Education and Skill Training
Why MBA students should get serious about CSR
Business leaders and governments are increasingly identifying environmental issues and social changes as the biggest risks to global business.
For one thing, the depletion of natural resources and the rising costs of scarce resources means businesses need to think about how they can continue to compete while making a positive impact.
It is far easier for a business...
IndianOil to start Pottery development project under CSR in Tiruvallur district
IndianOil and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Pottery development under a CSR project in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu.
IndianOil has engaged IIT Madras which is a synergizing platform for Science and Technology (S&T) interventions. The Southern Region Pipelines (SRPL) would undertake the CSR project in Tiruvallur...
Bridging the digital finance gender gap
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...
Regional UN training promotes conservation agriculture to address land degradation and declining yields
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 commits additional INR 84 lakhs to enable girls pursue Engineering
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...
Jio University must convince UGC panel about actions, plans for IoE tag
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...
NSDC partners with UAE bodies to set up international driver training institutes in India
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...
MoneyGram Foundation presents $60,000 grant for experiential learning programmes
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...
CSR: A New Dimension To Braille Literacy
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,...
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu felicitates trainers and beneficiaries of ‘Jaadu Ginni Ka’
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...
Meghan Markle did charity work in India before wedding
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 to construct eight Anganwadi Centres at Baramati
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...