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How citizen-led Khaana Chahiye made massive impact during COVID-19

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The CSR Journal
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Citizen social responsibility (CSR) is growing from strength to strength in the time of COVID-19. Citizen-led initiative Khaana Chahiye epitomises how individuals can make a difference when they come together for social change, especially in crises like the current pandemic.
Khaana Chahiye was co-founded by Pathik Muni, Ruben Mascarenhas, Rakesh Singh, Shishir Joshi, Neeti Goel, Swaraj Shetty and Anik Gadia to solve food insecurity in their beloved city of Mumbai during COVID-19 while mapping the homeless and assisting migrant workers reach their destination.
The effort involved identifying hunger pockets across the city of Mumbai, validating that the beneficiaries are absolutely destitute, mapping this demand with the nearest kitchen capacity, which was built by activating the dormant kitchens of restaurants across Mumbai.

Why Khaana Chahiye succeeded

Khaana Chahiye was designed around the concept of hyper-local food supply followed by food delivery firms like Swiggy and Zomato. This ensured that volunteers spend less time serving and lower logistics to handle. The logistics were huge, considering that the citizens were distributing over 70,000 cooked meals daily in the midst of a lockdown.
Khaana Chahiye ran on a flexible blend of local transport providers, courier companies and city transport buses provided by the BMC. A team of over 150 volunteers and over 500 local points of contact handled last-mile delivery.

Secret to scaling up

The reason they could scale up from a handful of people to a team of over 650 responsible citizens in a matter of days is a credit to their Human Resource model. It was conceptualized on the principles applied by HR firms. Each requirement would be mapped against the skillset of every volunteer request across their website, social media pages and groups.

Running a tight ship

As the team started growing, so did the challenges. These included arranging “Essential Services” passes to safety gear for each volunteer. Masks and hand sanitizer stocks were disappearing fast, so they built partnerships with direct wholesale suppliers to ensure non-stop delivery at their dispatch centres. They set up a team that would liaison with the administration, ensuring the issuance of Essential Services passes for all rotational volunteers.
The plan was laid on the foundation of ensuring food supply over the 5 main arterial roads of the island city, namely – Western Express Highway, Eastern Express Highway, SV Road, Linking Road, and LBS Marg. The plan created a smooth supply, by having designated food pickup points for local points of contact, who would then work along with the volunteers to ensure hassle-free last-mile distribution.

Serving the migrant population

The citizen-led initiative’s scale of operations caught the attention of the local municipal administration due to which Khaana Chahiye went on to adopt 3 out of the 4 Shramik Express departure railway stations in Mumbai. They catered to over 300 Shramik Express trains serving around 5 lakh migrants with food, snacks, water and sanitization kits for their travel. They also set up relief operations at all 4 entry/ exit points of the city, serving over 1 lakh migrants on foot.

Impact of Khaana Chahiye

Khaana Chahiye arranged transport and food for the journey for over 50,000 stranded labourers through the Ghar Bhejo Campaign; adopted 32 orphanages across Mumbai for the entire lockdown period, serving them cooked meals or ration kits; adopted 3 Adivasi padas in Aarey forest where they served cooked meals daily while 11 Adivasi padas in Sanjay Gandhi National Park got a ration supply for two months.
Khaana Chahiye provided ration support to 5 community kitchens for two months. The initiative also looked out for the socially disadvantaged. They adopted and helped 100 transgender persons, 800 sex workers, 900 children in night shelters, 500 families of visually disabled persons, 400 families in Palghar and 1000 families in Raigad district (during Cyclone Nisarg) and 100 families of domestic help with ration support. Our four-legged friends weren’t ignored. The programme adopted 500 stray dogs for daily feeding since June 22.

Recognition and future plan

The efforts of the responsible citizens behind Khaana Chahiye have been acknowledged by Swachh Bharat and the PMO (Prime Minister’s Office). Their original model has been featured on various news channels and print publications. They are possibly the only citizen movement in India to have raised Rs. 1,75,00,000 online in a mere 100 days, served over 47 lakh cooked meals and distributed over 300 tonnes of dry ration.
These responsible citizens are currently working on a fully self-sustainable plan based on the concept of community fridge in partnership with National Restaurant Association of India. They are creating India’s first Hunger Map in partnership with Mumbai University.

