SDG Cart, an e-commerce platform that aims to encourage responsible entrepreneurship, will be launching the first edition of SDG Innovation Competition. The competition aims to support entrepreneurial start-ups and scale-up stage businesses that develop innovative solutions, to make a positive social impact, in line with any one of the Sustainable Development Goals laid down by the United Nations. The competition is presented by SBI Mutual Fund and is a joint initiative of SDG Cart and International Institute of Corporate Social Responsibility (IICSR) supported by Ekjaa Foundation as an intellectual partner. Mr. Srinivas Jain, Executive Director & Chief of Strategy, SBI…
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POST COVID-19, Globalization involves more challenges,competition,pitfalls and opportunities. In the regime of digital world, boundaries are becoming less and less relevantexcept physical security of citizens in different countries. Cultural transformation is rapidly taking new color and shape, sometimes beyond our imagination. There are shakeouts in the socio-economic institutions. Mother India is also passing through a distinct phase and trying to take course corrections in different directions and issues. Stakeholders are more and more relevant for the functioning of any commercial organization, more so for Corporates. New entrepreneurship is being talked and seen also. In this new scenario, Stakeholders are to…
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world”. These simple yet powerful words by Mahatma Gandhi came alive on January 30th ‘2021 on his 73rd martyr day, when 78 Impact Leaders, Change Makers and Organizations, who are shaking the world gently yet making a powerful social impactwere awardedwith prestigious Mahatma Award 2020 at an award ceremony in New Delhi. The host city was of course Delhi, the national capital of Indiaand the award were presented by Mr. Amit Sachdeva, Founder, Mahatma Award along with Mr. Manish Sisodia, HonourableDeputy Chief Minister, Delhi and Ms. Shallu Jindal, Chairperson, JSPL Foundation. The…
“ Conscious Ventures-business with higher purpose ”, a new collaborative project to bring conscious thinking & decision making culture & values (based on ESG framework) for new age sustainable business models & start-ups has been launched with highly passionate team of professionals from India, USA, Africa, South Asia & UAE. Core purpose of “Conscious Ventures- business for higher purpose” is to collectively meet new challenges, world is facing today with emerging opportunities, sustainable& responsible business start-ups & new impact driven investments in order to strengthen “Atamnirbhar Bharat” campaign.. “Conscious Ventures” is an innovating & collaborative platform of domain experts &…
SDG Cart, an e-commerce platform that aims to encourage responsible entrepreneurship, will be launching the first edition of SDG Innovation Competition. The competition aims to support entrepreneurial start-ups and scale-up stage businesses that develop innovative solutions, to make a positive social impact, in line with any one of the Sustainable Development Goals laid down by the United Nations. The competition is a joint initiative of SDG Cart and International Institute of Corporate Social Responsibility (IICSR) as intellectual partner and Ekjaa Foundation, which is an outreach partner. It is founded by Harsha S Mukherjee, Vikram Chindam and led by Pranjul Rai.…
Looking at the challenges of Corona pandemic, Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) with Sphere India & IAG (Inter Agency Group), Uttarakhand launched COVID-19 Academy using virtual platform Zoom on 5th Jan 2021. Inaugurating Covid-19 Academy, Mr. S.A Murugasan, Secretary- USDMA, spoke on the importance of such initiates for creating mass awareness & strong networking among major stakeholders engaged in the state working in the fight against Covid -19. Speaking on this occasion Ms Kusum Ghiliyal, Convenor IAG UK mentioned about the detailed plans and roadmap of newly launched COVID-19 Academy and how with its local NGO members in all…
Amid coronavirus pandemic another major safety step launched by Sh. Satyendra Jain, Health Minister of Delhi to safeguard passengers and drivers of mass transport medium autorickshaws. This project is being executed by Rotary International District 3011 with the CSR support by SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Delhi Region. Rotarian Sanjiv Rai Mehra, District Governor Rotary District 3011 told, Rickshaw mein Surkasha is an activity to install the recommended COVID19 sanitization tools in the autorickshaws across Delhi for better safety of people and ease of use resulting in less private vehicles on road. We will be giving proper pedal stands, ativan,…
Keeping in line with its sustainability goal to help the farming communities thrive, global agriculture company, CortevaAgriscience has partnered with local governments and non-profit organizations in India to ensure the health and safety of farmers during the pandemic. Through partnerships with non-government organizations such as PRADAN, SewaBharati and CHD Group, Corteva was able to support over 200,000 plus beneficiaries during the last few months. Over 16 lakh personal protective equipment (PE) was produced and distributed to farmers across 220 villages. PPE production units were set up in the vulnerable communities of Jharkhand and Bihar, providing temporary employment to women farmers…
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Soul Of Braj Federation (SOBF) Organised , POSHAN MAAH Program in Braj Villages , Mathura District , UP in the month of September 2020 & reached three Villages (from 16th September to 20th September 2020 ) , Ram Taal , Devi Aatas , NanglaSumera, in Braj Region for POSHAN MAAH ( An Initiative By Government of INDIA ) . Through this Program SOBF reached 700+ Beneficiaries& interacted with women & girls on Nutrition , Health- Hygiene Care,in the region said Shri TarunMisraFounder & Director Soul Of Braj Federation We had healthy Participation of BrajCommunity , Girls open up their Issues…
