Leaders Speak

Anshu Gupta realised the need of clothing for the first time during one of his visits to Old Delhi. He once accompanied a Habib, (professional unclaimed body collector) on a December night to Khooni Darwaza, an area in the heart of the city. He saw a man wearing nothing but a thin cotton shirt...

Rati Forbes, is a Director at Forbes Marshall Ltd. She is responsible for the social initiatives which the company supports; in the areas of community health, education and women's issues. The initiatives include a reading/learning enhancement program which runs in 90 low-income primary schools; catalyzing and coordinating the effective functioning of over 300 small...

Romesh Sobti is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of IndusInd Bank Limited since February 1, 2008. He has 33 years of banking experience in large state owned and multinational banks, including ANZ Grindlays Bank and State Bank of India. In a brief chat with The CSR Journal on the inclusion of other...

CSR has been mandated by law but there is no specific process to streamline the CSR funds to the needs of the country. This is the major deterrent in the successful implementation of CSR, according to Sweta Rawat, Chairperson and Co-founder, The Hans Foundation (THF). She also says that there is a need of...

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...