सीएसआर से संवार दिया गांव, पीएम मोदी भी हुए मुरीद

By
Rahuldeo Sharma
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अमितेश कुमार, एक साधारण सा नाम, ना पहचान, ना कोई रूतबा, ना कोई शख्सियत। अमितेश ने पढ़ाई के दौरान सीएसआर (CSR) को जाना और उसकी ताकत को पहचाना। फिर क्या था, सीएसआर यानी कॉर्पोरेट सोशल रिस्पांसिबिलिटी की मदद से अमितेश ने वो कारनामा कर दिखाया जिससे आज ना सिर्फ जिलाधिकारी, मुख्यमंत्री बल्कि देश का सबसे ताक़तवर दफ्तर प्राइम मिनिस्टर्स ऑफिस (PMO) भी अमितेश के सामाजिक काम को सराह रहा है। अमितेश ने Corporate Social Responsibility (सीएसआर) की मदद से अपने गांव का कायापलट ही कर दिया है।

सीएसआर की मदद से स्मार्ट विलेज बना दैहर गांव, पीएमओ ने की तारीफ

झारखंड हजारीबाग के चौपारण प्रखंड स्थित दैहर गांव के पेशे से इंजीनियर अमितेश ने जो काम किया है, उसकी वजह से उनकी चर्चा प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी भी कर रहें हैं। शायद बहुत जल्द हम मन की बात में उनके बारे में सुन सकेंगे। अब आप ये जानने के लिए उत्सुक जरूर होंगें कि आखिर इस व्यक्ति ने ऐसा क्या कर दिया, जिसकी वजह से प्रधानमंत्री भी उनकी चर्चा कर रहें हैं? दरअसल किसी एक व्यक्ति की इच्छाशक्ति से भी किसी जगह की तस्वीर कैसे बदल सकती है, यह अमितेश कर दिखाया है। वो भी सीएसआर की मदद से।

लॉकडाउन में आये थे अपने गांव, सीएसआर से परेशानी को अवसर में बदला

कोरोना के दौरान अमितेश मुंबई से हजारीबाग स्थित अपने गांव आये हुए थे। लॉकडाउन की वजह से दो-तीन महीने तक गांव में ही रहना पड़ा। उसके बाद अमितेश ने जो जूझा उससे अमितेश ने ठान ली कि अब गांव के लिए कुछ करना है। गांव के लोग पानी की समस्या से जूझ रहे थे। कुएं से पानी मिलता था। गांव के लिए पक्की सड़क नहीं थी। इसी तरह गांव वालों ने अमितेश को और कई तरह की समस्याओं की जानकारी दी। फिर क्या था अमितेश को लगा कि इन सब समस्याओं को सीएसआर फंड से सुलझाया जा सकता है।

सीएसआर से मदद कर कई कंपनियां दे रहीं अमितेश के गांव का साथ

अमितेश ने अपने गांव को स्मार्ट विलेज बनाने के लिए विकास का खाका खींचकर अपनी कंपनी ओएनजीसी को भेजा तो कंपनी सीएसआर के तहत गांव के विकास के लिए तैयार हो गई। इसके बाद कई और कंपनियों का सहयोग लेकर अमितेश ने योजना को और भी विस्तार दिया। गांव के कायाकल्प और ग्रीनफील्ड स्मार्ट गांव का उसका सपना अब जल्द ही साकार होने वाला है। अमितेश की मदद के लिए ओएनजीसी, टाटा, रिलायंस इंडस्ट्री टेलीकॉम सेक्टर से भी प्रस्ताव मिला है। ये भी चर्चा है कि गांव में बेरोजगारी भी एक समस्या है जिसके लिए कंपनीज यहां निवेश के लिए तैयार दिख रही हैं।

