Honda: Awarding (some) excellent minds
Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) recently awarded scholarships worth $3,000 each to 14 aspiring engineers and scientists. The 13th edition of the Young Engineer and Scientist’s (Y-E-S) Award for 2019″20 was awarded to 14 students from IITs. With the latest edition of the
Salesforce: Training India, skilling India
A partnership to help bridge the country’s skills gap has been announced by Salesforce and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). Under this agreement, Salesforce will share its online training programme, Trailhead, with NSDC’s skill development and capacity building initiatives. Salesforce is one of
Sony Pictures Networks India: Expedition to educate
In support of the cause of water conservation, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) flagged off a cycling expedition at the Gateway of India, Mumbai. This expedition is being undertaken by two mountaineers and cyclists, Mohit Tomar and Mitesh Singh, who will cover a
IDFC First Bank: Zero-waste dreams but is there a roadmap?
A cleanup drive was undertaken at Worli Koliwada in Mumbai by G5A cityLAB, MCGM, and IDFC FIRST Bank to make the area a ‘sustainable cultural precinct’ and ‘zero-waste neighbourhood’. The campaign marks the launch of Project Swachh Worli Koliwada Mission: Zero Waste Neighborhood.
Bajaj Allianz Life: Planking their way towards ‘health’ goals and Olympic medals
Bajaj Allianz Life has launched the second edition of their health initiative #PlankForIndia. The plank initiative aims to make #HealthGoals a part of everyone’s daily lives, as per a press release by the company. In the second edition, for every plank the company
Tata Chemicals: From chemicals to processed waste
Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) has begun operating a dry waste processing plant at Mithapur, Gujarat. This is an initiative launched under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign and is being implemented in partnership with Sampurnearth Environment Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a social
Maruti Suzuki: Driving tribal students towards training
Towards the end of last year, Maruti Suzuki announced the successful completion of the driving training of 15,000 tribal youth at the All Gujarat Institute of Driving, Technical Training and Research (AGIDTTR) in Waghodia, Gujarat. The company also claimed that 70 per cent
HCL Foundation: So as to fight climate change in NCR
A tri-party memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by HCL Foundation, the district administration of Gautam Buddh Nagar, and Greater Noida Authority for implementing mass afforestation and rainwater harvesting to combat climate change. Nidhi Pundhir, director – HCL Foundation, Samakant Srivastava, GM,
Tata Power: Supporting women-led enterprises
Towards the end of 2019, Maharashtra’s first all-women dairy enterprise was launched in Maval, Pune, with support from Tata Power. The Maval Dairy Farmer Services Producer Company Ltd has membership of 1,200 women farmers who run and manage the project and have assumed
Cargill India: End of plastic packaging?
Towards the end of last year, Cargill India seems to have adopted packaging made of recyclable material across most of its products. In association with Dow Chemical, the company claims to have converted 90 per cent of its plastic packaging for its edible