Education and Skill Training

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, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, has successfully launched the 2nd Edition of YES Udaan. Udaan is an ambitious Five Year Project...

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.

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.

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 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

‘Don’t ignore the North-East’ is Dubai resident Harsha Sawlani’s message for corporates, as she shoulders the fate of 42 children at the Druk school in Leh, in a reaffirming story about the power and reach of individual social responsibility.

FOR 32 children from Mumbai, who live in underprivileged conditions and find it tough to even fulfill their basic needs on most occasions, it...

From working at coffee shops to applying paint, how ICICI Foundation is making vocational development the cornerstone of its wp activities

A few years ago, a teacher told me an interesting story about an 8th class student. She narrated how this student thought that humans...

UWC International Patron, Shelby M.C. Davis and Anand Mahindra, Governor of UWC Mahindra College and Chairman of India’s Mahindra Group, has announced that together...

‘Comedy ki Paathshaala’ to honor teachers working with underprivileged students : In an event organized at the Deutsche Bank office in Goregaon, Mumbai it celebrated Teacher’s...