Category: Corporate

At a glittering event attended by a distinguished gathering of social experts, academia and business partners, the CEO of Niti Ayog, Shri Amitabh Kant has released the Ferrero’s global 8th CSR report on Sharing Values to Create Value. The event was hosted at the Italian embassy and was graced by His Excellency Lorenzo Angeloni, Ambassador of Italy and Stephano Pelle, MD Ferrero India. Shri Amitabh Kant said, “The association of the Ferrero family with India has been for more than a decade now and their contribution to our country is…

Mobike has announced the launch of its service in Pune, India. The launch in collaboration with Pune Municipal Corporation and other local administration agencies marks the company’s first foray into India. Mobike has signed an MOU with Pune Municipal Corporation, in support of the municipality’s ambitious Pune Cycle Plan.   In 2016, the Pune city administration launched the Pune Cycle Plan to introduce environment-friendly means of transportation. The focus is on the development of a sustainable urban transportation system and smart city solution to reduce traffic congestion. Mobike’s launch is…

OPPO has partnered with India’s leading cricket training academy, PAYYADE Cricket Club to provide scholarship and promote cricket skills to 20 under privileged kids in the presence of Prithvi Shaw, Indian under – 19s team captain. To support and endorse the game of cricket, OPPO has pledged to contribute towards the society and work towards assisting these children in achieving their dreams.   Under this scholarship program, the club will provide 2 years of cricket training to these children. The children will get an opportunity to be trained under the guidance…

Government of Haryana, Higher Education department and Youth4work have entered into a collaboration to facilitate Skill Profiling of All higher Education students in Haryana with Youth4work and help them get Jobs and Internship Opportunities. Currently over 2 Lac students are passing each year gaining technical education in Haryana. This Tie-up helps and ensures all these students to use the new age technology and digital medium to give a free skill tests and showcase their skill profiles online. Youth4work platform will enable assessments, online learning Internships & employment opportunities to these…

The Goldman Sachs Foundation has launched an online education program to further 10,000 Women, providing female entrepreneurs across the world with a digitized curriculum and interactive platform of women business owners. In partnership with Coursera, 10,000 Women will provide greater access to its proven curriculum, providing female entrepreneurs with a world-class business education and a global peer-to-peer network. The course is free, and has been built to meet the needs of women business owners in developing markets.   10,000 Women will provide focused and tailored exercises in an introductory module…

In its mission to bridge the digital gender divide in rural India and empower women through digital literacy, Google India and Tata Trusts announced reaching the halfway mark, with 150,000 villages, under its Internet Saathi program. The program has contributed towards bridging the digital gender divide in rural India [female to male ratio from 1 in 10 in 2015 to 3 in 10 in 2017*], and has benefited over 15M women in 13 states, the program has expanded to cover four new states — Goa, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Telangana.   The ‘Internet Saathi’ programme focuses on educating women to use the…

 Vodafone has donated INR 30.5 lakh in the last 5 years as a part of this year-on-year ‘giving’ initiative to commemorate Ramzan. Under this initiative, Vodafone has partnered with Sakhawat Centre, run by Iqbal Memorial Trust, Srinagar, for sixth year running to facilitate the education of underprivileged children.   Reaffirming its commitment towards the society in which it operates, Vodafone India, for a sixth year running, will celebrate the holy month of ‘Ramzan’ through its noble ‘Giving’ initiative for underprivileged children in Kashmir. The initiative aims to raise money which…

Cerebra Integrated Technologies, a public listed company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, has been among the front runners for the cause of E-waste management crisis in the country. Established about 26 years ago as an IT manufacturer, distributor and an IT enabled service provider, Cerebra Integrated Technologies launched Cerebra Green – India’s largest, most sophisticated end to end E-Waste Recycling Facility. The facility is also among the firsts to achieve a completely eco-friendly E- waste disposal such that there is a Zero Landfill and Zero Water level pollution achieved during the…

eClerx and NASSCOM Foundation have announced the completion of training of 480+ engineering students under the eSkills Employability Enhancement Programme.    The eSkills Employability Enhancement Programme is an eClerx CSR initiative and is conceptualized and governed by NASSCOM Foundation. Under the program, the students were trained on industry aligned courses in Analytics and CRM (Non-voice) through an on-campus approach across six tier-2 and tier-3 colleges. From the 530+ enrolled students, 64% were girls. A total of 480 cleared the final NASSCOM Sector Skills Council’s certification examination.   The training was imparted by Mind Map Consulting, one of…

Kissht has announced its partnership with VIVO Healthcare, a leading healthcare education and training company to provide easy finance options for short-term courses across all training centers in India. This agreement will help students who want to pursue a career in paramedic and allied healthcare courses. The uniqueness of this offering is that students will get easy finance without submitting any collateral.   Through this easy finance loan options, students can opt for courses like Emergency Medical Technician, Dialysis Technician, Dental Assistant, X-Ray Technician, Radiology Technician, Cardiac Care Technician, Medical Lab Technician,…