The Suryaa organizes Global Hand Washing Day in Delhi

The Suryaa celebrated “Global Hand Washing Day” at NGO “Save the Children” School, at Khizrabad New Delhi 16th October, wherein fifty 6–12-year-old underprivileged children participated in the activities.   This year’s theme for the activities was “Our Hands, Our Future”, reminding us that hand washing protects our own health, but also allows us to build our own future, as well as those of our communities, and the world. Following were the activities conducted at the NGO.   1.       Kids were shown a small presentation on the importance of hand washing, when and how to wash hands. 2.       “Tug o’ war” game…

IFC with Karo Sambhav to build a sustainable electronic waste solution for India

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group has partnered with Karo Sambhav, a collective producer responsibility organization (PRO) engaged in developing and implementing responsible electronic waste (e-waste) management solutions across India for its member producers. Electronic waste refers to discarded electrical or electronic devices, including phones, computers, tablets, refrigerators, air conditioners amongst others.   Karo, focused on the Information Technology Enabled Services Industry, represents several prominent electronic producers including Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and HP and will help these organizations comply with the E-waste Management and Handling Rules 2016 through…

Vodafone organises safety session for women students

Vodafone has organized a session on Women safety & security for the students of Arya Kanya Pathshala PG college in Khurja. This was a one of its kind initiative by Vodafone for taking a step forward for Women safety.   The session held in Arya Kanya Pathshala PG college in Khurja was on Women safety which discussed about the Vodafone Sakhi product and its benefits which enables users to conveniently recharge their mobile phones, without sharing their mobile numbers with retailers, emergency calling on Zero balance, etc followed by a key note for the students…

JLL India to support girl education this Diwali in partnership with Project Nanhi Kali

On the occasion of Diwali, JLL India, supported by their staff has partnered with Project Nanhi Kali to fund the annual primary education of over 325 girl children from economically disadvantaged families in India. For this, the firm has decided to deploy the funds previously earmarked for client and employee gifting towards improving the lives of underprivileged girl children. Project Nanhi Kali is a joint initiative by the K. C. Mahindra Education Trust and Naandi Foundation.   Effectively, JLL India will provide academic material to enable girl children to access…

Gurgaon Start-up takes charge to clean a portion of Sohna Road

Inspired by PM Modi’s Clean India Mission, ShepHertz Technologies, a Gurgaon based startup offering omnichannel enterprise platform for agile & incremental digital transformation has initiated a campaign to clean the area where most office goers of Spaze I-Tech Park, Sohna Road, eat from the street side vendors.   As a contribution to making India clean, some of the employees from ShepHertz initiated the campaign and collaborated with some of the Spaze employees and helpers to kick-start the activity. “Some of the street vendors here are open 24×7 and the area…

Cisco to digitize the world’s largest non-profit mid-day meal programme

Cisco has entered into an agreement with Akshaya Patra Foundation to accelerate digitization of their kitchens across seven locations in India. Akshaya Patra Foundation’s nonprofit mid-day meal programme serves wholesome food to over 1.66 million children from 13,958 schools across twelve states in India. Digitization of Akshaya Patra kitchens and key offices will help them realize significant gains in productivity, scalability, and cost-efficiency and accelerate Akshaya Patra’s goal to reach five million children by 2020.   As part of this agreement, Cisco will deploy an enterprise-grade network and collaboration suite…

OPPO Camera Phones donates INR 20 Lakhs to facilitate training of Under Privileged kids

OPPO Mobiles has partnered with India’s leading cricket training academy, Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) provide scholarship and promote cricket skills to the less privileged kids. As a part of its Diwali campaign, OPPO had pledged to donate INR 20 per Facebook share of its new TV commercial. As a result, OPPO was able to raise INR 20 Lakhs by the TVC being shared widely. This initiative by the brand is another effort to promote and support cricket in India.   Under this scholarship program Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP)…

GenextStudents teams up with Travkart to bring smiles on the faces of children in Raigad

Diwali isn’t just about bursting crackers, brightening up your house and gifting endless boxes of goodies to friends and families. GenextStudents, a unique ed-tech platform initiated a new way of celebrating the festival. It joined hands with Travkart, a unit of Holidays by Sahibji Pvt. Ltd that offers fixed departures with themed holidays, to visit Raigad’s two government-aided schools- Raigad Zila Parishad Shala in both Palas and Kharpale village. As part of the association, Travkart distributed 110 school bags among the students of both the schools. GenextStudents had adopted the two…

DocOnline launches its digital healthcare services

DocOnline announced the launch of its digital healthcare services for the B2C market in Telangana by Sri Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government of Telangana,Industries & Commerce (I&C) Department, & Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) Department.   DocOnline is a virtual platform that provides access to doctor consulting services by arming a user with easy and quick access to a certified doctor at the GP level from anywhere one is based. Conceptualized in December 2016 with operations rolling out in June 2017 with an investment of $ 1 Million through private venture funding, DocOnline is backed by…

Neo Natal Intensive Care (NICU) at Pune

Sector in which the Project is covered – Finolex Industries Limited (FIL) conducts its CSR activities in sectors of Healthcare, Education, Water Conservation and Community Welfare with its CSR partner Mukul Madhav Foundation (MMF). Upgradation of Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) facility at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) was one of the biggest project undertaken in FY16-17. This project was covered under the Healthcare Sector. Geography of the Project – Upgradation of Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) facility at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH). This project is one of its…