Leaders Speak

Deval Sanghavi is a Founder & Partner at Dasra. He has been awarded the Forbes Philanthropy Award in the 'Crossover Leaders' category for 2014 for successfully transitioning from a thriving career in investment banking to work for the non-profit sector. While speaking with The CSR Journal on philanthropy and more, he says, “Solution for...

Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action (SNEHA), is a non - profit organisation, that believes in investing in women's health and is essential to building viable urban communities. " The major drawbacks in urban slums is mostly lack of knowledge, poor nutrition and last mile implementation," says Vanessa D'souza, CEO, SNEHA, while in...

Dr Rashneh Pardiwala is an environmentalist and a CSR consultant by profession. An Ecologist from the University of Edinburgh, she has specialised in the field of 'Climate Change'. After finishing her master’s degree and before starting her PhD in Scotland, she came to India for a field project. That experience, she recalls was very...

Kailash Satyarthi has been active in the movement against child labour since the 1990s and has freed over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude and helped in successful rehabilitation through his organization, Bachpan Bachao Andolan. In a brief chat with The CSR Journal, he emphasizes on the need to look beyond a mandate...

Moutushi Sengupta is the Country Director at MacArthur Foundation. The foundation supports creative people, effective institutions to build a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In her conversation with The CSR Journal she says, “Philanthropy has become much more selective. I am very enthused about the act. But before we have a regulatory body,...

Siddhant Mohite, Founder and President of OYE- Organisation for the Youth & Elderly. The 21 years old  wanted to do social work since the age of 11, but no one allowed him as he was too young. OYE today has a large audience on social media, 3000 OYEsters, and a lot of support from the youth. "Most communication...

Rakesh Makkar is the Executive Vice President and Head – Business, Marketing and CSR at Fullerton India Credit Company Limited, a non-banking finance company. Having the firm’s CSR activities spread in rural and urban areas, Makkar believes that CSR activities also ensure relation with beneficiaries which in turn helps in growth of the business....

“Minimum Social Responsibility should be an undertaking by every citizen in their daily lives. The youth need to be increasingly aware of their responsibilities,” says Sameer Desai, Secretary of Mumbai, BJP.  With everyone putting in efforts to make a difference, be it monetarily or man hours, he emphasizes on the need for politicians, NGOs...

Jitendra Kalra, the Chief Operating Officer of Reliance Foundation heads a 450-member-team wearing a humble smile. Prior to this position he has worked with Indian Civil Services, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Dr Reddy’s Foundation that showed him different dimensions of society. His experience in varied sectors makes him believe that bigger...

“Besides capital, there has to be expertise and conviction to make a difference”, says Sanjay Dutt, MD, India, Cushman & Wakefield, while in conversation with The CSR Journal. Being in favour of the mandate, he believes it will trigger a thought process to initiate activities and put a sense of responsibility on the inconsistent....

Paresh Parasnis, the CEO of Piramal Foundation, the wp arm of Piramal group believes that the corporate houses should be given time to learn and work in the social sector. Having corporate experience for about three decades in HDFC Standard Life Insurance, Parasnis joined the social sector in 2012. With close to 2000 employees,...

Getting more flexibility, corporates can now carry out CSR activities through non-profit entities and societies set up by governments that do not have three years' track record in undertaking such projects. With the latest amendment to rules pertaining to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), entities would have a wider choice in carrying out such works...