By Prabhat Labh – CEO, Grameen Foundation India As India unrolls one of the largest immunization drives in history, we watch with bated breath – the aim of deploying COVID-19 vaccines to cover at least a fourth of its citizen by the end of 2021 is within our grasp. The mammoth task of reaching over […]
By Ronisha Bhattacharyya – Marcom. Manager Mintu Devi from Milky Village, Tehsil Warisaliganj, Nawada sits quietly across the handpump in her dilapidated home. When asked about her family she says “my husband left me five years ago and my parents are no more. The only way I have survived this life is by working hard […]
By Purna Roy Choudhury – Program Manager A pandemic magnifies all existing inequalities. COVID 19 has left no exception in proving this yet again. We are not just living through a public-health crisis, but an all-encompassing one that has had far-reaching impacts on the economic-social-psychological wellbeing of people across the world, especially among women. This […]
Besides COVID, the year 2020 will also be remembered as the year when disruptive innovations made possible by technology moved from ‘futuristic’ to ‘mainstream’. Today, access to and usage of digital technology is no more just a vision but has become a way of life for a large majority. Virtual meetings, virtual celebrations, e-commerce, telecommuting, […]
By Gaurav Sinha, CII, GFI I wake up, and it’s the 25th of March 2020, a new day in a strange sense. A day before the Indian Government announced, a national lockdown for 21 days in response to a global pandemic. A couple of days ago it was my birthday, and I had a friend […]
