Kasmin Fernandes

January 19 is annually observed as National Immunization Day 2021 in India. This year, the day will take on added significance with the Pulse Polio Programme being overshadowed by the pan India COVID-19 vaccination drive. Over the next few months, a whopping three crore people who are at most risk will be inoculated. Here's...

Homegrown automaker Mahindra Group has been creating awareness about road safety for years. Companies within the group participate in Road Safety Week every year. In 2020, the theme for its interventions for this cause was ‘Bringing Change Through Youth’. That week, employees were included in a special campaign across all locations. Mahindra Group ropes in...

Travel, in and of itself, involves some sort of risk. Whether it's your daily commute to office, or your children's ride on the school bus, a long road trip or a group tour. Transport has come a long way from the snail-paced automobiles. However, car crashes kill lakhs of Indians every year, with 17...

Nearly half of our country's population is less than 25 years old, making India one of the youngest countries in the world. Are we treating our youth with the love and respect Generation Z deserves? This is a question every parent, professor, policymaker and politician should be asking themselves as the nation celebrates National...

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Dubai's commitment to corporate social responsibility in the face of an economy-destroying pandemic is impressive. The secret sauce for this successful CSR recipe is the way that the UAE government rewards every corporate – big or small – who contributes to the culture of responsible business practices. The unique approach in Dubai has made...

ESG or Environmental, Social and Governance has been gaining prominence with global conglomerates in the past decade. However, Indian firms were procrastinating on ESG reporting. Although it goes hand in hand with the principles of responsible business and corporate social responsibility, the perception of ESG was that of a prestige product. Such notions are...

Truck drivers have a thankless job. They trudge long and winding roads alone for a paltry sum. The terrain is often treaacherous, challenging their very lives if they take one wrong turn or fall asleep at the wheel. They brave extreme weather to transport goods for people they will never meet. Truckers are exposed...

As Chairperson of JSPL Foundation, the executing arm of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) Group CSR activities, Shallu Jindal is on a mission. She is committed to empowering women and educating children, especially young girls, in the villages. Ms. Jindal said, “Empowering the girl child with education is the best and the wisest...

Offshore wind has enormous potential and is expected to play a big role in future energy mix. However, 80% of the world’s offshore wind resource potential lies in waters deeper than 60 metres. To fully harvest the global offshore wind potential and expedite the energy transition and maintain a 1.5°C pathway in line with...

Kiran Shinde, Deputy Chef de Partie at the prestigious hotel chain JW Marriott, (grinning at you in the picture) is a success story for the books. He grew up as an orphan at an ashram in Pune. He worked several odd jobs to make ends meet. If it wasn't for his training at Mahindra...

India has the largest number of migrants living abroad. The latest World Migration Report says that a whopping 17.5 million global citizens come from India. India also tops the list of remittance recipient countries (remittance being the act of sending money elsewhere). Indians living abroad sent home US $78.6 billion in the year 2020,...