Event Affairs

12 June, 2023:In a bid to make Pondicherry one of the cleanest coastal cities in the country, an initiative KEEP has been implemented by Recity Network and supported by Godrej Consumer Products. The development of contextualized, inclusive and resilient models for solid waste management in Pondicherry is undertaken. This World Ocean Day, project KEEP Namma Pondy Clean and Pondicherry Municipality successfully completed 75 events to coincide with the 75th anniversary of India. Last year on the 15th of August the campaign to conduct 75 events in the upcoming span of 12 years was launched. The objective was to foster collective action in the waste ecosystem management of Pondicherry. On June 9 the early completion of 75 events was celebrated at

The Indian Achievers’ Forum (IAF) organized the 48th India-International Business Summit 2019 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on June 14, 2019. The focus of the event was on the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in national and international sphere. On the occasion, presentations and panel discussions were held and Achievers’ Awards were given away to corporates for their excellence in their respective fields. Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Parliamentary Affairs, Coal & Mines, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, was the Chief Guest, while Professor K.V. Thomas, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Union Minister, H.E. Archil Dzuliashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to India, H.E. Desire Koumba, Ambassador

Awarding Good Corporate Citizens Out of the target to construct 65 lakh individual household toilets by October 2019, 95 per cent, that is, 63 lakhs have already been built; and the target to construct 5 lakh community toilets has already been achieved, informed Minister Hardeep Singh Puri during the National Swachhata Summit 2019 organized recently by CSR Times and CAAG. CSR Times in association with Clean Action and Assessment Group (CAAG) India organized the National Swachhata Summit 2019 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on February 19, 2019. On the occasion, awards were given to corporates who have been contributing in the Central Government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan since its launch in October 2014. Union Minister of State (Independent

EVENT The 44th Indian Achievers’ Seminar was held in New Delhi on February 20, 2018 at India Habitat Centre. The topic of deliberations was “Make in India: Creating & Enabling Environment For Entrepreneurs”. The invigorating panel discussion was moderated by Prof S Parshuraman, former Director, TISS and had participants like Dr Darlie Koshy, DG & CEO, Apparel Training & Design Centre, Stuti Kacker, Chairperson, NCPCR, Dr Rabi Narayan Kar, Principal, Shyamlal College, and representative from Sri Chaitanya. The discussion was followed by a presentation made by Dr Yaroslav Tarasyuk, the Trade Commissioner of Russia in India, following which Indian Achievers Award were distributed by IAF president Mr Sunil Shastri, Dr Tarasyuk and Mr Ninong Eering, Member, Lok Sabha from Arunachal

EVENT Gender Inequality has a longstanding history of being entrenched in various aspects of the Indian society, excluding women not being contoured in dominant economic, social and political narratives.Recognizing the criticality of Gender Equality, United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 is centred on women emerging as equally invested stakeholders in our development paradigm.The UN believes “Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. In the Indian context, Prime Minister Modi has expressed a deep commitment towards SDG 5 and NITI Aayog has been mandated as the nodal agency responsible for the implementation and monitoring outcomes for projects that relate to various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).   Nations Global

EVENT Global Compact Network India (GCNI), a local arm of the United Nations Global Compact, New York along with UN India organized 13th edition of its annual flagship event in Bengaluru on the 8th of June, 2018. The overlying theme for the event focused on ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Blueprint for Action’. It was attended by over 400 business leaders including CEOs, CXOs, Academia, Civil Society Organizations and UN entities from across the world. This event came after another significant event, the UN India Business Forum which was jointly hosted by the GCNI and the UN. While addressing the Convention, Mr. Shashi Shanker said that the unique feature of the Convention was the launch of GCNI – Accenture CEOs

EVENTS In pursuit of motivating youth with positivity and providing sustainability to the children from underprivileged family, Plus Approach foundation of Delhi has been actively working for the past six years. The foundation has worked closely to create employment and also provide health care facilities for families mainly in Uttarakhand. As a part of its positivity campaign the foundation organizes an annual positivity seminar to spread positive words of thought amongst youth. The aim of this one day conclave was to motivate youth to live a happy and peaceful life by practicing positivity in their daily life. This year the program was held at the SCOPE auditorium, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on September 16, 2017 in partnership with United Nation’s

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 Sandilya, Chairman, Eicher Group said, “To assume that corporates have not done there a bit of responsibility, would be unfair. Corporates are responsible, but I will not say all. When the 2% mandate of CSR came in, a lot of corporates were unhappy. We need to realize that the responsibility task is huge for government to cater alone. There needs to be a joint effort.”