NALCO: TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE DEVELOPING PURI INTO SWACHH ICONIC PLACE
INITIATIVE The Government of India, through its Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission, has proposed a multistakeholder Initiative focusing on cleaning up 100 places across the country that are “Iconic” due to their history, heritage and religious and/or cultural significance with high visitors footfall. The goal of the initiative is to improve the cleanliness conditions at […]
THE GREEN SOLDIERS: From MANGROVES to MAN ‘GRAVES’
INITIATIVE “If there are no mangroves, then the sea will have no meaning. It is like having a tree without roots, for the mangroves are roots of the sea…” — Thai fisherman from the Andaman Coast These words by a fisherman are enough to define the importance of mangroves in our ecosystem. It also gives […]
UJJAL NATH Oil India Super 30, Guwahati NIT SILCHAR
INITIATIVE Money can give people a lot of opportunities and privilege. In order for an underprivileged person to have all of those things, they have to work hard to get to get the luxuries of nice houses, cars, and jewelry. As far as education goes, the underprivileged might not go to the best schools but […]
Empowering Youth
YOUTH SKILLS On this July 15, the United Nations (UN) would be celebrating the 4th World Youth Skills Day (WYSD). On 18 December 2014, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus, a resolution led by Sri Lanka, declaring 15th July as the World Youth Skill Day. Sri Lanka initiated this resolution to highlight, at […]
DEVELOPMENT AT HIGH COST
Development of infrastructure and other facilities is very important for us, but certainly not acceptable to us if the cost of development is causing irreparable damage to our already fragile environment. The decision to fell over 16000 trees in Delhi for the redevelopment of colonies cannot be justified at all. Delhi is already choked. The […]
Dr Nuzhat Ali: Leveraging change through CSR for a better future
CSR PROFESSIONAL Progressive, passionate about achieving excellence and encouraging the team to constantly learn, Dr Nuzhat Ali is looking after Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) portfolio at Aricent, which is a global design and engineering company innovating for the digital era. She believes that CSR is to visibly contribute to larger societal welfare as a proactive, […]
Infosys Ties Up with Envirofit India to Deliver 37,200 Clean Cookstoves to Rural Indian Communities
PRESS RELEASE Infosys and cook-stove company Envirofit have come together to create a project that will deliver 37,200 stoves in Maharashtra and offset 1,50,000 tons of CO2. Targeting families in hard-to-access rural communities, this project aims to reduce carbon emissions from rural households and improve livelihoods. The project is in line with Infosys’s overall sustainability […]
SWISS revamps Village in Bawana
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HCL’s Pan India Symposiums for better understanding of CSR
PRESS RELEASE Nidhi Pundhir, Director, CSR Head, HCL Foundation The HCL Grant: Pan India Symposiums” is visiting 10 cities. The objective of the nationwide symposiums is to drive inclusive development models that are innovative, add equitable value and help NGOs gain better understanding on the CSR law and CSR. The second in the series was […]
Infosys Foundation Invests in the Sustainable Development of Tribal Villages of MP
PRESS RELEASE Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has partnered with Shivganga Samagra Gramvikas Parishad, a NGO working for development solutions of rural India, to work for the sustainable development of tribal villages of Jhabua- Alirajpur districts of Madhya Pradesh. The grant provided by The Foundation, aimed at benefitting 5,00,000 villagers over a period […]