Using Theatre to teach Maths, Science & English

Welcome to an exciting world of classrooms where students as well as teachers have a tremendous amount of fun and where learning is a fantastic process. At a local government school of District Barmer, Rajasthan Cairns India is using theatre tools to teach Mathematics, Science and English. Read more

Workshop on CSR, Hyderabad 28-29 May 2010 (Part 2)

By Suresh Kr Pramar

Second Day

The second day session started with a presentation by Dr Sangeeta Mansur, Director Training & Consulting, Sustainability Reporting, Insight Associates and Associate Publisher, ManagementNext.

Speaking on Communicating CSR to Stakeholders the GRI way, Sangeeta highlighted the need for reporting Sustainability. Sustainability reporting, she pointed out, was about communicating the economic, social and environment impacts of the business to the stakeholders. It is about communicating what non economic value the company was creating and how it was creating it. All this, she said, relates to accountability, transparency and inclusiveness. Read more

Workshop on CSR, Hyderabad 28-29 May 2010 (Part 1)

By Suresh Kr Pramar

First Day

A two-day workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility was organized jointly by the Centre for Training and Research in Responsible Business & Social Initiatives (CTRiRB&SI), Noida and the Nice Foundation, Hyderabad, had participants from several business houses, including NTPC, Singareni Colleries Company Limited, Reliance Energy, Vedanta, DQ Entertainment International, VIT University, Vellore. Read more

Integrated approach on Health Issues in India’s desert

Cairn India has pioneered education in health sectors in the far flung oasis of Rajasthan. Mobile ambulances with well qualified and experienced teams with a specific responsibility in spreading awareness to the community in the vast sand covered tract which stretches for miles and miles together and forms a part of the Thar Desert known for its dryness, extreme temperature and erratic rainfall. Read more

CSR Initiative in Barmer, Rajasthan brings back the smiles

Pawni Devi, a 30-year old mother from Barmer district in Rajasthan, was convinced that she was cursed. The elders in the family blamed Pawni’s status for the numerous calamities in the family, the most predominant being the cases of infant mortality. She was anxious and overwrought with her latest pregnancy. Read more

Activists oppose Indian animal testing lab in M’sia

Indian pharmaceutical company, Vivo Bio Tech, has come under fire from Malaysian animal rights groups recently for their plans to build a RM450 mill (USD140 mill) animal testing laboratory for preclinical trials in Malaysia. Read more

WaterHealth International Awarded Concessions For 220 Community Water Systems in India

WaterHealth International (WHI) today announced that its subsidiary, WaterHealth India (WHIN), was awarded a concession by the Andhra Pradesh (AP), India state government, to develop and operate Community Water Systems in five of the state’s 23 districts. Read more

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