The formation of the ATLAS SkillTech University began in February 2020 when I was invited to be on the skills committee of the Government of Maharashtra. What is a skill tech university? It is where a core discipline is taught with technological intervention and increasing the skills of a person. So, skill-tech is a progressive...
The Centre for Environmental Research and Education (CERE) is a Mumbai-based not-for-profit organisation established in 2002 that works to promote environmental sustainability through research and innovation, formal education, government and corporate partnerships and publications. CERE has successfully completed many rural and urban environmental restoration projects such as urban afforestation, rainwater harvesting, solar electrification, carbon footprinting...
In today’s discussion, I am going to talk about Omicron but also focus on developing resilience because the past two years have taxed our inner resources considerably and many of us have developed pandemic fatigue. I hear people saying ‘what is the point? I can’t go on like this, I might as well face the...
There is a forgotten Bharat with no electricity, one room and one shelter. It is probably 200-odd kms away from Mumbai and it only has a kerosene lamp as light. This is a sight seen in rural India where power remains unaffordable, inadequate or simply non-existent for around 200 million people. This is the Bharat...
CHANGE: POWERED BY RCB Last Friday, I wrote to each of you regarding the unique village project we were working on just three hours out of Mumbai. We have conceived an Integrated Rural Development at Savroli village, in the Vikramgad block of Palghar. This project is unique to the others completed by RCB until now as not only...
My sincere thanks to Rotarians Shernaz Vakil, Jagdish Malkani, Bimal Mehta, and Ajit Lalvani and all the members of the Rotary Club of Bombay for sending a strong message to the world that cultural heritage is not just bricks and stones but our identity; and ignoring the power of culture means destroying the social fabric...
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...