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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 16: An influence-packed night unfolded on July 10, 2026, because the inaugural DesiDhaakad Sustainability Excellence Awards 2026 (DDSEA 2026) concluded efficiently on the NSE Atrium, BKC, Mumbai. introduced by Etherwire.ai and Co-hosted by NSE Sustainability Ratings & Analytics Limited. The occasion was devoted to Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s visionary name for Viksit Bharat 2047 and the wealthy cultural ethos of Bharat. It celebrated girls leaders and organisations driving environmental stewardship, sustainable improvement, and neighborhood impression rooted in India’s heritage.
Here are the important thing highlights from the hearth chat between Sanjeev Rohilla (Chief General Manager, NABARD) and Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee (broadly considered the daddy of CSR in India)
Women on the Core of the CSR Framework
Dr. Chatterjee highlighted that girls’s empowerment was intentionally positioned on the middle of Schedule 7 when the CSR legislation was drafted .He shared that CSR funding directed towards girls’s empowerment has grown from 265 crores to 460 crores in simply three years, serving to mobilize over 10 crore girls into roughly 91 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
Proposing a 100 Crore Zero-Cost Credit Fund
Noting that top business financial institution rates of interest (10-12%) block many women-led enterprises, Sanjeev Rohilla proposed making a 100 crore blended finance fund He recommended that NABARD may doubtlessly contribute 7-8 crores as a zero-cost returnable grant, and invited Dr. Chatterjee to assist carry 10-12 company CSR homes on board to provide the remaining capital, offering girls entrepreneurs with important zero-cost credit score.
The Game-Changing Potential of the Social Stock Exchange
In response to the funding constraints, Dr. Chatterjee pointed to the newly acknowledged Social Stock Exchange and the Zero Coupon, Zero Principal (ZCZP) devices. This framework permits nonprofits–an rising variety of that are led by women–to situation as much as 50 lakhs for particular tasks. It offers most transparency for company donors whereas exempting the enterprises from burdensome third-party assessments.
The Historical Legacy of Women in Climate Action
Closing the session, Dr. Chatterjee mirrored on his Nineteen Eighties conversations with environmentalist Vandana Shiva concerning the Chipko Movement . He emphasised that whereas males had been typically named as leaders, the precise grassroots motion stopping business logging was pushed solely by rural girls . They used highly effective cultural symbols–like tying rakhis (sacred threads) round timber to say them as relatives–setting the last word benchmark for sustainability management in India.
The Event celebrated girls leaders and organisations
DesiDhaakad Samman – Marcella D’Souza (W-CReS)
Jury Top Choice:
– Madhura DasGupta Sinha (Aspire For Her) – Jury Top Choice
– Pratima Joshi (Shelter Associates) – Jal Rakshak (Jury Top Choice)
Notable Individual Awardees:
– Dr. Ruby Makhija (Why Waste Wednesdays Foundation) – Apashisht Rakshak Women Changemaker
– Bhavini Nishith Parikh (Bunko Junko) – Chakra Rakshak
– Akanksha Priyadarshini (Aurassure Pvt Ltd) – Environmental Stewardship
– Arundhati Patil – Dharti Rakshak
– Gitasree Das (Rupantaran Foundation) – Asamanya Parichit
– Laxmipriya Parida (Indian Grameen Services) – Sustainable Livelihoods
– Swati Singh Sambyal (GRID-Arendal) – Gyaan Yodha Vichar Veer
– Mrs. Minali N. Thakkar – Mentors’ Choice Award
Organisation Awardees & Special Mentions:
– Dr. Saloni Satish Wagh (Supriya Lifescience Ltd.) – Dharti Rakshak
– Bharti Singh Chauhan (PraveenLata Sansthan Foundation) – Asamanya Parichit
– Shraddha Jadon (Shaktishali Mahila Sangathan Samiti (SMSS)) – Urja Veer
– Dr Lata Ghanshamnani (RNisarg Foundation) – Prakriti Rakshak
– Natasha Raj (Credila Financial Services) – Asamanya Parichit
Editorial by Sarita Bahl
– Sarita Bahl, Board of Management, Etherwire.ai
– Sarita Bahl serves on the Board of Management at Etherwire.ai, knowledgeable media platform devoted to shaping narratives that matter. Driven by Etherwire’s core mandate to curate tales of affect and impression slightly than simply content material, she chronicles the intersection of management, sustainability, and Nari Shakti. In this editorial, she distills the visionary dialogues of the Desi Dhaakad 2026 awards, spotlighting the frameworks and formidable voices constructing the muse of India’s 2047 actuality.
Partners
The occasion obtained the assist of valued companions, together with NSE Sustainability Ratings & Analytics Limited (Co-Host), CII Indian Women Network, Equibeeipo, Nuvama Group, Indorient Financial Services, ESGNews.earth, Durlax Top Surface, Rysa Infratech, WriteCanvas, Nadhi-SheForClimate.
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