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Vijay Mahajan, founder of the microfinance institution BASIX, and widely regarded as the dean of Indian microfinance, is walking the hot and dusty roads of rural India in his kurta pajama and sandals, and as he's walking he's thinking about the microfinance industry's tough year.

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Vijay Mahajan, chairman of the Indian livelihood promotion institute BASIX, explains that micro-entrepreneurs also need a network of complementary services: "identification of livelihood opportunities ... business and technical training, establishing of market linkages for inputs and outputs, common infrastructure and some times regulatory approvals".

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The commercially viable last-mile network of MFIs provide unprecedented, scalable access to the country†™ s largest client segment. “This segment also opens a world of opportunity for affluent investors to diversify their investment portfolios into a low-risk asset class yielding stable returns, †said Sajeev Viswanathan, CEO, Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance (a microfinance company promoted by BASIX).

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He's now chairman of BASIX, a group of seven companies that provide unserved rural communities with access not only to microcredit, but also a comprehensive set of services ranging from insurance and agricultural business development to technical training.

NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit 2010

He's now chairman of BASIX, a group of seven companies that provide unserved rural communities with access not only to microcredit, but also a comprehensive set of services ranging from insurance and agricultural business development to technical training.

NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit 2009

He's now chairman of BASIX, a group of seven companies that provide unserved rural communities with access not only to microcredit, but also a comprehensive set of services ranging from insurance and agricultural business development to technical training.

NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit 2009

The Livelihood School, an educational institution promoted by BASIX, one of the leading livelihood promotion agencies of the world, got engaged in training some of the elected representatives of

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Social entrepreneur, Vijay Mahajan wants banks for everyone and so he founded BASIX in 1996.

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Before founding Arohan, Shubhnkar worked with many years in BASIX group.

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Looking at this opportunity, Indian Grameen Services (BASIX) and Dhara Sansthan of Barmer has collaborated together for enhancing the income of women artisans of Barmer who are involved in the traditional embroidery work.

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