It was early Sunday morning (8 am on October 18, 2015) and Team DEF was waiting at Chawri Bazaar Metro Station Gate No. 3 for an expected crowd of about 50-60 participants to arrive and register for a walk organised by the eHeritage Project — Heritage Walk: Tracing Dilli ki Tehzeeb.
Is it really smart to create smart cities? Or should we reverse our thinking to concentrate on making smart villages?
The most important investment in a social enterprise is intangible. It includes passion and round-the-clock investment of time. The intangible investments make a strong bond between the entrepreneur, the community and the issue she is trying to solve. Ironically, there is no investment…
Would it not be great if a corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund becomes a seed or social fund for investment in a cluster of a dying art or a traditional skill and transforms it into a success story? Or, how about a CSR fund that transforms an entire village into one where all households are digitally literate?
A one-day workshop on Social Media for Empowerment was organised by Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) and in collaboration with a local NGO, Hutto Welfare Society, on 6th October, 2015 at Hotel PYBSS, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. The workshop witnessed a good number of students, professionals in the private and Govt.…
Over 125 heritage enthusiasts trace ‘Dilli ki Tehzeeb’ with the eHeritage Project It was early Sunday morning (8 am on October 18, 2015) and Team DEF was waiting at Chawri Bazaar Metro Station Gate No. 3 for an expected crowd of about 50-60 participants to arrive and register for a walk organised by the eHeritage…
During a recce for DigiKala, a project that DEF has recently initiated, in collaboration with Microsoft Corporate Citizenship, members of the organisation got a chance to meet Sarat Patra in Nuapatna, Odisha. A National Award winner Sarat is a talented handloom weaver who focuses on art and not the sale of his creations. Sarat’s wife…
52 Parindey is a project dedicated to finding and identifying 52 innovators who are making a conscious living for themselves and their planet through alternate careers in Indian towns. Under this project, starting end of November, a fellow, Rahul Karanpuriya, will travel across the country to cover 52 locations and spend a week at each…
Sambhaavnaa Institute of Public Policy and Politics organised in September a three-day workshop, Tana Bana, for the weaver communities of India and those individuals or organisations that are working with the weavers and for the weavers. The workshop saw participation of almost 40 people from across the country and from different walks of life to…
An early autumn morning and I was shaken up by my mobile alarm. The most, annoying alarm in the world. I had to get out of my bed, the only way to make it stop ringing, as I left it on television set last night. It took me a while to realize that I was…
