Education and Skill Training

IDFC FIRST Bank has announced the opening of its MBA Scholarship programme for the batch of 2020-2022, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). As its flagship CSR programme, the scholarship is available to MBA aspirants across the country. It aims to financially support students from weaker social economic backgrounds, enabling them to...

Under the aegis of Garima CSR Project initiated by Diversey India, and supported by Doctors For You (DFY) - a pan-India humanitarian organization; close to 80 hygiene technicians are now supporting COVID-19 casualty ward of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Government Hospital (LNJP Hospital) in Delhi as frontline Corona Warriors. Launched in 2016, Garima –...

He has done it again! Bollywood actor Sonu Sood is really living up to his new Messianic image. After transporting thousands of stranded workers and students in the cities back to their homes, he is heeding the pleas of students stuck abroad. First on the list are Indian students in Kyrgyzstan. The first charter flight...

About 70% children in urban centres and a quarter from rural households attend private schools. Over 50% students in 16 Indian states are enrolled in private schools, making their reform equally important. These are the findings from a new report titled State of the Sector Report on Private Schools in India. What is the report...

The slowdown of the economy rendered youth hailing from shelter jobs over the age of 18, jobless and unable to manage their living expenses. While temporary relief through donations was available during the initial months, it has started dwindling and raised the requirement of a regular earning source for their sustenance. Youth care-leavers (youngsters...

The digital revolution permeating every aspect of daily life has made it essential for the CSR domain to play catch-up or else be left out. This actuality rings true more so in the case of the digital economy since social projects rely on private and public funding. This evolution was necessary even before COVID-19...

I am writing this article with the hope that after reading it, all of us together fight for the rights of our children and take it to a positive, logical conclusion. A misleading situation still remains regarding exams. In view of the present Covid-19 pandemic, all government and non-government institutes, private institutions, schools, colleges are...

The K.C. Mahindra Education Trust, which was founded 65 years ago, announced that it had awarded this year’s K.C. Mahindra Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies Abroad to 55 students after conducting interviews online, given the current situation related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The K.C. Mahindra Education Trust has been awarding these interest-free, loan scholarships to...

Over 60% of students globally have been affected by school closures as a result of COVID 19, prompting The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change launched a free, interactive, and game based online global citizenship programme. This programme connects out-of-school students around the world in a safe and inclusive online space. The Ultimate Dialogue Adventure is a simplified version of the Tony...

On World Youth Skills Day, UNICEF India announced its partnership with SAP India to provide career counselling to young people in the country that will improve their employability skills in a COVID-19 and post-COVID era. UNICEF is collaborating with YuWaah (Generation Unlimited) under this CSR initiative to provide digital education and occupational skillset to...

TCS iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services, has unveiled the TCS iON Youth Employability & Entrepreneurship Programme (YEEP) for students undertaking vocational courses, on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day. TCS iON YEEP is delivered in a phygital model and aims at holistic development by enhancing life, career and entrepreneurial skills of...

School dropouts tend to get into petty jobs with no employee benefits or guarantee. The dropout masses of India face challenges in finding decent jobs and building a career off them. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India has been imparting employability to youth not only in keeping with the Skill India Mission but also...