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81 Corporate Foundations in India

1.Adani Foundation................................................................................................................................. 5
2. Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development ............................................. 6
3.Alstom Foundation............................................................................................................................... 8
4.AMM Foundation ............................................................................................................................... 10
5. Amway Foundation ........................................................................................................................... 12
6. Anandana (Coca-Cola India Foundation) .......................................................................................... 13
7.Avantha Foundation .......................................................................................................................... 14
8.Axis Bank Foundation......................................................................................................................... 17
9.Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation ............................................................................................ 18
10. Bharti Foundation ........................................................................................................................... 20
11. Biocon Foundation .......................................................................................................................... 22
12. Bosch India Foundation .................................................................................................................. 24
13. Cannon India Foundation ................................................................................................................ 25
14. Cognizant Foundation ..................................................................................................................... 27
15. CRISIL Foundation ........................................................................................................................... 29
16. Cummins Foundation ...................................................................................................................... 30
17. Deepak Foundation ......................................................................................................................... 33
18. DLF Foundation ............................................................................................................................... 35
19. Dr. Reddy’s Foundation (DRF) ......................................................................................................... 37
20. EdelGive Foundation ....................................................................................................................... 38
21. Essar Foundation............................................................................................................................. 39
22. Fed Bank Hormis Memorial Foundation ......................................................................................... 44
23. Fortis Foundation ............................................................................................................................ 45
24. Glenmark Foundation ..................................................................................................................... 49
25. GMR Varalakshmi Foundation ........................................................................................................ 50
26. Golden Jubilee Foundation ............................................................................................................. 54
27. Gramothan Foundation .................................................................................................................. 57
28. GVK Foundation .............................................................................................................................. 58
29. Havells India Foundation................................................................................................................. 60
30. HCL Technologies Foundation......................................................................................................... 61
31. Hinduja Foundation ........................................................................................................................ 63
32. H T Parekh Foundation.................................................................................................................... 66
33. HUL Foundation .............................................................................................................................. 67

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34. Hyundai Motor India Foundation................................................................................................... 68


35. ICICI Foundation .............................................................................................................................. 70
36. IDFC Foundation.............................................................................................................................. 71
37. Indiabulls Foundation ..................................................................................................................... 73
38. IndusInd Foundation ....................................................................................................................... 74
39. ING Vysya Foundation ..................................................................................................................... 76
40. IndianOil Foundation* .................................................................................................................... 77
41. Jaipur Rugs Foundation ................................................................................................................... 78
42. JM Financial Foundation ................................................................................................................. 81
43. JSW Foundation .............................................................................................................................. 82
44. Jubilant Bhartia Foundation ............................................................................................................ 85
45. Lanco Foundation............................................................................................................................ 86
46. Lupin Foundation ............................................................................................................................ 89
47. Max India Foundation .................................................................................................................... 91
48. Moser Baer Trust ............................................................................................................................ 93
49. Muthoot Group Foundation ........................................................................................................... 95
50. Muthoot Pappachan Foundation .................................................................................................... 96
51. NALCO Foundation .......................................................................................................................... 99
52. NIIT Foundation ............................................................................................................................ 100
53. NTPC Foundation ......................................................................................................................... 102
54. PepsiCo Foundation ...................................................................................................................... 104
55. PNB Farmers’ Welfare Trust ......................................................................................................... 106
56. Ramky Foundation ........................................................................................................................ 107
57. Ranbaxy Science Foundation ........................................................................................................ 110
58. Reliance Foundation ..................................................................................................................... 111
59. Rosy Blue Foundation ................................................................................................................... 112
60. RPG Foundation ............................................................................................................................ 114
61. Schneider Electric India Foundation ............................................................................................. 116
62. Simbhaoli India Foundation .......................................................................................................... 118
63. Sitaram Jindal Foundation ............................................................................................................ 119
64. Soham Foundation ........................................................................................................................ 121
65. SRF Foundation ............................................................................................................................. 123
66. Steria India Foundation ................................................................................................................. 128
67. Suzlon Foundation ........................................................................................................................ 130

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68. Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development ............................................................................ 132


69. Tech Mahindra Foundation........................................................................................................... 133
70. Texas Instrument India Foundation .............................................................................................. 135
71. Times Foundation ......................................................................................................................... 136
72. Transport Corporation of India Foundation.................................................................................. 138
73. Thermax Social Initiative Foundation (TSIF) ................................................................................. 141
74. Tribhuvandas Foundation ............................................................................................................. 143
75. Union Bank Social Foundation ...................................................................................................... 144
76. Vedanta Foundation ..................................................................................................................... 146
77. VLCC Foundation ........................................................................................................................... 148
78. Welspun Foundation for Health and Knowledge .......................................................................... 149
79. Wockhardt Foundation ................................................................................................................. 151
80. Yes Foundation.............................................................................................................................. 153
81. Zensar Foundation ........................................................................................................................ 154

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1. Adani Foundation
Company Name: Adani Group
Established Year: 1996

About the Foundation


The Adani Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Adani Group, an
integrated infrastructure conglomerate that is committed to inclusive growth and
sustainable development in not only the communities it operates in, but also in
contributing towards nation building.

Adani Foundation has come a long way since its inception in 1996. It works towards
facilitating appropriate and enabling processes to bring about equitable, gender
sensitive and self sustaining initiatives in the community. The Foundation understands
that the connection and inter dependence between education, poverty reduction, health
and gender based issues, are very complex. There are definite and proven links between
primary educations, female child education in particular, with increased household
income levels, improvement in child health care, lower infant and maternal mortality
rates and so on. Understanding the people and their felt needs, holistic and
compassionate approach to work with the communities with close coordination and
linkages with the relevant stakeholders are the basic tenets of the Foundation.

Thematic Areas
 Community Health
 Education
 Rural Infrastructure Development
 Sustainable Livelihood Development

Past Projects

Community Health
 Mobile Health Care Units
 Mundra (Gujarat), Sainj (Himachal Pradesh),Tiroda (Maharashtra),Kawai
(Rajasthan)
 Rural Clinics:
 Health Camps
 Financial aid for urban and rural poor patients for chronic and severe illness
 Schemes for Urban Poor

Education volunteers
• Meena Communicative Initiatives with guidance from UNICEF: Activities to
promote girl child education

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• Project “Dream Big to Achieve Better”: to inculcate vision amongst students, the
foundation has started “all expenses paid" exposure visits to the Port and Power plant
among other facilities in Mundra.

Rural Infrastructure
 Water Conservation
 Rural Drainage Project
 Solar Street Lights
 School Infrastructure Development

Sustainable Livelihood Development


 Self Help Groups (SHGs)
 Village Development Committees (VDCs)
 Skill development training for traditional occupations and Entrepreneurship
development training
 Social Greening Initiatives
 Drip Irrigation Project
 Social Forestry
 Insurance Service: Janashree Bima Yojana

Contact Address
Adani Enterprises Ltd
Adani House
Nr Mithakhali Circle, Navrangpura
Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat
Tel: +91 79 2656 5555
Fax: +91 79 2656 5500
Email: info@adani.com
Web: www.adanifoundation.org

2. Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural


Development
Company Name: Aditya Birla Group

About the Foundation


The focus is on the all-round development of the communities around its plants located
mostly in distant rural areas and tribal belts. The entire Group companies — Grasim,
Hindalco, Aditya Birla Nuvo and Ultra Tech have Rural Development Cells, which are the
implementation bodies. The partners in development are government bodies, district
authorities, village panchayats and the end beneficiaries, and the villagers. The

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Government has, in their 5-year plans, special funds earmarked for human development
and the organization recourse to many of these.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Health care and family welfare
 Infrastructure development
 Social causes
 Sustainable livelihood

Past Projects:

Education
 Formal and non-formal education, adult education
 Scholarships for girls, merit scholarships and technical education for boys
 Distance education
 Girl child education
 Digital literacy / computer education

Health Care and Family Welfare


 Pulse polio programme
 Mobile clinics , doctors' visits
 General and multispecialty medical camps, cleft lips
 Reproductive and child health care, supplementary nutrition / mid-day meal
projects
 Safe drinking water, sanitation - household toilets, community hospitals
 HIV / AIDS, cancer, TB awareness and prevention camps
 Blood donation
 Responsible parenting

Infrastructure Development
 Community centres
 Schools in villages
 Health care centres and hospitals
 Roads
 Homes for the homeless
 Rural electrification
 Irrigation and water storage structures

Social Causes
 Widow re-marriage / dowry-less mass marriages

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 Social security (insurance)


 Culture and sports
 Women empowerment

Sustainable livelihood
 Self-help groups (microfinance for women and farmers)
 Integrated agriculture development
 Integrated livestock development
 Watershed management
 Microenterprise development
 Skill development / vocational training through Aditya Birla Technology Park for
integrated
 training programme and VT centres at most of our plants in collaboration with
ITIs

Contact Address:
Dr. Pragnya Ram
Group Executive President, Corporate Communications & CSR
Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private Limited
Aditya Birla Centre, 1st Floor, 'C' Wing
S.K. Ahire Marg, Worli,
Mumbai 400 030
Tel: 91-22-6652 5000 /2499 5000
Fax: 91-22-6652 5741/ 42
Email: pragnya.ram@adityabirla.com
Web: www.adityabirla.com/csr/overview

3. Alstom Foundation
Company Name: Alstom
Established Year: 2007

About The Foundation


Alstom Foundation supports and fund projects proposed by Alstom’s employees -
93,000 across 100 countries, who decide to team up with local partners to carry out
initiatives which serve to improve living conditions in communities located near the
group’s facilities and project sites all around the world. The project is fully suggested,
presented and supported by Alstom employees who can lean on the foundation to make
a bigger contribution to their local environment. These initiatives are mainly focused on
economic development taking into account the protection of the environment

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Thematic Areas
 Environment Sustainability and Natural Resource Management
 Economic Development
 Social Support

Past Projects:

Economic Development
 Windmill for salt farmers: Alstom Foundation in association with Grassroots
Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN) has designed and manufactured low
cost and environment friendly windmills to replace diesel generators in salt
farms of South Western Pipavav, Gujarat. These Windmills require very less
maintenance even while working in the harsh oceanfront environment and 50
such windmill are scheduled to be deployed in two phases. During any given salt
season, each windmill is expected to:
 Pump 3 million litres of salt water
 Save around 2,600 litres of diesel (Which translates into 7 tons in CO2 emissions
per year)
 Have a life expectancy of 10-15 years
 Reduce CO2 emissions by over 300 tons per year

Natural Resource Management and Environment Sustainability


 Kumaun Spring Recharge Initiative: Alstom Foundation, in association with
the Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (Chirag), supports a project to
recharge 30 springs in the Kumaun Himalayas using the principles of
hydrogeology.
 Integrated Natural Resources “Silver Jubille Project”: The foundation has
teamed up with the Gujarat Conservation Society to plant vetiver which binds
the soil and restores local agriculture, promote solar and biomass-based energies
to replace wood harvesting, and education on potable water and hygiene.
 Tackling Drought and Deforestation: The foundation has implemented the
Rain Drop Project through participative community action which aims to extend
rain drop activities to 5 additional villages in the Bargarh district. The main
actions is to build wells to fight desertification and also to plant fruit trees and
food gardens which will tackle the 7 years of consecutive drought in the
Bundelkhand region efficiently and sustainably.

Social Support
 Green Orphanage: Alstom Foundation has funded green orphanage located in
Karnataka which is well equipped with rainwater harvesting tanks used for
irrigation and the orphanage will house 40 young girls to educate and provide
green services.

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 Hot Water Solar System for Children Center: The project aims to set up Hot
Water Solar System (HWSS) in West Bengal for cooking and heating needs which
will reduce 505 of LPG consumption.
 Solar Power Schools In Himalayas: In order to provide quality education to
children of Zanskar, Alstom Foundation has partnered with Aid au Zanskar-AAZ”
NGO and the Ladakh Ecological Development Group to finance a Landon Model
High School extension that will increase the classroom size, create 7 new larger
classroom for the lower 5 grade, capture maximum amount of sunlight and use
of solar power to complement electricity in providing heat.
 Dry Gasifier: Fund the production of dry Gasifier systems in Bihar and Uttar
Pradesh which aims to reduce the water consumption in the husk power plant by
80% and retro-fitting those in the 65 existing mini power plant which will
reduce 8-10 tons of incense sticks from the husk char produced per power plant.
 Alstom Eco Village: The project aims to improve the hygiene conditions of the
local community in Durgapur region, by developing a comprehensive
programme which includes creation of one low cost sanitation unity for each
family, 4 bore wells for clean water supply, installation of solar lights, hall for
children to provide primary education and equipment of dish making from sal
leaf.
 Akshaya Patra Kitchen: A bio waste management project which is implemented
in Vadodara, Gujarat in partnership with Akshaya Patra and GPS renewable. The
mission is to install a “BioOrja” plant with the capacity to recycle 1.5 tons of
waste per day which will produce around 2,500kg of LPG equivalent per month.