पिछड़ा है अमितेश का दैहर गांव

अमितेश का गांव दैहर पिछड़ा गांव है। दैहर हजारीबाग के चौपारण प्रखंड में पड़ता है। हजारीबाग शहर से करीब 55 किलोमीटर दूर है गांव। गांव की आबादी करीब पांच हजार है और गांव तक तो सड़क बनी है, लेकिन जर्जर है। 50 फीसदी लोगों के पास पीने के पानी के लिए अपने स्रोत कुआं या चापानल नहीं है, वे पानी के लिए इधर-उधर भटकते थे। पर अब यह गांव हरित स्मार्ट गांव में तब्दील होनेवाला है। यहां पर पक्की सड़कें होंगी। गांव में 50 पक्के मकान बननेवाले हैं। पेयजल की व्यवस्था हो चुकी है। स्ट्रीट लाइट लगनेवाले हैं। इसके अलावा अस्पताल भी बनेगा और पौधारोपण भी किया जाना है। ग्रामीणों में खुशी का माहौल है। और ये सब संभव हुआ अमितेश की जूनून और सीएसआर की वजह से।

BYJU’S launches Give CSR initiative to encourage digital learning for all

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The CSR Journal
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BYJU’S, India’s largest EdTech company, announced the launch of BYJU’S Give CSR initiative as a part of ‘Education for All’. BYJU’S ‘Give’ aims to be a people-driven movement that can take digital learning to as many children as possible, giving them a chance at remote learning.

Citizens are encouraged to donate their old or unused smart devices that will then be refurbished and powered with BYJU’S content and distributed to children with no access to online education.

Announcing this new initiative, Mrinal Mohit, Chief Operating Officer, BYJU’S, said, “With BYJU’S Give, we want to take the transformative power of education to students in every corner of the country. We want to encourage everyone to come forward and be a change-maker by donating their extra or old smart devices for children who genuinely need it. This simple gesture can give a new start to a child’s education, especially in challenging times like these. At the heart of this CSR initiative lies a humble dream of every member of the BYJU’S family — to empower children with an equal opportunity to learn and thrive in life.”
The Give CSR initiative is focused on bringing equal and quality learning for every child as well as addressing another critical area i.e. responsible recycling of old tech. With efforts like BYJU’S Give, what could have ended up as e-waste will instead get upcycled into a child’s online learning companion. BYJU’S will be collecting, evaluating and refurbishing these old devices in partnership with Cashify, a prominent e-commerce marketplace in India.

BYJU’S Give is part of “Education for All” that endeavours to democratize education and provide 5 million underprivileged children across remote areas access to quality online learning opportunities by 2025.

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CSR: Grundfos India and nonprofit EFI restore mid-sized pond in Chennai

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The CSR Journal
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Grundfos India, a global leader in pump solutions and water technology, announced the successful completion of the restoration of a mid-sized waterbody, the Annaikeni Pond in Sholinganallur, Chennai.
Grundfos India partnered with Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) to restore the Annaikeni Pond. While this pond was built to be one of the sources of water for people residing in the area and contributed to maintaining the water table, over the years it was neglected and eventually became a breeding ground for mosquitos and even turned into a garbage dump yard.
The restoration work included the excavation of the water holding area to increase the capacity by 18 – 20%, the strengthening of the circumference embankment, fencing and the planting of native plant species around the pond. As part of the restoration efforts, the entire lake was cleared of the garbage and more than four tonnes of water hyacinth and Prosopis Juliflora shrubs (weeds).
The pond, which is under the jurisdiction of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is estimated to cater to the needs of around 8,000 to 10,000 individuals directly and indirectly within the vicinity of a one-kilometre radius. This cleaned water pond will now be able to reduce and prevent any waterborne diseases and ensure the rejuvenation of the ground water levels in the area.
Saravanan Panneer Selvam, General Manager, INDO Region, Grundfos, said, “Grundfos is committed towards promoting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Water and Sanitation). Water bodies play a key role in maintaining and ensuring a good ecosystem not only for humans but also for the flora and fauna. We at Grundfos India are therefore focusing some of our CSR efforts on restoring water bodies in Chennai. Through this restoration of the Annaikeni pond, we hope the ground water level and its quality in the locality improves and that the community can enjoy the presence of a clean water body that will help nature thrive.”
Arun Krishnamurthy, Founder, Environmentalist Foundation India, said, “We are currently faced with an immense challenge of bringing Chennai’s water bodies back to life again. This project is a tri-party collaboration between the Greater Chennai Corporation as the Administrative Partner, Grundfos India as the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partner and executed by EFI. This project is part of the larger Chennai water mission project taken up by the GCC. This collaboration for a water-positive Chennai has taught us several lessons in water conservation. At EFI we took a scientific approach towards restoring this lake and also worked closely with all the involved stakeholders, the authorities, Grundfos India and the local residents. We are proud to say that the Annaikeni Pond will now be able to contribute towards providing support for ground water recharge, soil formation, biodiversity and efficient flood protection.”
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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020 – Memories of the murdered

By
Kasmin Fernandes
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Every November 20th is poignant for the queer community; it is a day for honouring the memory of trans persons who have lost their lives due to violence. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) today is a reminder that transphobia is very much alive and present in the “woke” new millennium.

