Education and Skill Training
A Common Man Deprived of Education, Runs School For Poor Kids
Economic crisis in the family had forced Jabir Khan, 43, a Mumbai resident to quit his education after he passed class fifth. Watching children...
GAIL CSR Creates History
GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED
GAIL CSR Creates History – 39 underprivileged students make it to the coveted IITs
Kanpur, June 20, 2014: A whopping 39 students...
White Collar Dreams Become Reality For Barmer Youth
Cairn India’s rural BPO project is the first of its kind in agricultural western Rajasthan and marks the entry of IT-enabled services in the region
UTC Launches ‘Project Vidya’ For 800 Village Kids
UNITED Technologies Corporation (UTC) in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages India, today launched ‘Project Vidya’ to support the education of eight hundred children living in SOS Children’s Villages, across...
IIM-A Assesses RTE Impact On Kids
THE RTE-Resource Center, a student initiative and action research project at IIM-Ahmedabad, organized a meeting of parents, from economically weaker sections, whose children have...
Impact Sourcing: An Idea That’s Time Has Come?
21-YEAR-OLD Neha hails from a low-income locality in Metiabruz in West Bengal. Despite her limited resources and humble background, she dreams of becoming a pilot,...
Yes Bank Provides Training, Jobs For J&K Youth
YES Bank, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, has successfully launched the 2nd Edition of YES Udaan. Udaan is an ambitious Five Year Project...
wp in Education: The Burning need for Innovations
This Teachers Day, The wp Journal presents some food for thought by Professor Chetan Baxi- author of two books on wp, and former Director, MDI- on the importance of innovation in wp by pointing out some compelling cases of Corporate Houses who are using innovation to change the face of education in India.
Right to Education Act in India: Undermining its own objectives
The CCS field coordinators in the National Independent Schools Alliance report that 4,331 schools have already been shut down in 17 states – 2,500 in Punjab, while another 15,083 face threat of closure (as on 18 March 2014) affecting over 18,00,000 students.
What’s in Store for Graduates in Organic Farming
As the Indira Gandhi National Open University introduces a Certificate Course in Organic Farming, here’s a look at the current demand for organic produce in India and Global markets and why there is need for Government & Corporate backing for the Indian Organic Farming dream to materialize.
Infosys Earmarks Rs 250 crore For wp
INFOSYS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has launched Spark-IT, a programme to enhance the skill levels of engineering graduates in the country. The initiative is part of Infosys Foundation’s plans to deploy Rs 249 crore towards wp and philanthropy initiatives in fiscal 2015