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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...

By Dr. Bharat Pandya, Rotary International Director The global pandemic has toppled the world with a steep rise in deaths due to COVID-19. This new world scenario not only affects the economies but also poses an additional burden on the healthcare infrastructure across countries. While working at a breakneck pace to develop a vaccine for the...

As we celebrate World Mental Health Day on 10th October with the theme “Mental health for all,” let’s take a look at how India is faring as far as mental health care is concerned. Noticed but neglected Over the past few years, with the impact of social media, mental health awareness has reached the common man....

Every year over 1 lakh Indians are diagnosed with blood cancer and about 10,000 children are born with diseases like Thalassemia. For patients diagnosed with blood cancer and other blood related life-threatening disorders, a blood stem cell transplant may be their best or only chance of survival. Blood cells in your body originate in the...

The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic has reverberated across the global, regional and local economies. The eye care ecosystem is no exception to the epidemiology of COVID-19; service delivery, education and research are witnessing major roadblocks. In the absence of a vaccine or a drug that can treat the viral infection as of date,...

“You play for respect and pride!” - Rahul Dravid Respect and thoughtfulness are concepts that are slowly diminishing in the present era. In sports also, we often see umpires or referees giving incorrect decisions and a lot of the times, players have perhaps shown disrespect or negativity towards them. This reminds me of a popular and controversial...