Find out about the latest happenings and annoucements for Spark the Rise.
Spark the Rise awarded at the 2012 WAT Awards
Dear Spark the Rise folks, We are so happy to share this piece of news with you. The website has won the Silver Award for Portal of the Year at the 2012 WAT Awards! And that's not all: the Rise Blog has also won the Gold Medal for Blog of the Year. You can visit the WAT Awards website .. Read more
25 January 2012
Dear Spark the Rise folks, First of all, we would like to wish you a Happy New Year 2012! May 2012 be filled with.. Read more
09 January 2012
Spark The Rise Project Champions Featured on Amazing Indians
Dear Sparks, 5 of our project champions are being featured on Amazing Indians on Times Now this weekend! Look out for the Mountain Cleaners, Avani, PNLIT, Bees for Poverty Reduction and E Prashala! The telecast times (IST) are: Saturday 7th Jan 3.30pm and 10.30pm Sunday 8th Jan 9.30am and 5.30pm Stay tuned for more in the near future!.. Read more
06 January 2012
Announcement of Round 4 winners have been postponed
Dear Sparks, The announcement of the winners of Spark the Rise Round 4 will be postponed until 9th January. This is to ensure that: a) The Jury gets enough time to deliberate on their choices b) Our technical team has enough extra time for due diligence, to ensure that we keep Spark the Rise safeguarded against fraud .. Read more
04 January 2012
Tell us what you have been up to in 2011!
Dear Spark the Rise Community, 2011 has been an exciting year for the Rise Team. A lot has happened, and now it’s time to take stock. Check out our video—and then share your own story! We want to hear what you achieved in 2011. Send us a link to your YouTube video at brand@mahindra.com between Dec. 29 and Jan. 16, and we’ll feature the best ones on our YouTube channel... Read more
29 December 2011
Dear Spark the Rise Community, We have come across some people who are offering to sell votes to project champions. Some of these fake ids are with us and it pains us to see some otherwise promising projects have a significant number of votes from these ids. We issue a sincere appeal to all project champions to desist from dealing with spurious offers for votes. Let us keep Spark the Rise clean. .. Read more
28 December 2011
Reminder for Round 4 Voting Period
Dear Sparks, Please remember that the voting period for Round 4 ends on December 30th, 2011 at 23:59:59. That means that you only have 10 days left to promote your project and cast your votes for the most deserving ones! The Winners will be announced on Wednesday 4th January, 2012. --Rise Team.. Read more
21 December 2011
Dear Spark the Rise community, The issue with Facebook Connect has been fixed. You are now able to login using your Facebook account! --Rise Team.. Read more
14 December 2011
Dear Spark the Rise community, Due to some technical updates started by Facebook since yesterday, you will not be able to login to the site using your Facebook Account. Our technical team is investigating the situation. Please look for any updates on our Facebook or Twitter pages once the issue has been resolved. We apologize for any.. Read more
14 December 2011
Spark the Rise Round 3 Winners Annoucement
Dear Spark the Rise folks, Congratulations on a great round! It has been exciting to see Spark the Rise start to take off not just as a grant competition, but as a true community. More and more people are volunteering and offering insights on the discussion board, and communication between project champions is increasing. If your project didn’t win a grant this month, don’t give up! Build yourself a volunteer base and use Spark.. Read more
05 December 2011