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This is what Indu Mehta, a professor of marketing and sustainability at Welingkar Institute, found when she studied Beach Warriors as part of her PhD study at IIM Ahmedabad. Beach Warriors is a trade-marked beach cleanup initiative started by Chinu Kwatra in 2017.
Kwatra launched the beach cleanup at Dadar Beach after being dismayed at the trash left behind after the Ganeshotsav festivities.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 19, 2024 من Hindustan Times Mumbai.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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