J&K Bank helps set up smart classrooms and upgraded model schools

Oct 21, 2015

Doing its bit towards the so-called Model School Programme in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K Bank has developed and upgraded two government schools – Govt Boys Higher Secondary School at Bijbehara and Government Girls Higher Secondary School at Ranibagh, Anantnag. Inaugurating the two model

Read More

CEAT Netranjali reaches out to over 4,000 truckers

Oct 21, 2015

The flagship programme of RPG Group, CEAT Netranjali has claimed to have completed eye check-ups of over 4,200 truck drivers through 50 camps, across Bangalore, Navi Mumbai, Noida, etc. CEAT Netranjali works towards preventing avoidable blindness in India. Given the fact that they

Read More

Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership invites applications for 2016″18 programme

Oct 21, 2015

Piramal Fellowship Programme, also known as Gandhi Fellowship Programme, is a two-year residential programme that helps young individuals to develop leadership skills necessary to bring positive change in society. The Fellowship encourages these young people to support primary school headmasters in transforming their

Read More

Companies, relax. No mechanism to evaluate CSR impact: Corporate affairs ministry

Sep 24, 2015

But surprise, surprise, there is stringent penalty for non-disclosure In an interesting revelation to CauseBecause, the ministry of corporate affairs, Government of India, has affirmed that there is no mechanism or system in place that will help them evaluate the impact of the

Read More

HCL’s ‘Plant for Life’ to greenify Noida

Sep 1, 2015

HCL recently announced the Plant for Life initiative for a greener Noida, in association with the Hindustan Times. The objective is to encourage environment conservation and improve the green cover in and around Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The Plant for Life initiative will span

Read More

Molson Coors focuses on water in Bihar

Sep 1, 2015

Aimed at improving water condition around their brewery, Molson Coors Cobra India Ltd has taken on the responsibility to provide clean water, sanitation and hygiene facilities for people in Bihta and Sheohar regions of Bihar. The company is installing new water points, restoring

Read More

ATC India e-enabling education in the rural south

Sep 1, 2015

ATC India, an independent telecom tower company, has initiated a social project called Hiwel Learning Stations, Solar and Sanitation in Karnataka. Being implemented in association with Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited (HiWEL) and NIIT Foundation, the project provides e-enabled education to underprivileged children in rural

Read More

Golden Peacock to Krishnapatnam Port for environment management

Sep 1, 2015

Krishnapatnam Port, recognized as one of India’s largest ports, was awarded with the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for its environment-focused initiatives. Some of the green initiatives undertaken by the port include plantation of over 20 lakh trees within the port and more

Read More

More plantations by Garware-Wall Ropes

Sep 1, 2015

Over 70 employees of Garware-Wall Ropes Limited (GWRL), one of India’s leading manufacturers of technical textiles, engaged in a massive plantation drive in Ghorwadi village, on the way to Talegaon on the old Pune”Mumbai road.   The tree-plantation drive is a part of

Read More

Lamborghini says it is carbon-neutral. We are confused

Aug 20, 2015

If you hear of a car manufacturer striving to ‘save the environment’, you will most likely imagine that it is investing in green technology that saves fuel or is cutting down on its fleet of gas guzzlers in the market. Yet, if it is

Read More