New Delhi: Smile Foundation has been conferred with the “EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS – 2013” by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industries (ASSOCHAM) and The Education Post. The awards also felicitated Smile Foundation with certificate of ‘Leader in Social venture Philanthropy in Child Education.’
The awards aim to promote university / institute and individuals performing their best in education sector.
Entries had been invited from hundreds of Universities, Engineering Colleges, Management Colleges, Medical Colleges, Certified Training Centres, Academicians, NGOs working on education, and Corporate working on education through CSR etc.
The recipients under other categories included IMI, New Delhi (Best Management Institute in Corporate Relation); Institute of Management IRMA University, Ahmedabad (Leader in Family Business and Entrepreneurship); FORE School of Management, New Delhi (Best Management Institute for Impact Potential); and NTPC Ltd. (Best PSU Promoting Technical Education), among others.
Mr. Bhupendrasinh M. Chudasama, Minister of Education, Govt. of Gujarat presented the Education Excellence Award 2013 to Mr. Santanu Mishra, Co-founder & Executive Trustee, Smile Foundation during the awards function in Ahemedabad.
Smile Foundation is a national level development organisation reaching out to more than 300,000 underprivileged children, youth and women directly every year through 158 welfare projects on subjects such as education, healthcare, youth employability, and women empowerment across 25 states of India. Adopting a life cycle approach of development, Smile Foundation focuses its interventions on children, their families and the community.
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Global Entrepreneurship Week hosts series of startup events
BANAGALORE: Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) was celebrated in the last week of November with a series of startup events across the country . Startup Gupshup was launched in Goa followed by speed dating for local entrepreneurs and networking with the audience. It also launched a programme called Women in Tech that brought together women entrepreneurs from diverse technology backgrounds to connect, share and collaborate.
After Hours wa full night programme which aims to engage entrepreneurs, professionals and students to find solutions for other's businesses challenges in a collaborative way. It also conducted YEAH 13, an annual weeklong event in Jaipur where the best startups got together to meet the leading investors. The event included a two-day hackathon organised in association with iCreate at Start-Up Oasis. This Problem-to-Solution event platform aimed to solving real world problems in handicraft, jewellery, web, energy, water.
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Global-Entrepreneurship-Week-hosts-series-of-startup-events/articleshow/26643390.cms
After Hours wa full night programme which aims to engage entrepreneurs, professionals and students to find solutions for other's businesses challenges in a collaborative way. It also conducted YEAH 13, an annual weeklong event in Jaipur where the best startups got together to meet the leading investors. The event included a two-day hackathon organised in association with iCreate at Start-Up Oasis. This Problem-to-Solution event platform aimed to solving real world problems in handicraft, jewellery, web, energy, water.
Diageo's 'plan W' to empower 27,000 women in India
Diageo, the world's largest spirits maker, aims to empower two million women, including 27,000 in India, under a five-year socio-economic programme in Asia Pacific region.
"Plan W aims to reach women of all socio-economic profiles through training and skills development to empower two million women in 17 countries in Asia-Pacific over five years," the company announced in Singapore on Friday.
The plan has supported 15,000 women in Asia Pacific after it was launched last year.
Diageo announced two initiatives on Friday. One is the "Women in hospitality and tourism in Asia" conference, which aims to provide a platform for engagement and sharing of best practices for an audience committed to the cause of women's empowerment through learning. It would be held on 7 March 2014 in Singapore to celebrate International Women Day.
The second initiative would be the 'Women's empowerment (WE) journalism awards', which aim to recognise and honour outstanding achievements in the reporting on women's issues across the Asia Pacific, said Diageo, which has taken Hilton Hotel as a partner in the programmes.
"To date, we have launched 32 initiatives in 12 markets, working with 17 partners, and created a positive ripple effect that has reached 75,000 beneficiaries of these women," said Diageo's president for the Asia Pacific, Gilbert Ghostine.
In India, Diageo is working with the British Council Young Women Social Entrepreneurship Development Programme, which was launched in September this year.
The training programme aims to build skills and capacity of 20 master trainers to train others, starting from Delhi.
Diageo's second programme is Udygoni - a pilot project to build capacity NGOs to support women in developing micro-enterprises.
It aims to build capacity of 7 NGOs in Delhi, to help women develop micro-enterprises by sharing business skills and training on starting and growing micro-enterprises.
Diageo's third programme is Samarthanam Trust, which aims to up-scale an existing all-women call centre in Bangalore, to improve productivity and reach by training beneficiaries on technical skills and providing career counselling and placement support.
The first batch of 316 women has completed training. Most of these women are visually impaired or have physical disabilities. Enrolment for the second batch is in progress. The six month programme, which began in September, aims to train 1,050 women.
Diageo's partner in Udyogini and Samarthanam is Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India.
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"Plan W aims to reach women of all socio-economic profiles through training and skills development to empower two million women in 17 countries in Asia-Pacific over five years," the company announced in Singapore on Friday.
The plan has supported 15,000 women in Asia Pacific after it was launched last year.