Contact Address:
ALSTOM India Limited,
IHDP Building, Plot # 7
Sector 127, Noida,
U.P. 201301, India
Tel. +91-120-473 1100
Fax: +91(120) 473 1200
Email: in.corporatecommunications@power.alstom.com sapna.lalwani@alstom.com
Web: http://www.foundation.alstom.com

4. AMM Foundation
Company Name: Murrugappa Group
Established Year: 1953

About The Foundation


The AMM Foundation is an autonomous, charitable trust, which is dedicated to
community-friendly initiatives in the fields of education and healthcare. It was founded
in 1953, and the trust embodies the family's concern for the underprivileged. Guided by

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leadership with clear vision, AMM Foundation has grown in size and stature, managing
one polytechnic and four schools besides four hospitals that have set new benchmarks
in education and healthcare.
Thematic Areas
 Education
 HealthCare

Past Projects:

Education
The foundation manages a polytechnic college, four schools and four hospitals, each a
benchmark in its area. All five educational institutions managed by AMM Foundation
have introduced a new standard in the field of education through an affordable fee
structure, IT-based curriculum, modern teaching methods, state-of-the-art
infrastructure, personalised student attention, student counselling facility and a
continuous progress review. The TI school in Ambattur, Chennai, is the first school to be
awarded the ISO 9001 certification

HealthCare
The hospitals managed by the AMM Foundation have emerged as an inspiring
combination of competence, commitment and service, offering the best technology at an
affordable price. The foundation's team of motivated members have served more than
6.5 lakh patients in 2006-07.

AMM Scholarships
The foundation recognises the contribution of institutions and individuals through
awards and donations and helps meritorious students to take their career ahead
through grants and scholarships from primary school to postgraduate and doctoral
levels at university by AMM Murugappa Chettiar Centenary Scholarship.

Contact Address:
AMM Foundation
New No.3 (Old # 2),
Sriram Nagar North Street, Alwarpet,
Chennai - 600 018
Tel: 2434 1668, 2432 0347, 2433 0128
Fax: 2434 4515
Email: secretary@ammfoundation.org
Web: http://www.ammfoundation.org/

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5. Amway Foundation
Company Name: Amway India
Established Year: 1996

About the Foundation


Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) is the CSR arm of Amway India a registered non-
profit organization, which runs on support provided by more than 500 employees, 2000
indirect employees and more than 15 lakh distributors, as AOF volunteer.
Objectives:
 To educate the larger community and peoples where it lives and operates in on
the need to empathetically engage for various causes that help take the society
progressively forward
 Build edifices of social engineering and innovation which will provide
substantial support that makes a strong impact to the lives it touches upon ,those
who are differently abled or lesser privileged
 Give Business Owners, employees, affiliates and customers a cause for pride of
association that goes beyond the realms of business
Thematic Areas
 Computer Literacy
 Education
 Healthcare

Past Projects:

Project Sunrise
Amway Opportunity Foundation has launched Project Sunrise in 2008 under the global
initiative called One by One Campaign for children which provide support to more than
15,000 orphaned children by providing them clean drinking water, education and
nutrition intervention which will have a considerable impact on their basic healthcare.
Workshops are being organized in these orphanages where the Amway experts and
ABOs have used innovative ways of teaching about health and nutrition

National Project For Visually Challenged


Amway Opportunity Foundation has been working for the cause from 1999 in
collaboration with the Delhi based All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) and the
Mumbai-based National Association of the Blind and since then 85000 school going
visually impaired children have been benefitted by providing them with Braille
textbooks. The foundation has established computer literacy vocational training center
in small towns of Narendrapur, Guwahati, Jaipur, Mumbai and
Thiruvananthapuram which will provide avenues to the newer employment
opportunities for the visually challenged. Established in 2008 the project is associated
with AICB, and the AOF Centers of Excellence at Delhi which will provide 12 months

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training module. Currently the foundation has successfully instituted 15 computer


literacy centers in Delhi, Kolkatta, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Patna,
Hyderabad, Pune, Trivandrum, Madurai, Gurgaon, Raipur, Guwahati and Ludhiana.

Contact Address:
Mr. Raj Narain
Amway Opportunity Foundation
Plot No-84, Sector-32 Gurgaon, 122001(Haryana)
Tel: + 91-124-305 8888
Fax: 91-124-305 8899
Email: raj.narain@Amway.com
Web: http://www.amway.in/about-amway/corporate-social-responsibility/amway-
opportunity-foundation

6. Anandana (Coca-Cola India Foundation)


Company Name: Coca-Cola India (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd)

About the Foundation


The Coca-Cola India Foundation, a Company registered under Section 25 of the
Companies' Act is committed to sustainable development and inclusive growth by
focusing on issues related to water, environment, healthy living and social advance so
that it can contribute to a strong and resolute India enabling the common man to better
his or her life.
In order to promote the Foundation's objectives, monetary grants and other assistance
will be provided to NGOs, beneficiary organizations, cooperatives, philanthropies and
such others who can be suitable partners in implementing projects for social welfare
across the Country.
The Foundation seeks to ensure project execution, maintenance and sustainability
through the active involvement and direct participation of the beneficiary community at
the grass-root level.

Mission Statements:
 Recognizes that water sustainability is a key issue affecting development goals
and that proper water resources management is necessary to mitigate water
stress
 Subscribes to global climate control through energy efficiency and low carbon
emissions and the need to replenish constantly the bounty of nature through
inclusive sustainable development.
 Abides by the belief that healthy living is essential for a robust society
 Believes that inclusive social development is an essential aspect of equitable
economic transformation

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Thematic Areas
 Climate Control / Environment
 Healthy Living
 Inclusive Social Development
 Water Sustainability

Past Projects:
 Project Jyoti (A Solar Lantern Project, Rajasthan)
 Project Santushti (A Potable Water Project In, Rajasthan)
 Project Neerjal (A Water Sustainability Project In , Rajasthan)
 Project Ujala (A Solar Lighting Project, Rajasthan & Bihar)

Contact Address:
Anandana
Coca-Cola India Foundation
Enkay Towers, Udyog Vihar Phase V
Gurgaon 122 016, Haryana
Tel: 0124 - 234 8041/ 478 5069
Fax: 0124 - 2348143
Email: anandana@apac.ko.com
Web: www.anandana.org

7. Avantha Foundation
Company Name: Avantha Group

About the Foundation


The Avantha Foundation is a not for profit organisation. The Avantha Foundation has
been established with the objective to make a sustained impact on the quality of life of
communities by pioneering key development initiatives that are of national concern.
The Avantha Foundation seeks to bring about systemic changes within identified issues
through strategic interventions and support to long-term projects and multi-sector
partnerships.
As hunger and malnutrition are major challenges India faces today, the Avantha
Foundation has pioneered the HUN Gama (HUNGer and Malnutrition) initiative to
demonstrate significant reduction in child malnutrition through targeted advocacy and
concrete sustainable solutions that would mitigate malnutrition during the first 1000
days of a child’s life.
The Foundation is also working to strengthen democratic governance in local bodies by
strengthening capacities of elected representatives, and by highlighting best practices
that could be replicated. The Avantha Foundation plans to broaden its agenda in the
coming years to include other key issues and several levels of institutions and action
research.

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Thematic Areas
 Community-Based Health Intervention
 Education for the Underprivileged
 HIV/AIDS Prevention
 Livelihood Creation
 Natural Resources Management & Preservation of Environment
 Support to Infrastructure
 Women Empowerment

Past Projects:

Community-Based Health Intervention


Avantha’s CSR collaborative health intervention programme involves both awareness
and prevention. These projects help augment government medical services at the grass-
roots through village health workers. A focus on Maternal and Child health issues has
ensured that this critical issue is addressed at the right time. The availability of health
providers at the doorstep gives timely help to communities on their minor health issues
and better awareness regarding diseases and their prevention. Thematic health camps
are held regularly for communities.

Education for the Underprivileged


Education is a critical component of any development programme. Avantha’s CSR
programmes focus on to improve the level of learning in children between 6 to 14 years
old. This is done through bridge programmes that get children back into schools,
remedial education programmes that prevent children from dropping out and libraries
that encourage children to read and retain their interest in education. In addition the
group companies run some innovative programmes like the ‘Mobile Computer Literacy’
programme that delivers computer education through busses to school in far flung
areas and the ‘Lab in a Box’ program that encourages science learning in schools that do
not have access to science laboratories.

HIV/AIDS Prevention
The HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention programme covers employees, their families,
community members and high-risk groups such as truckers and transporters who work
with the group companies. The HIV/AIDS awareness programme has reached over
200,000 people at the workplace and in the communities. Around 400 employees and
over 500 community volunteers are actively involved in spreading awareness about the
disease. The group runs two ART centres that cater to the needs of people living with
HIV/AIDS in ‘Public Private Partnership’ with NACO which is the apex government body
set up for prevention and control of the disease.

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Livelihood Creation
Livelihood interventions are implemented at the farm level for communities that are
predominantly agrarian and through vocational education and skill building for youth
to give them access to better job markets. Some of our successes are in the area of
improved agricultural practices, animal husbandry and poultry that substantially
augment incomes of farmers and take them from subsistence to surplus. Youth are
trained for new age jobs in the service sector and in technical training at the Industrial
Training Institutes.

Natural Resources Management & Preservation of Environment


Responsiveness towards a cleaner and safer environment is an important commitment
that includes ensuring proper management and regeneration of water, waste
management & preservation and conservation of rainforests.

Support to Infrastructure
Availability of adequate infrastructure is key to the holistic development of an area. The
group companies support infrastructure as per the needs of the communities.
Construction of schools and health centres, deepening of village ponds and building
check dams, drinking water tanks and pipelines and in some areas the construction of
village roads and street lighting are some of the examples of the support we have given
so far.

Women Empowerment
The Avantha CSR programmes have brought women, who have traditionally been
neglected and excluded from the development process, into the centre stage of the
decision-making and made them agents of change in their own communities. Formation
of Self Help Groups, helps a large number of women to gain financial independence
through micro enterprise ventures has been the key highlight.

Contact Address:
Avantha Group
Thapar House
124, Jan Path
New Delhi 110001
Tel: +91 11 23368332, 23368811
Email: corpcom@avanthagroup.com
Web: avanthagroup.com/csr-avantha-foundation.asp

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8. Axis Bank Foundation


Company Name: Axis Bank
Established Year: 2006

About the Foundation


Axis Bank recognises its duty as a responsible corporate citizen to help strengthen the
communities in which it lives and work. Axis Bank Foundation (ABF) was setup as a
Public Trust in 2006 to carry out the Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives of Axis
Bank. ABF has partnered with several NGOs to provide equitable education to various
underprivileged individuals across 13 states of India. With their continued efforts to
elevate the education levels in India, in 2011 Axis foundation ventured into the domain
of providing sustainable livelihoods. These programs aim at alleviating poverty and
providing livelihood options for economically weak households.

Besides the philanthropic initiatives of ABF, the Foundation has setup a Volunteering
program, encouraging the employees of the Bank to get involved and become socially
responsible citizens. ABF is also actively involved in making steps towards reversing the
effects of our ecological footprint, by implementing several Sustainability Initiatives.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Public Health and Medical Relief
 Skill Development
 Sustainable Livelihoods

Past Projects:

Education
 Balwadis
 Supplementary Education
 Bridge Courses
 Vocational Training
 Training the Trainers
 Pure Education

Public Health and Medical Relief


 Highway Trauma Care (Maharashtra, Kerala and Rajasthan.)
 Rural Medical Relief (Orissa)

Sustainable Livelihoods (Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal,


Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu)
 ABHA (Axis Bank Bandhan Holistic Assistance)

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 Centre for Collective Development (CCD)


 DHANA
 Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra (KGVK)
 PRADAN
 Samaj Pragati Sahyog (SPS)

Skill Development
 PREMA
 Yuva Parivartan

Contact Address:
Axis House, C-2, Wadia International Centre, and Pan
Mumbai - 400025
Maharashtra - India
Tel: 24252525, 43252525
Fax: 24251800
Email: shareholders@axisbank.com
rajendra.swaminarayan@axisbank.com
Web: www.axisbankfoundation.org

9. Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation


Company Name: Bajaj Group Companies

About The Foundation


Bajaj family has constituted Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, (KJBF) to fulfil
social responsibility and gratitude through continuous efforts for the cause of Socio
Economic development of the Society.” The vision of KJBF is, “Integrated development
of the society through participatory approaches that sets benchmarks and standards for
others to emulate for sustainable development” .The major emphasis is on Integrated
Water Resource Development and Management, Agriculture Development, Livestock
development, Women Empowerment and training and capacity building through
participatory approaches. The main objective of the KJBF is to act as a catalyst to
support rural communities, to build their capacity for efficient utilization of human and
natural resources through a participatory approach, thereby improving the quality of
their lives. The foundation works through a Livelihood approach to empower the rural
community to take charge of their own development in a participatory manner by
developing and managing natural resources. The developmental interventions focus on
enhancing the income generated from agriculture, which is the principal source of
Livelihood. KJBF also promotes alternate agro based Livelihood opportunities such as
Dairy Farming, Organic farming, horticulture and Biogas which not only provides
additional steady income but allows rural community to get enhanced quality of life.

