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One advantage that India has over its nearest and more developed nations is the “demographic dividend” – the percentage of its population in the employable age. But the “advantage” is hinged on the skill and the employability of its population…
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) Jamshedpur is set to organize its second national level conference on “Solutions for Inclusive Development” from January 29 to January 31, 2010.
XLRI seems to have learnt a bit about the down side of the way conferences…
The Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) has launched a portal called Flexi-Learn in an effort to offer education over internet free of cost.
The launched portal is not yet complete, with only a handful of courses in Library and Information Science, agriculture…
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. in partnership with Huawei Technologies has launched its wireless broadband services in Ajmer, Rajasthan. The tariff set for the broadband is Rs.140 per month and will be associated with the e-Government projects started by the state government’s…
‘Swach’ is the name of Tata’s latest innovation – a water purifier that will be available for the rural Indian poor for Rs. 30/- a month. As reported by The Hindu the water purifier unveiled on Monday “requires no energy or running…
ICICI Foundation in association with IFMR, iVolunteer, CSO Partners announces ICICI Fellows – a two-year social leadership programme, aimed at nurturing social leaders who “envision a future, mobilise people, thoughts and resources to create a brand new India“.
It’s a 2…
Two questions have been lingering around for a long time when it comes to improving the of Indian education system. “How to put the millions of children at school?” and “How to improve the quality of education?”. Syamantak is an organization…
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The Planning Commission of India has been actively making calls to NGOs and Voluntary organizations to participate in its “NGO Partnership System (NGO-PS)”.
In this call, the Planning Commission encourages the NGOs and VOs to sign-up on NGO Partnership System.
