Akshay Tarfe

Digital Media Consultant

India

Currently working for at Dasra, a strategic philanthropy organization as a PR Analyst

Previously:

Digital Media Consultant for Government of India

Content Strategist for 'Make in India', a major national initiative to boost manufacturing in India by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India

Intern at NDTV 24X7 and Hindustan Times.

Portfolio

Make in India

Makeinindia
Nurturing textiles: Policy ecosystem for the textile sector - Make In India

IPDS is being implemented to make Indian textiles more competitive and environment-friendly. The government will assist the existing textile processing units to follow relevant environmental standards using latest technology. The process parks created for this purpose will deal with waste water management and promote the use of cleaner technology in the processing sector.

Makeinindia
Exploring orbits and beyond: ISRO - Make In India

In 2016, ISRO made its presence and impact felt globally through MOUs with NASA, US Geological Survey, Russia, Japan, Afghanistan, UAE's Space agency and Vietnam. It also hosted international events such as UN- India workshop on "Use of earth observation data in disaster management and risk reduction: sharing the Asian experience" & 10th SPIE-Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium (APRS).

Makeinindia
Feasible Flying: National Civil Aviation Policy 2O16 - Make In India

Feasible Flying: National Civil Aviation Policy 2O16 5 Months agoIndia has become the 9th largest civil aviation market today. To further encourage the civil aviation sector in India, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) released the National Civil Aviation Policy 2016 (NCAP).

Makeinindia
Fuelling Growth: Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor - Make In India

Approved in 2011, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is touted as the world's largest infrastructure project with a total estimated investment of USD 100 billion. The aim is to develop the corridor as a "Global Manufacturing and Trading Hub" with infrastructure linkages like power plants, high capacity transportation, assured water supply and other things that would further the objective of building a world-class infrastructure to aid manufacturing - the very essence of Make in India!

Blogs

Huffington Post India
06/22/2016
What The World's 'Happiest' Country Did To Its Ethnic Minority Is Chilling

The media narrative about Bhutan remains centred on it being a peaceful Himalayan utopia with a green economy. Most of that might be true. But perhaps what many people don't know is that Bhutan is home to some of the most draconian and dictatorial laws, coupled with a dark history of xenophobia and ethnic hatred.

Kashmir Observer
06/16/2016
The Problem With Media's "Patriotic" Coverage Of Jammu And Kashmir

In 2013, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Kashmir as the world's 'largest militarised zone' with the presence of more than 1 million troops from India, China and Pakistan, combined. The Line of Control (LOC) the line which separates .

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An Absolute Idiot's Guide to Sar Pass

The Youth Hostel Association of India (YHAI) organises Sar Pass Trek annually in May and June. The organisation also arranges several other...

Hindustan Times

http://www.hindustantimes.com/
For students, 10 mins make all the difference in HSC language exam

Education minister Vinod Tawde's decision of providing 10 extra minutes to read the question paper stood Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam candidates in good stead on Saturday, with most managing to get through the usually lengthy language papers on time.