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Thematic Areas
 Human Resource Development
 Livelihood opportunities
 Natural Resource Management

Past Projects:
Dairy Farming
 Plantation of high yield fodder crop
 Improved feeding of cattle
 Promote indigenous variety of local cow
Development of Non Conventional Resource of Energy
 Construction Of Bio Gas Plant

Institutional Building
 Workshop on awareness generation and experience sharing
 Institutional training at field and office level
 Clarification meeting and concept seeding about the institution
 Exposure visit for cross learning within the district and also outside the district
 Promotion of institution (SHGs) and bye laws evolution
 Regularizing Saving and Internal lending
 Participatory planning for the income generating activities
 Prioritizing work and implementation with people participation and
contribution
Institutional Training
 Project Training
 Exposure Visits
 Street Play
 Participatory Rural Appraisal
Soil and Water Conservation
 Checking soil erosion through Nalla plugs
 Promote field Bunding
 Contour Bunding
Sustainable Agriculture Development
 Promotion of Horticulture
 Introduce kitchen gardening and spice market
 Vermi composting and organic farming
 Cultivation of vegetable crops
 Introduce new variety of crops

Water Resource Development


 Ground Water Recharge through rain water

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 Check Dams
 Excavation/Construction of Percolation Tank
 Recharge of existing wells through rain water
 Access to Drip Irrigation
 Micro Irrigation through Sprinkler
 Construction of Farm Ponds
 Revival of river /stream
 Interlinking of water bodies

Contact Address:
Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation,
Gopuri Satoda Road,
Opp. Chetna Vikas Kendra,
Parvati Nagari, At PO:
Wardha - 442 001 (Maharashtra) India
Tel: +91-7152-250867
Email: hmori@bajajhindusthan.com
Web: http://bajajfoundation.org/index.php

Registered office:
KJBF, S-3, 2nd Floor, DDA,
Local Shopping Center, (LSC)
West Trilokpuri,
Mayur Vihar, Phase -1, Delhi-110091.
Tel: +91 8750138775

10. Bharti Foundation


Company Name: Bharti Enterprises (Airtel-Bharti Group)
Established Year: 2000

About the Foundation


Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises was established in 2000
with a vision "To help underprivileged children and young people of our country to
realize their potential". Bharti Foundation, is an organization established under the
Laws of India with charitable status pursuant to a "Deed of Trust"

Thematic Areas
 Education at school level across rural India
 Education and training opportunities to the youth

Past Projects:

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Satya Bharti School Program


The Satya Bharti School Program is the flagship rural education initiative of Bharti
Foundation aimed at holistic development of children. It is intended to deliver free
quality education to underprivileged children across rural pockets and lays special
emphasis on education for the girl child and children from marginalized communities.
Bharti Foundation envisions 500 Primary and 50 Senior Secondary Schools, reaching
out to over 200,000 underprivileged children through free quality education.

Quality Support Program


Under the Quality Support Program, Bharti Foundation aims to take learning’s and best
practices from the Satya Bharti Schools to the Government schools to improve the
overall quality of schooling experience for students. The program comprises partnering
Government schools and working along with its leadership and teachers to support
them in their journey towards excellence. This partnership focuses on mentoring the
Government to enhance the quality of education through need-based interventions
along with ensuring optimal utilization of Government resources.

Satya Bharti Learning Centres


The Satya Bharti Learning Centres (Remedial/Bridge Centres) are set up to provide
remedial education to out of school children. These centres are currently operational in
partnership with the state Government and established with in Government schools or
at community places. The Satya Bharti Schools in the villages providing quality
education to the most underprivileged sections of society are also contributing towards
the goals of EAC.

Bharti Centre for Entrepreneurial Development


The Bharti Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives (BCEI) is a joint initiative of Bharti
Foundation and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI). It was set up in
the year 2002 to promote entrepreneurship. The centre takes up a host of activities to
develop, facilitate and motivate entrepreneurs and to sensitize the society at large and
youth in particular to become entrepreneurs.

Bharti Scholarship and Mentorship Program


The Bharti Scholarship and Mentorship Program were instituted in the year 2006-07 to
enable academically bright youth from financially weak families to complete their
higher education. Currently the program supports 232 scholars across the country and
covers courses in management, engineering and agriculture.

Bharti Computer Centres


Bharti Foundation has set up the Bharti Computer Centres (BCC) in 2004 in association
with organizations like Pratham, InfoTech, Kalakar Trust and Adarshila. This initiative
undertaken by the Foundation has gone a long way in helping inculcate technical

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knowledge in education for children in rural India. 26 computer centres (BCCs) were set
up as part of the Satya Bharti School Program across Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab,
Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Mid-Day Meal Program


Bharti Foundation partnered with Akshaya Patra Foundation in 2003 to set up a state-
of-the-art kitchen in Vrindavan to provide mid-day meals to underprivileged children in
government schools. The Mid-Day Meal Program has played a crucial role in promoting
education for children in the country, encouraging children to attend school and partake
of nutritious and healthy meals. This has not only increased attendance of children at
schools but also gives children the required amount of nutrition.

Bharti CII Women Exemplar Award


The CII-Bharti Woman Exemplar Award was launched in 2005 by Bharti Foundation
and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to promote women’s empowerment at
the grassroots. The Award recognized extraordinary women at the community level,
women who have broken new ground in the field of Health, Education & Literacy, and
Micro- Finance & Enterprise with determination, respect and self-motivation.

Contact Address:
Bharti Foundation
Airtel Centre,
Upper Ground Floor- A-Wing, Plot No- 16
Udyog Vihar, Phase IV
Gurgaon-122015, Haryana
Tel: 0124-4222222
Fax: 0124-4248898
Email: bharti.foundation@bhartifoundation.org
Web:
www.bhartifoundation.org/wps/wcm/connect/bhartifoundation/BhartiFoundation/H
ome/PG_BhartiFoundationHome

11. Biocon Foundation


Company Name: Biocon Ltd
Established Year: 2006

About the Foundation


Biocon believes its corporate social responsibility lies in bringing effective primary
healthcare services to the doorstep of the less privileged rural and urban sectors of
India, to conceptualize and implement its CSR mission of providing equal access to
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accelerating social and economic inclusion. By establishing primary healthcare centres


(PHCs), actively creating awareness about disease prevention, public health and
sanitation, infrastructure building and initiating programs in education, Biocon aims to
empower under-served communities towards self-help, improved health and in good
time, a better standard of living. Biocon Foundation is a registered trust under the
Indian Trusts Act of 1882, registration number is IV 410/06-07 dated August 9th,
2006. The trust is recognized under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Health
 Infrastructure

Past Projects:

Education
 Fun With Math-Chinnara Ganitha
 Aata Pata Wadi
 Kelsa

Health
 Tobacco Cessation Centres
 Oral Cancer Screening
 Cervical & Breast Cancer Screening
 Diabetes & Hypertension Community Outreach
 Anemia Prevention Research
 Testing of Anemia
 Malnutrition
 Primary Healthcare
 Arogya Raksha Clinic
 ARY Health Micro Insurance Plan

Flood Relief
 The devastating rainfall and floods that swept away the lives and dreams of
hundreds of rural families in North Karnataka between 29th September and 3rd
Oct 09 heralded the begin of an unprecedented disaster in the area.
 In 2009, the release of waters from the Almatti and the Narayanpura Dams after
the heavy down pour resulted in the rivers overflowing and destroying
everything in their path. In some areas, the flood waters were well over 15ft
above ground level.

Sanitation

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 Huskur Pilot Program:


 Community Toilet Block:
 Individual Household Sanitation

Contact Address:
Biocon Foundation
20th KM Hosur Road,
Electronic City,
Bangalore – 560 100 India
Tel: +91 80 2808 2808
Email: rani.desai@biocon.com
Web: www.bioconfoundation.org

12. Bosch India Foundation


Company Name: Bosch Group
Established Year: 2008

About The Foundation


The Bosch India Foundation was established as a Trust in March, 2008 by 4 Bosch
subsidiaries in India – Bosch Limited (RBIN), Bosch Chassis Systems India Ltd. (RBIC),
Robert Bosch Engineering Business Solutions (RBEI) and Bosch Rexroth India Ltd
(DCIN). Every year these companies contribute a portion of their net profit to the
foundation. The foundation aims to empower individuals to create an impact that will
help communities stand on their own feet, through employability training and techno-
solutions. The two areas of competence are vocational training and technology and
hence, focus on using these tools to enable lives and livelihood, to create sustainable
improvement.
Objectives:
 To help communities stand on their own feet and make them self sustained by
mobilizing, consolidating and redeploying resources
 Empower individuals to make an impact
 Provide vocational employability training and techno solutions
Thematic Areas
 Healthcare
 Livelihood

Past Projects:

Healthcare and Enabling Lives


 GCCRI and Maaya Project: The foundation has supported Gujarat Cleft and
Craniofacial Research Institute to conduct free corrective surgeries for cleft lips,
cleft palate, hemangioma, neurofibroma and other craniofacial syndromes.

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 Sparsh Vachana: The foundation has supported the project in 2009 by doing
surgery for 45 young children with complex orthopaedic problems such as club
foot, cerebral palsy, congenital dislocation of hips, brittle bone disease, radio-
ulnar fusion and other gross orthopaedic deformities.
Livelihood
The foundation provide skill training to the youth who are drop out from school and
will help them to create job opportunities. The training help build the skills in following
trades:
 Automobile related trade
 Construction
 Manufacturing and equipment
 Rural Trade
 Service related
 Equipment Repair
 Balwadis owner cum teacher
 Gift product making

Contact Address:
Bosch India Foundation,
Bosch Limited
Hosur Road,
Adugodi, Bangalore -560 030,
Tel : 080 2299 9118
Email: boschindiafoundation@in.bosch.com
Web:
http://www.boschindia.com/en/in/sustainability_innovation_5/csr/bosch_india_found
ation/BoschIndiaFoundation.html

13. Canon India Foundation


Company Name: Canon India

About the Foundation


Canon India takes pride in being socially inclined and focus on sustained effective CSR
projects. Canon India focuses on three core areas which are Eye Care, Education and
Environment. The employees are encouraged to volunteer their time and skills and
enjoy the experience of giving back to the communities in which they work.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Eye Care
 Environment

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Past Projects:

Education
Canon India supports the government school at the village Ferozpur Namak and the
objective is to :
 Improve enrolment of children in the school and deliver quality education
 Establish learning centre with educational aids, toys, a library and organize
teacher training
 Support infrastructure development of school
 Partnership with UNICEF “Awaaz Do” campaign to promote Right To Education
In India
 Open School for Disadvantaged people in association with World Youth Alumni
Association–India (SWYAA-India) which has set up twelve open schools to
educate over 1000 disadvantaged children in the age group of 4 to 14 years
living in eight slum clusters of Mayapuri, Naraina, Kirti Nagar and Chankyapuri
area in New Delhi.
Eye Care
 Establish physical vision centre at Ferozpur Namak providing comprehensive
eye checkups to all sections of the community.
 Conduct eye camps in neighboring villages, eye screening camps and checkups of
patients, providing medicines, spectacles and conduct surgeries in the base
hospital Noida.
 Develop community interaction to promote eye health education, childhood
blindness screening and awareness creation among the villagers which is
achieved through active participation of the local villagers.
 Screened Free Mobile Eye Screening Camps in Mumbai, Aurangabad, Amethi,
Pondicherry, Chennai and Lucknow.
 Conduct photography classes for visually impaired in association with Beyond
Sight Foundation
Environment
 Support the school and vision centre with tree plantation and rain water
harvesting to solve the water problems for the student
 Support to eco drive Project "Vriksha" initiated by NAB (E&T), which has
reached out to lacs of commuters at the Delhi-Gurgaon Toll Plaza where free
saplings were distributed to the commuter.
 Canon India recently joint hands with Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon, an initiative of
IL&FS Rail, to develop green belts across the six new metro stations

Contact Address:
Canon India Pvt Ltd

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7th Floor, Tower B,


Building # 5,
DLF Epitome,
DLF Phase III,
Gurgaon 122002
Tel : 91-124-4160000
Fax : 0124-4160011
Email: Bhaskar.joshi@canon.co.in
Web: http://www.canon.co.in/personal/web/company/about/csr

14. Cognizant Foundation


Company Name: Cognizant Ltd
Established Year: 2005

About The Foundation


Cognizant Foundation is an independent corporate entity set up in March 2005 and is
headed by an eminent Board of Directors with experience in public and corporate
affairs. There is huge enthusiasm among the Cognizant Associates to volunteer & to
serve the community. Cognizant Foundation channels this groundswell of support by
adopting a participatory approach, where cognizant associates are encouraged to refer
and sponsor CSR proposals, and gain better understanding of the implementation and
utility of the initiatives funded by Cognizant Foundation. The prime objective of

Cognizant Foundation is to reach out to the economically &socially backward sections of


the Society and make a meaningful impact in their lives and in their quest for a better
future. The Foundation supports deserving institutions/organizations working in the
focus areas of Education, Healthcare and Livelihood.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 HealthCare
 Livelihood
Past Projects:

Education
 Introduce smart classroom and laboratories in association with Cochin Round
Table 71 to implement ‘Project Rise' in 11 schools in the Ernakulum District that
cater to under-privileged students.
 Implement Montessori education for underprivileged children in six Chennai
schools by providing funding for purchase of Montessori material and operating
expenses of the project in partnership with Chennai Corporation and Sri
Ramachandran Charitable Trust.

