Hubli Sandbox Explained

Founded:2008
Hq Location City:Hubballi
Website:https://deshpandefoundationindia.org/

Hubli Sandbox in Hubballi, India is an entrepreneurship program launched by the Deshpande Foundation that supports local entrepreneurs to come up with sustainable and scalable enterprises having social and economic impact.[1] It was founded by Jaishree Deshpande and her husband Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande in 2008.[2]

Programs

Hubli Sandbox runs many programs in the areas of education, student leadership, agriculture,[3] micro-entrepreneurship, and maternal health. Major programs are Sandbox Startups, Navodyami, Grantmaking & partnerships, Deshpande Educational Trust (DET), LEADers' Accelerating Development (LEAD), Agriculture, Healthcare, and Global Exchange Program.[4] The Development Dialogue is the annual international conference of social entrepreneurship conducted by Hubli Sandbox.[5] [6] NR Narayana Murthy also attended Sandbox Hubli’s Startup Dialogue 2019 event.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hubli Sandbox, an innovation hub to find solutions to real world problems.
  2. News: Pillai . Shalina . 2017-01-28 . Hubballi to get country's largest startup incubator . 2024-05-05 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
  3. Web site: How 'Desh' Deshpande is helping Indian NGOs scale up.
  4. Web site: All about the Hub experience: The best practices to build regional hubs.
  5. Web site: 'Development Dialogue-2016' begins.
  6. Web site: 'India needs 10 million entrepreneurs solving problems of a billion people'.