Category: Corporate

Cognizant has recently announced that its employee volunteering program, “Outreach”, has completed ten years and impacted 4,50,000 lives through its work in the areas of education, community welfare and environment. During this period, over 100,000 Cognizant employees clocked in two million hours of volunteering across twenty countries, making Outreach one of the largest corporate volunteering efforts.     Outreach is entirely driven by the passionate employees of Cognizant, with financial and administrative support from Cognizant. It is inspired by Cognizant’s commitment to alleviating disparities in educational access and equity, and…

Capgemini employees around the globe got active to help celebrate the company’s 50th Anniversary and raise €100,000 to support three impactful educational projects through “MoveFifty”, the special birthday challenge with a purpose.   MoveFifty brought colleagues together in movement and engagement to raise money for three education-focussed charitable initiatives such as Ciudad Quetzal, Enlight and Cap Sur Le Code. Capgemini employees moved a total of 415,696 kilometres, not only to reach the moon, but complete almost three moonwalks around it as well.   Over five months from June to October, Capgemini employees participated in MoveFifty to help…

GlobalLogic has recently hosted “GlobalLogic Foundation Sports Meet” for their partner schools supported by GL Foundation, the CSR arm of GlobalLogic. The sports day initiative aims to encourage kids to participate in athletics and games which play a vital role in their holistic growth via this event the foundation aims at fostering the kids’ physical, social and emotional health. The activity was kicked off by Sumit Sood, Managing Director, GlobalLogic India at the Commonwealth Sports Complex. The occasion symbolizes company’s commitment to providing basic and remedial education to underprivileged children.  …

In support of the country’s Armed Forces and their families, Ola, India’s most popular app for transportation, launched an awareness campaign to raise funds on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day, observed on December 7 of every year.   This week-long fundraising campaign was kick-started by the Defence Ministry of India from December 1 and will run until December 7, 2017. The contributions from the fund will be used by the Ministry to ensure rehabilitation and welfare of the dependants of our brave martyrs and disabled personnel.   Ola is spreading…

UST Global has partnered with “Adarsh Palm Retreat” (APR) Charitable Trust for its annual APR Marathon 2017. Held on December 3, the event raised Rs.50 lakh, including kind which will be used for social causes in the area of education and women empowerment.   The 7th edition of its flagship fundraising event, The APR Annual Marathon 2017, witnessed participation from over 2,000 residents of Adarsh Palm Retreat near Bellandur, and runners from all over Bengaluru. The amount raised will be used to improve the quality of life of underprivileged people in…

Seeing the alarming levels of air pollution globally and its worsening impact on Delhi-NCR specifically, has compelled Nojoto, an Interest Based Network, a Media-Tech startup based out of Gurgaon to launch an awareness campaign on the burning issue.     “Can I Breathe” is a Voice Against Air Pollution, is communities of different talents coming together such as poets, writers, photographers, storytellers, comedians, theatre artists, who, with their creative expressions, acts and performances, are sure to get the nation thinking about the grave concern and its consequences.      Joining the movement in…

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Tourism and Hospitality Sector Skill Council (THSC), in association with Airbnb, the community-driven hospitality company, have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding.  The MoU will provide hospitality skills training to hospitality micro-entrepreneurs in India.   The signing of MoU is in line with the Government’s endeavour to promote entrepreneurship under the Government’s Skill India Program. NSDC is the implementation arm of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.    Through the partnership, the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Airbnb, NSDC and THSC will work…

In order to support and help farmers, Shri Manohar Parrikar  Chief Minister of Goa, has formally launched the Jai Kisaan App, a mobile solution from “Adventz Group”, a conglomerate of agriculture, engineering & infrastructure, real estate, consumer durables and services companies led by Chairman Saroj Kumar Poddar.   The farmer engagement app is packed with features and functions designed to fulfil the needs of the farmers’ community in India, was launched on the sidelines of Adventz’ Youth for Tomorrow talent-search fest for schoolchildren.    Congratulating Jai Kisaan turning 50, the Chief Minister acknowledged…

With the increasing population of 1.3 billion people in India having a sex-ratio of 945 females for every 1000 males, women make the half of the world population and half of the world’s potential. The demand for jobs has also increased and the very first thing about a job demands is to have a skill or a talent. As the government have worked and is working for the Youth to evolve a skill to get employability across India. However, women still lack access of the vocational education and skill training.…

WNS, a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) services, through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm, WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), in association with Seva Sahayog Foundation, has recently inaugurated a first-of-its-kind experiential learning centre called the “Community Knowledge Centre (CKC)” in Panvel, near Mumbai. Over 5,000 underprivileged children from 20 schools in Panvel, and nearby areas will be benefited through this centre.   CKC will comprise of a science centre, E-learning facility, a lecture room and a library. Science centre will have a physics lab equipped to perform…