Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw established the Biocon Foundation in 2004. Biocon Foundation’s vision is to promote social and economic inclusion by ensuring that marginalized communities have equal access to healthcare services and educational opportunities.
Shot on assignment for Greenpeace, this was a rare chance to meet people literally living in the shadows of some of Karnataka’s largest Hydro Electric Projects at the Kadra and Supa Dams.
On the outskirts of Bangalore is a campus misleadingly titled, “The Indira Gandhi International School.” All the kids here are orphans or abandoned, mostly comprising Sri Lankan refugees rendered homeless by the tsunami or constant fighting between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan army.
The KSV in Dharwad, North Karnataka is a residential school for destitute children, focuses on integrating music and academic education to inculcate a holistic outlook and ability in these kids.
The Price of progress. Hills are gutted and rivers dried in a quest for construction dealsand kickbacks. 36 Hydro electric projects in smallest state in India.