Bengaluru, Karnataka, India On the occasion of Children’s day, BGS Gleneagles Global Hospitals hosted its annual art competition for children in the city. Keeping the tone of November being lung cancer awareness month, this year’s theme of the competition was – ‘Healthy Lungs for Children’. Shreya Krishnan, Mrs. India Universe 2017 and VP Marketing and Communications at Anviti Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd, was present as the chief guest of the event. A two and half hour programme was conducted with over 200 participants from 15 schools to demonstrate their drawing skills. The categories were divided based on the age of…
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New Delhi, Delhi, India Acknowledging its commitment to ‘Responsible Luxury’, ITC Hotels has been presented with the ‘2017 Greenbuild Leadership Award’ in the Occupants category by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) green building programme. USBGBC announced winners in 8 categories at the inaugural Greenbuild India Conference and Expo in Mumbai, last week. Reaffirming ITC’s commitment to the green building movement in India, ITC Hotels began its journey in establishing green buildings with the ITC Green Centre in 2004, acknowledged as the Greenest Building in the World. Today, 12 of…
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji today unveiled HCL Foundation’s biggest corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative called ‘Samuday’- a rural development initiative to create model villages, which has touched lives of around six lac people in the state. HCL Foundation, the CSR arm of HCL Technologies, launched Samuday in 2015. Currently the project is being implemented in three blocks of Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. Since its launch, Samuday has impacted around six lac people in 90,000 households across 720 villages through interventions in fields of education, agriculture, livelihood, health, infrastructure, water…
Bangalore, Karnataka, India Under Dell’s 2020 Legacy of Good plan, company focuses on preparing youth for the digital world, by enabling technology access. Clocking 1,05,000+ Dell employee volunteer hours, the company’s giving initiatives impacted 6,00,000+ students and 27,000+ teachers across India. Dell completed a milestone of 10 years of ‘Dell Giving’ in India. Through Dell Youth Learning initiatives, which focus on improving learning outcomes in schools by providing technology access – the company has successfully empowered students across 5000+ schools across the country in the last ten years. Dell commemorated this momentous occasion by conducting various volunteering activities for student…
New Delhi, Delhi, India India’s participation at Anuga this year has evinced great business interest from Germany and other international markets to invest in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries of India (MoFPI) and Government of India’s, mission to reduce food wastage, creating a global ‘food bank’, and making India a global ‘sourcing hub’. German and International companies to invest in India’s food processing ‘value chain’ with technology development, vocational trainings, market access and research & development (R&D) India, 2nd largest producer of farm in the world, seen as potential ‘sourcing hub’ to serve world food market MoFPI gears to…
Pune, Maharashtra, India Eaton announces collaboration with iTeach Schools to support education among students from economically challenged backgrounds currently studying in eighth to tenth standards at Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Vidyalaya, Mundhwa. Power management company Eaton announced its association with iTeach Schools to support education of students from economically challenged backgrounds, currently studying in eighth to tenth standards at the Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Vidyalaya, Mundhwa. This secondary school supports two of the 54 English-medium primary schools run by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). Eaton’s chairman and CEO, Craig Arnold, as part of his ongoing India visit, participated in an interactive session…
Bangalore, Karnataka, India The Advaith Foundation by Mrs and Mr S.D. Shibulal, today, announced the winners of the School Leadership Awards in the National and Zonal categories. The Awards recognised school leaders who initiated innovative practices towards a better learning environment. The winners were shortlisted from over 600 applications by an esteemed jury comprising of Dr. Sangeeta Chauhan Dean, Department of Education, University School of Education, GGSIP University, Dwarka; Dr. Ranjana Arora Head, RMSA Cell, NIE NCERT; Dr. Jessy Abraham Professor, Department of Teachers & Non Formal Education Jamia Millia Islamia, Ms Savita Kapur Education Consultant & Educator Auditor and…
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India In an endeavour to give impetus to India’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, an urgent call to action for citizens across the country to strive for civic cleanliness and put an end to open defecation, Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) is rallying support with its latest Public Service Announcement (PSA), ‘Gandagi jaan leva hai, Swachhta hi seva hai’. In an endeavour to give impetus to India’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, an urgent call to action for citizens across the country to strive for civic cleanliness and put an end to open defecation, Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) is rallying support with its…
New Delhi, Delhi, India Azure Power (NYSE: AZRE), a leading solar independent power producer in India, announced that it has won an additional 20 MWs of solar rooftop projects for Indian Railways, the largest rail network in Asia, owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. With the new allocation of 20 MWs, Azure Power has become the largest supplier of solar power to Indian Railways with a cumulative awarded capacity of over 66 MWs which includes the 46 MWs of capacity won earlier this year. Azure Roof Power will be used to provide power…
New Delhi, Delhi, India Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the philanthropic arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the country’s second largest car manufacturer and number one exporter since inception today announced the commencement of the 3rd Phase of ‘Safe Move – Traffic Safety Campaign’. The Traffic Safety campaign is being conducted in association with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) in 150 Schools and 14 prominent malls across India. 150 Schools across 16 cities to be part of the program 14 Malls in 6 cities to engage kids and families ‘Safe Move’ is one of the key pillars of…