What is Transgender Day of Remembrance?

TDOR was founded more than 20 years ago as a vigil by fierce trans advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith. The vigil was primarily held in memory of transwoman Rita Hester, who was murdered a year before. The event also paid tribute to all the other transgender people who had lost their lives due to transphobia and acts of violence. In so doing began an annual tradition called Transgender Day of Remembrance which gains more ground every year.

Why TDOR?

Fatal and non-fatal violence against the trans community continues to this day all over the world, and in India as well. This is another type of gender-based violence. The numbers tell one story since a majority of the cases go underreported. Trans victims are wary of the police, justice and media because they are misrepresented and called out by the names given to them at birth, not the identity they have chosen to embrace.

Beloved Indian trans activist murdered

The latest anti-transgender crime took place as recently as October 2020. The queer community was shocked when 55-year-old transgender activist Sangeeta was found dead in her own apartment in Coimbatore, her mutilated body rotting in a plastic drum.
Sangeeta transgender activistSangeeta was an entrepreneur who was also making her own community more employable. Sangeeta had started Covai Trans-Kitchen where 12 transgender persons and others were employed. Loved and respected by activists in Tamil Nadu as a humanitarian, she also ran the NGO Coimbatore Transgender Welfare Trust.
Moved by the loss of livelihood during the COVID-19 pandemic within the transgender community in Coimbatore, she opened Covai Trans-Kitchen so they could earn a decent living. Social distancing norms during the lockdown had forced many trans people to take to begging on the streets, since they were also discriminated against. Sangeeta was one of the sources of light in the darkness, which was snuffed out too soon. The police arrested a 23-year-old man working in her restaurant for the murder.

How can I participate in Transgender Day of Remembrance?

Whether you belong to any faction of the queer community or not, anyone can participate in TDOR.
1) You can attend a vigil today in memory of all the people who have lost their lives to anti-transgender violence. LGBTQ activists and trans advocates usually host TDOR vigils in a public place.
2) If there is no vigil in your city, then organise one. Read out the names of all the victims of anti-transgender violence this year.
3) Educate yourself about transphobia and violence against the trans community.

CSR: DCM Shriram partners with Tata Trusts to sensitize adolescent girls and women on menstrual hygiene

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The CSR Journal
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DCM Shriram Ltd has joined hands with Tata Trusts to raise awareness on menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls and women in and around its four sugar units in Hardoi & Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh.
DCM Shriram has been working on health and hygiene for the last several years under its CSR programme. ‘Khushali Sehat’ its health programme is being run in 44 villages of Hardoi and Lakhimpur districts through partner organizations Vinoba Seva Ashram, Gram Swarajya Mission Ashram and Mamta HIMC on the ground.
Taking this programme forward, Village Level Workers (VLWs) were given Knowledge training by Tata Trusts to generate awareness among adolescent girls and women on sanitation and safety during the menstruation period, and the benefits of reusable cotton sanitary pads. The VLWs will be further doing three sessions each for all the female population of these 44 villages to create awareness on menstrual hygiene and the same will be repeated at regular intervals.
Roshan Lal Tamak, Executive Director and CEO, Sugar Business, DCM Shriram Limited said, “DCM Shriram takes various developmental initiatives in the area through its social responsibility programmes. This CSR initiative related to sanitation and safety in the menstrual period, in collaboration with Tata Trusts, is a significant effort.”
The Tata Trusts team also trained women on making reusable cotton sanitary pads at the Silai School, a CSR vocational skill training programme run at Ajbapur and Loni by DCM Shriram where young women learn sewing. They will make reusable cotton sanitary pads which will be sold by the team of VLW’s.
This MHM program will benefit about 11000 women from 44 villages.
The principle of giving back to society stems from the values of the company’s founder Shri Ram. The CSR Policy at DCM Shriram is a reflection of its commitment to engage and work closely with the Community and Society. CSR programs of the Company tackle social issues at both local and national level in order to develop scalable, replicable, impactful, and sustainable social programmes that leave a long-lasting meaningful impact.
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PNB MetLife distributes hygiene kits under its CSR initiative Damini

