Ahana Bhattacharya

Kotak Education Foundation is working tirelessly since the last 16 years to ensure children and youth from underprivileged families in India get access to quality education and necessary skills through their different education-based interventions and skill-training programmes. Dr Ganesh Raja, CEO, Kotak Education Foundation opens up to The CSR Journal about their scholarship project for...

Ratanpur, a small, quiet village under Shantiniketan Police Station in West Bengal’s Birbhum district has a population most of whom sustain on agriculture. However, since January 2023, the village proudly boasts of a Sunday library where not only local children but also students from other neighbouring villages are flocking to read books. On top...

Leading Ductile Iron Pipes and Fittings manufacturer company Electrosteel Castings Limited (ECL) is running a skill training programme for women in Andhra Pradesh as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The project aims to empower women residing in villages around Srikalahasthi in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. Currently, ECL- Srikalahasthi Works is conducting a 100...

Gender gap in education is persistent in almost every state of India, in some areas it is more, and in some areas it is less. But it exists. Even today, the number of school dropout girl children is higher than that of boys that is the harsh reality. Non-profit organisation Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan...

Pairs of little feet walking confidently towards school with school bag on their shoulders, hope in their eyes and smile on their faces— this is the present day picture at Gambhiraopet, a remote village in Sircilla district of Telangana. Till date this village didn’t have a proper school building, causing major inconvenience to the...

Treatment of cancer costs a bomb. And accommodation in India’s financial capital Mumbai is costly, the world knows this. So, it becomes a huge expenditure for people coming to Mumbai for treatment of cancer from other parts of India. But what if, you get to live in Mumbai just for Rs 100 a day?...

After cutting open a packet of Maggi, we put the noodles in saucepan for boiling and throw away its plastic wrapper in the dustbin. After opening a packet of biscuit at tea time, we tend to put the biscuits inside a container and the plastic wrapper ends up in the dustbin. Same happens to...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the Parliament on Wednesday. The nation is celebrating her announcement of providing tax exemptions up to Rs 7 lakh for salaried professionals. Apart from Income Tax relief, the Finance Minister also made a host of announcements. Key Highlights These include among others A...

As the world battles for sustainability and people are looking for more eco-friendly alternatives, especially to plastic in their day to day lives, contributing a step ahead in this path is UttarPradesh-based Company Yash Pakka Ltd, which has started manufacturing an innovative range of eco-friendly, compostable and biodegradable tableware products under their brand CHUK. Established...

Imagine a 10-year-old child from a remote village in Manipur, Rajasthan or Assam reading learning about sustainability, climate change, reading books in English or solving complex mathematical problems! This is exactly what non-profit organization Barefoot College International (BCI) is doing among underprivileged children in India through their digital community school programme. Talking about the same,...

“Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast. (If there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this),” the beauty of Kashmir can perhaps be best described by 13th century Indo-Persian Sufi poet-musician Amir Khusrau’s couplet. The tourism industry has experienced perhaps its all time...

Have you been harassed, abused or cheated? Are you struggling to find your crutch while leaving for the police station or unable to find your hearing aid? If you are deaf-mute or specially abled ‘Divyang’ residing in Indore, you will not have to take the trouble of traveling all the way to a police...