How can we bridge India’s skill gap?

May 29

How can we bridge India’s skill gap?

How many times have we walked past a mechanic shop and seen a young boy of 16 or 17 repairing a bike or a car?  You see the same thing walking past a tinkering or a welding shop.  I am sure you would have wondered how much does he earn?  Is it sufficient to feed and clothe him or his family?  Does he have a dream that he is chasing? How can he realize his...

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Difference that every IBMer can make to the world and the community.

May 13

Difference that every IBMer can make to the world and the community.

Trupty was part of the 10 member team who worked on Database System Management for Pusdalisbang agency by the Government of West Java Province in Indonesia. The institution is a subsidiary of Regional Planning Board of West Java Province (Bappeda) which carries out tasks for acquiring, compiling, analyzing spatial and non spatial data. The project was part of the...

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Driving social impact through IBM communities – The journey of Shlok

Apr 22

Driving social impact through IBM communities – The journey of Shlok

Not so long ago , on July 14, 2012 a group of individuals embarked on their first mission to Puttenhalli Government Public School in JP Nagar 7thphase. The idea was a simple one, discover the gaps faced in government primary school and come up with ways to address them. Little did we know that this little journey undertaken by a few individuals would translate into...

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Volunteering Sprit : IBMer plays saviour to tea garden children

Apr 15

Kolkata: This IT executive packed his bag last weekend and dashed off to a tea garden in the Dooars. Nothing unusual for IT employees to cool their heels off, away from the city’s cacophony on weekends. But when Subhadip Mukherjee, the advisory system analyst with IBM, left for the Dooars last Saturday he went down with a mission and bagful of dream for children...

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Stanley S. Litow Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs & President, IBM International Foundation : Article on new Company Bill

Apr 12

Stanley S. Litow Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs & President, IBM International Foundation : Article on new Company Bill

From Spare Change to Real Change   How IBM’s corporate service corps solves problems, grows leaders, and builds markets. By Stanley Litow Corporate responsibility has its beginnings in philanthropy, which in America has a long history. It began in earnest with individuals of great wealth, such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. They...

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