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The CSR Journal
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As the festive season comes to a close, and we are once again reminded of the endless onslaught of the pandemic, PNB MetLife Insurance Company draws back the focus on personal hygiene and safety, especially among adolescent girls and women as they display a heightened need for specific health and hygiene services.
Together with LittleBigHelp India Trust, its NGO partner in the East, PNB MetLife is distributing 1,000 hygiene kits containing items like masks, handwash and detergents to vulnerable adolescent girls and women in the Bidhan Nagar area of Kolkata. Ashwin Kumar Jha, Chief General Manager (Field General Manager’s Office) of Punjab National Bank, the bancassurance partner of PNB MetLife, will distribute these kits to the beneficiaries.
The CSR initiative targets residents of some of the area’s lowest-income areas, viz: Sree Krishna Colony, Dakshindari, Gulermat, Dhoparmat and Basanti Colony, and is designed to raise awareness of the day-to-day hazards and good hygiene practices to protect their health and wellbeing.

The collaboration with LittleBigHelp India Trust signifies the growth and expansion of PNB MetLife’s CSR initiative – Damini into the eastern region of India. Damini is based on the idea of supporting and empowering girls on their journey to womanhood.

As one of the largest social welfare institutions in West Bengal, PNB MetLife has joined forces with LittleBigHelp India Trust to extend Damini into West Bengal in an effort to create better opportunities for vulnerable children and women in the Region.
Nipun Kaushal, Chief Marketing Officer, PNB MetLife, said, “Underprivileged women and girls face a multitude of health and other challenges at the best of times. Now with a global pandemic, this group will require additional support to thrive. PNB MetLife’s CSR initiative, Damini, was created to address the unique challenges girls face in their journey to womanhood and position them for lifelong success.”
Ashwin Kumar Jha, Chief General Manager (Field General Manager’s Office), Punjab National Bank, the bancassurance partner of PNB MetLife, said, “I am humbled to be part of this project. PNB MetLife, through its CSR initiatives, has always focused on empowering girls by supporting their educational endeavours and providing them with opportunities to grow thus propelling them towards a brighter future. This drive will shift the focus and conversations towards the health and hygiene of young girls and women at a community level. Tackling issues such as this will ensure that they are provided with a nurturing environment to evolve as more empowered citizens.”
PNB MetLife has tackled several health and education challenges facing underprivileged girls and women through its Damini program, including Education and awareness for girls on menstrual health and hygiene, bringing financial empowerment to rural women by providing them with skill development workshops to be self-reliant and financially independent. Such initiatives include:

Education:

PNB MetLife in partnership with Nanhi Kali supported the education of close to 1,400 girls at Moga (Punjab) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). The initiative employed 46 local women as part-time teachers for the girls.

Skill Development and Financial Inclusion:

The Company in partnership with Drishtee NGO supports a livelihood program – ‘Sakhi Swavalamban’, where skill development training and financial literacy awareness programmes were conducted for 250 women from 117 villages across the Varanasi district. There was a 40% increase in household income of the beneficiaries.

Health and Hygiene:

PNB MetLife has partnered with LittleBigHelp India Trust to spread awareness on menstrual health among adolescent girls in two slums of Kolkata, West Bengal. The CSR initiative provides aid to 300 adolescent girls from the location to maintain menstrual hygiene and will spread awareness among 9800 residents of the slums.
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Is UI UX Designer Job Ideal For You

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The CSR Journal
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Everybody wants a stable, interesting, and high paying job. A decent UI UX Designer job will pay you close to 85,000 dollars a year. The benefits quantify with the experience of the professional and their design skills.
But, most of the time a candidate finds it confusing as to whether they should go for the UI UX designer job or not. This generally happens because there is still a little confusion as to what a UI UX Designer does.

