It was perhaps a chance encounter with the team of ICICI Academy for Skills (IAS) that changed the course of Dilbagh’s life. For Dilbagh Singh, life seemed like one long struggle. Having lost his parents when he was barely two years old, he saw adversity very early in life. He stayed with his uncle who …
I Was a Struggling Dairy Farmer. Today, My Kids Attend the Best School in the Village Read More »
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a buzzword with the government making it mandatory for companies to spend 2% of their net profit on the social upliftment of people. In an interview, Deloitte ’s William D. Eggers , co-author of The Social revolution: How Business, Government and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society’s …
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Equipped with a tablet each, these Digital Sakhis confidently ensure door-to-door dissemination of information—from daily transactions using digital modes of payments to updates about government policies and schemes—across their demarcated villages on a regular basis. Digital transactions and a ‘cashless’ economy are all the rage currently. Such a shift has been easier in the urban …
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Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and Rusen Kumar, Managing Editor, IndiaCSR and CSR & COMPETITIVENESS handing over the Award to Anand Mani Sharma of Deepak Foundation. Deepak Group of Industries with the aim of providing maternal and child care services to industrial workers living in Industrial area, launched ‘Maternal …
Rudrapur: For 37-year-old Rana Uppalapati skating is not just a sport as he always wanted it to be a tool to raise awareness. The entrepreneur who hails from Visakhapatnam is on a 6,000-km skating expedition to raise Rs 9 crore funds for the education of 25,000 girls in 90 days. Starting his journey on September 5 from Bengaluru, Uppalapati reached Rudrapur …
