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A Virtual Marathon (run/walk) will be organized by Sharanya Narayani International School (SNIS) to raise funds for Karunashraya, a Bangalore-based Hospice Trust. This is the highly anticipated third edition of Run for Care, and even the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic couldn’t surpass the efforts and zeal from doing this! The institute will be conducting the event both live (in-person) and virtually. Individuals are all welcomed to participate for those beyond cure! “Bangalore Hospice Trust – Karunashraya” is a joint project of the Indian Cancer Society (Karnataka Chapter) and the Rotary Club of Bangalore Indiranagar which provides free professional palliative care for advanced-stage cancer patients beyond treatment. Karunashraya’s main mission is to provide compassionate palliative care for patients with terminal illnesses through

New Delhi, January 11th, 2022: SKF India, the leading bearings manufacturer, today announced its scholarship program for deserving girls’ students who aspire to pursue diplomas and engineering degrees. As part of the program, SKF India aims to support 150 girls from economically disadvantaged families from Pune, Mysore, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Haridwar. The program will be implemented by United Way of Bangalore, an NGO that has been providing opportunities to girls to attain higher education through financial aid and career-ready programs. Manish Bhatnagar, Managing Director, SKF India Ltd. said, “The SKF Scholarship program is part of our continuous endeavor towards empowering India’s youth especially young girls through education, skilling, mentorship, and counselling. We believe that an educated, confident, and independent young

Pipavav, India: A mobile science and maths laboratory was inaugurated on January 5 at Rampara Primary School in Rajula, Amreli. The “lab on wheels” set up by APM Terminals Pipavav will help village students to perform science and maths experiments to gain practical insights and hone scientific skills. The Mobile Lab was inaugurated by Captain P K Mishra, COO, APM Terminals Pipavav in the presence of Sarpanch, Block Resource Co-Ordinator and locals. The lab will facilitate experiments on various topics along with the sky watching, celebration of National Science Day, National Mathematics Day and block level science and maths exhibition. The local students did not have access to the advance technology and were dependent on only theoretical knowledge. However, with

New Delhi, January 3, 2022: The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in India will partner on enhancing the effectiveness of the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) scheme (earlier Mid-Day Meal Scheme). An agreement was signed between Mr. Bishow Parajuli, Representative and Country Director for WFP in India and Shri Chanchalapthi Dasa, Vice-Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation today in New Delhi. “The partnership is a strategic force multiplier bringing deep work and experience together. Since inception in 1961, school meals have been part of WFP’s mission. WFP has six decades of experience supporting school feeding and a trajectory of working with more than 100 countries to set up sustainable national school feeding

Delhi, 27th December, 2021: Arthan, a social enterprise, organized the second forum in the series ‘Using Data and AI for Social Good’. The final forum in the series was held last week and encompassed a wider variety of themes associated with data and artificial intelligence (AI) such as implementing data and AI-based solutions at the NGO level and overcoming challenges. Various industry experts came together to discuss and delve into the impact of data and AI and how it can shape the social sector. The forum delved deeper to encompass pertinent themes like the definition of “good” data, its collection and management, steps to be taken by organizations to make data more driven, the process and trials of building AI-based

New Delhi, 24th December, 2021: The Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP), Ashoka University, and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) have conducted a study on the relationship between tax incentives and philanthropic giving. The study compares India’s incentive policy with that of 11 countries, namely Bangladesh, Brazil, China, France, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, UK and US, selected for the diversity of their economic status and models. India falls somewhere in the middle because the rate of incentives offered has declined due to tax policy changes of 2017 and the introduction of a ‘dual tax structure’ in 2020. Lower personal income tax rates and the abolition of inheritance and wealth taxes have further reduced the

Gurgaon/Gurugram, December 17, 2021: As part of its commitment to reduce carbon emission, PNB MetLife, one of India’s leading private life insurance companies, has launched Glow Green, an initiative that aims to plant and nurture 40,000 trees in the next three years in eco-sensitive areas across 4 locations in India. This is expected to prevent approximately 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere and produce about 9,000 tons of oxygen over the next three years. Glow Green,’ is an integral part of the insurer’s commitment to creating sustainable community-led change.  The plantation drive was launched by Ashish Kumar Srivastava, MD & CEO, PNB MetLife along with Shri Sunil Soni, Chief General Manager, Punjab National Bank, who planted the

New Delhi, 20th December 2021: Basant Goel, Owner of Goel Medicos won The CSR Times Award 2021. Given his experience and long-time tradition of giving back to the community in terms of charity and resources, he’s been nominated for the individual category for his philanthropic deeds.  The CSR Times award is a way of recognizing the efforts made by businesses to contribute to society through the means of their business and uplift those in need. It also helps boost a culture of Corporate Social Responsibility by awarding the title to those who have made significant efforts for the betterment of people. This winter alone, Basant Goel and his team helped hundreds of people on the streets by providing blankets, masks

New Delhi, 18th Dec 2021: The 8th National Conference on Disability hosted by Sarthak Educational Trust and National Abilympics Association of India, ended on an empowering note with Shri. Nitin Gadkari (Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways) launching Sarthak’s Rozgar Sarathi online job portal (https://www.rozgarsarathi.org/) which will provide private as well as government jobs for Persons with Disabilities (PwD’s). The portal enables people with visual impairments access the website using assistive technologies, such as screen readers. Sarthak Educational Trust has been working since 2008 and in the last 13 years has successfully reached out to 4% (0.8 million) of disabled populace in India and Trained – 34,300 and Placed – 23,450 PwDs to let them excel in their fields