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Learning outside the classroom Smita Agarwal is Head Education with Tata Steel CSR. Smita’s work centres around revitalising school education for the marginalised and excluded. Over the years, she has worked to integrate international research on learning in rural Indian schools and achieved significant breakthroughs in children’s learning. As part of large-scale projects, she has engaged with governments and nonprofits across the country. An alumna of BITS Pilani, Smita has authored several papers and a book on seasonal migration and its impact on children’s education. LESS... MORE En...

Why we must listen to farmers April 8, 2021, 4:42 PM IST Sudeshna Maya Sen leads the climate action work at Dr Reddy’s Foundation (DRF). Her role is to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies in DRF project areas to reduce the impact of climate change. Previously, Sudeshna worked with the climate change department, Government of Gujarat. She has a PhD in Climate Change Adaptation funded by Himalayan Adaptation, and was a part of the Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research Programme from TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi. She also has an MSc in Climate Scie...

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PayPal, FlexiLoans.com partner to offer MSMEs, freelancers collateral-free loans PTI Bengaluru | Updated on × Borrowers to access term loans from ₹50,000 up to ₹1 crore through a fast, hassle-free process; merchants across over 1,500 cities and towns in India to benefit MSME-focused digital lending platform FlexiLoans.com on Tuesday announced its partnership with PayPal, a leader in digital payments, to provide freelancers, women entrepreneurs, sole proprietors, and MSMEs collateral-free business loans. Through this partnership, PayPal further reiterates its commitment to democratise acc...

Caption: An MIT-led team uses a card-playing interview technique to investigate why and how households in rural areas selected and acquired solar-powered devices and joined microgrids. Ameya Athavankar of twobythree (left) leads an interview with members of a household while Elise Harrington PhD ’20 takes notes. At the end of the interview, the layout of the cards on the floor recorded the household’s energy-related decisions over many years. Credits: Photo: David Hsu Next image More than 73 million households in remote ...