Education and Skill Training

ACC Limited today facilitated a book distribution drive providing students of Chandrapur District access to 31,000 new books weighing about 28 tonnes, worth INR 80 lakhs. As part of its flagship programme ACC Vidya Utkarsh, ACC TRUST has provided quality reading material ranging from storybooks and textbooks on science and social studies to literary...

Axis Bank, in collaboration with 17000 ft Foundation, a non-profit based in Ladakh, has adopted 108 remote government schools of Ladakh under a 3 year project to improve infrastructure and bring in learning improvement for the children of these schools. In the first year (2017), each school received a playground and library consisting of...

Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Education Department, Government of Karnataka to implement its Satya Bharti Quality Support Program at 30 government schools in Ramnagara District. As part of the MoU, Bharti Foundation will work in partnership with Government...

Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group, announced on Sunday, the extension of its corporate social responsibility program, ‘Road to School’, to another 102 schools in Hosur district, Tamil Nadu. After Shoolagiri, Thally, Minjur, Puzhal and Namakkal, Ashok Leyland will help improve the primary and middle school education in government schools in Hosur area...

To improve the employability and livelihood of more than 150 underprivileged women and young girls, Accenture and READ India are launching a rural community development center in Bagepalli in Karnataka. The initiative will provide life and work-skills training in areas such as self-confidence, gender sensitization, sewing and stitching, computer skills, local crafts and reading...

Sikshana Foundation in association with Dell and the Government of Karnataka has launched STEP (Sikshana’s Technology in Education Program) in 57 Model Schools – Karnataka Public Schools. STEP aims at motivating schools to engage and integrate technology in their daily teaching and learning processes. The digital education model employs a dual approach which builds...

Vidyasaarathi, an education scholarship portal powered by NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited (NSDL e-Gov), has today announced its collaboration with The JSW group to provide education scholarships for students across India. Students pursuing their graduation, post-graduation, ITI, diploma and B. Ed courses can avail of JSW Foundation’s Udaan Scholarship schemes listed on the Vidyasaarathi web...

Tesco in Bengaluru has collaborated with NASSCOM Foundation to establish a community Career Development Centre (CDC). To be located at Ambedkar Nagar near Whitefield, the CDC will begin intake of beneficiaries for the course after the formal inauguration in October this year. The CDC will host a digital literacy programme in line with the...

Markelytics Solutions unveiled a literacy empowerment drive at Government Model Primary School, Hosahalli on the occasion of World Literacy Day. It was a joint initiative by the company & its employees, wherein a delegate of Markelytics Solutions visited the school and spoke to teachers & students at length about the need for education and...

A lot has been said and done to save and promote khadi, the "fabric of the nation". A few months back, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry started chalking out strategies for positioning khadi as an exclusive Indian brand across the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a strong campaigner with his slogan,...

Omega Healthcare Management Services in collaboration with NGO: Agastya International Foundation has launched a 'Science Centre' and a 'Mobile Science Lab (MSL)' at Syed Murthuza Govt. Higher Secondary School in Trichy. The sponsored Science Center laboratory has been scientifically designed, to provide practical exposure to children in government schools via nearly 150+ science experiments...

Responsible businesses carry people along with them in their journey towards growth. Essar has generated business of more than USD 3bn through nurturing local entrepreneurs and has grown in unison with the communities around its presence. Essar Foundation is the CSR arm of Essar, committed to fuelling development of communities around Essar’s business presence. “Our...