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EduCrack organises a webinar to help students know more about MBA as a career option
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EduCrack organises a webinar to help students know more about MBA as a career option

Jun 9, 2022 by Agency 0 Comments #EduCrack, #MBA, #webinar

EduCrack is organising a webinar on 11th June to guide students who want to do MBA for their higher studies. The different career options based on MBA will be discussed during the webinar. EduCrack is an EdTech platform that offers students the required assistance to prepare for competitive examinations, professional courses, and co-curricular courses.

 

Higher Studies can be a tough decision to make for the students as sometimes they want to change their fields and sometimes, they want to continue in the same fields. These decisions can change their lives forever. The Webinar organised by EduCrack will be helping the students who are thinking of choosing MBA for their higher studies. Mr.Rammohan, Chief Knowledge Officer, EduCrack, will be conducting the webinar for the young aspirants of the Management industry. He will be explaining the students the options which the students can explore for their specialisations and the roles which the specialisations will lead them to. The whole session will be a guided tour to the management industry.

Mr. Rammohan will also share some tips and tricks with the students to prepare for the CAT examination, held for MBA admissions.

 

“We have often seen students stressed about choosing their career paths and wrong choices can lead to unsuccessful careers. This webinar will help the students to choose for themselves what path they want to follow and what options they will find at the end of the road. At EduCrack we are always ready to guide the students and help them reach their goals” said Mr. Anand Bhushan, CEO, EduCrack.

 

Mr. Rammohan has trained over 1000 students who have secured admission inIIMs under his guidance, his expertise will help the students to know more about MBA and CAT examination. This webinar will certainly give students the clarity about their career choices.

 

DATE:Saturday, June 11, 2022

TIME: 6:00 Pm

Live on Zoom

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Education

Krea University holds webinar on ‘R&D and National Prosperity

Dec 9, 2021 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Krea Science Talks, #Krea University, #Mahesh Rangarajan, #webinar, #webinar on ‘R&D and National Prosperity

Krea University conducted an online webinar as a part of the ‘Krea Science Talks’ series on December 8, 2021, at 3:00 PM. The webinar titled ‘R&D and National Prosperity’ was led by eminent researcher Professor Deepak Pental, who was the former Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Genetics, University of Delhi. Professor Pental will highlight the significance of research and development (R&D) in meeting national growth and development goals.

Commenting on the webinar, Vice-Chancellor Mahesh Rangarajan of Krea University said, “Through the Krea Science Talks, noted scientists share their research that has impacted our understanding of Indian society and the world in general. We are delighted that Professor Pental will be delivering the first lecture in this series. His insights and ideas for reforms will help our students and research enthusiasts get a better idea of the ways in which science and innovation can intervene with national prosperity.”

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Contribution of CSR in making New India

Aug 31, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Ashish Sachdeva, #Brand India, #CSR, #Sandeep Simon Behera, #The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA"), #webinar

A powerful webinar organized by Brand India where Ashish Sachdeva, Founder President, Green Dream Foundation shared his views on Atamnirbhar Bharat and contribution of CSR in making New India. Mr. Sandeep Simon Behera, Director Branding & Promotion Karunya Deemed to be University was the moderator of the discussion.

Mr. Ashish Sachdeva said, “Compliance to requirements of Section 135 of The Companies Act 2013 by India Inc. has seen a significant increase over the last five years with regards to Corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy, committee, annual disclosure on CSR, to name a few. 76 per cent companies have spent 2 per cent or more during the current year, which is a striking 100 per cent increase over the last five years. The cumulative expenditure by N100 companies from 2014-15 to 2018-19 is INR35077 crore.”

In the CSR policy, 12 per cent companies have gone ahead and aligned their CSR activities to ‘Global Goals for Good – SDGs’. One in every three company has already aligned their annual disclosure on CSR to SDGs. Annually, India Inc. spends approximately 60 per cent of its CSR budget on health and education.

The emergence of a global crisis due to the novel coronavirus has led many corporate minds to ponder and step-in playing their part to be socially responsible to meet the need of the hour. In India, to encourage corporates towards fulfilling their social responsibility during the pandemic (as declared by the World Health Organisation) and as an endeavour to minimise its impact on public health, certain amends were made to the existing Companies Act, 2013 by the Legislators.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) issued its first Notification in light of the novel coronavirus disease, also referred to as COVID-19, on March 23, 2020. This Notification specified the decision of the Government of India to treat COVID-19 as a notified disaster and included spending of funds towards the virus as an eligible CSR activity by automatically deeming such expenditure to be treated under item (i) and (xii) of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 relating to the promotion of healthcare, sanitation and disaster management. At this point in time, the MCA had only clarified the inclusion of activities eligible for CSR spends and no emphasis was made on mode of divergence of funds towards such activities.

