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Arts funding in India: Hard times require furious dancing
Arundhati Ghosh proposes options for sustaining arts and culture organisations in India. With collapsing multinationals, crumbling financial structures, and trembling social edifices, we are at a...
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Book Review: Revealing Indian Philanthropy
On reading “Revealing Indian Philanthropy”, Francesco Obino asks whether domestic philanthropy can support equitable and sustainable development in India. The growing potential of India’s domestic...
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Paradoxes in India’s ‘culture of giving’
Sudeep Basu analyses diasporic giving in northern Gujarat and asks whether remittances can be institutionalised to promote developmental and democratic goals. To date, much of the literature on...
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Multimedia: India’s responsible corporations
This summer, LSE hosted a roundtable bringing together business leaders, practitioners and academics to discuss the business of philanthropy in India. Click here for an audio recording of the...
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भारतीय लोकोपकार
“रिवीलिंग इंडियन फिलैंथ्रोपी” पढ़ने के बाद, फ्रांसेस्को ओबिनो का सवाल है कि क्या भारत में लोकोपकार(फिलैंथ्रोपी) समतामूलक तथा टिकाऊ विकास में मददगार हो सकता है । Click here to read this post in...
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Abdul Sattar Edhi: The philanthropist who filled in for the state in Pakistan
Last Saturday, the eminent philanthropist and founder of the Edhi foundation, was laid to rest with great ceremony. Here, Usama Khilji offers an obituary of Abdul Sattar Edhi and his lifelong...
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Looking forward to the first ever LSE Pakistan Summit
As the Pakistan @ 70: LSE Pakistan Summit 2017 approaches, Shema Bhujel reflects on LSE’s long-standing ties with Pakistan and introduces the four core topics that will be discussed as key issues which...
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India @ 70: Does forced philanthropy work?
The first session of India @ 70: LSE India Summit 2017, presented by Apollo Tyres ltd, saw a confluence of corporate champions and civic campaigners consider contrasting courses for the conduct of...
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“The challenge is to find the right cause and not just write out a cheque” –...
At the LSE India Summit 2017 Rebecca Bowers spoke to panellist Anu Aga about her insights on CSR collaboration between sectors and the philanthropic work around malnourishment and education she is...
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“CSR is no longer a ‘feel-good’ activity but rather a diligently monitored...
Dr Mukund Govind Rajan participated in the Corporate Social Responsibility panel at the LSE India Summit 2017, where he discussed the benefits and drawbacks of ‘forced philanthropy’ brought in as part...
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