Month: May 2017

ICICI Group to transform 500 villages in to Digital Villages

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ICICI Group is planning to transform 500 villages in to digital villages by December, 2017. ICICI Group today dedicated 100 ‘ICICI Digital Villages’ to the nation, marking the bank’s efforts to partner the nation’s progress by empowering rural India. Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance, Defence & Corporate Affairs inaugurated the event, ‘ICICI Rural Summit – ‘Sashakt Gaon, Samriddh Bharat’. The inauguration of the digital villages follows the bank’s commitment given in November 2016 to transform 100 villages into ‘ICICI Digital Villages’ in as many days. The programme involves end to end digitisation of…

Joint Secretary level appointments by ACC

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Anil Srivastava as Advisor, NITI Aayog on a lateral shift basis, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a combined tenure of seven years of central deputation upto 14.2.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Alka Tiwari.    Jatindra Nath Swain as Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Santosh…

Anthony Lianzuala takes over as Controller General of Accounts

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Anthony Lianzuala took over as Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in national capital.    Earlier, the Government of India had appointed Anthony Lianzuala, a 1982-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) Officer, as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance with effect from May 1, 2017. He will be the first person from the North-Eastern region to hold this position. Lianzuala, a graduate from the Hindu College of Delhi University and has worked at higher positions in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Ministry…

Samsung in partnership with Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti sets up 400 Smart Class rooms

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Samsung India in partnership with Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti has completed 400+ Samsung Smart Class rooms at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya government schools across the country. These Smart Classes are equipped with an interactive Samsung whiteboard, Samsung laptops/tablets, a printer, Wi-Fi and a power backup to ensure continuous learning. Since the first Samsung Smart Class was established in 2013, over 2 lakh students have benefited from it. In addition, over 7,400 teachers have been trained on how to use interactive technology to teach. Samsung is also working with the Government of Karnataka on the Chetana…

Canon India marks 2nd Anniversary of Karanjoti Village

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Canon India, India’s leading digital imaging company has successfully completed two years of Karanjoti village adoption under its flagship CSR initiative – Adopt a Village. With a vision to contribute to the societal ecosystem, Canon India had adopted Karanjoti village near Mumbai in April 2015. In sync with the corporate philosophy of Kyosei, signifying living and working together for the common good, Canon India had adopted Karanjoti village to redefine the lives of people in and around the village by providing them with facilities for a well-developed and sustainable living. Situated near Mumbai, Karanjoti village…

Starting a movement to revive Public Libraries

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In a chit-chat with Dr. Shubhangi Sharma, Executive Director, IPLM, NASSCOM Foundation, she shares with SPO India of the contributions that IPLM is making to revive the public libraries in India that lie in a deplorable condition today and the feedback it has been receiving by having partnered with the state and the federal governments There are more about 70000 public libraries in India, which again is an unestimated figure. Another estimation puts the figure at 1 lakh+ libraries in India which are at all levels – beginning at the…

“Making available Portable Drinking Water”

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In the last 3 decades, Canara Bank under its Trust, Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust, has been undertaking programmes aimed at developing the lives of people from the lower strata of the society and bringing about socio-economic transformation in different rural areas. Out of them all, the project on clean drinking water, Bhagirathi has been the more popular one. Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO, Canara Bank, shares more details on the project and its modalities Could you throw some more light on the initiative of CBCRDT? Canara Bank Centenary…

“Making Safe Drinking Water Accessible…”

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Three brothers take up the cause of supplying safe drinking water to millions of people and they soon start a company together by the name JanaJal to make that happen. Explaining the modalities and the concept of JanaJal water ATM, Parag Agarwal, Founder & CMD, JanaJal, walks us through the functioning of his company’s initiatives and its roadmap Could you throw light on the initiative of JanaJal? JanaJal is a private sector initiative that aims to make safe drinking water available to millions of people in a sustainable and consistent…

REC, NALCO and EIL win Gold Trophies

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On the 8th Public Sector Day Celebrations jointly organised by Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) at Vigyan Bhawan, the Gold trophies of SCOPE Excellence Awards in the Institutional Category I (Maharatna, Navratna) were presented to Rural Electrification Corporation, National Aluminium Company, Engineers India (special commendation). In the Institutional Category II (Miniratna I & II) the award was given to Mineral Exploration Corporation, ONGC Videsh and WAPCOS (special commendation). In the Institutional Category III (Other Profit Making PSEs) the award was given to Electronics…

“CWF is playing its part to eradicate illiteracy”

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Careworks Foundation’s CWF School Enhancement Program is a flagship education initiative designed to holistically develop government schools, besides providing financial assistance to the meritorious but underprivileged children. Discussing about these programs, Smitha B. S., Lead Community Outreach, Careworks Foundation tells SPO India of how these initiatives are shaped at improving the economic and ethical standards and benefiting the society at large – Can we have your thoughts and vision on sustainability of CSR programs in India? “To actively contribute to the community and create a positive impact in the lives…