# Hubli Sandbox

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{{Infobox company
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| founded = 2008
| hq_location_city = [Hubballi](/source/Hubballi)
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|[Dr. Desh Deshpande](/source/Gururaj_Deshpande)|Jaishree Deshpande|Naveen Jha|Dr. Neelam Maheshwari}}
| website = https://deshpandefoundationindia.org/
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'''Hubli Sandbox''' in [Hubballi](/source/Hubballi), [India](/source/India) is an entrepreneurship program launched by the [Deshpande Foundation](/source/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](/source/Gururaj_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
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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](/source/N._R._Narayana_Murthy) also attended Sandbox Hubli’s Startup Dialogue 2019 event.

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