Diageo announced two initiatives on Friday. One is the "Women in hospitality and tourism in Asia" conference, which aims to provide a platform for engagement and sharing of best practices for an audience committed to the cause of women's empowerment through learning. It would be held on 7 March 2014 in Singapore to celebrate International Women Day.
The second initiative would be the 'Women's empowerment (WE) journalism awards', which aim to recognise and honour outstanding achievements in the reporting on women's issues across the Asia Pacific, said Diageo, which has taken Hilton Hotel as a partner in the programmes.
"To date, we have launched 32 initiatives in 12 markets, working with 17 partners, and created a positive ripple effect that has reached 75,000 beneficiaries of these women," said Diageo's president for the Asia Pacific, Gilbert Ghostine.
In India, Diageo is working with the British Council Young Women Social Entrepreneurship Development Programme, which was launched in September this year.
The training programme aims to build skills and capacity of 20 master trainers to train others, starting from Delhi.
Diageo's second programme is Udygoni - a pilot project to build capacity NGOs to support women in developing micro-enterprises.
It aims to build capacity of 7 NGOs in Delhi, to help women develop micro-enterprises by sharing business skills and training on starting and growing micro-enterprises.
Diageo's third programme is Samarthanam Trust, which aims to up-scale an existing all-women call centre in Bangalore, to improve productivity and reach by training beneficiaries on technical skills and providing career counselling and placement support.
The first batch of 316 women has completed training. Most of these women are visually impaired or have physical disabilities. Enrolment for the second batch is in progress. The six month programme, which began in September, aims to train 1,050 women.
Diageo's partner in Udyogini and Samarthanam is Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India.
- See more at: http://www.domain-b.com/industry/Alcohol/20131202_diageo.html#sthash.d3V50Krk.dpuf
7 women awarded by Muslim Mahila Foundation
VARANASI: A Muslim women's conference was organised by Muslim Mahila Foundation in the city on Sunday. Hundreds of women from Varanasi and adjoining areas participated on the occasion.
As many as seven women were felicitated on the occasion for their commendable contribution in social work, self employment, education, women empowerment, children's health and communal harmony. A magazine published by MMF was also released during the function. Former information commissioner, Dr O P Kejriwal and several others were present on the occasion.
As many as seven women were felicitated on the occasion for their commendable contribution in social work, self employment, education, women empowerment, children's health and communal harmony. A magazine published by MMF was also released during the function. Former information commissioner, Dr O P Kejriwal and several others were present on the occasion.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/7-women-awarded-by-Muslim-Mahila-Foundation/articleshow/26728516.cms
Women Expo from Dec 17
Muscat - Over the last decade, much has been done to draw special attention to women – a segment of society that stands as one of the most significant – and their valuable role in the social and economic development of the country. Presently, several symposia, fora and excellence awards are being organised to celebrate women.
Amid the intensive drive and initiatives of various women associations and organisations to pay homage to the achievements of women from diverse fields, only one platform offers women unique opportunities to showcase their skills and talent; update their knowledge and learning in several fields; meet and create the right connections in the trade; improve their smalland medium-sized businesses; and present their products and services. Women Expo 2013, the pioneering international trade event, organized by Omanexpo designed for women and their interests, will take place from December 17 to 19 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre.
Women Expo rides on the theme “Celebrating Women Empowerment,” showcasing segments that define the interests and needs of today’s women. This year, the fifth will place special focus on the education, health and wellness, mother and child, and fashion and lifestyle segments, while also highlighting banking and finance, home and kitchen, bridal and wedding, career and education, and beauty. It will also feature “edutainment” activities which will provide visitors a real feel and authentic learning and training experience.
Visitors will also be treated to live cooking demonstrations and other culinary activities and make up demonstrations. Women Expo 2013 is supported by Oman Cancer Association, Working Mothers Association, and Thai Spa Association.
Amid the intensive drive and initiatives of various women associations and organisations to pay homage to the achievements of women from diverse fields, only one platform offers women unique opportunities to showcase their skills and talent; update their knowledge and learning in several fields; meet and create the right connections in the trade; improve their smalland medium-sized businesses; and present their products and services. Women Expo 2013, the pioneering international trade event, organized by Omanexpo designed for women and their interests, will take place from December 17 to 19 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre.
Women Expo rides on the theme “Celebrating Women Empowerment,” showcasing segments that define the interests and needs of today’s women. This year, the fifth will place special focus on the education, health and wellness, mother and child, and fashion and lifestyle segments, while also highlighting banking and finance, home and kitchen, bridal and wedding, career and education, and beauty. It will also feature “edutainment” activities which will provide visitors a real feel and authentic learning and training experience.
Visitors will also be treated to live cooking demonstrations and other culinary activities and make up demonstrations. Women Expo 2013 is supported by Oman Cancer Association, Working Mothers Association, and Thai Spa Association.
Source: http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Women-Expo-from-Dec-17-2qye
E-Jaalakam for Educating Eves
When Nirmala Padmanabhan, the head of economics department at St Teresa’s College in Kochi, speaks about self reliance, it’s not just another cliched sermon on women empowerment. She has a clear plan on how to make it practical in this digital age. Padmanabhan and a bunch of her students have compiled all data, perhaps for the very first time in India, on how to access essential e-governance services, which a woman would need during her lifetime, offered by the Kerala Government, online.
