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It is no mystery that India’s growing population also needs a place to stay. As per a report the number could be as high as 100 million affordable homes by the year 2022. Contrary to the law of demand and supply, however, this growing demand has not really translated into a huge uptake in sales of housing units. High real estate costs, a perceived lack of transparency, unclear and delayed timelines and poor service had pushed away buyers from the market. Realizing these gaps, the need for affordable homes and…

Attributed to Dr.Atish Laddad, Pediatrician and Founder Member, The Pediatric Network There absolutely is no denying the vitality of prescribed medication, but the procedure of obtaining a medical prescription from your health expert can often be a tremendously time-consuming process and tiresome affair. Hence in order to derive an effortless medical journey, there arises a need to offer an updated and streamlined process to obtain diagnosis and treatments for various related ailments. This is exactly where machine learning steps in. Many doctors may consider it to be a fancy terminology basically…

Women today are superstars balancing between the demands of family and profession, coping with the pressure to look healthy and eating a certain way, many women are finding it very difficult to maintain a healthy diet. Women are always prone to neglects their own dietary needs, prioritizing the needs of their family first. This should be neglected and women should start focusing on their diet to avoid complications later. Consumption of the right amount of food would not only boost up your mood or energy, but will also help in…

In what was a crowning moment, Santanu Mishra, Co-founder and Executive Trustee of Smile Foundation was recognised by His Holiness The Dalai Lama for his efforts as a social volunteer and leader. Mishra received a glowing endorsement from the globally-renowned humanitarian and Tibetan spiritual leader at the launch of Smile Foundation’s ‘The World of Children’ – an initiative aimed at enabling children from various socio-economic backgrounds to discuss their issues, challenges, and ideas with each other, as well as youth icons and inspirational leaders from the world over in New…

Mamta Saikia, COO – Bharti Foundation  “Sanitation is one of our new programs, but Bharti mostly works in the field of education. 90% of our projects and resources are spent towards education program. We have our own 254 schools in the villages and these schools are completely free for the poor, unprivileged children. Not only fees, but even books, notebooks and stationeries are given to a kid to encourage them to attend school. We make sure that there is no barrier due to which a child, more specifically a girl…

S Mukherjee, ED (HR&CSR) – IOCL “Indian Oil as we are all aware, we call ourselves ‘Energy of India’. We are the largest commercial enterprise in India, largest marketing network, largest pipeline set-up and we are a Fortune 500 company. Having said this, the CSR spend last year was around 2.17 crores. Whether it is the government initiatives in ensuring smoke-less villages, the PM’s Ujala Yojana which is looked at world over as a fine example of what a corporate can do in terms of social upliftment. But we are…

Ajay Choudhary, DGM – Marketing ALIMCO “We are a public sector company under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and we are one of the leading implementing agencies for implementation of CSR activities for various private and public sector companies. We were incorporated in the year 1972 and are a Scheduled C Mini Ratna company, registered as a not for profit company. We have 6 factories – Kanpur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Punjab, Jabalpur and a new one is coming up in Ujjain to cater to the pan India requirement. To…

HGS CSR Framework focuses on four areas – Education, Healthcare, Skill Development and Empowering Differently-abled A research study by Glassdoor reveals that about 69% employees decline jobs from employers with bad reputation while 84% are ready to leave the current organization for reputed employers. Developing into an employer of choice today not only requires an employer to have a great work environment, but also have a socially responsible, trustworthy and ethical corporate culture. Employees want to work for companies that care for them and value their willingness to participate in…