Research among 160 tribal women in North Gujarat finds differences in dairy practices and social empowerment. It also points to the costs and service gaps that continue to affect women’s livelihoods. A woman may feed the cattle, clean the shed, collect fodder and milk the animals. Yet her work is only one part of what…
Electronics, defence and pharma output have surged since the initiative’s 2014 launch, but manufacturing’s share of GDP, formal jobs and India’s standing in labour-intensive exports tell a more uneven story. The Make in India initiative completed twelve years on September 25, 2026, with government data showing sharp gains in electronics, defence and pharmaceutical output even…
EnAble India, founded by Shanti Raghavan and Dipesh Sutariya in 1999, has built a disability-inclusive employment model focused on skills, employer engagement and ability rather than sympathy. Over two decades, the organisation has worked with companies, policymakers and communities to expand employment opportunities for persons with disabilities across India. When Shanti Raghavan’s younger brother Hari…
Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath inaugurate five-day show at Greater Noida’s India Expo Centre & Mart GREATER NOIDA: The India Expo Centre & Mart opened its doors on Thursday to the fourth edition of the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show (UPITS 2026), bringing together more than 2,400 exhibitors, over 600 international buyers from around 90 countries,…
Harish Hande’s SELCO India pioneered a financing-first solar energy model, using a social enterprise approach to expand clean energy access in rural and underserved communities. Through SELCO Foundation and its wider ecosystem, the model continues to influence off-grid solar and last-mile energy solutions. In the early 1990s, Harish Hande was midway through a PhD in…
Amul began as a farmer-led cooperative in Gujarat, connecting dairy cooperative societies and milk producer members to create a farmer-owned dairy movement. Through Operation Flood and the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, the model helped transform India’s dairy sector and strengthen rural livelihoods. Before 1946, milk farmers around Anand in Gujarat sold their produce to…
The world’s credentialed engineers said it was technically impossible. You cannot teach an illiterate person to install, maintain, and repair solar-powered lighting systems. Certainly not in six months. Certainly not in a language they do not speak, or through diagrams they have never seen. Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy had heard this argument before. He had spent…
India has the world’s largest youth population, with nearly two-thirds of us under 35. We repeat that statistic often, and we usually stop there. The other half of it is that India is ageing faster than at any point in its history. Indians above sixty numbered 14.9 crore in 2022 and will reach ≈ 35…
Nasscom Foundation and IBM have partnered to equip 87,000 young people from underserved communities across India with digital, domain and employability skills. Through IBM SkillsBuild, the initiative focuses on connecting digital learning with real employment opportunities.
Kantabai was a welder in Mhaswad, Maharashtra. She wanted to open a savings account. Every bank she approached turned her away. Only because she didn’t have documents, or a husband’s signature, address proof, or a transaction history that a city-designed banking system recognised as valid. Her story reached Chetna Gala Sinha, a social activist then…
