Professor Ajay Shah of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) visited IFMR recently, where he spoke about ‘Financial Distribution with Consumer Protection and Scalability’ at IFMR Business School and also visited Pudhuaaru KGFS, Thanjavur.

On January 29, 2010, IFMR hosted a seminar by renowned social worker and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, Padmashri Deep Joshi.

Last week a group of microfinance practitioners and investors gathered in New York City at the 2nd Microfinance Summit to discuss recent developments within the microfinance industry, as well as opportunities in providing healthcare, clean water, and renewable energy to low-income populations.

Recently, a profiling exercise was carried out at the Sanjay Nagar Branch of Pudhuaaru KGFS to understand and estimate the size of the economic and financial system of the branch service area.

Prof. Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at New York University, visited Pudhuaaru KGFS this week. His work has had considerable influence on the way we think about access to finance, shaping some of the key ideas behind the KGFS model.

In a first transaction of its kind, IFMR Capital concluded a multi-originator securitisation of micro-loans originated by four  microfinance institutions in India.

Last week I attended a conference titled “Microfinance: Translating Research into Practice”, hosted by the Centre for Microfinance in partnership with the College of Agricultural Banking (CAB) in Pune.

Dr. Nachiket Mor gave a presentation talk at the India-Europe workshop on Innovation and Partnership on 14th Dec 09.

The annual forum on social entrepreneurship organized by Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation and hosted by the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad was held on the 8th and 9th December 09.

The South Asian Economics Students Meet (SAESM) that concluded recently in Dhaka had Kshama Fernandes from IFMR  Capital interacting with the students over a dinner talk on “Access to Finance for All”