Every Day Heroes Archives - BD Foundation

Jaipur Rugs changing lives for a better future

by Rajiv Murti | Oct 24, 2019 | Change Makers, Entrepreneurship, Every Day Heroes

Introduction The idea of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) is that Corporations have a mandatory obligation to work for the benefit of the stakeholders. The idea has been implied that the private sector is the dominant engine of growth, also the principle creator...

How to be a responsible ally

by Srikanth Suvvaru | May 9, 2019 | Change Makers, Every Day Heroes, Inclusion Champions, Inclusion Matters

An ally is a person from a privileged racial, sexual, gender or other identity, that supports and seeks to further the causes of those that lack such privilege. An ally is someone that makes a choice to take a stand against oppression or social injustice and speaks...

Meet the world’s first all women SuperMileage team.

by Rajiv Murti | Apr 13, 2019 | Every Day Heroes, Inspirational Women, Woman of Influence

Mechanical engineering isn’t for girls. We beg to differ. Team Panthera is the official supermileage team of Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, Kashmere Gate, Delhi. It is Asia’s only all women supermileage team. This team was formed with the aim of...

Apple doesn’t care about competition, Why should I?

by Sarika | Mar 29, 2019 | Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Every Day Heroes, Leadership, Mentoring Matters

I was 8 years old when I tried to ride a bicycle for the first time. My brother gave me a little push and I was doing pretty well till I saw another kid zoom past me. I tried to give a chase and went straight ahead to hit a pole. I was so embarrassed that I never got...

The Cost of Silence

by Sarika | Aug 31, 2018 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Every Day Heroes, Gender, Inclusion Matters, Inspirational Women, Safety, Woman of Influence, Women Matters

For past few days, I had been deeply disturbed by the horrific stories of young girls being raped by the very people who were supposed to be their guardians in the shelter. More disturbing was the fact that many people knew about this, in fact, heard their screams but...

My Story!

by Geetika Arora Khera | Mar 8, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Every Day Heroes

(This Women’s Day, let’s celebrate the spirit of paying-it-forward) In my previous avatar, before marriage and motherhood, I was working for Pan American Airways and Delta Airlines. Destiny decided my fate when Delta closed its Delhi operations. Newly...