With a blend of idealism and pragmatism, social entrepreneurs are bringing about broad transformation in India, as explained in this insightful new book.
The Karnataka labour department said getting information from aggregators is proving to be a huge challenge as they are not willing to share their worker database
Startups that are invariably aligned to UN 2030 sustainable development goals
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On September 25, 2015, during the 2015 Sustainable Development Summit, the 193 member United Nations passed a draft resolution of the 15-year-plan – the 17 goals called the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. These goals come as a cover to the Millennial Development Goals that were charted in 2000.
The world stood in unison and applauded. Even Pope Francis gave his blessing and considers these goals as a sign of hope.
Peter Drucker rightly said
, “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” With the goals in place, it is now time to make these goals a reality. According to sources, the goals are said to cost about $5 trillion every year. Does that mean that all the goals, just need money for success? Absolutely not. Every small act of goodness will add up to the impact the world is aspiring for.
(From left) The co-founders of Bare Anatomy Vimal Bhola, Sifat Khurana and Rohit Chawla manufacture their customised products in-house at their facility in Gurugram
Image: Amit Verma
Any commercial haircare and skincare product even if it caters to a particular type of hair or skin will always satisfy only a handful of users. This was one of the key takeaways for Rohit Chawla when he quit The Man Company, a men’s grooming product brand, in 2018. Along with Sifat Khurana and Vimal Bhola, he set up Bare Anatomy in 2019. “We realised it’s not about making one or two ingredients the hero and marketing them. With Bare Anatomy, we decided to be more scientific in our approach and cater to each customer’s needs,” he says.
Aakanksha Kapoor
NewsX was recently joined by Aakanksha Kapoor, the CEO of “I Say Organic” in its special series called NewsX India A-List, she shared her journey of working in the fashion and retail industry and how all that led to “I Say Organic”.
Sharing about how candid and unpredictable her journey has been, Aakanksha said,”I landed in I Say Organic very unknowingly but I’ll start from the beginning, I went to undergrad here and then I studied a little bit in New York. I was there for about two and a half years, I studied marketing at Parsons and then I worked in fashion, moved back to India in 2012 and continued working in fashion in the luxury space as a brand consultant. While all of this was happening, I Say Organic was growing on the side, it launched in 2012 and Ashmeet started the organization and was looking to hire somebody in the marketing team, the company become what it is in front of me.”