The 150th Birth Anniversary of Gandhiji on Oct 2nd was truly remarkable for the students of Skill in Village (SiV) at Ballarawad. For the first time in North Karnataka, a digital Lab has been set up by Deshpande Foundation in collaboration with ST Microelectronics Foundation...
Chikodi Women’s College girls ensuring sanitation for all in their Taluk
Sowjanya Pattankudi’s day went about like most girls her age; she would wake up, go for class, hang out with her friends, and get back home to her family. It all changed the day she took a walk near her village and saw a sight...
CSR Conclave brainstorms Inclusive Growth
The CSR Conclave is a platform to take forward the vision of ‘New India 2022’, by collaborating to co-create higher-order social impact through investment in scalable and sustainable socio-economic development models. The Conclave brought together exponents and seasoned practitioners of CSR and Sustainability in a...
A transformational summer camp for the rural teens
“I was wondering what I am going to learn in just one month, which I could not make it in a year at my village and school. But this was only in initial days, now I am transformed. Amazed by myself for the transformation which...
Empowering the pioneers of tomorrow through SiV
What can be more delightful than seeing children joyfully enter their respective school premises at 7 am, unmindful of the inhospitable weather conditions prevailing in their regions? Yes, more and more children in parts of Dharwad and Gadag districts of Northern Karnataka are now beginning...
Vivek Pawar at India CSR Summit – 2018
“Representing our Organisation in a summit like India CSR and exchanging our knowledge with 1800 organizations includes of best businesses and development sector in India under one roof is one of the great experience" states Vivek Pawar. Vivek engaged a session -"Incubating and Scaling up...
“Elevate” – a stepping stone for the rural youths
With an objective to educate youths on the importance of skilling and further enhance their career Deshpande Educational Trust has launched one more remarkable skilling program “Elevate” on September 27th, 2018. Considering the known fact - ‘India has the world’s largest youth population’, the foundation...
Pramila V Puranikmath – with her lip-smacking Bhadang
To achieve anything in life age does not matter and it just remains as a number when someone strongly believes in her/himself. Pramila V Puranikmath, is one such strong believer whose optimism and faith lead her to be an entrepreneur at the age of 50...
Voices were worth hearing at the Alexathon
On August 17 & 18, Sandbox Startups’ Makers Lab hosted their 24-hour Hackathon at the new Incubation Center in Hubballi. The event titled ALEXATHON, engaged participants in voice application through an 8-hour workshop led by Alexa developer & evangelist at Amazon Sohan Maheshwar, followed by...
The fifth edition of Talaash was successfully completed recently at KLE Institute of Technology, Hubballi.
Talaash is all about identifying brilliant technical ideas from the young minds, especially who are passionate about technology and entrepreneurship. KLEIT Lead Cell and Deshpande Foundation organises this event every year to provide an accomplishable platform to the passionate technocrats. The three-day event held on...