http://www.livemint.com/SectionPages/Social-Activists.aspx?NavId=10&NavsId=46 Social Activists- Livemint.com | © CopyRight HT Media Ltd. 2009 en-Us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:24:11 GMT 60 http://www.livemint.com/ http://www.livemint.com/Images/livemintbeta_rss.gif 144 33 http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/13143047/NPCIL-environmentalist-A-I-S.html Siddiqui, DGM Corporate communication was steering the NPCIL’s Environment Stewardship programme PTI Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/13143047/NPCIL-environmentalist-A-I-S.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/30230813/Virendra-Sam-Singh--Turning.html A former top executive, Singh is now using his business ideas to empower girls and give them a safe future Raju Narisetti Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:07:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/30230813/Virendra-Sam-Singh--Turning.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/18233207/Nurul-Islam--In-West-Bengal.html Sustained by donations, Al Ameen Mission is providing mainstream learning to the community’s children Rajdeep Datta Roy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:02:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/18233207/Nurul-Islam--In-West-Bengal.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/21230349/D-Ashis--Keeping-more-hearts.html He set up Medical Bank in 1980 to provide free medicines to the poor; extended the model to spectacles, pacemakers Rajdeep Datta Roy Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:03:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/21230349/D-Ashis--Keeping-more-hearts.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/07000207/Madhav-Chavan--Empowering-Ind.html Pratham began with one slum but is today present across India, spreading literacy among poor children Priyanka P. Narain Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:04:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/07000207/Madhav-Chavan--Empowering-Ind.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/24001105/Devendra-Shivlal-Desai--Bring.html The Matunga library was set up six years ago while the one in Powai has been around for two years. They are two of the 26 toy libraries that have been operating in municipal schools in Mumbai Tamal Bandyopadhyay Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:41:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/24001105/Devendra-Shivlal-Desai--Bring.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/17002517/He-seeks-the-forgotten8217s.html He’s been lobbying for a census of denotified tribes to prove they exist and action to stop atrocities against them Aparna Kalra Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:55:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/17002517/He-seeks-the-forgotten8217s.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/11010946/Ahmad-Rashid-Shervani-8216.html The philanthropist uses a family trust to reward Muslim students and their schools for good academic performance Aparna Kalra Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:39:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/11010946/Ahmad-Rashid-Shervani-8216.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/10002426/Joe-Madiath--Toilet-training.html Gram Vikas has built 2,700 toilets in 361 poor and tribal villages. This year’s target is another 10,000 Paromita Shastri Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:03:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/10002426/Joe-Madiath--Toilet-training.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/08/31005812/Shankar-Ghose--He-is-passiona.html After long years in the corporate sector, he now works with the NGO started by his son to lend a voice to villagers Sangeeta Singh Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:36:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/08/31005812/Shankar-Ghose--He-is-passiona.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/28191653/Joe-Madiath--Toilet-training.html Gram Vikas has built 27,000 toilets in 361 poor and tribal villages. This year’s target is another 10,000 Paromita Shastri Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:22:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/28191653/Joe-Madiath--Toilet-training.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/08/30004005/Subroto-Das--This-doctor-exte.html Lifeline’s service covers 1,476km of national highways across Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal Gayatri Ramanathan Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:10:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/08/30004005/Subroto-Das--This-doctor-exte.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/07/30005135/Anil-Soni--He-levels-the-worl.html A series of chance encounters turned this would-have-been astronaut into a warrior against HIV/AIDS Melissa A. Bell Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:21:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/07/30005135/Anil-Soni--He-levels-the-worl.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/07/05003055/Vidya-Thapa--She-bears-a-beac.html Thapa joined the organization as one of its first health workers and has been there for more than two decades Leela Ann Parker and Natasha Saini Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/07/05003055/Vidya-Thapa--She-bears-a-beac.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/06/04002034/This-cancer-surgeon-focuses-on.html Two years ago, Dr Sameer Kaul set up the Breast Cancer Patients Benefit Foundation for greater access to treatment Alison Granito Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:47:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/06/04002034/This-cancer-surgeon-focuses-on.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/21220910/CV-Madhukar-His-work-on-Bil.html NGO puts 40-page Bills into four-to-six pages of bullet points and analysis, stripped of legalese, partisanship Mon, 21 May 2007 16:39:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/21220910/CV-Madhukar-His-work-on-Bil.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/17002803/Anuja-Gupta-When-homes-no-lo.html Her group Rahi is the first of its kind in India dedicated to helping survivors of childhood sexual abuse Prashant Gopal Wed, 16 May 2007 18:58:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/17002803/Anuja-Gupta-When-homes-no-lo.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/03/14143938/This-coach-prepares-a-success.html Muscular dystrophy & warnings of imminent death led Bansal up an unusual path: preparing students for IIT Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:09:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/03/14143938/This-coach-prepares-a-success.html