Education and Skill Training

Heading the pan India corporate social responsibility for a globally respected international company calls for a special set of leadership skills. With his versatile exposure in organizational development, talent management, Human Resource transformation and employee engagement, Mr. Santanu Ghoshal is equipped to lead confidently in multiple roles. Not only is he the CSR Head...

FLN refers to the ability among children to read with meaning and solve basic math problems by the end of Class 3. These are critical gateway skills that form the foundation for children — much as the terminology suggests — on which they build their lives. While the government endorses India as the flag-bearer...

With the aim to support government agencies and education institutions by building a life skills platform that can aid in the transformation of India’s learning ecosystem, 18 organizations have come together to announce the launch of the Life Skills Collaborative (LSC). In the first phase, the LSC will work in tandem with state governments across...

It has been three years since our country bid goodbye to an archaic law, Section 377 on September 6. And three years since the launch of Keshav Suri Foundation on October 13, 2018; three years of small yet meaningful initiatives to build the nation; to embrace, empower and mainstream the marginalized communities in India. To...

ACC Trust, the CSR arm of ACC Ltd, has always focused on improving the lives of disadvantaged, marginalized and economically backward communities through programmes that encompass livelihood, education, health & sanitation and women empowerment. In India, several communities lack the access to quality education. Recognizing the need to support educational institutions, ACC Trust, through its...

CybageKhushboo, the CSR and philanthropic arm of Cybage Software and a self-sustaining NGO, recently announced its Annual Scholarship Program for 2021-22 in Pune. The announcement aligns with the organizational aim of making quality education accessible to all deserving students. The program helps students from economically weaker backgrounds pursue higher education. Registrations for the Scholarship Program...

By Manuelle Malot and Genevieve Houriet Segard, EDHEC Business School Unprecedented Covid-19 crises have confirmed the relevance of the term ‘VUCA’ for an increasingly Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous world. Although the pandemic is not yet behind us, the global economy is showing some signs of recovery and companies now have the opportunity to...

The future of the country relies on the quality of education offered to the children and the youth. India has the potential to reap the benefits of the demographic dividend, especially as the average age of the population is less than 30. However, in order to make the most of this opportunity, it is...

The COVID-19 pandemic has given a forceful nudge to the Indian education system to improve upon online education rapidly. A lot of problems arose during the time in implementing the new standard operating procedures in conducting classes. Additionally, the digital divide that existed in the country costed the underutilization of the educational potential of...

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." Chandrapur-born Mumbai resident Rahul Kelapure arrived at the same conclusion when he was thinking about what to do to help other Persons with Disabilities (PwD). Having been diagnosed with...

Today, we are celebrating National Hindi Day 2021. Hindi is not only among the most spoken languages in the world, it is also the official language of India, alongside English, featuring in government documents of the Union. Hindi is also the official language of Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar...

Every momentous shift in the way we live and work creates an unprecedented and irrevocable transformation that we often term as ‘revolutionary.’ Are we seeing the beginning of a fourth industrial revolution and the kind of a metamorphosis that we have never seen before? I believe so. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is a term...