CSR: Dilip Tirkey launches Stairs’ Hockey for Growth

Feb 20, 2014

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

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Setco gets a thousand and more women together for One Billion Rising campaign

Feb 20, 2014

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

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Designers get together to uplift Mumbai’s social infrastructure

Feb 20, 2014

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

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CRY and BBH India join hands for child rights’ awareness

Feb 20, 2014

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

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CM launches Shiksha Deeksha Yojana; felicitates Wadhwani Foundation

Feb 7, 2014

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’

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CSR: Menus for Change from Zomato and CRY

Feb 7, 2014

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

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CSR: Participation at conferences increasing; content needs upgradation

Nov 20, 2013

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

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Dasra Girl Power Awards to empower adolescent girls

Nov 18, 2013

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

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Kanchan Naikawadi bags SDCRF Women Initiative of the Year award

Nov 18, 2013

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),

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CSR: Axis Bank’s Splash initiative to spread environment awareness

Nov 18, 2013

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

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