Articles by Pushpa Sundar
Philanthropy: Giving to one’s alma mater
This article is authored by Pushpa Sundar.
Published on Apr 30, 2025 01:50 PM IST
For effective fundraising, treat donors as partners
Preying on guilt or pity is one way to elicit funds. A better way is to make a donor feel a partner in the work.
Published on Aug 26, 2022 10:21 AM IST
Needed: Professionals for philanthropy in India
What is needed are more professional advisers who specialise in charity management, on the one hand, and more information about them in the public domain, on the other.
Published on Mar 19, 2022 08:45 PM IST
Religious institutions must use resources better
Charity is often directed at institutions of faith. Invest in development, and, perhaps even industries and start-ups
Published on Nov 01, 2019 09:01 PM IST
Pushpa Sundar
Corporates are not facing taxing times
Companies or their spokespersons must spell out the grounds on which they seeking tax exemptions or other incentives, so that a reasoned decision can be taken.
Updated on Oct 07, 2014 11:49 PM IST
Pushpa Sundar
How to keep the foreign hand away
To lessen dependence on overseas funding, the public must be prepared to give more for people’s movements, writes Pushpa Sundar.
Updated on Jun 19, 2014 11:37 PM IST
Pushpa Sundar
Don’t pass the buck
By making corporate social responsibility mandatory, the State is passing on its duties towards social development to the private sector, writes Pushpa Sundar.
Updated on Jul 09, 2012 10:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pushpa Sundar
Watch the watchdog
It is true that it is Parliament that is accountable to the people and can be kept reasonably honest by a wide variety of institutions. It is also true that civil society’s most valuable role is that of a watchdog. But to whom is civil society accountable? Pushpa Sundar writes.
Updated on Oct 22, 2011 02:25 PM IST
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If you can’t beat them...
Though many Indian NPOs face difficult situations on both the funding and the human resource front, few take the bold step that CISED did, writes Pushpa Sundar.
Updated on Aug 11, 2009 10:40 PM IST
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