Future Publishing Date : May 30, 2013
Interview of Aravind Sitaraman, President – Inclusive Growth, Cisco Systems…
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday said it has not made it mandatory for companies to earmark 2% of profit for corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. “The government has not made it mandatory for the corporate sector to spend 2% of companies’ net profit under CSR,” Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily said in a written [...]
INDIACSR News Network NEW DELHI: Capital Foundation Society is awarding the Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award to Mr. Naveen Jindal, Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University for his outstanding contribution to the field of legal education and corporate philanthropy. This award will be given by His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India in the distinguished presence of [...]
By Stephen Cronin An estimated 60% of people in the US donate to charities. Compare that to 14% in India and 11% in China. Our neighbours in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan donate more to charity than us. The 2010 World Giving Index ranks India 134 out of 153 – one of the world’s fastest-growing [...]
LONDON: The Hinduja group headed by leading NRI entrepreneur S P Hinduja will donate 250,000 pounds to fund the education of 500 children of widows in India for the next five years. This was announced by Lord Raj Loomba, founder chairman of the Loomba Foundation at the ‘Educate a Widow’s Child in India’ Annual Charity [...]
NEW DELHI: Some merely debate on the great Indian urban-rural divide. But there are others who have resolved to do something about it and meeting with success in areas where even large government-funded programmes have failed to make an impact. Indian professionals, many of whom led comfortable lives abroad, are increasingly giving up their well-paid [...]
MUMBAI/ BANGALORE: After chipping in for the country’s educational system for a decade, the Azim Premji Foundation (APF), run by the third richest Indian on his own money, is all set for a generous initiative. The foundation plans to start 1,300 schools across the country- two per district – which will be free, impart education [...]
NEW DELHI: Industrialist and parliamentarian Naveen Jindal and his flagship company JSPL have gifted USD 2.5 million (about Rs 12.25 crore) to his alma mater, the University of Texas at Dallas, following which the US university has renamed its school of management after him. Mr. Jindal, a 1992 batch MBA alumnus of the University of [...]
Today, what CSR implies is that you factor in the cost of doing philanthropy, good works, engaging with the community, and then whatever is left you call that “responsible profit” By Cordelia Jenkins NEW DELHI: At Mint’s Clarity Through Debate Conclave, titled “Social Responsibility: The Business Imperative”, on 29 September, a panel of experts from various [...]
Meher Pudumjee In a municipal school in Pune, Anu Aga picks up a broom and bucket. A gasp of disbelief resonates across the gathering of staff and students as the former chairperson of Thermax, the $1.1 billion engineering company, bends and starts scrubbing the toilet floor vigorously. She demonstrates to them how much water to [...]
MUMBAI: HCL’s Founder and Chairman Shiv Nadar is making a second foray into university education having sought 300 acres of land in Noida, near New Delhi, to set up a Rs 300-crore multi-disciplinary university. Former Cabinet Secretary T S R Subramaniam is said to be advising Nadar on this venture. The university will be residential [...]
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