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 Support to Gandhi Gram Trust to set up QED (Quest. Explore. Discover) Science
Gallery in the Thambithottam Higher Secondary School and to conduct 2 Higher
Order Thinking Skills workshops for teachers of the school and to the teacher-
trainees of the College of Education. Every year over 500 rural students and 40
teachers will benefit from hands-on learning through the Science Gallery.
HealthCare
 Support to Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal to provide quality Ophthalmic Care for
under privileged by purchase of sophisticated medical equipment for use in the
Cornea Department of the hospital
 Support to ALERT (Amenity Lifeline Emergency Response Team) Chennai, for
the purchase of various mannequins and audio-visual equipment to set up a
Simulation Training Centre for emergency response training which provides
instant feedback and outcome of intervention to the learner.
 Support to Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Matri Bhawan for the purchase of
medical equipment to augment medical facilities for underprivileged women and
children in Obstetrics, Gynecology, General Surgery, General Medicine and
Pediatrics.
 Financial assistance to Vivekananda Medical Foundation and Research Center,
Latur, Maharashtra, for the purchase of additional dialysis units for capacity
enhancement of the Nephrology unit of the hospital to meet increase in demand
and to ensure quality treatment for renal failure patients.
Livelihood
 Support to Dr. Reddy Foundation to set up and run LABS ( Livelihood
Advancement Business Schools ) Center at Vizianagarm, Andhra Pradesh which
provides vocational skills training and placement assistance to rural youth in
surrounding villages in ITCR (Information Technology and Customer Relations),
IT-Tally and CISCO certified Hardware & Networking.
 Support to WORTH Trust (Workshop for the Rehabilitation and Training of the
Handicapped) for purchase of a Computerized Numeric Control (CNC) Tutor
machine, to provide training in CNC technology to differently abled students in
Turner and Machinist trades in three Technical Training Centers at Katpadi,
Trichy and Pondicherry.

Contact Address:
Cognizant Foundation
6th Floor, "Menon Eternity",
No. 165/110, St. Mary's Road,
Alwarpet, Chennai - 600018
Tel: 044-43675456/43675457/43675000
Email: cognizantfoundation@cognizant.com
Web: http://cognizantfoundation.org/index.htm

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15. CRISIL Foundation


Company Name: CRISIL Ltd
Established Year: 2013

About the Foundation


The launch of the CRISIL Foundation on March 6, 2013, is a significant step forward in
CRISIL's mission to make markets function better. The Foundation provides a
structured and strategic framework to achieve the company's Corporate Social
Responsibility goals. The Foundation's two primary goals is to increase financial
awareness and environment conservation. It is CRISIL's way of giving back to society by
'doing good with what it is good at' as a global analytical company.

In its first year, the CRISIL Foundation has partnered with non-governmental
organisations Educate Girls and Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi (RGVN) respectively
to positively impact the lives of 50,000 girls in 4,000 Rajasthan schools, and 3,500
women and youth in Assam, Tripura and Sikkim under Pragati.

Thematic Areas
 Environment Conservation
 Financial awareness

Past Projects:

Students Get Computers for Studies


CRISILites remained committed to help young and underprivileged students to get the
benefits of modern education. The organisation donated 190 CPUs and 40 desktop
monitors to three NGOs to help support schools for educational purposes and set up
computer training centres.

Joy of Giving Week


Like every year, the 'Joy of Giving Week' was celebrated with much fervour. The
response from CRISILites was so enthusiastic that the programme was extended from a
week to a fortnight. A series of activities was planned during the two weeks, ranging
from organ donation to blood donation and rice donation besides books, clothes,
stationery and toy donation. NGOs, too, were invited to exhibit their products, which
accounted for sales of Rs.32, 045 and a donation of Rs.10, 0000 by one employee to the
National Association for the Blind.

Payroll Giving for Donation to Various Causes


CRISIL's association with Give India for the 'Payroll Giving' programme continues.
Around 200 new CRISILites enrolled into the programme in 2012.

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Running for a Cause


CRISIL encouraged its employees to take part in the 'Run Powai Run' marathon, which
saw over 160 CRISILites participate. CRISIL sponsored 75 of its employees who
participated in the marathon. The sponsorship amount went to Dhanji Devshi Municipal
M. R. School, where 70 specially-abled children study. The school has appointed a
counsellor for these children and also organises health, dental and eye check-ups,
distributes hearing aids, offers occupational and speech therapy and conducts other
activities.

CRISIL Giving Circle


The CRISIL Giving Circle is a unique programme which helps employees to come
together and choose initiatives to fund jointly. In 2012, the Giving Circle chose two
causes: mobile crèches, where 20 children of migrant labourers were provided food,
education and a secure environment; and Muktangan, under which they contributed
towards better facilities for Class II students at Love Grove Primary School in Mumbai.

Contact Address:
CRISIL House,
Central Avenue,
Hiranandani Business Park,
Powai, Mumbai- 400 076 INDIA
Tel: +91 22 3342 3000
Fax: +91 22 3342 3001

Mitu Samar
Director, Communications and Brand Management
CRISIL
Phone: (Direct): +91-22-3342 1838
Board: +91-22-3342 3000 Extn: 1838
Fax: +91-22-3342 3001
Tanuja Abhinandan
Communications and Brand Management
CRISIL Limited
Tel: (Direct): +91-22-3342 1818
Board: +91-22-3342 3000 Extn: 1818
Fax: +91-22-3342 3001
Email: Reshma.rakesh@crisil.com
Web: www.crisil.com/about-crisil/corporate-social.html

16. Cummins Foundation


Company Name: Cummins India Ltd
Established Year: 1990

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About the Foundation


Founded in 1990 as an independent legal entity, the Cummins India Foundation (CIF)
channelizes Cummins' commitment towards one of its six core values of Corporate
Responsibility. All its initiatives, both in the local community and in other parts of India
where Cummins operates, fall under the three key focus areas of Higher Education,
Energy and Environment, and Local Community Infrastructure Development. While the
various projects undertaken under each of these key focus areas receive financial
support from the Foundation, Cummins is also committed to the active involvement and
participation of its employees in its corporate responsibility initiatives.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Energy and Entertainment
 Infrastructure Development
 Women Empowerment

Past Projects:

Infrastructure Development
The constructed toilets were handed over to villagers in May 2012. Villagers, who were
previously resorting to open defecation, now started using toilets thereby creating a
clean environment. It brought dignity to the village women who had to go to the fields at
wee hours only for this activity. Elderly and the sick could now use these toilets at their
convenience. In addition, it got a huge change in the way the previous technology &
design of toilets laid in the cleaning and maintenance process. The new designs of toilets
needed minimum maintenance and less water as compared to existing designs which
consumed 4-6 litres of water. The one-pit designed toilet also generated manure by
virtue of the technology which could be used later for agricultural crops. Initially, the
wells and percolation tanks in the village failed to retain surface water during monsoon,
due to leakage and other factors. The construction of this check dam will not only store
water during the monsoon, but also will raise the water table in the vicinity, thus
bringing a change in the cultivation and irrigation of land.

Bringing power to Padarwadi


The Padarwadi project is a typical initiative that underpins a ripple effect - a positive,
continuous, progressive effect within the community as well as the organization. Some
salient features of this successful model are:
 The revenue generation surrounding the model estimates to bring an annual
cash flow of US$ 2500 to the villagers

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 The potential to double farming output: This is possible now as the villagers
invest human capital on additional farms instead of non-productive and
laborious activities surrounding dehusking of paddy
 The electrification project is within emission standards specified by the Central
Pollution Control Board

The Poona School and Home for the Blind


Cummins' longest running Corporate Responsibility initiative began in 1974, supporting
the Poona School and Home for the Blind Girls. Housing close to 150 girls in the age
group 5 to 35 years, the school helps students achieve dignity through self-reliance.
These visually impaired children are provided with education and are taught in
Bhartiya Braille up to fourth standard under the able guidance of qualified & trained
teachers. After their primary schooling, the students enter integrated schools where
they study at par with the students with eyesight and appear for public exams. In
addition to the educational facilities, students aged 18 and above are given lessons in
commercially viable activities like cane work, candle making, tailoring, weaving,
handloom, knitting, book binding etc. at the Vocational Training Centre. The primary
reason for imparting such vocational training is to give students the independence to
choose their source of livelihood.

Women power
At Cummins, we believe education is a necessary tool and a foundation to uplift the
weaker sections of society. By providing financial assistance to the Cummins College of
Engineering for Women (CCEW), Cummins endorsed the mission of MKSSS - 'Women
empowerment through education'.
Not limiting itself to financial assistance alone, Cummins has contributed to the
development of the college in academic ways as well. Cummins offers this assistance to
both the units of CCEW in Pune and Nagpur.
 The project requires committed participation from employees who are engaged
in:
 Establishing the Mechanical Engineering Department
 Cummins Fellowship Program at Purdue University
 Sponsorship for the national level inter- collegiate technical event
 Projects and internship for students
 Guest lectures, workshops and training programs

Women Empowerment
 In less than two decades, CIF association has bloomed magnificently. Besides
allocating more funds, Cummins India Foundation has declared the Cummins
College as its Signature project and is working hard at ensuring that the college
acquires a listing amongst the top colleges in India.

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 CIF aims at 'enhancing the quality of education such that the college is amongst
the top 5% of privately managed engineering institutes'. The plan for this is
outlined:
 Phase 1- Focus on undergraduate program (2011-2017)
 Phase 2- Focus on graduate program (2018-2025)

Contact Address:
Cummins India Office Campus,
Campus Tower A, Survey No. 21
Balewadi
Pune - 411 045, Maharashtra
India
Tel: +91 20 6706 7000
Email: indiacr@cummins.com
Web: www.cumminsindia.com/CIF/index.html

17. Deepak Foundation


Company: Deepak Group of Companies
Established Year: 1982

About the Foundation


Deepak Foundation, established by Deepak Group of Companies was set up in 1982 with
a vision of providing healthcare facilities to the families of workers and local
communities residing in the industrial area of Nandesari. The Foundation has now
evolved into a leading non-profit civil society in Gujarat and has expanded activities
with branches in Pune, Roha and Taloja in Maharashtra, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh
and New Delhi.

Objective:
Efforts of the Foundation are guided by five inter-connected core objectives.
 Capacity building of front line functionaries in public health and livelihood
sectors
 Promoting practices for safe motherhood and child survival
 Strengthening health and pre-school education services
 Ensuring sustainable livelihood for under-privileged and marginalized
communities
 Providing disaster relief and rehabilitation services.

Thematic Areas
 Healthcare
 Livelihood

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Past Projects:

Pilot field testing of the mobile Decision Support System (DSS) for community
health workers aiming to reduce maternal mortality in Rural India.
To understand when, and why the maternal deaths were occurring in tribal-rural areas
of Vadodara district to enable to undertake appropriate action.

Comprehensive Anaemia Control Project


Implement a behaviour Change Communication strategy to generate awareness about
anaemia prevention and control.
Design a method of universal screening of pregnant and nursing women for anaemia
and their prompt referral to receive treatment

Clinical Services
 Emergency Transport Facility, Vadodara District
Deepak Foundation, initiated an Emergency Transport Facility (EMTF) on a pilot basis
for a period of one year from 2005 to 2006 in four tribal blocks i.e. Pavi Jetpur, Kawant,
Chhota Udepur and Naswadi, of Vadodara district, first of its kind in Gujarat state, as
part of its larger Safe Motherhood & Child Survival (SMCS) Program in partnership with
the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat. The aim of the
project was to assure institutionalized deliveries in four tribal blocks of Vadodara
district. After the implementation of the facility in tribal blocks for a year from 2005 to
2006, and making modifications in the successive year, similar service was also
extended in four rural blocks of the district i.e. Dabhoi, Sankheda, Vaghodia, Savli from
the year 2006 to year 2010 and four semi-rural blocks i.e. Vadodara, Karjan, Padra,
Shinor from the year 2008 to 2010 of Vadodara district, Gujarat state

 Mobile Health Unit, Pavi Jetpur and Naswadi block of Vadodara district
The initiative of the project was to reach out to the tribal population having little or no
access to health facilities due to poor roads and transport facilities, Deepak Foundation
implemented MHU in Pavi Jetpur and Naswadi blocks of Vadodara district. The project
was implemented in nearly 117 villages of Pavi Jetpur and Naswadi blocks of Vadodara
district.

 Integrated Child Development Scheme


Since the past 16 years, the Foundation has been supporting and supervising activities
of 40 Anganwadi Centers under the ICDS scheme of the Department of Women and
Child Development, Government of Gujarat. These supervision offers a package of
services comprising of supplementary nutrition, immunization, health check-ups,
referral services, non-formal preschool education, nutrition and health education.

