Month: February 2017

Snapdeal has announced its ‘Joy of Giving Week’ campaign in collaboration with Coca-Cola India and Intex Technologies. As a part of this campaign, customers can go to Snapdeal Sunshine, Snapdeal’s online donation platform, to donate stationery kits to underprivileged children. Coca-Cola India and Intex Technologies will match the donations of these kits up to a limit of 20,000 and 50,000 kits. The campaign starts from 1st October and runs till 10th October, 2016 and the stationery kits (that include pencils, an eraser, a sharper and a ruler) will be directly…

Tata Consultancy Services has announced that its not-for-profit arm, TCS FOUNDATION has signed an agreement with Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) to restore and reimagine the Vikram Sarabhai Library located at IIMA’s iconic Louis Kahn Plaza into a future-ready knowledge hub for Digital learning and collaboration. TCS FOUNDATION, engaged in promoting and funding projects and programs under corporate social responsibility, will support this landmark project with funding of Rs 20 crore. The restoration and upgradation of iconic Vikram Sarabhai Library is expected to be completed by 2018. Vikram Sarabhai…

Infosys Foundation has donated a blood bank van, which has been specially designed for blood donation camps in rural and city areas, to NIMHANS on September 23, 2016. U B Pravin Rao, COO, Infosys Ltd handed over the bus to Dr. B N Gangadhara, Director, NIMHANS, at the Infosys Bengaluru campus. As part of the ceremony, a blood donation camp was also organized on campus. The fully air-conditioned collection bus is equipped with collection and storage of 250 litres of blood at a time along with a storage facility for…

At the Samajik Adikarita Shivir organized by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, PM Narendra Modi distributed Aids and Assistive Devices to more than 10,000 Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjans) at the Navlakhi ground in Vadodara. “In every infrastructure we create, we have to be conscious about the requirements of our Divyang sisters and brothers,” said PM Modi in his speech. “Distributing equipment is a very small part of the programme. The larger aspect is our duty to take care of our Divyang…

Supplementing the Accessible India Campaign of Government of India, Spark Minda of Ashok Minda Group, as part of their continuous efforts aimed towards social upliftment has organized a 12 day Artificial Limb Fitment camp from 1st September to 12th September, 2016 at Noida. The camp which is set up at its flagship company, Minda Corporation Limited, Sector 59, Noida is being organized in association with Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklaang Sahatya Samiti (Jaipur Foot). The camp aimed to treat more than 500 Persons with Disability in 12 days. Observing the response of…

LG Electronics has launched the smartphone “X Power” which has a 4,100mAh battery with a 1.83H port that enables the user to use his or her phone for long periods of time, as well as watch videos and take pictures. LG’s Fast Charging technology PE+ makes it almost twice faster to charge than other batteries. While a regular battery takes about 4 hours to charge, the LG X power battery can be fully charged in just 1.8 hours with PE+ technology. This heavy-duty battery smartphone comes in its very slim…

LG Electronics India is known for assisting communities. Niladri Datta speaks to SPO India on how CSR has been an inherent  part of LG and its initiatives in sustainability arena Today most of the businesses are developing corporate social responsibility platforms and programs. Why do you think this has become such an important part of companies’ strategies? CSR for us is a way of contributing to society and increasing the overall consciousness towards the causes we espouse for. Although we have just made a start in this area; we envisage…

With the passage of time b2b integration services will be much in demand and become increasingly critical to business success thanks to the increasing need for real-time business processes and growing complexity of supply chains. Implementation of the b2b integration services will stand the organizations in good stead to meet the volume, capacity, flexibility and speed requirements of tomorrow’s business environment. What is B2B Integration? In today’s business world, businesses are under constant pressure to improve the quality of its products or service. They are also under pressure to reduce…

Autism is a disease. However, autistics are not treated as are those with physical illnesses. Autism still carries the social stigma. It must change. Autism and related developmental disorders, such as Asperger’s Syndrome, which are collectively called Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), is a developmental disorder that usually shows up in the first three years of life. Autism is a condition that affects both children and adults. Originally detected in 1943, autism used to be a rare occurrence till a decade ago. But the fast rise in its incidence is really…

The benefits that big data analytics brings to business enterprises in terms of fast and detailed process of business data are immense. However, in order to successfully harness big data, organizations will need to develop whole new skill sets and competencies around Big Data analytics. These days Big Data is one of the hottest buzzwords in the IT world and has come to the attention of everyone from different quarters. While its definition and overall market size may be still in the realm of debate, unanimity exists on its being…