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An urban slum community comprising over 10,000 people situated in the heart of Chanakyapuri, amongst the poshest areas in the Delhi/NCR region, the Sanjay Camp was in dire need of beautification and a dash of colour. This need was met on the morning of October 6, 2018, as a 1000 student volunteers entered the...

Welspun India has partnered with UN Women, subsidiary organ of the United Nations mandated to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women. The home textile conglomerate currently has 23% women workforce and aims to achieve the target of 30% women employees by 2020. The association aims to empower women with skill building initiatives in...

Mercedes-Benz India has announced three unique initiatives in Pune aimed at rural development and will affect lives of over two thousand villagers. These initiatives include an E-lab facility at ITI Ghodegaon, a watershed conservation structure at Thakarwadi-Landewadi and the Draw Down Cultivation project in Ambegaon taluka. Over the years, the company has focused on building...

In India there are 20.42 lakh disabled children who are aged between 0 and 6 years. Out of which 14.52 lakh and 5.9 lakh children live in rural and urban areas respectively. Of them, 11.04 lakh are male and 9.38 lakh are female children. Among them, 1.49 lakh children have multiple disabilities. Boehringer Ingelheim, one...

Equitable investments in young people are increasingly seen as one of the best and most valuable long-term investments governments and businesses can make. Investing in young people is important on practical grounds as it yields positive benefits to economies and societies. UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore rang the closing bell at the National Stock...

Canon India announced a slew of initiatives, as part of its umbrella CSR programme ‘Canon India Involve’. As part of the initiative, the innovation leader has installed eco-friendly dustbins in the school premises of all its four adopted villages. Further, it also conducted a cleanliness drive in one of the adopted villages - Maheshwari...

More than 1,00,000 students, 4500 teachers along with local community members took the “Cleanliness Pledge” in the ceremony organised by Bharti Foundation in 254 Satya Bharti Schools and more than 300 Government schools, supported by Satya Bharti Quality Support Program, across 550 villages in 11 states. The ceremony marked the start of the year-long...

For the ongoing campaign for ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’, Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML) activated a mega clean-up drive at the Juhu beach post Ganpati Immersion. Almost 100 AEML employees collected the waste that got washed back by the water, after the Ganpati immersions. This was done in a bid to make the beaches litter free. Swachhta...

Villages of Kharonda in the district of Palghar, Maharashtra, receive surplus rainfall. However, it is water deficit for over 8-9 months of the year. This is due to the lack of water storage facilities in the village. As a result, villagers were forced to migrate during these months. The problems of the villagers of...

Wienerberger India’s robotic plant produces over 70,000 large format hollow blocks every day for the construction industry. It has moved to sustainable electricity sources including wind and solar energy. Initially, Wienerberger India’s factory in Kunigal, 70 Kms from Bangalore, was dependent solely on conventional energy sources for electricity. This meant operating heavy duty robotics and...

The Government of Jharkhand’s Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEAL) hosted a consultation workshop with NGOs on ‘Transforming Education through Partnership’. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Uma Shankar Singh, State Project Director, Government of Jharkhand and Manmohan Singh from Piramal Foundation to work together for improving student learning outcomes in Government...

To offer clean drinking water at an affordable price, Maruti Suzuki simultaneously operationalized 11 water ATMs across multiple villages. The Company, which has a stockyard in Sompura from where it serves customers in South India, had recognized that clean drinking water was a critical need of local residents. With rapid industrialization and growth in...