The session at Learning Planet Festival will be moderated by Arjun Bahadur and feature insights from youth, funders, and practitioners, spotlighting school-to-work learnings and alumni voices from urban India.
Shriram Bharathan is the Partner for Sustainable Business Advisory at Sattva Consulting. With over 20 years of experience across design, infrastructure, and services sectors, he brings deep expertise in environmental sustainability, decarbonization, energy transition, climate risk, impact creation, and ESG for organizations, investors, and their supply chains/portfolio companies. Shriram has
Amongst the most crucial causes of India’s agrarian crisis and subsequent economic slowdown is the structural inability of its small and marginal farmers to access small-sized, affordable and timely credit. The Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN), an upcoming digital protocol, displays immense potential in challenging this situation, by shifting how
Parul Gupta and Abhishek Modi, with contributions from Meenakshi Iyer 29 December, 2022 The global handicraft industry is valued at nearly $750 billion but worldwide, the creators of handmade products are denied fair compensation or recognition for their work. It is a similar story in India, where more than 60 per cent
In light of the impact of COVID-19 crisis on children’s education across the country, the Education Circle was created as a voluntary collective of non-profits to identify focus areas and enable solutions.
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The ONDC has immense potential to democratise access to e-commerce for sellers of diverse products, ranging from groceries to handicrafts. The technology’s principles of interoperability and unbundling will be instrumental in encouraging entrepreneurial growth and innovation, as was observed in the computer software and recorded video content industries in other
The planet is on the verge of exceeding the 1.5 centigrade limit established by the 2015 Paris Agreement, placing the issue of climate change front and centre for all of us today. On the other side of this crises are vulnerable nations, who have fewer resource to fight climate change,
Despite being perceived as digital natives by parents, teachers, and policymakers, school-going children in India are not supported sufficiently to foster their digital literacy. The shortage of digital skills among the country’s youth is also worrying and coexists with a rapidly evolving job market where 90% of positions already entail
In this episode of CSR Partnerships for Innovation, Krishna sat down with Neha Jain from Akamai. She shared the story of how Akamai’s flagship programme got started, and how at the intersection of technology and impact, Akamai is evolving their CSR strategy. With Akamai’s focus on innovation and their earnest