s the year winds down, you’ve likely attended your share of conferences, been on the panels, and addressed or been part of large audiences. Yet, amidst the speeches and structured agendas, something essential are often not there as much as it should be: real, open, honest, and free-flowing conversation. Join us for an intimate gathering…
As the organisation fine-tunes its mental health intervention model so as to make a holistic impact on persons with mental illness (PWMI) and their caregivers, it too has evolved over time, going from a focus on awareness to enabling access and affordability. This has made all the difference to its rural mental health programme, running…
Nestlé India will chart a green journey with LNG-powered fleet The fleet will comprise 46 feet long containers custom-created by GreenLine, pioneers of LNG-fuelled heavy trucking logistics in India. The containers will be deployed between Nestlé’s factory in Sanand, Gujarat, and Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, and considerably reduce the carbon footprint of the logistics operations of Nestlé…
In this first-of-its-kind initiative in India, UltraTech Cement, the cement flagship company of Aditya Birla Group (ABG), transported a phosphogypsum consignment of 57,000 metric tons (MT) via inland and coastal waterways. The bulk cargo carrier journeyed from Paradeep port in Odisha to the jetty of UltraTech Cement’s integrated cement unit, Gujarat Cement Works (GCW), located…
In partnership with Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions (HESPL), DBS Foundation has undertaken a social protection and financial literacy programme aimed at marginalised citizens across India, including daily-wage earners, domestic workers, farm workers, sanitation workers and micro-entrepreneurs. The programme will educate 2,00,000 beneficiaries (70% women) to build their digital and financial capacity to access relevant government entitlements…
Because this 7th edition unfolded in the stories shared in the room, across the 12 or 13 tables, by the 30-odd participants. We are talking real stories of course. Celebrating 10 years of CSR will mean nothing if not for the stories. Right from how CSR became mandated for companies in the private sector, to…
Three Mumbai-based artists – Jerry Antony, Nisha Nair Gupta, and Meera Goradia – worked with local residents in Govandi, Mumbai, on-site for over three months to create contextual, site-specific art. They are part of the Govandi Arts Festival‘s Artist Residency Programme, conceptualised to give creative expression to the stories, aspirations and lives of communities living…
Deepak Sahu of Chattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, and Krishnanshu Tanwar of Bharatpur district, Rajasthan, have many things in common. They are both medical students, have studied in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) schools, both raised in humble families for whom education was a luxury. Had they not been introduced to the NEET coaching under Tata Motors’ ENABLE…
Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, marked World Disability Day 2022 by partnering with Paralympic Committee of India (PCI). As part of this partnership – which is an initiative under the project Khelo Hero, being implemented under the company’s overall corporate social responsibility (CSR) platform ‘Hero WeCare’ – 14 specially abled…
As part of its long-term support to the Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA), Hero MotoCorp will provide necessary training equipment to the specially-abled team for the upcoming Deaf International Cricket Council (DICC) T20 Champions Trophy 2022, to be held in Sharjah, UAE, on October 1″9, and the National Championships to be held later this year….
