Corporate Social Focus

  MS. VEERA M RAO, DIRECTOR, ALERT INDIA "STRIVING FOR THE LEPROSY AFFECTED REHABILITATION WITH A NEVER GIVE UP ATTITUDE"     It is 28 years since I joined hands with  a team of social workers who were driven by inspiration and determination to work for the leprosy affected under ALERT INDIA NGO banner. ALERT INDIA is a secular, voluntary organization with the dream of saving lives by curing them without disabilities by creating awareness in the community. It has taken up on the challenge to detect, treat and cure leprosy affected prevent from displacement, destitution and degradation. Today, despite the announcement of leprosy elimination, transmission continues. This has led to late detection, increased deformity, child cases, continuation of prevalent myths, stigma leading to social discrimination and neglect. Discrimination continues to be an important public health/ social concern. Since its inception in 1978, ALERT-INDIA is primarily committed to improve ...

  "THE DAZZLING SAGA OF A WOMAN WHO DARED TO DREAM AND TRIUMPH AGAINST ALL ODDS"   "THE ABILITY OF A WOMAN TO KEEP HERSELF CALM AMIDST THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL CHALLENGES SHE ENCOUNTERS IN LIFE IS BEING A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE." To discover what it means to be a woman of substance, we must define it first "substantial or solid character or quality", and "someone who has a separate or independent existence." Being a woman of substance does not always signify or correlate with one's success, career growth, or achievements. But instead, it would mean being able to live her own life on her own terms and in the best of a happier and healthier state of mind. Being able to do what her heart desires. Being true to herself and being responsible enough for her own thoughts and actions.  This precisely summarises the life, thoughts & actions of Dr. Lopamudra Priyadarshini; an irony of being a woman of substance. The life journey of Dr. Lopamudra has been...