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Contact Address:
Deepak Foundation
Deepak Farm
Beyond TB Hospital,
Opp Harikrupa Society,
Gotri Road
Vadodara, Gujarat - 390021
Tel: 0265-6562101
Email: deepakfoundation@deepakfoundation.org
Web: www.deepakfoundation.org

18. DLF Foundation


Company Name: DLF Ltd
Established Year: 2008

About the Foundation


DLF Foundation was established in 2008 as the philanthropic arm of DLF Limited, to
provide structure and focus to the ongoing social responsibility initiatives of the
company.. The Foundation has been formed with an express mission to empower
communities and creating opportunities for the underprivileged in areas of Education,
Training and Health and to ensure sustainable and inclusive growth, which is both
environments friendly and socially uplifting. A number of Rural Education, Training,
Health and Environment initiatives have been taken by the Foundation since its
incorporation and it looks forward to creating new innovative precedents in areas of
Rural Education, Health and Labour care.
Thematic Areas
 Community Development
 Education
 Environment
 Healthcare

Past Projects:
Community Development
 Rural Infrastructure Program
In last year alone over 12.5 kilometer of rural village roads have been constructed in the
villages of Narsingpur, Nawada Fatehpur, Mewka, Naurangpur and Palra villages of
Gurgaon district to provide connectivity to the Village main road and National Highway
No. 8.
 Labour Welfare Initiative
An ongoing initiative currently being given shape at over 21 construction sites by
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has spent a sum of approximately Rs 18 crores for providing these facilities, which are
amongst the best in the country.
Education
 Rural Education Programs
Towards our commitment for ensuring quality education for all, forty four DLF Learning
Excellence Centres Centers have been established in rural Haryana focusing on
improving primary learning levels in Hindi, English and Arithmetic. This initiative aims
at supplementing the education already being imparted in government schools.
To enhance the learning standards in the rural schools in the state of Haryana, DLF has
established 44 DLF Learning Excellence Centres to enhance learning and assimilation
levels amongst school children.
 School For Underprivileged
A series of schools have been established for providing free education to the
underprivileged. This initiative focuses on children of the slum dwellers and those
coming from below poverty line families. In addition to providing instruction, school
uniforms, text books and stationary, free hot meals are served to around 1,200 students.
 Rural Mobile Libraries
In conformity with the saying that “A healthy reading habit can transform a person and
access to books and reading material relevant to the target group can transform a
community”, DLF Rural Mobile Libraries have been introduced in rural Haryana with
the aim of promoting reading habits across a vast section of the rural population.
 Scholarship Programmes
Scholarships are provided for studies in the fields of Engineering, Medical, and Fine Arts
and for excellence in Sports. A total of 125 Scholarships have been instituted for higher
education within India. The maximum scholarship amount is Rs. 1, 00,000/- for the
complete academic course.

Environment
 Green Business Practices
DLF has taken the lead in a number of initiatives aimed at a wide gamut of conservation
efforts from installing Natural Gas Based Co-Generation systems, designing green
buildings to curtail energy consumption and other measures as part of green business
practices
 Renewable Energy
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment Management are key issues for a wide
range of businesses as they seek to resolve long outstanding operational and
competitive challenges using socially and environmentally friendly technologies and
processes. DLF has been a pioneer in this field.
Healthcare
Primary Health Centres
 DLF has established a series of Primary Health Centers which provide free
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large rural community. Linkages have been established for secondary and
tertiary care.
 Each such centre is manned by a team of two doctors; a medical specialist and a
gynecologist assisted by paramedic staff and lab assistant. These Centers are
presently functioning in five locations in Haryana and Punjab.
 Mobile Healthcare Vans
 Health Awareness Programs
Contact Address:
DLF Foundation
Ground Floor, Tower “D”
Cyber Greens, DLF City Phase – III
Gurgaon – 122002
Tel: 0124-4570512
Email: dlffoundation@dlf.in
Web:www.dlf.in/dlf/wcm/connect/dlf_foundation/DLF_foundation/Top_Links/About_
Us/DLF_Foundation/

19. Dr. Reddy’s Foundation (DRF)

Company Name: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories


Established Year: 1996

About the Foundation


Set up in 1996, Dr. Reddy’s Foundation (DRF) is a non-profit partner of Dr. Reddy’s
Laboratories. DRF acts as a catalyst of change that fosters, develops and promotes
initiatives at individual, group and organization levels to achieve sustainable
development. Driven by the belief that equity in education and livelihoods helps in
building an inclusive society, DRF strives to create quality opportunities in these two
areas, with particular focus on economically disadvantaged youth. It works in
partnership with all concerned stakeholders in this endeavour.

Thematic Area
 Education
 Rural Livelihood
 Urban Livelihood

Past Projects:
 Livelihood Advancement Business School (LABS) for youth and LABS for People
with Disability (LABS-PwD) is an effective short term skill development program
that caters to youth in the age group of 18-30. The core focus of the training

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program is to ensure placements thus addressing issues of employability, income


generation and subsequent improvement in quality of life.
 Livelihood Advancement Business School for Farmers (LABSF)- launched in
2010, the program provides small farmers with knowledge about the latest
technologies and techniques in the area of crop production. The program helps
farmers overcome the challenges of low agricultural productivity, enhances the
family net incomes. Additionally surplus hands in the rural economy are
identified, skilled and linked to local jobs thus reducing pressure on dependency
on fragmented smallholding lands.
 DRF strives to provide various opportunities for learning to those who have
never been to school, or have dropped out of it; it also works to improve the
quality of education in schools.

Contact Address:
Livelihoods Programme
6-3-655/12, Somajiguda,
Hyderabad- 500082.
Tel: +91-40-65343424, 23304199 / 1868
Fax: +91-40-23301085

Education Programme
8-2-293/82/L/87/A, MLA Colony,
Road No 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034
Tel: +91-40-23554020/23550360
Fax: +91-40-23554021
Email:erc@drreddysfoundation.org,
partnerships@drreddysfoundation.org
info@drreddysfoundation.org
Web: drreddysfoundation.org

20. EdelGive Foundation


Company Name: Edelweiss Ltd

About the Foundation


Edelweiss‘s mission is to leverage the capacity and capital for-profit world to equip and
enable the social sector to achieve the greatest impact on the lives of the poor in India.

Thematic Area
 Education

Past Projects:

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Broadly, Edel Give investees use two approaches to improve the learning
outcomes at schools
 They focus on leadership and teacher training via strong in-school
transformation models
 They combine the best of both worlds i.e. public–private partnerships wherein
high quality programmes are conducted with existing government infrastructure

Transforming Attitudes and Aspirations


Edel Give has invested in organizations that have been instrumental in changing the
attitudes of communities towards education by:
 Reintegrating out-of-school youth with skills and employability training via
innovative models
 Supplementing education with life-skills programmes to enhance learning
outcomes

Reducing Dropout Rates


Edel Give has also invested in organizations which are working on to reduce dropout
rates by:
 Innovating in curriculum, pedagogy, teaching methodology, teacher motivation
and assessment
 Focusing on advocacy to improve governance, management and quality in
government school

Contact Address:
Edelweiss House, Off C.S.T Road, Kalina,
Mumbai - 400 098
Tel: 022 4086 3535
Email: edelgive@edelcap.com
Web: www.edelgive.org

21. Essar Foundation


Company Name: ESSAR Group

About the foundation


The Essar Foundation was set up to give its corporate social responsibility (CSR)
activities greater focus and reach. The Foundation works within the framework of the
3E model - Entrepreneurship, Education and Environment to adopt a future-focused
approach to sustainability. The Foundation's activities, divided across six focus areas -
Livelihood and Entrepreneurship, Women's Empowerment, Health, Education,
Infrastructure and Environment is based on the principles of good governance and
equity. To improve its reach, it engages with government institutions and local NGOs as
part of its fundamental strategy.

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A large part of the Foundation's activities is focused on the development of the villages
of India. Over the years, Essar has invested significantly in the development of these
rural areas, and in doing so, has strengthened the ability of those areas and their people
to play a crucial part in the country's growth. The Foundation is now building
community development to create a sustainable framework that allows Essar
companies to amplify the positive impact they have.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Environment
 Health
 Infrastructure
 Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship
 Women's Empowerment

Past Projects:

Farm-based skills training


Agriculture is the principal source of sustenance for rural communities globally. The
Foundation enables farmers and their families to acquire skills and knowledge that
improve agricultural productivity. It assists farming communities to acquire the
technology that will allow them to introduce crops with greater earning potential, thus
achieving higher margins.

Non-farm skill training


The global economy has witnessed a hue shift towards the services sector. In
cognizance of this, the company enables young people to make the most of this
opportunity by providing skills relevant to the services sector such as tourism, retail
and hospitality.
It has established Community Development Centers in rural areas, providing skills
related to manufacturing, maintenance and construction activities to young people. The
training includes courses on professional grooming, business etiquette and customer
relationship management.

Supporting new ventures


Essar promotes entrepreneurship by helping trainees develop the skills needed to
establish new enterprises. It promotes networks with micro finance institutions and
banks to create a direct relationship between the trainee and the bank. It also helps
trainees gain access to seed capital and offers guarantees on behalf of the young people
it supports. It also creates business opportunities and introduces entrepreneurs to its
companies. This helps them develop business practices in a live environment.

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Enabling entrepreneurs
Essar has nurtured more than 500 enterprises across India and in Africa. Essar-
supported entrepreneurs have established businesses as contractors in construction,
housekeeping and catering services. They have become suppliers of equipment and
material and have established manufacturing businesses. Women have started
businesses in food products, garment and traditional crafts segments. It also established
the Essar Lok Vikas Kendra, a program that enables communities to develop skills that
are seeding new enterprises, at Hazira in Gujarat (India). A committed effort to engage
and support the locals has made the endeavor a great success.

Skills development and enterprise project


Rural India offers limited employment opportunities and extremely low earnings,
particularly for rural women (who are typically uneducated). Recognizing the yet
untapped potential of these women, Essar encourages rural women to earn alternate
and additional income through self-help groups (SHGs). The Foundation also provides
them the necessary skills training, which helps them not only establish SHGs but
manage and build on them to increase their earning potential. The Foundation also links
enterprising women with microfinance institutions, thus giving women entrepreneur’s
crucial financial support that might not be otherwise available to them.

Reproductive health project


It is estimated that every seven minutes, a woman dies from pregnancy or childbirth
complications in India. This converts into a significant maternal mortality rate of 301
deaths for every 100,000 live births (source: UNICEF).
Additionally, women living in rural areas often suffer from reproductive health
problems due to a plethora of socio-cultural and biological reasons. Unequal access to
resources, lack of awareness, illiteracy and low decision-making authority are just some
of the contributing factors.
The Essar Foundation seeks to better this worrisome scenario by reaching out to
women in the reproductive age group. The project creates awareness and provides
women with the necessary assistance during and after pregnancy, enabling them to
prevent pregnancy-related complications.
The project includes reproductive health camps, immunization camps, doctors' training,
referral transport to tertiary care units, obstetric care and training for auxiliary nurses
and midwives. So far more than 5,000 women have benefited from camps for care for
expecting mothers and other reproductive and child healthcare initiatives.

Livestock management to increase incomes


More than 70 per cent of rural households depend on livestock farming for
supplementary income and 90 per cent of that activity is undertaken by women.
The Foundation creates awareness about livestock welfare through cattle camps and
vaccination programs to help improve the productivity of this activity. The activities aim

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to improve the quality and product yield such as milk and meat, making them more
marketable. Women are also encouraged to form dairy cooperatives and poultry farms
to increase their earning potential.

Scholarship project
The Essar Foundation's scholarship project encourages differently-abled and
underprivileged students with promising academic records to complete school and
pursue higher education. Children, especially girls, being raised by single mothers and
women-headed families find special mention within this framework. So far, more than
5,000 students have benefited, with scholarship ranging from Rs 1,500 to Rs 5,000 per
student being disbursed. In certain cases, the Foundation also facilitates sponsorships
for deserving students pursuing higher education.

School improvement program


The Essar Foundation began the program with the objective of establishing schools in
strategic locations, where government and private schools are absent or inadequate.
The Foundation ensures that these schools have modern classrooms, libraries,
laboratories, playgrounds, residential quarters and hostels.
The project also improves the amenities and infrastructure at existing schools within
the area. In fact, around 75 schools across the country have been given infrastructure
support and four schools have been built with the support of the Foundation. .

Teachers' training program


Teachers are crucial to ensuring that the education imparted at school is up to
established standards. The Essar Foundations training program aims to make
educational activities more fulfilling for teachers, who in turn make learning a
meaningful experience for children.
To enhance the quality of teachers, Essar conducts motivational workshops and IT skills
development courses. These activities have been conducted in the states of Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat, targeting more than 300 teachers.

Creative methods of education


The Essar Foundation promotes the use of methods such as story-telling, theater and
activity-based learning to make the learning experience more enriching for students.
The education program provides IT equipment and modern educational material.
In addition, buildings and open spaces have been converted into learning aids. For
instance, steps inside schools have numbers painted on them; and the various angles to
which classroom doors open are painted on the floor, thus making the learning process
interesting and continuous.

