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“Innovation” has long been a buzzword in the philanthropic sector, applied to a wide variety of approaches and initiatives that sometimes fit one of the many definitions of innovation and sometimes do not. Our interviews demonstrated that funders do not always operate with a similar understanding of what characterizes an innovative social change approach.

The biggest concern is whether companies will resort to loopholes in the Act to avoid wp spending. Some members of Parliament have expressed fear that the companies may adopt covert modalities to escape from the mandatory spend.

The buoyant sentiment post elections at the Bombay Stock Exchange has even conservative industry experts predicting that the Sensex is not too far behind hitting the 30,000 mark. To borrow a phrase from social media lingo, the ‘Modi-fication’ of India’s business community –at home and abroad – is only a Budget away from being...

INFOSYS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has launched Spark-IT, a programme to enhance the skill levels of engineering graduates in the country. The initiative is part of Infosys Foundation’s plans to deploy Rs 249 crore towards wp and philanthropy initiatives in fiscal 2015

Banker Amitava Ghosh has been a passionate mentor to women’s tribal Self-Help Groups in remote Jharkhand, having helped set up a famous tribal entrepreneurship store that showcases the arts, crafts, and folk culture of the region.

The data analytics platform will give statistical and geographical reports on sectoral as well as overall spending on wp activities by companies.

The crucial support Kom needed to pursue her dreams came from EdelGive, the wp arm of financial services group Edelweiss, that has partnered with Olympic Gold Quest, an organization that builds teams of athletes and sports persons who can be potential Olympic Gold winners

Complete failure in universal sanitation is becoming a health nightmare and leading to a substantially high health burden on the exchequer. Even after spending Rs 19,626 crore in the last decade on the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), a large population of India is still defecating out in open

WHEN we talk about our commitment to socially responsible world, here’s a product that surely cannot be ignored: a compact waste management instrument aptly named the ‘Smartbin’.

The data analytics platform will give statistical and geographical reports on sectoral as well as overall spending on CSR activities by companies.

How should Corporations form their CSR Policy and Agenda? Professor Chetan Baxi- author of two books on CSR, and former Director, MDI explores the challenges pertaining to CSR Policy & Agenda formulation and lays down some crucial guidelines.

Tata Group spent staggering Rs. 8000 crore on sustainability and social causes in last 10 years, looks to expand, standardize standard operating processes for all group companies