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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organised its Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) awards on 24th November, 2015. Corporates won awards in their social spectrum. Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, while inaugurating the FICCI wp Summit and Awards, reiterated that the one who is born has the right to live...

With the mandate of Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) in India, there has been an urgent need of skilled professionals to carry out implementation of the law. A panel discussion was held in Mumbai, stressing on the need of having a well organised training centre in India that imparts knowledge and skill training to wp...

With the mandate of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India, there has been an urgent need of skilled professionals to carry out implementation of the law. A panel discussion was held in Mumbai, stressing on the need of having a well organised training centre in India that imparts knowledge and skill training to CSR...

Godrej Saloni, a wp initiative of Godrej partners with The Nudge Foundation, which will focus on imparting life-skills and beautician training at residential Gurukuls across India. The residential Gurukuls will have beneficiaries for a stay period of 4-5 months where life-skills, literacy as well as livelihoods to the poor will be worked on in...

Piramal Sarvajal, started by Piramal Foundation received ‘Corporate Trailblazer’ award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The award was in recognition of the work being done by Piramal Sarvajal in the social entrepreneurship space providing pure drinking water to the underserved people in India. Nominated by PM Modi for Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, India Today Group organised...

UNITED Technologies Corporation (UTC) in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages India, today launched ‘Project Vidya’ to support the education of eight hundred children living in SOS Children’s Villages, across nine cities. ‘Project Vidya’ will offer children at the SOS Children’s Villages access to quality education, mentoring and additional support to facilitate improved academic performance. This initiative will be instrumental...

THE RTE-Resource Center, a student initiative and action research project at IIM-Ahmedabad, organized a meeting of parents, from economically weaker sections, whose children have been admitted to private schools under the mandate of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. The purpose of the meeting, held on 6th July,...

The 2014 edition of Green Week, the biggest annual conference on European environment policy, will take place from 3 to 5 June at The Egg Conference Centre, Rue Bara, in Brussels. The theme will be Circular Economy, Resource Efficiency & Waste. A circular economy is the logical solution for a resource-constrained world. It's a place where almost nothing is...

YES Bank, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, has successfully launched the 2nd Edition of YES Udaan. Udaan is an ambitious Five Year Project launched in 2013 by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) that aims to provide training and employment opportunities to the youth of Jammu &...

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a prestigious order valued at Rs.68 Crore for setting up a 10 MWpGrid connected Solar Power Plant for Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL). The Solar Power Plant will be set up at Shivanasamudram, Belakavadi Village in Mandya District of Karnataka. BHEL’s scope of work in the turnkey contract envisages...

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has left for Brazil to attend the sixth BRICS submit to be held in Brazil. The theme of the high-profile summit this year is ‘Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development’ – echoing a key plank of the new government. READ the statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office before he left for...

TECH giant Infosys has announced its decision to invest and develop its Mysore campus as a ‘Smart City’. The company will also provide its expertise in the areas of smart infrastructure planning and sustainable building technology to the Ministry of Urban Development. This announcement was made during a meeting between Vishal Sikka, Chief Executive...