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An Indian social entrepreneur has been named among 10 "champions and pioneers" by UN Chief Ban Ki-moon under the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative that calls on companies to align with universal principles of human rights, environment and anti-corruption. Zubaida Bai, the founder of 'ayzh', a for-profit social venture providing health and livelihood solutions to...

Shri Sushilkumar Shinde was the Minister of Home Affairs and the Leader of the house in Lok Sabha until May 2014. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and has been an outstanding agent of change in every role that he has played. A passionate advocate for social impact. While speaking at The...

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra urged bank CEOs to set aside more funds for their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Speaking at a condolence gathering to pay homage to social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi at the SBP headquarters, Wathra said banks should donate generously to the foundation set up by the...

In April 2014, our Supreme Court recognized the third gender in a landmark judgement. However, not much is known about the aspirations, lives and struggles of our country’s transgender community. With the vision of giving them a voice - Abhina Aher, Urmi Jadhav and Madhuri Sarode founded The Dancing Queens in 2009. The Dancing Queens...

SaMcara - the sound of change. Formed in 2012 in Bangalore, saMcara is an alternative lyrical pop band that composes, sings and promotes what they call "Songs of Reality".  Their compositions have five fundamental elements - humour, satire, social awareness, love & hope. The band members are Sutirth Mukherjee,  G.Bo , Simon Jacob ,...

Rohit Misra is the CEO of Starkey Labs and one of the Founders of Starkey Hearing Foundation. With a career spanning almost a decade at Starkey, Rohit has worked relentlessly to sensitise the civil society of the magnitude of impact of hearing disabilities.

Today is the day when it all started... the day when The CSR Journal was launched in 2014. We are celebrating our second anniversary and you, our audience, have made it possible to keep us going. We couldn't possibly have a celebration without you. Today we would like to publish something rather different. An insight...

The CSR Journal is celebrating its anniversary and establishing a platform for individual efforts to empower the underprivileged society through SWAG (Social Welfare & Growth) Awards 2016. The occasion will also mark the commencement of crucial announcements by The CSR Journal. In addition, performances by Dancing Queens, an LGBTQI community-based dance group. Stand-up artist Kenneth Sebastian. An exclusive song...

The Registrar of Companies (RoC) has served warning to about 100 companies over non-disclosure or improper disclosure of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending, sending a strong signal that the government is very serious about compliance. Regional registrars of companies (RoCs) have shot off notices to companies asking them to furnish further details of spending...

Today is the day when it all started... the day when The CSR Journal was launched in 2014. We are celebrating our second anniversary and you, our audience, have made it possible to keep us going. We couldn't possibly have a celebration without you. Today we would like to publish something rather different. An insight...

Government plans to institute awards for corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities across sectors as part of efforts to incentivise companies to take up work towards social welfare. The Corporate Affairs Ministry, which is implementing the Companies Act, is working on the idea of having such awards. Under the Act, a certain class of profitable companies is...

As many as 2,351 companies have not spent a single penny on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, while a total of 776 firms have engaged NGOs for implementing such tasks, Parliament was informed today. The new Companies Act mandates every company with a networth of Rs 500 crore to set aside minimum 2% of their...