UI UX Designer Job

Technically speaking a UI UX Designer job requires a professional who will collaborate with internal teams and come up with a user interface and user experience after analyzing the user requirements. It includes creating storyboards, process flows, and sitemaps using various design ideas and ultimately choosing the most efficient one.
It may sound like an analytical job, but it isn’t just that. You will have to design and create interface elements for the product. As easy as it may sound, UI UX Design has its challenges.
To understand if a UI UX Design job is suitable for you, here are some reasons why you should take UI UX Design as your next goal.

Design Thinking

Do you think you have a design thinking process?
Most of the products in the past were successful because they had something new to offer in terms of the User interface. Each time a new product broke the internet, it had a new user interface.
We can take as many examples as we want. Although UX wasn’t very popular earlier, companies are starting to realize the direct impact user experience can have on businesses.
A simple activity monitor on our devices adds so much value to the user experience and eventually helps the business as well. So, if you have ideas or a creative imagination that you can put in a product, UI UX Design can be your calling.

Data Analysis in UI UX Design

Most of the design process in UI UX Design depends on data analysis. UI can have the creative freedom to some extent, but UX has to be aligned with the market analysis because it directly puts the business on the map.
The process starts with gathering data and then comparing it with older insights. Keeping in mind the results, a few changes are made to the UI UX and the data is analyzed. The process goes on until the goal is met.
Since the whole market is at our fingertips we can see the impact of UI UX Design. And keeping in mind the flow of consistent data supply, there will never be not enough data for analysis. So, if you like finding patterns in numbers and gathering insights from large data, UI UX Design can be a new challenge for you.

UI UX Design for Ease of Access

UI UX can create a lot of difference when it comes to ease of access. In recent years, there has been a very sharp competition to improve the user experience. This has led to discoveries where people/companies are starting to realize how a simple change in the UI UX design brings a drastic change in product performance.
Consider an example of AI in UI UX. How a speech recognition based UI can help you save a lot of hassle and provide the results faster. Or voice triggered bot assistants doing all sorts of tasks for you. These are very basic examples of how UI UX Design changed the way companies evolved their products.
We are seeing more and more innovative UI UX Designs in the Medicare industry as well. A perfect example is how a bot assistant can do an initial diagnosis and narrow down possible plans of action before you even visit the doctor.
UI UX design is shaping the future in terms of how products are being conceptualised and manufactured. This only means a direct impact on how society will shape up in the future. UI UX design has a wide market and directly impacts their actions, thought process, etc. So, a UI UX Designer is shaping the future.

Accessibility with UI UX Design

UI UX Design aims at providing an experience aligned with the user requirements. In recent years, more and more products are being made that gives an alternative to a rather complex looking task.
Let’s take an example of where we go to a restaurant on a rainy afternoon to buy food, and on the other hand, you can order the same food using your mobile phone and track the progress as well. It adds to the user experience and eventually helps the business grow.
This opportunity can be seen as a blessing in disguise for all the problems that made it difficult for people who could not work around complex technology. For example – If you had asked an elderly person to play a song on the internet, they might have found it difficult. And now, they will just ask the voice assistant to play any song that they want.
A simple change in the user experience powered with artificial intelligence paved the way for accessibility for those who could not work with complex technology.

Growing a Business with UI UX Design

An efficient UI UX Design will lead to improved sales of the product with higher profits. As simple as a recommendation section on an E-Commerce website in the correct setting can increase the conversion rate to at least ten folds. Sometimes, even a minute change in the UI UX design delivers a great user experience and in turn, benefits the business.
Not only in conversion rates, but a good UI UX Design also means good SEO, which is the key to running a business online. Be it the response time on your website, or as simple as having a sitemap these UI UX Design concepts plays a very crucial role in how a search engine ranks your webpage/website.
All in all, UI UX Design is user-centric. It revolves around how an experience could be improved. It does not have to be always the most efficient experience, sometimes making the UI UX more fun for the users can be a lot more efficient than a convenient change.
Although these reasons may make you want to take up that UI UX Design job right now, it is not as easy as it sounds. With more and more creative UI UX designs there is no way to measure or tell how efficient a design is until we can test it on a product.
Since there is no parameter to check the design’s credibility without testing it on a product. How does a professional make sure he is right for the job?

How to Become a UI UX Designer?

