Ashwin, Author at Ashwidea

Published On - December 28, 2018

Ashwin education, green office, recycled

2018:Waste,Recycled,Running,Education

2018 is/was? year 1 for us at Ashwidea. Today being one of the last few days of 2018 , its good time to recap on how the year has been. I don’t have star rating system unlike Rajeev masand or anupama chopra , but will try giving you a snapshot of how it went. Waste […]...

Published On - December 27, 2018

Ashwin green office, recycled, sustainability

Brown or White

You may have observed that notebooks in our Green office portfolio are brown shade unlike the notebooks you usually encounter. The brown colour is natural colour of recycled paper from which these notebooks are made. The white paper which you use regularly, takes many cycles of bleaching,polishing t...

Published On - December 26, 2018

Ashwin education, sportsTags: education, sports

Football for life(skills)

This december is a very important month in Indian sports calendar. IPL auctions got over making the usual headlines for turning teenagers into crorepatis and providing them launch pad. Advent of sports leagues augurs well for our country which is usual obsessed with Class X, XII marks. While it is a...

Published On - December 19, 2018

Ashwin UncategorizedTags: education, sanitation

What do I do first in Education ?

Education gets top priority when it comes to CSR, Govt or foundations. It should also, after all its what will shape our nation. Someone who wants to invest in education itself will have their hands full with a multitude of problems to address. We are working on such interventions in Bangalore with ...

Published On - December 14, 2018

Ashwin healthTags: health, volunteering

Volunteering for health

I have been talking about projects which are creating social impact in various ways. These projects typically need funds to keep the good work going. While funds are critical , as part of Blended choices we offer organisations. This includes a good dose of volunteering. This one is from a very innov...

Published On - December 7, 2018

Ashwin green office, sustainabilityTags: events, recycled, sustainability

Pens, Pencils, Notebooks & Recycled

Amrita University in coimbatore which is hosting the 15th Annual IEEE International convention. They reached out to us to make the conference environment friendly. We supplied pens, pencils and notebooks all made of recycled material. The pencils are dyed in vegetable ink/organic colours.The pens a...

Published On - November 20, 2018

Ashwin women empowermentTags: crime, police, women empowerment

women in police , how things are changing

I have been inside a police station , for my passport renewal. It was a pretty smooth process. One of current study shows women come forward to report crimes to women police stations as opposed to regular ones. It was sheer coincidence last week when I read this study and watched an episode on Blue ...

Published On - November 19, 2018

Ashwin Featured, sanitationTags: sanitation, toilet, water, worldtoiletday

We are building toilets : What happens next ?

Why am I starting Monday with toilets ? Well because we have so many toilets coming up across the country. Its is also #worldtoiletday today urging to everyone to look at Nature for managing our shit. As UNwater poster eloquently says , “Nature calls , Nature Recycles” Simp...

Published On - November 12, 2018

Ashwin environment, sustainabilityTags: birdwatching, csr, education, environment

Bird watching day today

It is Bird watching day today ,which is also Dr Salim Ali’s Birth anniversary. As a Bird watcher (occasional albeit)I am extremely thankful for inspiring us through his book of Indian Birds . We at Ashwidea tend to get a bit personal about all matters related to environment ( more about our nu...

Published On - November 7, 2018

Ashwin Uncategorized

Diwali, Calendars et al

Hi Everyone, So, Diwali is on us. We in Bangalore celebrated yesterday (and some today) , while some will be celebrating Today (I could be wrong about this!) Of course with a prayer that let there be less crackers burst, or rains whole day. ( I just read of cloud seeding in delhi to reduce [&helli...

2018:Waste,Recycled,Running,Education

Brown or White

Football for life(skills)

What do I do first in Education ?

Volunteering for health

Pens, Pencils, Notebooks & Recycled

women in police , how things are changing

We are building toilets : What happens next ?

Bird watching day today

Diwali, Calendars et al

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