{{Advert|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox company | image = | founded = 2008 | hq_location_city = Hubballi | key_people = {{unbulleted list|Dr. Desh Deshpande|Jaishree Deshpande|Naveen Jha|Dr. Neelam Maheshwari}} | website = https://deshpandefoundationindia.org/ }}
'''Hubli Sandbox''' in Hubballi, India is an entrepreneurship program launched by the Deshpande Foundation that supports local entrepreneurs to come up with sustainable and scalable enterprises having social and economic impact.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-27/news/53285008_1_innovation-hub-phanindra-sama-google-india|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829001725/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-27/news/53285008_1_innovation-hub-phanindra-sama-google-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 August 2014|title=Hubli Sandbox, an innovation hub to find solutions to real world problems}}</ref> It was founded by Jaishree Deshpande and her husband Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pillai |first=Shalina |date=2017-01-28 |title=Hubballi to get country's largest startup incubator |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/hubballi-to-get-countrys-largest-startup-incubator/articleshow/56829858.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-05-05 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
== Programs ==
Hubli Sandbox runs many programs in the areas of education, student leadership, agriculture,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/philanthropy-awards-2014/how-desh-deshpande-is-helping-indian-ngos-scale-up/39277/1|title=How 'Desh' Deshpande is helping Indian NGOs scale up}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thealternative.in/business/all-about-the-hub-experience-the-best-practices-to-build-regional-hubs/|title=All about the Hub experience: The best practices to build regional hubs }}</ref> The Development Dialogue is the annual international conference of social entrepreneurship conducted by Hubli Sandbox.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/development-dialogue2016-begins/article8204943.ece|title='Development Dialogue-2016' begins}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/technomics/india-needs-10-million-entrepreneurs-solving-problems-billion-people-364|title='India needs 10 million entrepreneurs solving problems of a billion people'}}</ref> NR Narayana Murthy also attended Sandbox Hubli’s Startup Dialogue 2019 event.
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