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Hubli Sandbox in Hubballi, India is an ecosystem launched by Deshpande Foundation that supports mission-driven individuals to come up with sustainable and scalable enterprises having social and economic impact. [1] It's a co-creation of Dr. Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande and his wife Jaishree Deshpande.
Hubli Sandbox runs many programs in the areas of education, student leadership, agriculture, [2] micro-entrepreneurship, and maternal health. Major programs are Sandbox Startups, Navodyami, Grantmaking & partnerships, Deshpande Educational Trust (DET), LEADers' Accelerating Development (LEAD), Agriculture, Healthcare, and Global Exchange Program. [3] The Development Dialogue is the annual international conference of social entrepreneurship conducted by Hubli Sandbox. [4] [5] NR Narayana Murthy also attended Sandbox Hubli’s Startup Dialogue 2019 event.
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