OPINIONS

The story of Padma Shri Jadav Payeng, also known as the Forest Man of India, stands out as a global case study of a single person’s resolve that triggered a transformative change.  His small yet consistent efforts of planting a tree every day compounded over 30 years and bloomed into a man-made green forest....

“What really matters for success, character, happiness and life-long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills – your emotional intelligence – not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.” - Daniel Goleman (American author and science journalist) As someone who has grown up with the foundation of sports, I’m often asked:...

We are standing at a crossroads both economically and ecologically speaking. As we stand at this juncture it’s clear as day that we can no longer go on with business as usual. Now, more than ever, we need to come together to collaborate, to divulge power from few countries and a few businesses to...

By Mukta Narain Thind, National Director, Organizational Development, Special Olympics Bharat Whether we talk about Sustainable Development Goals or the new National Education Policy 2020 merged with principles of Inclusion through Education, the importance of Sports and Health going hand-in-hand is the key. Sports for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) is an important...

The world is in the wake of experiencing the biggest Man-Machine alliance since the invention of Artificial Intelligence (AI). According to ‘The Future of Jobs 2018’ report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), machines and algorithms in the workplace will likely create 133 million new roles and jobs by 2022 with smart workforce adaptation. Automation...

In today’s socially conscious world, the purpose of corporate social responsibility (CSR) stands beyond merely being a legal obligation. It cannot be denied that CSR regulations mandated by the government of India opened a gateway for businesses to interact with agencies working on-ground and enabled a plethora of opportunities for them to formulate welfare...

Chetna Kaura, Head Corporate Social Responsibility, India, Publicis Sapient. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, whilst imposing social distancing, has also galvanized all of humanity to come together to meet this challenge, and be motivated by a single purpose – to save lives. Nearly five years ago, another challenge, development that balances social, economic and environmental sustainability,...

It was February 2020, Ronnie and I were travelling to join a celebration by the community for successful completion of the first year of interventions in Sudhagad district, about 100 Km from Mumbai. Sudhagad was the newest and poorest block we had entered in the Raigad district of Maharashtra after working across 6 blocks...

Lot of us are often unaware of the fact that nearly 80 per cent of illness-causing germs are spread by one’s hand. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, when you wash your hands, you can prevent one in three diarrhoea-related illnesses and one in five respiratory infections such as a cold...

‘Quality Education’ has been identified as one of the key developmental issues by the United Nations and thus forms an integral part of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These global goals define the roadmap for a better world by 2030. Given that education is important for the socio-economic development of a country, from the...

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” - Mahatma Gandhi Agriculture continues to be a major pillar of the India economy and over the last decade or so India registered a record-breaking food-grain production. It would, therefore, seem logical that India is...

By: Dr. Ambrish Dharmadhikari This pandemic has thrown at us unknown challenges. Have we ever thought that we would be working from the home for straight six months? Or our children will be taking a school online and for a lunch break will be with us? Or we won’t require a meeting room or for...