CSR
Empower Literacy Socially In A Digital World
To ensure the inclusion of rural areas and help them understand digital payments meetings at all levels such as branch offices, gram sabhas and gram panchayats so as to ensure they walk in sync with the rest of the nation in financial growth and literacy.
The Rising Need To Invest In Skill Development
The government has missed its targets of jobs creation and employment every year, due to increase in automation and inability to cope. CSR funds going into the sector of skill development are 5%.
How Green Is Your Home?
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make green home? Is it to plant a lot of greenery around your house or use renewables to power your home or have your home run on hi tech machines?
Stunting Reduced In Chattisgarh By Government Efforts
Maharashtra being the centre of the CSR expenditure by companies, there are numerous states like Chattisgarh where no projects are being implemented.
36 Among Top-100 Companies Fail To Meet Prescribed CSR In FY 16-17
Among the top-100 BSE listed companies, 36% of the firms have been unable to allocate the prescribe Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure in the...
Systems Thinking At Work
In my first piece in this three-part series, I introduced systems thinking and discussed why it is so relevant for the development sector and...
Joyously Elevating The Have-Nots On A Better Footing
A visit to a government school – Holy Bells School in Hyderabad truly impacted Archana Suresh’s life. A building with abysmal infrastructure, bare access...
An Ocean Full Of Non-Recyclable Plastic
The high tides in the ocean on Tuesday, brought with it all the sewage and waste to the shore. The waste mainly constituted by thermocol, plastic bags and polythene wrappers; it reached the roads and the train tracks.
CSR Can Help Boost Rural Medical Infrastructure
The Gorakhpur BRD Medical College calamity has brought to attention the poor condition of medical infrastructure in our country. The divide between rural and...
It’s 2017 And Andhra Pradesh Is Gearing Up For CSR
Ever since the 2% Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandate arrived in 2014, Andhra Pradesh has emerged as one of the leading states in the...
Holistic Educational Approach Taps Inherent Potential In Children
Uma and Muthuram have transformed the lives of at least 50 odd students below the poverty line, with higher education. In addition to the...
Mother Honours Son’s Legacy by Feeding Families Free of Cost
After the death of their only child, Nimesh Tanna – a 22 year old photographer, the family chose to honour his legacy in a unique way. The Tanna couple registered the Shri Nimesh Tanna Charitable Trust (SNTCT) with the goal of providing free tiffin service to the needy. The couple has gone from feeding 27 people in a small kitchen to serving 150,000 tiffin’s till date and 100 families per day absolutely free of cost.