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CSR: Wipro Chairman Premji pledges 34% of shares to philanthropy
Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has earmarked 34% of Wipro Ltd shares worth INR 52,750 crore ($7.5 billion) for his philanthropic activities.
“Azim Premji has increased...
Trends Expected to Redefine CSR
There is no fixed definition of CSR. But it is believed that companies have certain social, environmental, and ethical responsibilities they need to address....
The global nature of social activism
In 2018, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to the World Economic Forum at Davos to tell corporate leaders, "We’re in the new age...
The Stanford $5 challenge which most students fail
Most Stanford students fail this challenge. Here's what we can learn from their mistakes.
You’re a student in a Stanford class on entrepreneurship. Your professor...
Inclusion, Social Justice and Volunteering: Creating Equal Opportunity for All
Oxfam’s ‘Public good or private wealth?’ report says that the human cost of inequality is devastating and today –
a) 262 million children will not...
Tata Chemicals celebrates Kasturi initiative, awards exceptional women farmer leaders
Tata Chemicals today celebrated Kasturi journey, an initiative of Tata Chemical Society for Rural Development’s (TCSRD) at a special event, where 14 exceptional women...
CSR: India to Subsidise sales of EVs
With rising pollution levels, the countries across the world are pushing for more sustainable solutions in order to reduce the carbon footprint from every...
CSR: Transforming adolescent lives in India
India has 243 million adolescents by UNICEF’s count, but the country performed dismally on adolescent girls’ health, safety and education. A TrustLaw poll ranked...
Guidelines for Firms in Non-Compliance of CSR Expenditure
India became the first country to mandate CSR spending by the corporates with the enforcement of new Companies Act in 2014. The legislation asks...
Preventing hospital-acquired infections and addressing antibiotic resistance
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Antimicrobial resistance happens when microorganisms (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites) change when they are exposed...
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman
Born into a French Catholic family, Simone de Beauvoir was raised to follow the path of religious devotion, marriage and children. Abandoning her predetermined...
CSR supporting Indian women’s cricket team
In 2017, our women’s team was the runners-up in the World Cup. Indian women’s cricket has had consistent performers. There were victories worth celebration...