Education and Skill Training

North East India is a key region to India’s ‘Act East’ policy. It has its significance not only for its strategic location but also for developing connectivity with the East Asian countries. The economic development of North Eastern states is therefore of utmost importance for economic prosperity as well as National security of India. However,...

The Akshaya Patra Foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020. It continues to be the world's largest NGO school meal programme, serving hot, nutritious mid-day meals to 1.8 million school children in India every day. Not only does it reach out to kids, but to people in need at large. During the COVID-19 crisis,...

The economic impact of the pandemic has been significant with millions of people struggling across the world and many losing their jobs or at risk of doing so. Sodexo has been working globally to support communities and improve the Quality of Life of people. In India, Sodexo recently associated with the NGO, Antarang Foundation,...

Since its founding in 1981, Bloomberg has been guided by the principle that transparent markets empower investors, fuel entrepreneurs and support economic growth. Better data leads to better decisions. Moving forward, the world needs sustainable economic growth, and people at this corporation have evolved their mission to provide clients with the data they need...

Keysight Technologies, Inc. a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that it has been presented with the prestigious ‘Mahatma Award 2020 for its efforts towards building a better planet by employing a global business framework of ethical, environmentally sustainable and socially...

Indira Gandhi National Open University has announced a new postgraduate diploma programme in Corporate Social Responsibility (PGDCSR). The PG diploma in CSR will be offered by IGNOU starting from January 2021 session. Candidates who wish to take admission in the PG Diploma can register themselves by visiting the online admission portal - ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in. The...

Fashion platform Myntra recently collaborated with Teach For Change, of which Tollywood actress-producer Lakshmi Manchu is the Trustee and Chairperson. Through this CSR partnership, Myntra is supporting less privileged children from various government schools across Hyderabad to spread cheer and positivity in their lives. As part of this CSR initiative, the actress distributed new clothes...

A team from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has emerged as one of the eight national winners in Wipro Earthian College Awards 2020 by Wipro Foundation. The award programme invited students to question and explore the nature of urban sustainability and gain a deeper understanding of urban sustainability challenges. Running since 2011, the...

In line with its commitment to support community development, Schaeffler India, a leading industrial and automotive supplier, held an inaugural ceremony of the newly constructed Boys Hostel for Lok Vidyalaya school in Lamdapura village near Savli. The objective behind this CSR initiative, which is fully funded by the company is to provide much safer and...

Lenovo, in partnership with Agastya International Foundation has announced that it has impacted over 6000 underprivileged students with their mobile science education outreach programmes in India. These education programmes supported by Lenovo run in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Delhi providing hands-on education to the underserved students and teachers have garnered a total of and 94,413 exposures...

As part of its CSR initiatve, State Bank of India collaborated with Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS) by offering a school bus for differently-abled children in Udaipur. SBI team visited Narayan Seva Sansthan’s smart village where they handed over a 32-seater bus to support Divyang individuals for their education at the Narayan Children's Academy. The smart...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA) - a society registered by Government of Uttarakhand, to set up an Internet of Things (IoT) Center of Excellence (CoE) in Dehradun. The CoE is designed to provide a platform to train underprivileged students with technical backgrounds...