Obesity is a major health problem at present. A medical journal ‘The Lancet’ in 2016 stated that there are about 30 million obese Indians. It is expected that by 2025, this number will cross 70 million. People adopt various measures to overcome this situation but they attain little success. Exce...
Professor Amit Bhaduri was educated in Presidency College and Calcutta University, MIT, USA and Cambridge University. He is a critique of mainstream neo-classical economic theory. He is also an activist and strong critique of corporate led economic growth and ‘development terrorismʼ.He recently g...
BE spoke to some key CSR funders and implementers to understand the diversity and extent of CSR programmes in India. Excerpts below — Funding MandatePublic SectorSteel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL)SAIL is supporting many schools in various steel townships. Around 70,000 students in many governmen...
For any power utility to thrive and grow sustainably, seamless ties with its key stakeholder groups are critical.While in the distribution segment, excellent rapport with the local administration, law-enforcement agencies, and civil society organisations is vital, a generation plant displaces people...
Jalal-ud-din had to leave his studies after the second standard in order to survive. He had worked as a porter, rickshaw-puller and presently, he works as a taxi-driver. In order to fulfill his unfulfilled aspiration, he has set up a small school from his income in order to educate economically marg...
Sharing of personal data with organisations can in return give something of value as opposed to the popular notion of intrusion of privacy. Dr. Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Business, Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, New York University (NYU) Stern School spoke to...
ITC Engage launches the second edition of Engage Pocketful O’ Stories 2.0ITC’s fragrance brand, Engage launched the second edition of ‘Engage Pocketful O’ Stories 2.0’, a compilation of crowd-sourced micro romance tales, curated and co-authored with India’s bestselling romance writer, Du...
B M Birla Heart Research Centre thriving at 30 - cardiac care destinationCK Birla Hospitals - B M Birla Heart Research Centre, India’s first NABH accredited dis-tinctive super-speciality hospital, focuses on cardiac care based on three key principals - clinical excellence, quality cardiac care and...
Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited has reported a consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 60 crore during the quarter ended December 31, 2019 compared to Rs. 55.37 crore during the previous quarter. The company’s consolidated PAT was at Rs. 158.04 crore during the first nine months of this fin...
Srei Equipment Finance Limited, a wholly-owned sub-sidiary of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited and UCO Bank, one of Indiaʼs premier public sector banks, announced a strategic alliance to offer joint loans for the purchase of construction and mining, farm and medical equipment under a co-lending ...
