Sweat Equity: What's it? How?

The nitty-gritty of sweat equity
Amitabh Singh (Source: The Hindu BusinessLine)
Sweat equity, very literally put, are equity shares that the company issues to an individual in consideration of his services, knowhow or any other value addition that the company has benefited from. These equity shares can be issued free of charge or at a concession to their prevailing value. Here is a quick Q&A on the subject:

Azim Premji Uni: Anurag Behar VC

Source: daijiworld.com

 Bangalore, Mar 22: Wipro Chief Azim Premji, who is also the Chancellor of the private sector deemed university, Azim Premji University, has announced the appointment of Anurag Behar, the Chief Sustainability Officer of Wipro Ltd, as its Vice Chancellor.  

Facebook: To Post Notes, To Connect with Students

Facebook students

Colleges are using it to connect with students, and teachers use it for posting class notes (The Hindu)

When Jaya Krishnan, a lecturer, observed most of his students were more active on Facebook than in the classroom, he knew it was time to innovate. A young faculty member with the Mass Communications department of St. Francis College for Women, he felt he could reach out better to his students over social media and started posting notes on Facebook.

The last hawker at our doors -- the newspaper man

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Oh, for the postman dear!
By Ritvik Chaturvedi/The Hindu

Kevalam Subbu is an old postman in Chennai. Having worked with the
postal department for over four decades, he must have outlived many of
the trees in the city. He obviously cannot cover as many houses as he
used to, but he just doesn't feel it.