A few weeks ago I flew to Bangalore in the south of India for a 5 day conference hosted for the Artemisia Social Business interns currently in India. Amazing time, met the other interns from Argentina, Russia, Portugal and Canada, and got put up in a hotel (with AC!), while also managing to get sick from the restaurant food.
It was an incredible learning experience- sharing ideas, hearing about the social businesses in India using innovative technology, and discussing the potential for social business to drive social change in a profitable way both in India and around the world. I came away from it with so many ideas spinning in my head and inspired by all the developments going on in India!
After the conference a fellow Canadian intern and I boarded an overnight bus with bunk beds (surprisingly comfy) and hit the bumpy road to Hampi. Hampi is a village surrounded by temple ruins from when it was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire between 1336 - 1565 (thank you wikipedia). The landscape is mindblowing, made up of massive piles of stones (think Bedrock from the Flinstones), which were used to make the temples and statues of Hindu deities. It's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It was incredibly hot, but delicious fresh fruit drinks were readily available and awesomely cheap.
Great trip.
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| Heading to the airport- off to Bangalore! |
It was an incredible learning experience- sharing ideas, hearing about the social businesses in India using innovative technology, and discussing the potential for social business to drive social change in a profitable way both in India and around the world. I came away from it with so many ideas spinning in my head and inspired by all the developments going on in India!
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| Rooftop meeting at the shared office of Babajob and mDhil. Got to meet the founders, ask Q's and discuss the social space in India |
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| Hammocks and couches - such stressful meetings |
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| L to R: Caroline, Diego, Mutembei, Vinay, Katia, Celina, Ricardo - Tomorrow's social entrepreneurs! |
After the conference a fellow Canadian intern and I boarded an overnight bus with bunk beds (surprisingly comfy) and hit the bumpy road to Hampi. Hampi is a village surrounded by temple ruins from when it was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire between 1336 - 1565 (thank you wikipedia). The landscape is mindblowing, made up of massive piles of stones (think Bedrock from the Flinstones), which were used to make the temples and statues of Hindu deities. It's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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| Booted around on for a few days |
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| lots of these |
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| Saw this guy getting a bath - loved it! |
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| Climbed up the Monkey Temple for a jawdropping panoramic view |
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| Bedrock? |
Great trip.
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