the best social stories of the week


Social history met Malini Kochupillai and Kunal Singh, whose company, Tenacious Bee Collective, tries to help beekeepers solve the challenges they face in the honey industry.

Meanwhile, the scientist and chairman of the environment committee of PHDCCI, Dr JP Gupta, gave an overview of the renewable energy sector in India, especially hydrogen energy, and how it can be improved.

The best stories of this week:

Meet this medical couple from Maharashtra, helping over 300 poor women

Dr Rajendra and Dr Sucheta Dhamane

Dr Rajendra and his wife Dr Sucheta Dhamane run Mauli Seva Pratishthan (MSP), based in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra – a charity home for women in need of shelter, support, medical treatment and also protection against sexual abuse.

The institution provides lifelong care, treatment and rehabilitation to its inmates not only by meeting their medical needs, but also by providing them with a home with healthy meals, a clean environment and hope for a better life. .

How Shreni Samudaya supports weavers and artisans through professional peer-based networks

For Sudhir Kamath, it is not surprising that the number of people joining the “large informal sector” is declining.

From his conversations with workers – through his experience in the construction industry – he learned it was because the sector was not structured to have social status or a professional career path.

To help bridge this gap and pave the way for these workers to be recognized and respected for their work, Sudhir founded Shreni Samudaya in 2018. The idea was simple: to create a professional network that would connect people and enable the transfer of knowledge. In fact, the name comes from the ancient concept of “Shreni” or trading guilds.

India best positioned to produce renewable and profitable hydrogen, says scientist Dr JP Gupta

Dr JP Gupta

India is the fourth most attractive renewable energy market in the world. According to an IBEF report, as of July 2021, India had 96.96 GW of renewable energy capacity, which represents 25.2% of the total installed electric capacity.

Recently, the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) organized an International Climate Summit (ICS) 2021, in partnership with NITI Aayog, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

We met the scientist and the chairman of the environment committee of PHDCCI, Dr JP Gupta, who gave an overview of the renewable energy sector in India.

How this Himachal company promotes ethical beekeeping, creates employment opportunities for rural women

Malini Kochupillai and Kunal Singh first met in 2017 at an exhibition by Khoj, an international association of artists, where they struck up a conversation about community engagement through the arts.

This search for honey led Kunal to learn more about the conditions of beekeepers in his hometown of Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh. To help these beekeepers solve some of the challenges that stood in their way, Malini and Kunal co-founded Tenacious Bee Collective.

Building a resilient society in the face of the climate emergency

In recent years, the hottest years in the world have broken all records. The impact in India is all too apparent. Much of central and peninsular India has suffered from heat waves.

The growing number of catastrophic events – almost double that before the 1980s – made it clear that it’s not like nothing has happened. The climate emergency can no longer be managed through a top-down command and control approach. The roles have now turned.

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the inevitable shift in the way waves one and two are handled – from national control to state-level control – has highlighted the importance of action. locally driven to manage on a large scale while remaining context sensitive and timely. changing field situations.

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