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Recognizing that not all educational and learning needs are in rural and difficult-to-
reach locations, the Essar Foundation seeks create and improve learning opportunities
for all tiers of society.
AVID is the Essar Foundation's school of continuous learning. It allows adults to embark
on 'A Voyage into Insatiable Discovery'. The program connects individuals who have a
desire to explore and learn, with subject experts. Modules are structured in small
clusters and as part-time courses.
These courses cover a wide variety of subjects and use fresh and novel approaches to
learning. The program incorporates essential learning elements with theoretical and
practical exposure. In keeping with Essar's overarching belief in entrepreneurship, the
program provides individuals with skills that could enable them to develop new
business opportunities.

Infant health program


The infant mortality rate (IMR) in India is estimated to be around 60 for every 1,000
live births per year. The large variations in IMR between different regions of the country
create additional issues for the government's efforts to reduce this figure. States such as
Kerala present lower IMR (14/1,000), while others such as Uttar Pradesh (83/1,000)
and Orissa (96/1,000) have high numbers (source: UNICEF). Preventive by nature,
Essar's infant health program aims to ensure infant well-being. The programs are
usually held at a frequency of one in every quarter and happens at all the site locations.
Some of the activities include awareness drives for vaccination and de-worming; health
and weight check-ups; post-natal healthcare; and Healthy Baby competitions. The
competitions are organized with the aim of creating awareness and emphasizing the
need for good health during infancy to ensure good quality of life in later years. A team
of doctors is invited to address the participants and audience regarding the importance
of not just the health of the child but also the family as a whole; they also highlight the
various government health schemes available to the local population.

Mobile medical units


Essar's mobile medical units (MMUs), complete with skilled doctors and paramedics,
are deployed in villages around Essar facilities. These door-to-door health and healing
facilities ensures neighboring rural communities have access to quality and timely
primary healthcare. The MMUs also provide referral transport for secondary and
tertiary treatment..

School health program


In an effort to improve overall health and reduce the occurrence of common infections
among children, the Essar Foundation launched the school health program in 2011.
Program activities include health education camps, adolescent health camps, physical
education camps, World Health Day celebrations and increased availability of safe
drinking water in schools.

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Skills training and capacity-building


The Essar Foundation has instituted a health program that provides skills training and
capacity-building for health workers. In 2010-11, around 300 people were given
Mitanin training under the program in Chhattisgarh. Activities such as medical check-
ups and child growth monitoring, vaccination camps, nutrition assessment and
counseling for mothers are also undertaken.

Contact Address:
Mumbai
Essar House
11, Keshavrao Khadye Marg
Mahalaxmi
Mumbai 400 034
Maharashtra, India
Tel: +91-22- 66601100
Fax: +91-22-66601809
Email: ganesh.pai@essar.com , Deepak.arora1@essar.com
Web: www.essar.com/section.aspx?cont_id=dGEXBR//MHc

22. Fed Bank Hormis Memorial Foundation

Company Name: Federal Bank Ltd


Established Year: 1996

About The Foundation


Federal Bank has instituted a public charitable trust by name Fedbank Hormis Memorial
Foundation in 1996 to perpetuate the fond memory of late K. P. Hormis, the founder of
the Bank. The Trust is striving hard to inculcate in people better knowledge and
awareness in the field of banking through training programmes, focused seminars,
awards and so on. The trust and its activities were inaugurated by the Union Finance
Minister Shri. P. Chidambaram at Ernakulum on 18.10.1996
Thematic Areas
 Education

Past Projects:

Education Scholarships
Fedbank Hormis Memorial Foundation gives educational grants / scholarships / awards
to deserving students undergoing specialised courses in fields related to banking and
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the benefit of the society at large including grant of scholarships for students
undergoing various professional courses.

Contact Address:
Fedbank Hormis Memorial Foundation,
Federal Towers,
Aluva, Kerala-683 101
Email: csr@federalbank.co.in
Web: http://www.federalbank.co.in/hormis-memorial-foundation

23. Fortis Foundation


Company Name: Fortis Hospital
Established Year: 2005

About the Foundation


Social Responsibility at Fortis Healthcare has always been focused on a systematic and
sustained engagement with the community at large. Social initiatives at Fortis are based
on our core competency, health. Since 2005, Fortis Healthcare through Fortis
Foundation is committed towards providing healthcare for the socially marginalised
and deprived sections of the society, creating awareness about health, environment and
educational concerns. We not only make sure that our programmes are efficient, but
also ensure that they are sustainable and relevant to those meant to benefit from them.

The vision of Fortis Foundation is to, ‘create a high quality, compassionate healthcare
awareness, prevention and support system for the underprivileged sections of the
society’. Fortis virtuous values are not only manifest in our long term objectives but also
shape and determine Fortis Foundation’s day to day activities and interactions both
within the organisation and with the community at large.

Thematic Areas
 Healthcare
 Rural Development

Past Projects:
 Mother & Child Health Camps, Noida; Uttar Pradesh - December 2012
 Mother and Child Heath Camps in Chandigarh
 Breastfeeding and its Importance in August 2012
 Door to Door awareness on Mother & Child Health concerns; Village Mohna;
Faridabad; July 2012
 Fortis Hospital Mohali conducts medical check-up for 100 mothers and their
children at Roshni Institute, Colony No 5, and Chandigarh.

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 Fortis Hospital Mohali conducts eye and health checkup up camps on the
occasion of World Blindness Awareness Month
 Fortis La Femme in association with V care NGO conducts medical camp at
Jehangirpuri
 Fortis Foundation in association with PVR Nest (philanthropic arm of PVR Ltd)
conducts health camps
 Day-long Health Camp for 300 Commercial Sex Workers and their Children in
Sultanpuri, Delhi; March 2012
 Community Outreach by Fortis Nurses
 Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd. organized a Raffle to support Mother & Child
Health Initiative of Fortis Foundation, Nov 2011
 Awareness camp for mothers on their nutritional needs at village Mauli Jagran,
Mohali; September 2011
 Fortis Mohali observes World Breastfeeding Week, August 2011
 Solidarity Walk by the Fortis Nurses to raise awareness on importance of
immunization to commemorate International Nurses Week, May 2011

Awareness & Training


 Fortis Foundation sponsors month long awareness drive of Can kids on
Childhood Cancer; February 2013
 “Children Against Tobacco” Campaign; Mumbai, January 2013
 Fortis Foundation creates World Record for achieving the largest number of
Cervical Cancer Screenings in Mumbai; December 2012
 Understanding Adolescence; August 2012
 Saplings planted by pre-school kids to celebrate the birth of girl child and
contribute to saving the environment, Mohali; July 2012
 Health Awareness session at village Mauli Jagran, Mohali; July 2012
 Over 100 underprivileged children attend special session on Child Sexual Abuse
held by Fortis Hospital Mohali at Ashiana Children’s Home, Panchkula; June 2012
 Fortis Hospital Vashi (Navi Mumbai) launches ‘Clean Hands to Save Life’
community campaign; June 2012
 Fortis Hospital Kangra observes International Nurses Day; May 2012
 Fortis Foundation sponsors month long awareness drive of Cankids on
Childhood Cancer; February 2012
 Awareness Camp on Personal and Environmental Hygiene at Rangpuri Pahari
Slum, Delhi: August, 2011
 Staff of Fortis Hospital Mohali celebrates Christmas at Ashiana Orphanage;
December 2011
 Brain Tumour Awareness March; October 2010
 HIV / AIDS Awareness Programmes
 Training on Basic Life Support Systems
 Health Talks and Lectures

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 Sahayak - A Dialysis Support Initiative


 Saarthak - A Cancer Support Initiative
 Chiranjeevi (School Health Plan)
 Spandan
 Hamari Beti
 Nanhi Chhaan

Health Camps & Medical Care


 Free treatment to another Acid Attack victim from Punjab in March 2013
 Health Camp for differently-abled athletes of Special Olympics Bharat; Jaipur,
February 2013
 Health Camp for the Hearing Impaired; Jaipur, February 2013
 Fortis Foundation commits free treatment to an acid attack victim, Inderjit Kaur
of Morinda, Punjab in January 2013
 Health Camp for differently-abled athletes at Kangra, Himachal Pradesh;
December 2012
 Health Camp for Hearing Impaired students; Jaipur, September 2012
 Fortis Foundation Joins Hands with Special Olympics Bharat as its Health
Partner, August 2012
 Fortis Hospital Mohali conducts 10 free surgeries for the economically weaker
sections of society; May 2012
 Cardiac Screening Camp by Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad; April 2012
 Comprehensive medical camp and checkup for people with Multiple Sclerosis at
Fortis Hospital Noida, Delhi; April 2012
 Fortis La Femme joins hands with the NGO Centre for Social Research to conduct
a health camp for women in Sangam Vihar, Delhi; April 2012
 Free Cancer check-up camp at Fortis Hospital, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh;
February 2012
 Health check up camps by Fortis O.P Jindal Hospital and Research Centre(
FOPJHRC ), Raigarh; February 2012
 Diabetes and hypertension screening camp in Chennai; October 2011
 Hypertension screening camp at Malligai Poo nagar, an urban slum, Chennai;
October 2011.
 Save a Life
 Rotary Heart line
 Rotary Gift of Life programme
 Health Camps
 Chetna

Rural Outreach
 Out-Reach OPDs

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 Tele-medicine
 Health Camps in Rural Areas
 Awareness Programmes
 Gramin Swasthya Yojana

The Little Hearts Program


In an effort to rekindle hope for underprivileged children suffering from Congenital
Heart Defects (CHD), The Fortis Foundation and Being Human Foundation have come
together to unveil a heart-warming initiative, "The Little Hearts Program". The Little
Hearts Program was launched on 1st May 2013 by Mr. Malvinder Mohan Singh along
with Mr. Shivinder Mohan Singh on behalf of the Fortis Foundation and Mr. Salman
Khan, one of the most popular Bollywood actors & Founder of the Being Human
Foundation. The Foundation had been set up by him to help the cause of the
underprivileged with focus on healthcare and education in India.
At the time of the launch 50 cases had been treated under this program at Fortis
Hospital in Mulund, Mumbai and Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurgaon.
During this year, it aims at reaching out to 500 children suffering from CHD and
belonging to the economically weaker sections of society.

Project Sewa
In June 2013, Uttarakhand was devastated by floods triggered by rain/cloudbursts.
Many villages and towns were swept away in a matter of minutes by flood waters.
Thousands of people lost their lives and tens of thousands more have been rendered
homeless. Estimates are still being calculated on the enormity of the disaster and it’s
after effects.
In order to immediately reach out to each affected area, Fortis Foundation in association
with Fortis Hospitals initiated “Project SEWA” to provide medical support to Lacs of
people including tourists and pilgrims stranded due to these flash floods and to support
the local administration in dealing with the crisis. The volunteers set up a base camp at
Dehradun and successfully accomplished the 9 day mission of Project SEWA in
Badrinath, Joshimath, Rudraprayag and Gauchar, working in close co-ordination with
Indian Army and Air force.

Contact Address:
Fortis Foundation
Fortis Healthcare Ltd, 4th Floor
Tower A, Unitech Business Park
Block F, South City 1
Sector 41, Gurgaon- 122001
Haryana
Tel: +91- 0124-4921050
Email: information@fortisfoundation.in

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writetous@fortisfoundation.in
Web: www.fortisfoundation.in

24. Glenmark Foundation


Company Name: Glenmark

About the Foundation


Glenmark strives to promote responsible corporate management in social and
environment areas.
The company believes in enriching the lives of people by providing innovative
medicines which meet high quality standards.

Glenmark believe in enriching lives of employees by providing growth opportunities,


fair employment conditions and a safe & healthy work environment.
Glenmark demonstrate its commitment to environment by following best environment
practices and ensuring our manufacturing facilities continuously work towards
reducing impact on the environment.

Thematic Areas
 Child Health
 Employee Volunteering & Medicine donation
 Sustainable Livelihood

Past Projects:

Child Health
Instituted around the theme of Healthier Children, Healthier World, and Glenmark
foundation is actively working towards improving child health and reducing
Infant/Child Mortality in over 100 tribal villages in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh
and over 166 villages in Rajasthan, Jaipur District by focussing on three critical issues of
malnutrition, immunization and sanitation.

Employee Volunteering & Medicine donation


Employees of Glenmark across the globe have been consistently volunteering towards
the CSR initiatives. In the last three years, around 1900 employees have offered their
support, time and help for various initiatives. Apart from providing medical healthcare
support to many through medicine donation, medical camps, ambulatory service, we
also assist and provide aid in the event of natural disasters.

Sustainable Livelihood
Glenmark has set up unique initiatives to address the cause of creating Sustainable
Livelihood.

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Unemployed school dropout people are provided an opportunity to earn a sustainable


livelihood through Skill development courses in Nashik. Glenmark has partnered with
an NGO and have trained more than 1500 youth in the last 3 years and helped them
earn their livelihood.
Over 2000 tribal families in Orissa are covered for sustainable livelihood programs
which provide education on improving cropping practices and based on Integrated
Natural Resource Management make investments for improving existing land and water
resources.
Individuals who are disabled are rehabilitated thereby enabling them to lead productive
lives, through Jaipur Foot a renowned NGO.

