CSR & ESG News

News Update/Press Release Pune, November 17, 2021: With an aim to ensure quality access to STEM education and create India’s next generation of talent, SKF India, today announced the launch of WeGyaan – a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) initiative for deserving students.  To be launched in association with NGO partner, United Way Bengaluru, the WeGyan initiative plans to reach to at least 10,000 students annually, in government schools across Ahmedabad, Gurugram, Haridwar, Mysuru, Bengaluru, and Pune with the aim to encourage students to pursue education and careers in STEM subjects. With the core focus on building STEM learning, including setting-up infrastructure for STEM labs, and providing innovative science-based learning tools to help students strengthen the concepts in Science

News Update/Press Release New Delhi and Bangalore, November 17, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Microsoft in India are supporting 10 startups, which focus on social impact and sustainability, by helping them to scale their emerging solutions and business models. The joint initiative, called Project Amplify is Asia Pacific-wide and accelerates the growth of 33 startups from across the region. The initiative extends activities launched in South Asia in 2020 welcoming business ventures from Singapore, Australia, Japan, Sri Lanka, and more. The initiative has a long-term goal of accelerating Asia’s potential and improving millions of lives in the region and globally, by addressing diverse societal challenges. Purpose-driven startups from India participating in Project Amplify include Jaljeevika, eKutir, Everwell, Fluxgen, Docturnal,

India,19 May,2021- Hindustan Unilever Limited has now rolled out Mission HO2PE in New Delhi and Bangalore. As part of Mission HO2PE, HUL has partnered with KVN Foundation and Portea, India’s largest home healthcare company to make oxygen concentrators available free of cost to patients in need in these cities, promptly and efficiently. India is facing a severe shortage of O2 concentrators as the healthcare system continues to grapple with the deadly second wave of Covid-19. Through Mission HO2PE, HUL has airlifted over 5000 oxygen concentrators into India. HUL’s partnership with KVN Foundation and Portea will provide access to oxygen for Covid-19 patients directly in their homes, thereby reducing the pressure on our healthcare infrastructure which is already under duress. In New Delhi and Bangalore, patients and caregivers can

In the mountains of northern Turkey, people might hear the strains of whistling on the breeze. It sounds like birdsong, complete with trills, chirrups and lilting whistles. But this whistling is entirely human. The next time you are in Turkey, visit Kuskoy – the village in district Canakci in Giresun province where people communicate through bird sounds. The unusual and very efficient whistle language used as a means of communication by villagers in remote northern Turkey has entered the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The United Nations Cultural Agency this week has accepted the “bird language” of Black Sea villagers as an endangered part of world heritage in need of urgent protection because it could soon be overtaken by modern

Meet T. Haridas, the restauranteur, entrepreneur, philanthropist from Kerala who has won the hearts of the British through healthy and mouth-watering cuisines from God’s Own Country, and that of the Malayalees through his philanthropy.     Some 40 years ago, 21-year-old Thekkumari Haridas went to London on an invitation of his uncle who worked in the Indian Foreign Ministry. Instead of enrolling in a course, a graduate then he started working as an accountant in the High Commission of India. But the earning was not enough, he felt and so he joined an Indian restaurant after he did a diploma in catering. His dedication to work and the calibre to run a restaurant business impressed the owner who handed over

Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan’s exemplary leadership, passion and enduring work ethics along with a philanthropic bent of mind today inspires many budding entrepreneurs and young achievers to contribute towards nation building. After completing his Masters in Business Management, he started his real estate business. His clear vision, down-to-earth attitude and unceasing determination, steered his companies to great heights and reputation in no time, thus setting new benchmarks for many aspiring entrepreneurs. Today, he is also known as a philanthropist for whom the nation and its people come first. Meet Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan who is the Promoter and Managing Director of Hyderabad-based MAK Projects Pvt. Ltd. and Rooshna Constructions. “I am blessed to be born in a country

CELEBRITIES In 2008, People (India) magazine named him the “Sexiest Man Alive”. He was 41 then. This year, he won the National Award for his performance in Bollywood blockbusters Rustom and Airlift. But Akshay Kumar is not just a handsome actor who woos women and men with his looks and stunts; he is a generous contributor to humanity too. A highly organised man, Akshay believes in a disciplined life. He parties less and exercises more; he works hard but doesn’t over work; he makes money and doesn’t hide it from the government. And above all this, he is one among the few successful actors of Hindi cinema, who not only earns in crores but also believes in donating a fair