UI UX Design will not just come naturally to anyone. Even if you have brilliant ideas and creative imagination, you will need a tool and design skills to put it on display. So, it is needless to say that to become a UI UX Designer, you must master the basic and advanced uses of UI UX tools and design skills. You would also need to practice your learning by creating small projects.
You can learn the following to begin with:
– Sketching – In UI UX Design, the very first challenge will be a blank canvas. To propose and explore different ideas regarding the UI UX Design, a designer could sketch. Sketching is nothing but a distinctive form of drawing to communicate the designs before coming up with a final structure.
– Wireframing – It is a commonly used technique where a layout is created. It is in accordance with the content of the page and what kind of functionality will be associated with it.
– Prototyping – It establishes an understanding of how the product is working. It tests the UI UX Design with a prototype.
– Workflow Designs – It is nothing but the flow of every process that will take place in the UI UX Design. Starting from the initial research to the end product, workflow covers every process.
You will have plenty of tools online both free and paid to learn the above. Some of the tools include Adobe InDesign, Javascript, Adobe Illustrator, etc. Once you get familiar with the concepts and tools, you can begin with smaller projects. You can design some of these projects on your own and make a portfolio for the same.
Even though it is difficult to determine how legitimate and credible a UI UX Design is until we can test it on a product. But, to stand apart, a professional can learn as many tools as they can. They must master all the necessary processes required for UI UX Design. If they have a portfolio with their designs, it will give them an edge over other aspirants.

Conclusion

Self-learning may not be the best bet to learn UI UX Design. There are a lot of tools that you can use for UI UX Design.
To analyze and gather insights aligned with the user requirements, a professional would need an in-depth knowledge of all the key concepts in effective UI UX Design for a UI UX Designer Job. A structured learning path with expert guidance can kickstart your career. So, explore and enrol in the Springboard’s UI UX Design Career Track courses that can help you with hands-on projects and a job guarantee that will kick-start your career.

सीएसआर – विराट कोहली कुपोषित बच्चों के लिए करेंगे दान

By
Rahuldeo Sharma
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सामाजिक ज़िम्मेदारी का निर्वहन सिर्फ देश की कॉर्पोरेट्स का ही ना होकर अगर ये ज़िम्मेदारी हर एक सक्षम व्यक्ति उठा ले तो इस देश में कोई भी ज़रूरतमंद भूखा नहीं रहेगा। कॉर्पोरेट सोशल रिस्पांसिबिलिटी यानी सीएसआर (CSR) के तहत कॉर्पोरेट्स तो सामाजिक भलाई के लिए काम करते ही रहते हैं लेकिन अब देश में सिटीजन सोशल रिस्पांसिबिलिटी भी बढ़ रही है, सबसे ताज़ा उदाहरण है क्रिकेटर विराट कोहली। विराट कोहली बड़े पैमाने पर अपनी कमाई का हिस्सा सामाजिक कामों में लगाने का ऐलान किया है।

विराट कोहली बने सिटीजन सोशल रिस्पांसिबिलिटी की मिसाल

दरअसल भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम के कप्तान विराट कोहली जल्द ही पिता बनने वाले हैं। यही कारण है कि पितृत्व का अहसास उन्हें अभी से होने लगा है। इसी भावना को अपने दिल में लिए विराट कोहली ने सेनिटेशन ब्रांड वाइज के प्रचार से मिलने वाली राशि को कुपोषित बच्चों की मदद के लिए दान करने का फैसला किया है।

