Banker to the Poor

I recently read the book “Banker to the Poor :the story of the Grameen Bank” by Mohammed Yunus. Prof. Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his pioneering work in the development of Bangladesh through the concept of microcredit and the Grameen Bank. Microcredit consists of lending tiny sums of money to the [...]

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Oh! The places you’ll go (or maybe not)

While there’s another year of college to go before our batch of COEP engineers graduates, most people have busied themselves with thinking and planning ( and even preparing) for the future. “Lets just get done with engineering and move on” is the most common sentiment on campus. With moving on, of course, comes a sense [...]

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