Category: Face To Face

Since you are mostly concerned with securing elderly rights and liberty in the society, what kind of initiatives are you taking that concern their well being? Our goal at HelpAge India is to fight poverty isolation and neglect. From welfare, development to rights – these are the three areas we look at. If you consider a disadvantaged elderly, what does he need – he needs 2 meals a day, essential healthcare support, some disposable income, and if any government schemes are on, he should be part of it. So we…

HelpAge India is a leading registered national level NGO. A secular Non- profit organisation set up in 1978, it has for almost 40 odd years have been working for the cause and care of disadvantaged older people, so as to improve their quality of life, make significant changes in their lives, so as to enable them to live better and healthier lives. SPO India talks to both Madhu Madan, Country Head – Resource Mobilization – HelpAge India and Manjira Khurana, Country Head, Advocacy & Communications – HelpAge India individually to…

World bank report says mobile money and electronic transfers coul bring financial services to 2.5 billion marginalized people . The government of India seeks to promote digital payment methods to encourage consumers and merchants to increasingly shift to these payment modes. To take this initiative forward, Lucky Grahak Yojana for Consumers and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana for Merchants have been launched on December 25 at Vigyan Bhavan. The schemes are aimed at encouraging people to move towards significantly higher usage of digital transactions through the offer of incentives. Winners will be…

In today’s time and age, it is crucial to stay connected across platforms. Collaboration is indeed a top priority for many business leaders. With the content collaboration space growing exponentially, Prysm tries to redefine this space with innovative collaboration techniques. Kumar G.B, Vice President – Asia Pacific, Prysm throws more light on this – The content collaboration segment has made a significant shift from the days of vanilla video conferencing solutions. The next wave of growth in the enterprise collaboration and employee productivity space will come from the innovation of…

In a chat with SPO India, Saran Chatterjee , CEO, Housejoy shares more about the home services space in the country and why it is no more a niche area, besides giving out details about the functioning of the company and its expansion plans – Housejoy is the leading provider in the home services space. They are pioneers in providing high-quality on demand residential services, supported by a team of dynamic, capable and trusted professionals. The company was launched in January 2015 to provide an aggregation of services to customers…

While the Social Services sector in the country is in dire need of attention and consideration for its upliftment from the corporate sector and the government, Ritu Chhabria, Director – Finolex Industries and Founder/ Managing Trustee – Mukul Madhav Foundation feels that the implementation process and getting permissions from local bodies slows down the pace of many social projects in India. Throwing light on this, she tells SPOI of how MMF along with Finolex Industries is trying to work for societal good – Could you trace the journey of Mukul…

With increasing industrialization, environmental issues are getting a center stage. Ecological degradation has its own consequences such as loss of vital lifesaving resources like water and food. Besides, loss of productive soil, increasing pollution, depleting terrestrial and marine resources can pose serious challenges for India’s one billion plus population. Climate change has further added new dimension to these challenges. We can endlessly debate the consequences of climate change as it seems to be a new ’environmental mantra’ or advocacy focus. However, no one is immune to its consequences. Subtle change…