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NGO Raises $500K To Provide Education To Children In India

17Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

FUNDING

NGO Raises $500K To Provide Education To Children In India

Pratham USA, an Indian non- governmental organisation has raised more than USD 500,000 this year towards providing quality education to underprivileged children in India. At its latest fund raiser in the Washington DC suburb of Virginia, Pratham raised USD 275,000 from about 360 guests. Actor R Madhavan made an impassioned plea with his keynote address underscoring the importance of tangible results when giving back. "Pratham is doing an extraordinary job in making a huge difference in the lives of people, especially children and women in India," Madhavan said. The people who attended the event were visibly moved by Nisha Sisodiya, a young woman from Rajasthan, who bravely told her story of how she overcame an abusive marriage to become a successful entrepreneur after discovering ...

TCS partners social organisation for online teaching community

21Apr By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

BUSINESS

TCS partners social organisation for online teaching community

IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today said it has partnered Jnana Prabodhini, a social organisation, to build the world's largest online community of teaching professionals. As part of the association, TCS iON (a unit of TCS) will work with Jnana Prabodhini to offer a platform to teachers for contributing and collaborating with peers and experts, a statement said. The community will also provide a range of certification courses and training programmes to help participants to enhance their skills and work towards academic and professional success.

Google.org Offers $8.4M Grants to 4 Indian NGOs

9Apr By PriyankaNo Comments

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Google.org Offers $8.4M Grants to 4 Indian NGOs

Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, today announced grants of $8.4 million to four NGOs in India that offer technology-based learning solutions. The NGOs include Pratham Books StoryWeaver ($3.6 million), Pratham Education Foundation ($3.1 million), Million Sparks Foundation ($1.2 million) and Learning Equality ($500,000). They will receive the grant for two years to expand and scale the work they are doing. These grants are part of a global $50 million commitment that Google.org has made towards supporting non-profit entities that are building tech-based learning solutions. "These grants will be used to scale existing initiatives to reach more children and build more innovative and engaging tech-based learning solutions to close the gap in learning and academic opportunity," ...

iAugmentor Labs Invests in Gurgaon Based Volunteer4India

26Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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iAugmentor Labs Invests in Gurgaon Based Volunteer4India

Gurgaon, 26th Oct,2016: iAugmentor Labs, a technology-enabled learning platform, has invested in Volunteer4India, an online aggregator for brand sponsored Social causes, NGOs and student/ youth/ employee volunteers. Volunteer4India (V4I) harnesses the energy of new millennial volunteers through a technology (Web/Mobile App) enabled volunteering platform. It connects them to Corporates wishing to execute their cause marketing mandates, Colleges who wish to encourage their students to apply their academic knowledge on real-world challenges, and NGOs requiring operational and execution support for their projects & Government initiatives. Ranjoy Dey, CEO of Volunteer4India commented, "We see iAugmentor's strategic investment into Volunteer4India as a validation of the importance of e...

Snapdeal Partners IIT Delhi to Sell SmartCane Online

18Apr By NitishNo Comments

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Snapdeal Partners IIT Delhi to Sell SmartCane Online

E-commerce marketplace Snapdeal today said it has partnered IIT Delhi and Phoenix Medical Solutions to sell SmartCane online, priced at Rs 3,500. SmartCane is an advanced version of the white cane used by visually impaired people and ensures independent mobility and safety of the user. As a part of the partnership, potential donors can also choose to donate SmartCane via Snapdeal Sunshine platform, where the product will be shipped directly to NGO partner Saksham that works for empowering persons with blindness. Using ultrasonic ranging, SmartCane helps predict above knee-level obstacles and therefore, ensures safety against collisions. The device is already used by nearly 10,000 people in the country. "We are confident that this product will be well received and our customers...