Our NGO partners


For the cause of Child Health: Niramaya Health Foundation, Mumbai
(www.niramaya.org), Spandan Samaj Sewa Samiti, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
(www.dyingkorku.in/activity.php), Society for Integrated Developmental Activities
Research and Training, SIDART, Jaipur (ngosidart.blogspot.in/p/sidart-projects.html).

For the cause of Sustainable Livelihood: Kherwadi Social Welfare Association, KWSA,
Mumbai (www.yuvaparivartan.org), Professional Assistance for Development Action
(PRADAN) (www.pradan.net), Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti- Jaipur Foot
(BMVSS, Jaipur) (www.jaipurfoot.org).

Contact Address:
Richa Pant
CSR Department
Headquarters
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited
Glenmark House, B D S Marg,
Chakala, Off Western Express Highway
Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400099
Fax: +91 22 4018 9990
Phone +91--22-40189555
Email: richap@glenmarkpharma.com
Web:
www.glenmarkpharma.com/UITemplate/HtmlContainer.aspx?res=P_GLN_ABT_GCRC

25. GMR Varalakshmi Foundation


Company Name: GMR Group
Established Year: 2006

About the Foundation

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GMRVF initiated its community development activities at Delhi in June, 2006. Today it
works in two communities linked to Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi -
Mehram Nagar (a community near the airport) and Savda Ghevra (community re-
settled from Airport encroachments), apart from running a vocational training center.
GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF) is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of
the GMR Group. Its mandate is to develop social infrastructure and enhance the quality
of life of communities around the locations where the Group has a presence.
The Foundation is a Section 25 (not-for-profit) company. It has its own professional
staff drawn from top academic and social work institutions. It is governed by a Board
chaired by Group Chairman, GMR Group.

Thematic Areas
 Community Development
 Education
 Empowerment and Livelihoods
 Health, Hygiene and Sanitation

Past Projects:
Community Development
 A Community Resource Centre and a Community Library is running in Savda
Ghevra benefitting approximately 1500 people every month. Various awareness
generation programs followed by discussions, shows, creativity enhancement
programs etc. are organized in the center. Children and youth spend many hours
reading books at the center. Another community library is operational at
Mehram Nagar which caters to all age groups and sections of the community
 Community Sanitation campaign has also been taken up at Savda. The campaign
includes awareness generation in the community through community children’s
council, collection and proper disposal of home based garbage and safe
sanitation practice at home. For the purpose of garbage collection and safe
disposal, the foundation has started “Garbage Rickshaw” in the community. The
collected garbage is disposed at the “segregation unit” established by Sanjha
Prayas (a Delhi Government Initiative) for the purpose of organic compost.
 Another significant initiative is a community based rehabilitation programme for
differently-abled which is helping around 200 differently-abled people of Savda
Ghevra Community. As a part of this initiative, foundation has established
Samarth, a resource centre for differently abled to provide institutional services
like special education, after-school learning support and basic physiotherapeutic
care to differently abled. A hand-pulled rickshaw has also been provided for easy
commuting of the children to Samarth center.
 Apart from sensitizing the community on the issues of differently abled and
training to the care givers, Foundation also provided Aids and Appliances and

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artificial limbs to 95 differently abled children and adults through Kiwanis


Artificial Limb Center, Delhi.

Education
The foundation runs three Bala Badis at Savda and one Bala Badi at Mehram Nagar
covering around 120 children. Besides providing regular learning and recreational
activities for holistic development of the children, nutritious supplementary food is also
provided. Mothers’ groups have been formed in all centers to orient mothers on various
childcare issues, healthcare and nutrition for children. Besides this, the groups ensure
smooth running of the Bala Badis including their upkeep and monitoring the quality of
food served to the children.
Most of the children in Savda resettlement colony are studying in nearby MCD
(Municipal Corporation of Delhi) School. Foundation is closely working with the school
to create appropriate learning environment and improving the quality of education.
Besides providing Teaching and Learning Materials and school kits, Foundation
organizes Inter School Competitions to bring out the talent of the young minds.
Foundation volunteers regularly visit the schools and monitor the progress of the
children in the schools. The enrolment drives conducted by the Foundation motivate
out of school children to join in the school.
Foundation has established a Children’s Creativity Centre at MCD Primary school at I
Block of Savda Ghevra colony to promote the talents of children of underprivileged
communities. Specially designed computer systems and programs have been provided
by IBM for this creativity centre. Over 500 children from this school are regularly
participating in creativity centre’s activities.
Non-Formal Education is provided to 19 differently abled children of moderate
categories of disability in the Savda Ghevra Colony along with daily supplementary
nutrition.
Community Children’s Council has been established by the Foundation to provide
children a platform to develop their leadership qualities and participate in their own
development process. Since formation of Council, children are involved in various
development activities like promotion of immunization, campaign for school enrolment,
addressing social issues, promoting sports etc. The Council also publishes weekly
Newspaper named Savda Express through which the children express their views, ideas,
information and creativity.
To provide children a place for outdoor and recreational activities, Foundation has
developed a children’s park in Savda Ghevra. Foundation is running a Toy Library
(Khilona Ghar) for the children of the Savda Ghevra Communities. More than 400
children are benefitting through this library.

Health, Hygiene and Sanitation


 The Foundation has developed a multi-pronged strategy to address health care
issues. The strategy includes creating awareness on health and hygiene related
issues and providing healthcare services to people.

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 In an effort to provide health care facilities to the residents of Savda resettlement


colony a full-fledged regular dispensary is being run. A general physician attends
the dispensary on weekdays. Medicines are also provided to the patients free of
cost.
 Once a week the dispensary turns into a centre of the health care for women and
children with the visit of a Gynecologist. Besides the normal checkups, Ante Natal
and Post Natal checkups are conducted. Around 1000 people benefit from the
facilities provided by these clinics every month. In addition to this, community
based activities like regular immunization drive for children are also undertaken.
Fortnightly nutrition camps are also organized for women.
 Specialized health camps are organized at Savda and Mehram Nagar based on
the needs of the community members in partnership with other specialized
organizations.
 Regular health awareness drives are also undertaken through various activities
like meetings, trainings and cultural programs like street plays, folk songs, dance
etc.

Empowerment and Livelihoods


 Vocational training for unemployed and drop-out youth has been one of the
major thrust areas of work of GMRVF in Delhi. Started in September 2009, the
GMR Varalakshmi Centre for Empowerment and Livelihoods (GMRV-CEL), Delhi
is engaged in imparting vocational employable skills trainings for dropout
youths from socially and economically marginalized communities. The Centre is
equipped with classrooms, work sheds, mess, library, recreation room, etc. A
permanent residential center is under construction. Apart from the general
courses like Electrical, Basic Computers etc, several airport linked courses such
as Elevators and Escalators Operations and Maintenance, Skilled Cargo Handlers
and Supervisors etc. are offered at the center. So far, the center has trained 305
youth in different trades (247 male and 58 female). Of the trained youth, 272 are
settled in different jobs or enterprises.
 Five Self Help Groups have been formed at Savda with 56 members. Presently all
groups are involved in micro saving and credit activities. One self help Group of
Differently Abled Youth has been formed to run a Candle Making Unit at Savda
Ghevra.
 The livelihood interventions in Mehramnagar are focused mainly on
development of marketable skills among the adolescent girls and women.
Accordingly, a tailoring centre has been set up in Mehramnagar in collaboration
with the USHA International. A six month certificate course is conducted for the
girls and women. The beautician training center established at Mehramnagar
West offers Skin and Beauty Training. A total of 50 Adolescent girls from
Mehram Nagar trained in Beautician and Tailoring trade.

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 With the support of DIAL, products made by communities covered by GMRVF are
marketed through shops at Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Contact Address:
GMR Varalakshmi Foundation
C/o GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd,
3rd Floor, Shamshabad,
Ranga Reddy Dist.
Hyderabad – 500409
Andhra Pradesh, India
Tel: +91-40–67390000 / 67394099
Fax: +91-40-67393089

GMR Varalakshmi Foundation


25/1, Skip House,
Museum Road,
Bangalore – 560025
Karnataka, India
Tel: +91-80-40534132
Fax: +91-80-22279353
Email: Meena.Raghunathan@gmrgroup.in
Web: www.gmrgroup.in/foundation.html

26. Golden Jubilee Foundation

Company Name: Life Insurance Corporation


Established Year: 2006

About the Foundation


LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation was established on 20.10.2006, and registered with
Charity Commissioner under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 with the objective to
promote education, health, relief of poverty or distress and advancement of other
objects of general public utility. To achieve these objectives, the Foundation works with
human and capital resources received from LIC. Projects range from scholarships,
health initiatives, rural education programmes and providing infrastructural support in
the fields of education and health.

Thematic Areas
 Advancement Of Education
 Medical Relief
 Objects Of General Public Utility

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Past Projects:

 LIC Fundus Camera for treatment of diabetic retinopathy - Padhar Hospital,


Bhopal Division
The Hospital is functioning since 1958 and is serving the Gond tribals and villagers. It is
located in Betul district in the southern border of M.P. The Hospital’s vision stems from
a deep sense of commitment and service to humanity. They provide free cleft lip
surgeries to thousands of poor children and treat the child with comprehensive and
rehabilitative care including Speech therapy, general dentistry and orthodontics. The
instrument will be helpful in treatment of patients with high myopia and infants with
retinopathy of prematurity.

 Construction of Rehabilitation Centre - Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust,


Gwalior Division
Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust provides inclusive education in a barrier free environment
to a group of over 650 students with and without disability in Delhi and Gwalior.
Vocational skills and cultural activities are a part of the curriculum. The Trust also
provides mobility aids, appliances, corrective surgery, therapeutic services, X ray unit
and pathological lab, OPD and immunization programme in the premises. The
rehabilitation centre will provide accessibility for the disabled to have equal
opportunities and full participation.

 LIC Medical Van - Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, KSDO Division


Ramakrishna Mission is a philanthropic organization rendering its service especially for
the downtrodden people of the society since 1897. Seven free coaching centres are
being conducted for poor boys and girls from lower income group of this locality. Free
eye operation camps are also organized every year for treatment of poor. More than
15000 patients have been treated this year. Free medicines are provided to the patients
and free eye camps are also organized. They are treating 100 patients per day free of
cost. The medical van will be equipped with a few sophisticated equipments for on the
spot diagnosis.

 LIC Medical Van - Oju Welfare Association, Jorhat Division


The Association is one of the pioneering and philanthropic organizations of the state of
Arunachal Pradesh. Since its inception in 1979 the organization emphasized more on
the significance of education and thereafter registered to promote multi-dimensional
welfare activities to the cause of the people in need in both rural and urban areas. The
vehicle is to be utilized in case of medical emergency, since there is no hospital nearby.
The vehicle will also be used for medical awareness programmes.

 LIC Ambulance –Ramakrishna Mission, Jorhat Division

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Ramakrishna Mission, Narottam Nagar Branch was started in 1971 to serve the tribal
people of Arunachal Pradesh at the request of the Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi.
The Institute runs a Higher Secondary School affiliated to C.B.S.E. for the tribal children.
At present there are 526 students studying in the school from class I to XII. This School
rank 1st in the state and it is in great demand by the student’s community. A 30 bedded
hospital and a mobile dispensary is also run for students, staff and nearby villagers.
Total number of patients treated during 2011-12 are 7384 at free of cost. LIC
Ambulance will enable them to serve poor patients in nearby villages.

 Construction of Hospital for weaker sections – Belur Sramajibi Swasthya


Prakalpa Samity, Howrah Division
 LIC hemodialysis Machine– Rotary Club of Visnagar Charitable Trust,
Gandhinagar Division
 LIC Mobile Medical Van for Blood Donation – Late Kakasaheb Chitale
 Smruti Kendra, Thane Division
 LIC Mobile Medical Van – Divya Jivan Sangh (Divine Life Society), Bhavnagar
Division.

