Category: Corporate

The Bayer Cares Foundation has selected six international initiatives for its global Aspirin Social Innovation Awards 2017, which recognizes novel approaches to solving humanity’s big challenges in health care and nutrition. The winners will receive EUR20,000 in prize money to further their activities.   At this year’s awards, the Audience Prize was bagged by India’s iBreastExam for its hand-held breast cancer screening device, which received over 15,000 of the 42,000 total online votes. Mammographies are unaffordable for many women in the poorer regions of the world. As a result, over…

Huawei Technologies India has recently announced that its employees are engaged in bringing a positive change to the government-run schools in the villages of Bangalore. The employees made generous contribution towards providing desks, benches, books and stationery items for the students of Nallurahalli Government School, and sponsored school bags and books for all the students of Varthur Government School.   The funds for the desks and benches were mobilized through a charity run for its employees, early this year, to sponsor community development activities. Thirty desks and benches were provided…

1,266,883,598 people currently live in India.Women comprise 48.5% of the population.This gender population gap starts at birth. For every 100 boys born nationally, 89 girls are born. The gender gap fluctuates across India.The Economic growth and technological advancement in India has experienced rapid growth and development in the past years in many spheres. Gender equity is not one of them. This is deplorable considering the important role played by women in the socio-economic growth of the country.   The fight for women’s rights has increased the participation of women in the job market.…

At a glittering function attended by more than 50,000 staff and families of Reliance Industries Limited and its group companies, Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani exhorted the young Reliance workforce to take the company to top 20 in the world and play even a bigger role in nation building in the coming years.   Sh. Ambani was speaking at the Reliance Family Day (RFD) event being celebrated across the country by the employees and families of RIL and other group companies. More than 50,000 people, comprising employees and their…

GlobalLogic has adopted ANK’s Gurugram learning centre with the objective of providing quality education to underprivileged children. As part of its association with ANK, GlobalLogic will support the newly launched Gurugram (Nathupur) centre fully, right from administrative to schooling needs. GlobalLogic has taken full ownership of setting up and running the school for the next three years. Under the larger umbrella of providing education to the underprivileged, GlobalLogic also has a team of volunteers and representatives who are dedicating time and efforts towards mentoring and further ensuring development of these…

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) inaugurated the second edition of its Annual CSR Conclave in New Delhi. Aptly themed as ‘Building the Nation, Responsibly’, the Conclave saw all the key SIAM members and other stakeholders coming together to ensure inclusive development of the society, while protecting the environment and ecology.    The CSR Conclave was inaugurated by Smt. Anupriya Patel, Hon’ble Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. While addressing the delegates, Smt. Patel highlighted the fact that the auto industry has the potential to…

MediaTek has recently unveiled “MediaTek Sensio”, the first 6-in-1 smartphone biosensor module. MediaTek Sensio is a powerful advanced health monitoring solution which makes it easy to track heart rate information, blood pressure trends, peripheral oxygen saturation levels and more. Available as an embedded module in smartphones, MediaTek Sensio makes it possible for consumers to quickly check and monitor physical wellness on a device as they use their smartphone the most.   The MediaTek Sensio MT6381 is a comprehensive software and module solution designed specifically to deliver valuable health data, consisting of…

Economic growth and technological advancement in India in the current decade has been increasing. Technology, market and development are considered gender-neutral. But there is pronounced urban bias and rural neglect in the development process of India. Nevertheless, modernization of the economy or advancement of the society is a semi-myth for village women. 1,266,883,598 people currently live in India. Women comprise 48.5% of the population. This gender population gap starts at birth. For every 100 boys born nationally, 89 girls are born. The gender gap fluctuates across India. The gender division of labour within the…

Xerox has been presented the 2017 Sustainability Partner award from Citigroup recognizing the company’s success in delivering global managed print services (MPS) recently.   The Citi Supplier Awards recognize partners that help Citi with meaningful successes, best-in-class efforts, and high levels of performance and excellence that exemplify Citi’s values, mission and principles and enhance its diversity and ethical, social and environmental impacts.   Over the past five years, Xerox has worked with Citi, one of the largest financial services providers in the world, to develop and operate a global MPS solution with black-and-white…

It has been raining awards for Ambuja. At the recent CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2017 event held in New Delhi, a whopping six awards and accolades were conferred upon the cement giant.   ‘Outstanding Accomplishment for Corporate Excellence’ award for demonstrating outstanding policy, practice and results by successfully incorporating sustainability in the core was bagged by Ambuja – one of few companies to get nominated for this award and the only one to have received it for the 8th time in a row.   Ambuja Cement’s three plants – Maratha Cement Works (Maharashtra),…