance, accredited by Asian Development Bank. He worked with Grameen Financial service Pvt. Ltd as it capacity of Senior Project Specialist, involved with Read More

Microfinance Focus (MF) is a monthly digital magazine. It can be considered the first and only international online monthly magazine focused on the microfinance sector. Microfinance Focus initiated publishing in July 2006, and is currently distributed to over 6,000 primary subscribers. MF is focused on serving the microfinance market, and publishes articles and editorials written by experts who are practicing in the field. The editorial team behind MF has individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, all of which relate to and support the microfinance sector. MF has a distinguished advisory board that oversees the monthly publication of the magazine, and who are involved in the continuous improvement of the magazine, and the consistency of its content and presentation. Microfinance Focus is a unique, digital magazine that is focused on covering the diverse activities of the microfinance sector both in India and internationally. The editors and advisory board of MF are committed to the concept of microfinance as a means for promoting the sustainable and holistic growth of ‘poor-owned’ businesses in order to alleviate the devastating effects of poverty. The publication addresses the social and business aspects of the microfinance sector. Each issue contains articles by field experts as well as exclusive interviews with sector leaders. This Magazine has been reaching to senior management executives, professionals, researchers, students and interested individuals from the microfinance sector. Some of the past issues have focused on important and emerging issues of Microfinance. Some of our special issues include coverage on Micro-insurance, Individual Lending, North –East Indian Microfinance, Livelihoods, Social Performance Management, the Financial Crisis, Microfinance Credit Bureau, Training, etc. Microfinance Focus is planning to launch various E-learning courses, Training and Capacity building programs, and Advisory services in the domain of Microfinance soon. Vision To evolve as a knowledge and communication hub with a major focus on Microfinance for holistic and sustainable development. Mission To promote microfinance and micro enterprise development and its sound practices. Read More