Hubli Sandbox

The Hubli Sandbox in Hubballi, India is an ecosystem launched by Deshpande Foundation that supports mission-driven individuals to come up with sustainable and scalable enterprises having social and economic impact.[1] It's a co-creation of Dr. Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur[2] and his wife Jaishree Deshpande.[3]

Hubli Sandbox
Founded2007 
Headquarters
Hubballi
Key people
Dr. Desh Deshpande, Jaishree Deshpande, Naveen Jha, Dr. Neelam Maheshwari
Websitewww.deshpandefoundationindia.org

Programs

Hubli Sandbox runs many programs in the areas of education, student leadership, agriculture,[4] 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.[5] The Development Dialogue is the annual international conference of social entrepreneurship conducted by Hubli Sandbox.[6][7]

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References
  1. "Hubli Sandbox, an innovation hub to find solutions to real world problems".
  2. Mishra, Bibhu Ranjan (27 January 2015). "NRI venture capitalist plans social entrepreneurship centre in Hubli". Business Standard. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. "Sandbox turns Hubballi into talent hub".
  4. "How 'Desh' Deshpande is helping Indian NGOs scale up".
  5. "All about the Hub experience: The best practices to build regional hubs".
  6. "'Development Dialogue-2016' begins".
  7. "'India needs 10 million entrepreneurs solving problems of a billion people'".
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