The CSR Journal

Menstruation is still a taboo subject in India. The shame around menstruation forces thousands of girls to drop out of school once they reach puberty, impeding the growth of female literacy in India. It’s a terrible fallout of what is a wholly natural and normal process for girls across the world. Concern India Foundation (www.concernindiafoundation.org) has...

GiveIndia has initiated a new campaign to help survivors of violence against women, to fight back. In partnership with Majlis Manch, Apnalaya, Guriya and ActionAid, the aim is to create a platform for people who want to do more than just express outrage about the shocking cases of abuse and violence that are so...

67% of the Indian population lives in rural areas. According to the National University of Education Planning and Administration (NUEPA) India Analytical Report 2015-16, 150 of the 200 million students in India are enrolled in rural schools. Out of 1.5 million schools in India, 1.23 million are in rural areas. This makes rural education...

The PIFA Foundation  Back in the 1960s, Mumbai, and Colaba in particular, was a hotbed of sporting talent. Fast-forward to the present, and the rapid development of the area means that the local kolis (fishermen) are pushed to the very periphery, sinking into problems such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and gambling. PIFA (Premier India Football Academy)...

STEAM stands for Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics.  Shifting to a STEAM perspective means understanding learning contextually; not only in terms of having a framework that illustrates where the subjects overlap, but also in providing a living and adaptable learning structure for ever-changing personal and global development. STEAM is showing success in schools all...

With an aim to develop India’s unskilled and semi-skilled labour pool into a productive and skilled workforce, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), an executive arm of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India, has collaborated with Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL). As part of this collaboration, DHFL has offered to provide...

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) hosted ‘Apprenticeship Connect Workshop’ at Hilton Garden Inn in Lucknow. The Lucknow workshop, second in a series of Skill Connect Road Shows, introduced new industry-savvy reforms in Apprenticeship regime. The Apprenticeship Connect Workshops are intended...

India is a rapidly expanding global economic power. The middle class is growing along with it. Yet, the underclass lives on less than two square meals a day. There is very little paid work in rural India. Poverty, malnutrition and illiteracy abound. Together with its business partners, Women on Wings aims to create one...

India has approximately 26 million people who are visually impaired due to eye diseases. Because of this, many potentially productive people end up leading their lives with a lot of discomfort. The blindness caused due to diseases can also be the cause of loss of self confidence to stand up on their own for...

Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Education Project Council, Government of Jharkhand. As per the MoU, Bharti Foundation will support Government initiatives in 150 government schools, enhancing the overall schooling experience of more than 24,000 students and 500 teachers in the districts of...

Reliance Jio and Mahindra & Mahindra are the only Indian firms to make it to the top 25 on the list of 63 companies in the global ‘Change The World’ list from Fortune. The prestigious list recognizes companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business...

Health projects have been on the priority list of the government of India, but due to lack of infrastructure and willingness of qualified doctors to work in the villages, the projects have not the shown the desired results. The “Heart of India” project by Dr Anantpal Singh attempts to fill this gap. “We provide...