CSR: Dilip Tirkey launches Stairs’ Hockey for Growth
Understanding that sports are one of the most important characteristics of children’s overall development, Stairs has introduced the Hockey for Growth programme. The NGO, which focuses on empowerment of underprivileged children, has got former Indian hockey team captain and now member of parliament Dilip
Setco gets a thousand and more women together for One Billion Rising campaign
Celebrating a feeling of oneness and pride, over a thousand women came together to celebrate their empowerment and endorse the One Billion Rising programme. They also celebrated St Valentine’s Day in the form of a mass rally to raise awareness about gender-based violence. There was
Designers get together to uplift Mumbai’s social infrastructure
Thirty designers from India and eight from other countries with different design competencies came together at a workshop to address some of the social and infrastructure challenges facing Mumbai. Titled ‘2014 Interdesign Mumbai’, the workshop was organized by Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management
CRY and BBH India join hands for child rights’ awareness
Child Rights and You (CRY) and BBH India, have joined hands to spread awareness about the importance of voting forchild rights in India as part of CRY’s nationwide campaign ‘Vote for Child Rights’. The campaign’s objective is to pursue political candidates to ensure that
CM launches Shiksha Deeksha Yojana; felicitates Wadhwani Foundation
Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda has launched Mukhya Mantri Shiksha Deeksha Yojana under the National Skills Qualification Framework(NSQF) project, in Gurgaon. The NSQF implementation in government schools of Haryana has received a positive response with 13,681 students enrolling for ‘applied learning’
CSR: Menus for Change from Zomato and CRY
Zomato, an online restaurant search service provider, under its corporate social responsibility, has introduced ‘Menus for Change’. In collaboration with Child Rights and You (CRY), this month-long campaign is aimed at raising funds by creating special menus through Zomato’s restaurant partners. Partner restaurants
CSR: Participation at conferences increasing; content needs upgradation
The initial few hours on the first day at CSR LiveWeek had a houseful of ’causes’ professionals as they all had assembled to hear about the ‘newness’ that the new Companies Act 2013 might have brought about in the CSR strategies of corporate
Dasra Girl Power Awards to empower adolescent girls
Dasra, a strategic philanthropy foundation, has announced Dasra Girl Power Awards worth Rs 30 lakh. The awards will recognize and support high-impact organizations that work towards empowering adolescent girls in India. Despite their numbers, the 113 million adolescent girls in India are
Kanchan Naikawadi bags SDCRF Women Initiative of the Year award
Sustainable Development and Collective Responsibility Forum (SDCRF) honoured Kanchan Naikawadi, director, Indus Health Plus, with the Women Initiative of the Year award in the healthcare sector. SDCRF’s objective is to recognize and honour individuals behind commendableinitiatives and projects in corporate social responsibility (CSR),
CSR: Axis Bank’s Splash initiative to spread environment awareness
With an aim to spread awareness about environment protection and cultural heritage, Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, has rolled out Season II of Splash, a pan-India painting competition on ‘my dream world’, ‘festivals of India’ and ‘go green’ themes. The