Education and Skill Training

At this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating aftermath on the economy, India needs to protect its youth, to ensure that they do not lose opportunities to develop themselves professionally. As a contribution to this task, Nestlé India has launched a virtual internship programme, "Nesternship". The programme addresses applications from graduates in the...

NIIT Limited, a Skills and Talent Development firm, announced virtual 'FutureReady Fest', an initiative to encourage students to enhance their knowledge on new-age skills through future-ready programmes, together with their regular studies and academic curriculum. Under the initiative, NIIT is offering free Micro Programme on Digital Marketing & Branding, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and...

Business has an important role to play in Nation Building, and the fact is not lost on the Indian government. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs formulated the CSR provisions in the Companies Act in a way that would make it most conducive for India Inc to be socially responsible. The Central government has actively...

While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the shutdown of educational institutions and training centres across the nation, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF), the CSR arm of GMR Group has introduced an online solution to train school/ college dropout youth to enhance their employability during the lockdown. GMRVCEL (GMR Varalakshmi Centre for Empowerment and Livelihoods–Hyderabad) at...

The ‘Hamara Ghar, Hamara Vidyalaya’ initiative was launched by Jaishri Kiyavat (IAS), Commissioner, Department of Public Instructions (DPI) on 1st July 2020 for secondary school students. The online launch was witnessed by teachers, government officers and parents from across the state. Jaishri Kiyavat (IAS), Commissioner, Department of Public Instructions (DPI), MP Government says, “The Hamara...

Hero MotoCorp is one of those automobile doyens that could be mistaken for a much younger company because of its young workforce and fresh work ethic. Despite being the world’s largest manufacturer of two-wheels for the past two decades, the company is at the cutting edge of design and auto-innovation. It believes sustainability is...

Vedanta Limited’s, flagship project “Nand Ghar” has rolled out e-learning modules for home-schooling through WhatsApp groups across villages of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha. The e-learning modules consists of stories, games, rhymes, home based activities, moral science lessons and more for children below six years of age. ICDS, Government of Rajasthan issued an order to...

WNS (Holdings) Limited, through its CSR arm WNS Cares Foundation (WCF) today announced the national launch of CyberSmart portal. Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), did the honours. CyberSmart is a holistic cybersafety learning ecosystem for education and empowerment of students, teachers, volunteers and parents, supported by NASSCOM. Shamini Murugesh,...

Gillette India has been a long-standing partner of the barber community. Gillette and barbers have a special bond as partners, and together they are a part of the essential fabric that grooms everyone, every day. In a world gripped by the pandemic, the impact on barbers has been profound as shutters stayed closed and...

COVID-19 lockdown in India caused a major disruption in the schedule of school-going children of the country. With new norms to be followed, the schools across the country were shut down resulting in compromised education status of young students of India. Considering the uncertainty regarding the duration of COVID-19 lockdown or social distancing norms,...

Upskilling CSR programme VMinclusion Taara aims to help women restart their careers after a break. It recently reached a new milestone of 6,000 registrations. The programme trains women in the latest digital transformation technologies which include Cloud Management & Automation, Data Center Virtualization, Networking and Digital Workplaces is now supported by more industry partners...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) recognised the scope of e-learning long before coronavirus compelled urban schools to take heed of it. Here's how the visionary e-learning CSR programmes of two companies—Nayara Energy and Endress+Hauser—have transformed education for thousands of students. What are e-learning CSR programmes about? e-learning CSR programmes make use of various electronic technologies to give...