by diana | Jan 14, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes, Jan '12 India Trip
I hired a car for the day and headed to the headquarters of United Villages, which is the main reason I came to Jaipur (no, it was not to look at pretty buildings). United Villages (UV) is a rural distributor of fast moving consumer goods. Its origins are at MIT, and...
by diana | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes, Jan '12 India Trip
Prashanth dropped me off at IIT Madras once again. I wandered around on campus and took the shortcut to the little student area where you can buy toiletries and small snacks. I hung out there for awhile and made a phone call to Nishant of Desta, which is a rural...
by diana | Jan 10, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes, Jan '12 India Trip
Prashanth drove me through Chennai wicked morning traffic and dropped me off at IIT Madras. It almost felt like a homecoming. This institution is where I began my research in India, and seeing the Gajendra Circle elephants made the memories flood back. Plus, if you...
by diana | Jan 10, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes, Jan '12 India Trip
Back-dated blog post entries, edited from Diana’s personal blog. When I got off the plane and began walking to immigration, I took a whiff of the air and said to myself, “Yes, this is Chennai.” Immediately, my senses were transported to two years back, when I...
by diana | Nov 3, 2011 | Blog, Cambridge, Competitions
I need a better phone camera. Tuesday and Wednesday nights were spent with MIT $100K Elevator Pitch Contest events. As I have written, I’m working with a team of awesome MIT, Harvard, and University of Cambridge students and alumni on a new social venture, Essmart. In...