The data, arranged in a life cycle pattern from birth to death, has been published in the form of a 30-page handbook called e-Jaalakam. The book, which took six months to compile was released on September 10. It became a roaring success when it hit schools and households in the city and would soon be introduced across Kerala. “We just wanted to make people know, especially women, on how to access basic government services. How will you download birth, marriage and death certificates? How to track case status in Kerala High Court, files in the government offices, check status or make changes on Aaadhar or ration card? There are many such questions, the answers of which are available online but many of us are ignorant about them. So we made a databank which can guide people to access these services online,” explains the 48-year-old. She holds UG and PG degrees in economics from Little Flower College, Guruvayoor (1982-85) and Karyavattom campus of Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram (1985-87), respectively. She went on to do an MPhil in applied economics from Center for Development, Thiruvananthapuram (1987-90), and a PhD in ‘Gender dimension of IT sector in Kerala’ from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (2005-08).
Though she started it as a small, unassuming project, its gender impact has made it one of the most significant projects in a Kerala campus. The handbook literally means handholding people, especially women, into participatory governance and increases their clout in decision making. Economically, once a significant user group starts accessing government schemes online, the project can become a major reason for more transparency and less corruption, which means more economic efficiency for the government.
Among Padmanabhan’s significant achievements are membership of Shuchitwa Varsham, a programme for waste management by Kochi Corporation and serving as Convenor of Environmental Master’s Training Program for the same corporation. She also prepared the Kerala Institute of Local Administration’s report on ‘Women Elected Representatives in Kerala’.
Seeing the potential of the project, the Kerala State E-Governance Mission and the State IT Mission have already extended its support in training students of St Teresa’s and to publish copies of their handbook. The Federal Bank and Rainbow Publications has also come out to support the venture. The IT@School Project has agreed to arrange classes for school students, based on this handbook. And most significantly, the National E-governance Mission has asked the college to handover the e-Jaalakam handbook to deliberate how it can be implemented across India.
So how did it all start? “We were surprised that how a state like Kerala, which has near total literacy, can come down to the 10th place in the National Family Health survey when it comes to participatory governance and decision-making of women. This meant that traditional methods of development have not translated into real gender freedom,” Padmanabhan says. “As a college professor, taking classes are just not enough for me. Degree students have the right age, the time and capacity to make an impact in the society,” says Padmanabhan. Currently, Padmanabhan is preparing a scientific waste segregation and management methods for several local resident’s associations.
The data, arranged in a life cycle pattern from birth to death, has been published in the form of a 30-page handbook called e-Jaalakam. The book, which took six months to compile was released on September 10. It became a roaring success when it hit schools and households in the city and would soon be introduced across Kerala. “We just wanted to make people know, especially women, on how to access basic government services. How will you download birth, marriage and death certificates? How to track case status in Kerala High Court, files in the government offices, check status or make changes on Aaadhar or ration card? There are many such questions, the answers of which are available online but many of us are ignorant about them. So we made a databank which can guide people to access these services online,” explains the 48-year-old. She holds UG and PG degrees in economics from Little Flower College, Guruvayoor (1982-85) and Karyavattom campus of Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram (1985-87), respectively. She went on to do an MPhil in applied economics from Center for Development, Thiruvananthapuram (1987-90), and a PhD in ‘Gender dimension of IT sector in Kerala’ from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (2005-08).
Though she started it as a small, unassuming project, its gender impact has made it one of the most significant projects in a Kerala campus. The handbook literally means handholding people, especially women, into participatory governance and increases their clout in decision making. Economically, once a significant user group starts accessing government schemes online, the project can become a major reason for more transparency and less corruption, which means more economic efficiency for the government.
Among Padmanabhan’s significant achievements are membership of Shuchitwa Varsham, a programme for waste management by Kochi Corporation and serving as Convenor of Environmental Master’s Training Program for the same corporation. She also prepared the Kerala Institute of Local Administration’s report on ‘Women Elected Representatives in Kerala’.
Seeing the potential of the project, the Kerala State E-Governance Mission and the State IT Mission have already extended its support in training students of St Teresa’s and to publish copies of their handbook. The Federal Bank and Rainbow Publications has also come out to support the venture. The IT@School Project has agreed to arrange classes for school students, based on this handbook. And most significantly, the National E-governance Mission has asked the college to handover the e-Jaalakam handbook to deliberate how it can be implemented across India.
So how did it all start? “We were surprised that how a state like Kerala, which has near total literacy, can come down to the 10th place in the National Family Health survey when it comes to participatory governance and decision-making of women. This meant that traditional methods of development have not translated into real gender freedom,” Padmanabhan says. “As a college professor, taking classes are just not enough for me. Degree students have the right age, the time and capacity to make an impact in the society,” says Padmanabhan. Currently, Padmanabhan is preparing a scientific waste segregation and management methods for several local resident’s associations.
Source: http://newindianexpress.com/education/edex/E-Jaalakam-for-Educating-Eves/2013/12/02/article1919938.ece
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