INITIATIVES SAURAV GHOSH, Ashoka Fellow 2016, shares with NEETI JHA the pleasures of creating wealth for the poor. Social sector activist Saurav Ghosh started off his career as a wealth manager. However, he was soon to be disillusioned with the work he was doing as he found that in India wealth management was about getting […]
ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND FOR A SOCIAL CAUSE Read More »
INITIATIVES “Life has a way of kicking us when we’re down. And just when we think we can’t fall any lower, we get kicked again. But it’s important to remember that set backs, failures, and tragedy are a part of life. Whether we manage to find joy and success in the daily struggle of life
COVER STORY ‘’Swachhta” or Cleanliness was a way of life for Gandhiji. As he fought the British, he disliked several of the western customs but was candid enough to say that he learnt sanitation from the West. During a recent visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad where a photo gallery vividly depicts the ideology
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EDITORIAL Affordable housing is something which should address the housing needs of the lower or middle income households. Affordable housing becomes a key issue especially in developing nations where a majority of the population isn’t able to buy houses at the market price. It refers to housing units that are affordable by that section of
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OPINION The 23rd General Assembly of ARSO has been held at a time when the African Continent is focusing on the implementation of AU’s Agenda 2063 which is a roadmap to ensure greater Manufacturing and Industrialisation of the Continent, and Women Empowerment with women playing active role in both social, political and economic development. The
ZED @ 23rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF AFRICAN ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ARSO) Read More »
EVENT Integrating sustainability into standards is a laudable initiative of Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) which Ministry of Commerce and Industry would like to work upon with CRB, Commerce and Industry Minister Mr Suresh Prabhu expressed this thought at the opening ceremony of India & Sustainability Standards: International Dialogue and Conference 2017 (ISS 2017). S
“CONSENSUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE FAILS WHEN ONE ACTOR IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE OTHER” Read More »
INITIATIVE According to the Census 2011, there are 2.68 crores (2.21%) persons with disabilities in India, though according to some estimates, the actual number may be as high as five per cent of our population. However, there has been a paradigm shift in the approach towards the persons with disabilities (PWDs) during last some years.
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PRESS RELEASE Ingersoll Rand, a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, recently launched the second edition of its Skill Development Programme 2018 at New Delhi. The initiative, undertaken in collaboration with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and National Skill Development Fund is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandate
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PRESS RELEASE After a long struggle, the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (prevention, prohibition &redressal) Act,2013 was enacted with an objective to provide secure & conducive work place for Women so as to encourage their greater participation in work thereby achieving goal of social & economic empowerment of women for inclusive growth. This was
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