Experts’ Corner

I have been participating in CSR activities in Bengaluru, my home city, for two decades now. Presently, I am engaged with two prominent (NGOs) in India – Bhumi and Team Everest.  I began working with Bhumi to facilitate children’s admissions to schools under India’s Right to Education Act, which mandates free and compulsory education for children between the ages of 6 to 14 years. This 6-month-long process involves assisting parents in filling out forms, ensuring a seamless admission process, and following up with schools on the children’s educational progress. I was able to successfully secure admissions for more than 25 students in 2021 2022 and 18 in 2020. The impact of our efforts is evident as we can provide children with access to

Hailing from a small-scale farmer background, I consider myself fortunate that I had access to education. Many of our villagers belonged to tribal and marginalized communities and struggled to make ends meet, often unable to send their children to school. My parents were also poor and worked hard for our education and well-being. Thankfully, the situation has changed significantly over the last three decades, but we still have a long way to go. My early exposure to these harsh realities of life helped make community work a homogenous process for me. Since the beginning of my career, I have been making personal contributions to various social causes. I also collaborate with many NGOs, as individual efforts can only achieve so much.

Mamta SaikiaCEO – Bharti Foundation Education is constantly evolving with teachers at the forefront steering the change to provide students with the best learning experience. In the panoramic view of new-age education, the teacher’s role has become increasingly demanding to bring transformation through technology, infusing innovation and creativity in teaching methods. The days of ‘Sage on the Stage’ and dependence on textbooks only are things of the past. With various resources available online, teaching and learning have moved beyond textbooks. Teachers are turning towards online platforms and tools, seeking solutions to energize their classrooms. As per the UDISE+ 2021-22 report, there are 9.5 million teachers with more than 5 million in government and government-aided schools in India. The remaining teachers

Ms. Shaina Ganapathy Head of Community Outreach, Embassy Group “One of the consequences of the pandemic was that educational institutions all around the globe had to hasten towards providing digital education. This came with many challenges, including accessibility for students, efficient content, teaching and learning resources, and more. In pursuance of this, our long-standing education partners worked extremely hard to create SPUTNIK, an online digital learning platform that has inbuilt lessons and assignments in math, English, and science that students can participate in from their homes. Through SPUTNIK, teachers could check students’ work regularly, keep a record of each child’s progress, and most importantly, keep in touch with the students during lockdowns to ensure that their academic progress did not

Dr K.C Ravi Chief Sustainability Officer Syngenta Syngenta is a leading agri-input company offering the best scientific and innovative crop solutions. This goes a long way in helping millions of farmers around the world to grow safe and nutritious food, while also protecting the planet. It also aids in the improvement of sustainability, quality, and safety of agriculture. Dr KC Ravi, Chief Sustainability Officer, Syngenta India, at the helm of affairs, speaks about Syngenta India’s flagship CSR initiative I-CLEAN: Inculcating Cleanliness, Learning, Education, Awareness and New Habits, launched in 2015, inspired by PM Narendra Modi’s call for Swachch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission). I-CLEAN is a formidable social intervention designed for farmers’ empowerment and rural prosperity. It works by creating

Dr. K K Upadhyay Professor and Chairperson Centre for Sustainability & CSR,  Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) Sudden weather changes, pollution around, floods, disasters—what’s happening to my world? It was better when I started. I understand everyone is created equal, which is undermined by the reality of growing inequalities, with the gap between rich and poor becoming larger and more intolerable.  I desire to do better—to preserve and accentuate all the wonderful features of life on Earth and make those features available to all, now and in the future, while minimizing any damage to our society and the natural world. That desire has a name: sustainability. And it was realized long back in “OUR COMMON FUTURE” in the Brundtland