Many experts were boggled whether a centralised approach or a decentralised approach should be considered by the Government as a model for accounting expenditure under CSR activities. Thereafter, on March 28, 2020, the MCA issued a second Notification, through an office memorandum, in relation to expenditure towards CSR whereby the MCA issued a clarification under item (viii) of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 which enumerates that contribution made to any fund set up by the Central Government for socio-economic development and relief qualifies as a CSR expenditure. This (second) Notification clarified that the Government of India had set up the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (“PM CARES Fund”) with the objective of dealing with emergency or distress situations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pursuant to the office memorandum issued by MCA on March 28, 2020, many stakeholders sought clarification from the MCA on the eligibility of CSR expenditure related to COVID-19, since this Notification only included PM CARES Fund as a mode of routing CSR spends towards public health and sanitation abridging the pandemic. To elucidate the confusion amongst stakeholders pertaining to the Circular, MCA, thereafter, by way of a general circular on April 10, 2020, provided clarification in relation to a certain set of frequently asked questions on certain permissible and non-permissible corporate social responsibility activities amidst COVID-19.

Partnerships with NGOs working on the ground is the way to go. The number of companies having CSR Foundations’ have gone up from the base year (6 in 2014-15 to 18 in 2018-19). Against 21 per cent companies that implemented their CSR projects directly or exclusively through their own foundations in 2014-15, only seven per cent have reported to have chosen this mode of implementation during 2018-19, indicating an increased partnership with implementing agencies. The trend of increasing partnership is on a welcoming trend and a clear sign of recognising the strength of collaboration and partnerships, advancing SDG Goal 17- ‘Partnerships for the Goals’.

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Business World

Powerful discussion on Atamnirbhar Bharat and contribution of CSR for making New India

Aug 13, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Aatmnirbhar Bharat and contribution of CSR, #Brand India, #Director Branding & Promotion Karunya Deemed University., #Head Group CSR Minda Corporation Limited, #Mr Sandeep Behera, #Mr. Praveen Karn, #webinar

Brand India organized a webinar to discuss Aatmnirbhar Bharat and contribution of CSR for making New India where Mr. Praveen Karn, Head Group CSR Minda Corporation Limited shared his views on the topic. The discussion was moderated by Mr. Sandeep Behera, Director Branding & Promotion Karunya Deemed University.

Throwing light on the history of CSR Mr. Praveen Karn said, “we see that the companies were originally established to make profits but later it was realized that it’s important to give back. Taking the concept of Mahatma Gandhi, “Model of Philanthropy” was started, which focused on giving donations and charities. In the late 70s, it took the shape of community affairs. Later in the 80s, it was called community corporate which was the partnership of community and companies for holistic benefit. In late 2010, it was reformed into a sustainable business model of CSR.”

Talking about amendments, the companies followed Nation Volunteer Guidelines (2007) and later the Companies Act he added, “In 2013, the government had formulated Section 135, Schedule 7, that prescribes a set of activities that I thought could be co-related to the SDGs.”

In my perspective, from the past 5 years, CSR is growing and benefiting people, developing partnerships, supplementing government programs, scaling up projects, it is participative, more innovative and he believes it has a long way to go.

The size of the CSR fund being spent is not big if it is compared with the GDP, education budget, and health care budget. I strongly believe that the CSR budget will change the narrative of participation, collectivity, collaboration and supplementation. I suggest that the idea is to spend according to the need assessment which can be identified only at the grass-root level. According to me, the solution for reducing the demand and supply gap has to be well assessed and well triangulated. I believe that miracles will not happen because of money and rather they will be done with involvement, partnership, collaboration, integrations with the government programs and NGOs at the grass-root level.

Reminding that sustainability is the broader agenda, we see how organisations are now following Environmental sustainability practices such as tree plantation, paper saving, energy and water conservation, using renewable energy and waste management. I believe that it will be a holistic approach towards sustainability as stakeholders and industries are also working together for it.

Aatmnirbhar India vision is not restricted to the metro cities but it extends to the rural pockets of India. Development of the nation starts from the very individuals of the underdeveloped areas. The underprivileged community members will become self-reliant only when they are given opportunities. Self-reliance is a holistic concept and does not limit to employment but it implies to various other segments like proper education and skilling.