Author Archives: vijaymahajan
Research in Microfinance – A Practitioner’s Perspective – Talk at CERMi, Brussels and a Rejoinder by Prof Shamika Ravi of the ISB, Hyderabad
I gave a talk on 18th March at the 5th birthday of the Centre for European Research in Microfinance, Brussels. Please click on the link below to see the rather dense PPT Research in Microfinance – A Practitioner’s Perspective – Vijay Mahajan … Continue reading
A 15 min video summary of the last three days of the 80 day Shodh Yatra
For a 15 minute video summary of the last three days of the 80 day Shodh Yatra, click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0N72acSYjo
Day 79 – The Yatra ends in Pochampally, Shodh continues
April 18, 2011 Pochampally, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh Based on report by Vishali Vishwanath, Communications Team, BASIX The last day of ‘Shodh Yatra’ was planned to culminate on April 18, 2011 in a village called Pochampally (about 45 … Continue reading
Day 74 – Kolar, Karnataka
Face to Face with Microfinance Clients Further, for Kolar, feedback from clients during the qualitative investigation by the study team reveals that the multiple borrowing level of 3-4 loans per client in the area resulted from several individuals having taken … Continue reading
Day 73- General comment – We have to be counted before we count !
The Census of India 2011, Preliminary Results are out! I am an ardent admirer of India’s mega administrative exercises – the Decennial Census, the General Elections, the Pulse Polio Campaign, the Total Literacy Movement, etc. The sheer scale of these … Continue reading
Days 71-72 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Yunus and I in Dhaka on Apr 11, 2011 Apart from offering our solidarity and conveying the sentiments in our letter below on behalf of the world microfinance community, I also discussed a number of issues with Prof Yunus, … Continue reading
Day 66-68 Bhitiharwa Ashram, Champaran, Bihar
My Invitation to Bhitiharwa Ashram, Champaran, Bihar, which I sent to about 40 selected people. About 25 came and the responses of some of them after the visit are given below: Dear Friend As you know, I have been on a … Continue reading
Days 55-62 March End Break
I had taken all of the last week as a a break from the Shodh Yatra, to be in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad, to attend to work related to “year closing” since the fiscal year ends on March 31. As … Continue reading
Day 49 North East beginning with Guwahati and Shillong
The northeastern states of India – Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, the Seven Sisters, as they are called, with the addition of the little brother, Sikkim, are remote from the rest of India, and not very … Continue reading
Days 42,43, 63, 64, 67 Bihar
We stopped by at the Museum in Vaishali an walked through the exhibition in half an hour. The capital city of the Licchavis, Vaishali was the most important centre of governance, commerce, culture and religion from the sixth to the … Continue reading
