Education and Skill Training

One of the most promising ways to close the stubbornly persisting gender divide is technology. While inclusion is growing for everyone, women tend to lag men globally when it comes to having access to financial products in emerging markets. In many contexts, women have less access and are less adept in the use of...

Policy makers, practitioners and researchers from 15 countries across the region wrapped up a four-day training in Cambodia underscoring the need for appropriate agricultural machinery to enable the adoption of conservation agriculture approaches in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite its growing significance as a means to address land degradation and declining yields in the agricultural sector,...

Volkswagen India signed a MoU with Lila Poonawalla Foundation towards the education of girls from Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. The MoU was signed by Gurpratap Boparai, Managing Director, Volkswagen India Private Limited, Jan Frydrych, Head HR and Admin, Volkswagen India Private Limited, Lila Poonawalla, Chairperson, Lila Poonawalla Foundation in the presence Priti Khare, CEO of...

To obtain the much-coveted tag of ‘Institute of Eminence’, Jio University must apprise the UGC-appointed Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) of the steps it has taken in the last six months and its plans for the next two-and-a- half years. “The university is yet to get the Institute of Eminence (IoE) tag, for which it needs...

In line with providing international opportunities to the Indian workforce, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has collaborated with the Emirates Driving Institute (EDI), UAE, and the Youth Chamber of Commerce (YCC), UAE, to establish driver training institutes in various parts of India. The partnership will facilitate the candidates to acquire a UAE driving license, in...

The MoneyGram Foundation hosted an event to mark its fifth year supporting Agastya International Foundation and the presentation of a $60,000 grant in support of the foundation’s mobile science lab program. The grant enables Agastya International Foundation to expand its mission by funding iMobile labs, which are outfitted with computers, projectors, and internet dongles. iMobile...

Blind man’s bluff, the game we oh so fondly played in childhood was sure fun. But it is scary for someone with gifted eyesight to think about living in that way for all their lives. Vision is one of the most amazing gifts given to us by nature. Unfortunately, there are many among us,...

Vodafone India Foundation, the CSR arm of Vodafone Idea Ltd., and Learning Links Foundation today announced the successful completion of the first year of their flagship programme on financial literacy – ‘Jaadu Ginni Ka’. Launched in May 2018, Jaadu Ginni Ka, aims to educate 13 million Indians on financial literary and help them come under...

A charity the Duchess of Sussex worked with before she got married to Prince Harry has released new video of Meghan in India. Meghan's travels with World Vision to Rwanda in 2016 have been well documented, but the charity today released more images of the duchess on a humanitarian visit to Delhi and Mumbai...

Ferrero India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zilla Parishad, Pune to design and construct 8 Anganwadi centres in eight different locations within the local communities close to the Ferrero production plant at Baramati in the next three years. Ferrero India set up under the Michele Ferrero Entrepreneurial Project is committed to creating...

Lancers International School, an IB continuum school based in Gurgaon, celebrated the achievements of their Grade 5 students through the Primary Year Program (PYP) Exhibition held at the school premises. This year, the students inquired into Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) laid by the United Nations. The learning experiences were not limited to the classroom or...

Today, knowledge is ubiquitous, constantly changing, growing exponentially… Today, knowledge is free. It’s like air, it’s like water…There’s no competitive advantage today in knowing more than the person next to you… What the world cares about is what you can do with what you know. Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators The change that has occurred...