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Deadline for Annual Report Awards extended to February 5

CSO Partners has extended the deadline for submission of entries to the Annual Report Awards to February 5, 2010. If you missed the opportunity to apply earlier, send your application now. For details about the awards and to submit an entry, visit www.annualreportawards.org.

Environmental Sustainability Index and Pollution Map launched

Environmentally Sustainable Finance group (ESF), a strategic partner of ICICI Foundation, has launched two dynamic visual displays: the Environmental Sustainability Index for Indian States (ESI) 2009 and India’s first online pollution map, which both support more meaningful tracking of environmental changes. Please visit www.greenindiastandards.com and www.indiapollutionmap.org.

Apply for ICICI Fellows by February 15

February 5, 2010 is the final date to submit your application to ICICI Fellows, our innovative leadership development programme. The programme has been greeted by an overwhelmingly positive response, with over 12,000 registrations so far. For more details on the programme and to submit your application, visit www.icicifellows.org.

ICICI Fellows programme has launched, November 2009

In November 2009, we launched ICICI Fellows, our new leadership training programme for the Indian social sector.  The programme will select 25 of the nation's top youth talent for a two-year fellowship that includes work in semi-rural or semi-urban India, as well as management training, experiential learning and personality development.  For more information about the fellowship and how to apply, visit the programme's website: www.icicifellows.org.

Event: Curricular Knowledge and Pedagogic Exclusion Nov. 30, Pune

Join ICICI Centre for Elementary Education, Prof. Roop Rekha Verma and Dr. Aman Madan for a public discussion about Curricular Knowledge and Pedagogic Exclusion in India. Participants will share their views on how the hierarchical socio-cultural establishment in India works against education policy, and how more inclusive curriculum and teaching practice may be necessary to realise universal education.  Details: November 30, 2009, 4:00pm, Jubilee Hall, Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative management (VAMNICOM), Pune University Road. For more information and to confirm participation, contact team@icee.org.in

CSO Partners organises workshop for NGOs

CSO Partners organised “Opportunities in Challenging Times – A Workshop for NGOs" on September 14 and 15 at the Grand Solitaire Hotel, Secunderabad. It was the second workshop of the series, which is planned across six different cities (Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, and Bangalore) to reach out to approximately 500 NGOs with 10 of our partners each specialised in domains of services that are of relevance to them. The first workshop took place in Mumbai on May 2009.
Read more about the workshop series.

Corporate social responsibility perspectives at the “3rd Business Leaders Program”

Dr. Nachiket Mor, President of ICICI Foundation, shared communities’ perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the 3rd Business Leaders Program – Strategies and Leadership for Creating Sustainable Organisations at L&T Management Development Centre, Lonavala.

Op-ed on “The Full Climate Change Tale”

Jessica Wallack, the Director of Centre for Development Finance – the home of ICICI Foundation strategic partner Environmentally Sustainable Finance group – published an op-ed in the Mint, India's affiliate of the Wall Street Journal, on opportunities for rapid impact on climate change.
Read the op-ed.