Newgen Software Technologies: Digitally enhancing the learning process
Recently, Newgen Software released its first annual CSR report. As the name suggests, Newgen provides software applications and digital solutions for businesses in areas such as business process management, enterprise content management, customer communication management, and case management. The company’s CSR mission is
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India: Protecting children, saving lives
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd (HMSI) recently felicitated 28 officials of Railway Protection Force (RPF) for their effort in protecting children from child abuse and other risks at railway stations in Delhi. This is part of the Surakshit Bachpan programme of
EDII: Starting up livelihoods through start-ups
A Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), which is a sub-scheme of the ministry of rural development’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), aims to create around 36,000 rural enterprises by 31 March 2021. This programme was started in 2015″16 by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute
WHO: Nurturing children, building nations
The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank, in collaboration with the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and the Early Childhood Development Action Network, recently launched a Nurturing Care Framework for Early Childhood Development at the 71st World Health
CSR: Responsibility towards society or government?
Last month, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about including contribution from businesses to the chief minister’s relief fund (CMRF) as money spent on CSR activities. Currently the 2013 CSR Act only considers donations to the Prime
CSR of healthcare companies: Health(care) is wealth
Companies covered: Apollo Hospitals | Cipla | Dr Reddy’s Laboratories | Fortis | ICICI Lombard | Max India | Piramal Healthcare | Sun Pharma | Wockhardt Here, we take a look at the CSR strategies and activities embraced by some of the country’s
Pradan: Lofty goals, vague strategies
Recently, a press release reached CB’s inbox which declared the NGO Pradan’s ‘audacious goal to empower ten million women in rural Indian communities to improve their own circumstances to celebrate 35th anniversary.’ Suffice to say, the only thing not audacious about this statement
Yes Bank: Giving expertise to experts
A one-year cluster development programme to provide skill and design development training to 1,000 women artisans in Barmer, Rajasthan, was recently announced by Yes Bank. Named ‘From Rural Cluster to Urban Market’, the women artisans will receive support in the creation and sustenance
Ola: Share rides, share your wallets (for a cause)
An initiative to crowdsource funds for improving cancer care in the country was launched by Ola, the ride-sharing company. The ‘My Ride, My Cause’ programme leverages Ola’s platform to reach out to millions of customers across India. Through this initiative, Ola customers will
The Martha Farrell Foundation: Recognising champions of gender equality
The Martha Farrell Awards for Excellence in Women’s Empowerment were recently handed out to Nadiya Shafi and the Maharashtra-based Resource and Support Centre for Development (RSCD) in the categories of ‘most promising individual’ and ‘best organization for gender equality’, respectively. The award was