TIME TO RESET As we move into the New year with some trepidation, most of us have hope that things can only get better. Having faced uncertainty and challenges through a difficult 2021, we are prepared to face the worst and get on with our lives. Who could have imagined that for two years we would meet mostly...
DURGA MALLU GUDILU I am missing my mother a lot today because she was always with me when I received any award, but she is not here today. I dedicate my 81st award to her. We were distributing ration kits last year, when she passed away in one of the Covid waves. I am determined to...
When I was Chairman of Parliament’s External Affairs Ministry, the position from which I was defenestrated after five years in 2019, I always proudly articulated our tradition, that political differences stop at the water’s edge. That there isn’t a Congress foreign policy or BJP foreign policy, only an Indian foreign policy and Indian national interest....
We are in a country that has had a culture of organising large-scale education for a long time. Nalanda University, which I was fortunate to visit a couple of years ago, is at least 1600 years old. So, education is not a new concept here but perhaps we are thinking of its relevance in modern...
KARISHMA The Rotary Club of Bombay, with its core values of fellowship, diversity, and integrity, is such an incredible platform for inspiration. We are so happy to share our story with you all today. If I may, I would like to give some insight of our parent company Chanakya, that laid the foundation of Chanakya school...
My journey started with a very profound statement I heard when I was 30: 80% of family businesses do not survive the third generation, globally. It’s shocking when you hear this the first time. To top it all, I was the third generation in my family business and so there was a lot of burden...
Since this is a women’s empowerment award, I want to share the perspective and approach towards women’s empowerment. Towards that, I would like to share photos of some of my friends and colleagues. They are grassroot leaders who are either working on women empowerment, issues of social justice or marginalised communities. CORO has a grassroot...
The way I thought about this conversation was around the theme of transformation, and for me this one word is probably my favourite word in the English vocabulary because it stands for so many things. I don't know how many of you can guess what this picture is [on ppt - sun shining on Mt...
D. Sivanandan is one of India’s most highly regarded Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. He joined the IPS in 1976 and retired as Director General of Police of Maharashtra in 2011. He was Police Commissioner of Mumbai in 2009, promoted in the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Sivanandan helped build the city’s defences...
What is a human eye? The human eye is a specialised sense organ capable of receiving visual images which are then carried to the brain. The retina is a light-sensitive layer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0B_CiOEXSI Vision is one of the most important senses. The eye’s main function is to detect light patterns and partner with the brain to translate light...
As an architect, what is your vision for Kabul? Honestly, there was nothing there 20 years ago due to the war. So, when everybody came back to Afghanistan, everyone wanted to see development of education of youth and women. And there was a lot of progress that happened. We had beautiful mountains and as an architect...
I was still in college when we started OnCourse in 2010. The five founders are my husband Akhil and I, we are based in Bombay, and Nitin, Niraj and Abhishek based in Delhi and Gurgaon. We have offices across the world and our focus is under-graduate, post-graduate education abroad and test-prep, primarily for SAT, ACT,...