विराट कोहली (Virat Kohli) फ़ाउंडेशन करेगी कुपोषण पर काम

सेनिटेशन (Sanitation) ब्रांड Vize ने हाल ही में कोहली को अपना ब्रैंड एम्बेसेडर नियुक्त किया है। वाइज के लिए विराट कोहली ने प्रचार भी करना शुरू कर दिया है। वाइज इंडोर्समेंट से मिलने पैसों से विराट कोहली कुपोषित बच्चों की मदद करने वाले हैं। विराट कोहली फ़ाउंडेशन के Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) यानी सीएसआर के तहत महाराष्ट्र में 10 हजार बच्चों को कुपोषण से मुक्ति दिलाई जाएगी। कोहली की ओर से दान में दी जाने वाली राशि महाराष्ट्र के एक एनजीओ राह फ़ाउंडेशन को दिया जाएगा, जो कुपोषित और वंचित बच्चों के उत्थान के लिए काम करता है।
मार्च 2013 में, कोहली ने विराट कोहली फ़ाउंडेशन (Virat Kohli Foundation) नामक चैरिटी फ़ाउंडेशन की शुरुआत की। संगठन का उद्देश्य वंचित बच्चों की मदद करना है और दान के लिए धन जुटाने के लिए आयोजनों को बढ़ावा देना है। विराट कोहली अपने फ़ाउंडेशन के साथ कई सामाजिक और परोपकारी काम करते रहते हैं। भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम के कप्तान विराट कोहली ऐसे व्यक्तित्व हैं जो क्रिकेट के अलावा भी बहुत सारे कामों में दिलचस्पी रखते हैं। वनडे में आईसीसी के बेस्ट बैट्समैन होने और क्रिकेट के सभी प्रारूपों में भारत की कप्तानी करने के अलावा विराट कोहली बहुत सारे युवा एथलीटों के मेंटोर भी हैं।

फ़ाउंडेशन वंचित बच्चों की करता है मदद

विराट कोहली युवा खिलाड़ियों को ‘विराट कोहली फ़ाउंडेशन’ की मदद से जरूरी सुविधाएं मुहैया कराने का काम करते हैं। विराट का फ़ाउंडेशन प्रतिभाशाली युवा एथलीटों को स्कॉलरशिप और संसाधन उपलब्ध कराता है, जिसके जरिए ये युवा एथलीट खेल के क्षेत्र में अपने सपने को पूरा कर सकें। हम आपको बता दें कि भारत में करीब 19 करोड़ लोग कुपोषण के शिकार हैं। आज लगभग देश का हर तीसरा बच्चा कुपोषित है। अब विराट कुपोषित बच्चों के लिए आगे आये है जो एक बेहद ही सराहनीय पहल है।

World Toilet Day 2020: Ensuring Sustainable Sanitation for All

By
Hency Thacker
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19th November is celebrated as World Toilet Day as declared by the United Nations Organisation. The day is aimed at raising awareness about 4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is intended at encouraging action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

World Toilet Day 2020: Sustainable Sanitation and Climate Change

Floods, droughts and rising sea-levels caused as a result of climate change are posing a threat to the sanitation systems in the world. Therefore, the theme of World Toilet Day 2020 is Sustainable Sanitation and Climate Change in order to ensure access to sustainable sanitation facilities that can withstand climate change to everyone.

Swades Foundation’s initiative to Provide Sustainable Sanitation to Rural Households in India

Swades Foundation operates with a focus of empowering 1 million Rural Indians, every 5-6 years. The organisation has a unique 360° intervention inside-out model of development, with a multiplier effect. They take on a holistic approach to solve issues in villages, committing to improving the standard of living in rural areas. Their works cover 4 key verticals – Health & Nutrition, Education, Water & Sanitation and Economic Development, with their work benefitting over 500,000 people today.
Swades Foundation believes that having household toilets is critical towards facilitating a healthy lifestyle. It has ensured that every individual from a family in the district of Raigad, has access to a toilet in their respective homes. The foundation also works to ensure the sustainability of the work undertaken. Since 2013, Swades Foundation has built over 23,883 household toilets with 1,339 villages declared as ODF. A part of the funds for building the toilets are collected through community contribution to providing a sense of ownership to the local communities. These toilets are built on a twin soak pit model using brick & mortar, pre-cast and pre-fab superstructures. The foundation has 1,945 Nigrani Samitis formed and trained on sanitation framework which monitors the progress of the communities, with the aim of being open-defecation free. Hand wash and upkeep of toilet is a must and is regularly monitored by trained Nigrani Samitis nominated by the community themselves, who also ensure that all family members should use the toilet regularly. This is in addition to providing schools with access to toilets and clean drinking water. 196 schools have been provided with drinking water & sanitation infrastructures impacting nearly 30,000 students year-on-year. The foundation has also built 693 drinking water schemes with taps in 35,278 homes impacting over 174,810 lives.
For sustainability and behaviour change, the organisation conducts various street plays, community-led total sanitation programmes, swachhta raths, rallies and other modes to engage with the community and ensure an open defecation free geography. The ultimate vision of the foundation is to reduce the incidence of disease due to open defecation and to restore the dignity of individuals, especially women and children.
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