To view more projects please visit http://www.licindia.in/pages/Medical_GJF_2013.pdf

Infrastructure Support
 LIC School Bus - Arushi Society, Bhopal Division
 Construction of Building - Paschim Banga Rajya Pratibandhi Sammelan,

Howrah Division
 Construction of Library cum study centre and residential ladies hostel –
 Chandanpiri Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, KMDO II Division
 Construction of Classroom cum Activity Hall – Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya,
Jorhat Division
 Construction of a Hostel Building for boys – Don Bosco Development
 Society, Kolkata for RUA Youth Centre Oodlabari, Jalpaiguri Division
 LIC vocational centre - Badhir Kalyan Samiti, Jodhpur Division
To view more projects please visit
www.licindia.in/pages/General_Public_Utility_GJF_2013.pdf

Other Projects
 Construction of home for the aged - The Poreyahat Holy Family
 Society Home for the Aged, Tilkamanjhi x
 LIC Food Distribution Vehicle - Akshaya Patra foundation, Bhillai
 under Raipur Division
 LIC Learning Centre - SOS Children’s Village, Guwahati

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To view more projects please visit


www.licindia.in/pages/General_Public_Utility_GJF_2013.pdf

Contact Address:
LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation
‘Yogakshema’
Nariman Point,
Mumbai – 21
Fax No.022-22884103
Email: co_gjf@licindia.com
Web: www.licindia.in/GJF_home.htm

27. Gramothan Foundation


Company Name: Maini Group
Established Year: 2009

About The Foundation


Gramothan Foundation is an NGO founded by Dr. SK Maini which was incorporated in
2009 to carry its CSR initiatives in three areas namely education, environment and rural
upliftment. Inspired by the life and teachings of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya 1861-
1946, the visionary freedom fighter and educationist, Dr. Maini's sustained commitment
to making a difference continues to extend the Group's CSR agenda.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Environment
 Rural Upliftment

Past Projects
Education
The key thrust is to help children learn and thereby enable a better quality of life. The
group’s larger efforts focus on to establish – building, furnishing and staffing – and run
schools in target villages around Bangalore.
Environment
Environmental initiatives aim to teach, learn and share knowledge with children and
community through
 Public park clean-up campaigns in Bangalore
 The REVA Lok owners club promoted green motoring awareness

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 Consumer product development such as the electricity-generating Maini E-Cycle


for rural use

Rural Upliftment
The major emphasis is to make the villagers self-sufficient through active involvement
in:
 Increasing land productivity by better farming methods
 Time management
 Acquisition of new skills and knowledge: such as in recycling for building
construction
 Health care schemes
Work at present focuses on pilot projects in the villages of a particular taluk in
Karnataka which are scalable and can therefore be easily replicated elsewhere in India.

Contact Address:
THE MAINI GROUP
Maini Sadan,
No. 38, 7th Cross, Lavelle Road,
Bangalore-560 001, India
Tel : + 91 80 4072 3800
Fax : + 91 80 2224 5324
Email: info@maini.com
Web: http://www.mainigroup.com/csr.html

28. GVK Foundation


Company Name: GVK power and Infrastructure Limited

About The Foundation


GVK Foundation leads the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives which
cover the areas of education, emergency services, community programs and social
activities and believes that corporate social responsibility goes beyond sponsoring a few
causes which is a way of life. Safeguarding the environment is an integral part of every
project.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Welfare Development
Past Projects:

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GVK EMRI (Emergency Management and Research Institute)- It is a non-profit


organization based on Public Private Partnership model and attends to every
emergency situation in the country. GVK EMRI is housed in a 39 acre campus at
Hyderabad with modern facilities for Emergency management, Research and Training
and this service is spread across 15 states (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat,
Uttarakhand, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Kerala) and two Union
Territories (Diu Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli). With the help of this widespread
initiative and equipped with over 9000 ambulances, around 30 million cases have been
attended to and over 1 million lives saved. GVK EMRI has collaborated with the AP
Police Department for “Project Dial-100” to integrate best practices in emergency
response management and thus ensure efficient service delivery to the citizens across
the state.

Community Development
 Medical camps for the community members
 Organize several football tournaments, cricket tournaments and cultural
activities
 Landscape tours for various schools and colleges
 Road Safety Programme

Education
 Manage degree college at Indukurupet village in Nellore District of Andhra
Pradesh to offer quality education to students from surrounding area
 Scholarship for students
 Distributing stationaries to the children to equip them with the basic tools to
attend schools
Housing
GVK has provided housing facilities to 1000 underprivileged people in Kothur village of
Nellore in the state of Andhra Pradesh and has constructed pakka houses for weaker
sections in Manikhera Village, Mukatsar District, and Punjab.
Social Welfare
 Distribution of tricycles to physically handicap under Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Scheme
 Support to students of Vellore Institute of Technology to foster innovation and
has
 Contribution to educational institutions like Vivek Vardhini Educational Trust
 Financial assistance to 200 eligible beneficiaries under National Benefit Scheme
at Indukurupet village in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh

Sports

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GVK Foundation has sponsored Tennis tournaments such as GVK AISTA Tennis
championships and also supports various Tennis Associations at state and national
level to promote future tennis champions.

Contact Address:
Paigah House
156-159, SP Road
Secundarabad 500003
AP, India
Tel: +91-40-27902663/4
Email: cs.gvkpil@gvk.com
Web: http://www.gvk.com/gvkfoundation/gvkfoundation.aspx

29. Havells India Foundation

Company Name: Havells India Pvt Ltd

About the Foundation


Havells believes that a business can only thrive in a healthy society and environment
and to serve people with meager or no means is the duty of every well-to-do person.
The company consistently puts this philosophy into action and has initiated several
projects for social causes. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Havells portrays the
deep symbiotic relationship that the group enjoys with the communities it is engaged
with. As a responsible corporate citizen, we try to contribute for social and
environmental causes on a regular basis.

Thematic Areas
 Healthcare
 Hygiene and Nutrition

Projects
Healthcare
 Mobile medical van in Delhi & NCR
 Free medical checkup camps
Hygiene and Nutrition
 Mid day meal to 50,000 children in around 666 govt schools in Alwar
 Expand kitchen with modern facilities to serve freshly cooked food

Contact Address

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QRG Towers,
2D, Sec- 126, Express way,
Noida - 201304 UP ( India)
Tel: + 91- 120- 3331000
Fax: +91 - 120- 3332000
E-mail: sunil.sikka@havells.com
Web: http://www.havells.com/Csr-Initiatives.aspx

For More Details Office Address - http://www.havells.com/contactus.aspx

30. HCL Technologies Foundation


Company Name: HCL Technologies

About the Foundation


HCL Technologies Foundation is a Corporate Social Responsibility Trust, supported by
HCL Technologies, that enables employees to engage in meaningful community service
activities. Community-based programmes and activities are planned with a keen focus
on sustainability and employee engagement. The Foundation was formed on the belief
that every HCL employee can make a difference and is funded through employee and
organizational contributions. All programmes are implemented with support from
employee volunteer group called the Catalysts for Social Change (CSC).

Around 37,000 HCLites contribute Rupee 1 per day from their salary for community
work. This fund is matched by the management for sustaining the programs. More than
19,000 employees spend a day, every week or month or year or even one hour every
day for community service. Driven by values of equity and service, Power of One
continues to strengthen communities while building the competencies and engagement
levels of employees.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Women Empowerment

Past Projects:

Community Development

HCLT Youth Centers – Investing in Youth


To promote awareness amongst the lesser privileged youth about growth opportunities.
All the below programmes are designed with an intent of bridging the gap between
semi-urban and rural divide.

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Empowering girl children and woman power of one


To promote awareness amongst the less privileged youth about the opportunities for
growth available to them. All the below programs are designed with the intent of
bridging the gap between semi-urban and rural divide.

Mentorship & Capacity Building


Facilitate programs to improve effectiveness of partner NGOs, including power-of-one
mentoring by employees.
 155 NGO’s staff were trained on capacity building
 CSC volunteers engaged to support for visually challenged persons.

Community Giving

Friend in Need – for HCL’s Extended Families


Focus: Supply chain community including housekeeping and security staff
 Grievance / Harassment reporting channels
 949 members of HCL support staff were trained on how to prevent sexual
harassment.
 Cab Drivers program on Wellbeing; over 900+ covered during FY 13
 Yearly day of fun for the staff & families during the month of May
 Teach at Office (soft skills – motivational sessions -600 staff covered till now; 5 of
them are pursuing higher education
 Life Skill Development (focus on adolescences issues, required life skills,
relationships, nutrition and awareness on HIV/AIDS)

Just Like Us –As Care Givers

Focus: Sections of society that require human care for betterment of their life
 Grievance / Harassment reporting channels
 3150 orphans, 350 senior citizens were covered under food security programs.
 Through Social recycling project, clothes donated to 33,000 beneficiaries
 15000 liters of blood donated by HCLites; 5600 beneficiaries reached through
health camps
 220 mentally ill covered through various programs including Shelter homes
 Sangamam (Program for zero discrimination for HIV infected children) – Micro
nutrition support for 455 children
 750 differently abled benefitted through counseling

Social Recycling
An everyday collection of used clothes, stationary, books toys, etc. and supply them back
to communities.

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Achievements
Nearly 33,100 community members were benefited through social recycling in which
HCL – CSC Volunteers actively participated.

Unique Youth Development Programmes

 Tumkur Rural Education Project


As part of its efforts to support education for lesser privileged youth, HCLT Foundation
has initiated the Tumkur Rural Educational Project in 2013. The prime focus of the
project is to build the capacity of teachers of the schools in the region by imparting basic
computer literacy to them, to provide training in audio-video method of teaching, to
provide special training to the students appearing for Government higher exams, such
as NMMS, NTSE, NCSC, and INSPIRE AWARD, and to set up fully-equipped IT labs in
schools. Motivational sessions will also be held to guide and boost the confidence of
children studying in Classes 8 to 12.
Thirty Government schools will be covered under the project which directly benefits
7,650 children in the district by providing computer literacy, and improving the quality
of education. It also aims to bring down the drop-out rate in the community. HCLT
Foundation supports the entire project cost. It has already contributed 400 desktops to
30 schools.

Bridge schools
Bridge schools work on a similar model as open school. Students who have quit school
or have dropped out from in and around the community/locality of the bridge school
are registered in this open school and are given after school coaching as well as training
for extracurricular activities.

Contact Address:
Simi Suri
Email: simi.suri@hcl.com
Senior Manager, Sustainability
Program Co-coordinators’
Email: Bangalore – Joshua Livingstone (joshua.livingstone@hcltfoundation.org)
Chennai –Prijoe Tharu (Prijoe.tharu@hcltfoundation.org)/ Newton Raj

31. Hinduja Foundation


Company Name Hinduja Group
Established Year-1968

About The Foundation


Hinduja Foundation is an important milestone in a journey in humanitarianism which
began with the philanthropic work of Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja (1901 -1971),

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founder of the Hinduja Group, its legacy is carried forward under the aegis of
the Hinduja Foundation which works in tandem with Hinduja Foundations established
in the UK and the USA. Together they have formed an integral part of the Hinduja Group
and strived to achieve their goals by creating socially responsible institutions; working
jointly with other institutions of repute and by supporting deserving non government
organisations (NGOs) working for similar objectives. The aim is to build bridges
between India and the world, between the past and the present, between generations
that are and generations to come.

Thematic Areas
 Arts and Culture
 Education
 Healthcare
 Social Welfare
 Sports
Past Projects:

Arts and Culture


Hinduja Foundation has taken initiatives to preserve art, culture and heritage:
 In 1994 Hinduja Foundation facilitated the commissioning of legendary Indian
painter Maqbool Fida Hussain to create a series of paintings titled ‘Theorama’, on
different faiths
 Support to the ISKCON Hinduja Glory of India Vedic Cultural Centre, New Delhi,
India, which is a state-of-the-art experience-exhibition on Indian Vedic culture
created in New Delhi
 Preservation of ancient traditions and ancient Indian manuscripts

Education
The foundation recognizes the pivotal role of education as a catalyst for progress and
has started a number of schools, colleges and scholarships to implement education.
Hinduja has established K PB Hinduja College of Commerce in Mumbai, and has 3900
students in State Grant Courses and 600 in Non Grant Courses. The foundation runs the
scholarship programme through Dharma Hinduja Merit cum Means Scholarship that
was launched in 1991 and covers 11 Indian States in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan,
Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha and Tamil Nadu.
Other research and scholarships include Dharma Hinduja Cambridge Trust Scholarship,
Indic Research and providing monetary fund’s to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

HealthCare
 Established ASCI- Hinduja Institute of Healthcare Management which offer post
graduate courses in Healthcare Management for training hospital and health

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scheme administrators in collaboration with the renowned Administrative Staff


College of India ( ASCI), Hyderabad.
 Collaborated with the American Association of Physician of Indian Origin with an
objective to upgrade health facilities in India by bringing well experience and
qualified doctors from USA to India in Hinduja Hospital to provide quality
medical care and health services.
 Established PD Hinduja Sindhi Charitable Hospital in 1967 run by Sindhi Youth
Association, Bangalore with upgraded medical facilities
 Established PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center in
Mumbai also known as Hinduja Hospital which is a 351 bed ultra modern state of
the art multi speciality tertiary care center and offer service which is
comprehensive, covering investigation and diagnosis to therapy, surgery and
post- operative care .
Social Welfare
 Support to “Drinking Water for the Millions Programme” in 1988 in five India
States- Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra
 Support to ISKON’s “Food for Life Programme”
 Support to the disaster relief In Gujarat (1991) earthquake, Orissa Cyclone
(1991)
 Donation to the Leprosy Mission to set up Regional Vocational Training Center
for Rehabilitation of Leprosy affected in Vadathorasalur, Tamil Nadu, and
India.
 Generated funds to purchase oral polio vaccine for one million Indian children in
weaker section of Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Hinduja,
Haridwar, Rishikesh and Jwalapur during the National Immunisation Campaign
from 2nd December 2001 to 20th January 2002
 Donation for the launch of 'India 2020 Centre for Societal Transformation' to
Mata Amritanandamayi Math
Sports
Hinduja Foundation has established a tennis training facility from 1993-2000 in
collaboration with the All India Lawn Tennis Association, in New Delhi to upgrade the
skills of a number of budding tennis players. In 1986 the foundation launched a scheme
to reward and encourage Indian medal winners at international games and began
adopting, for six to eight years, budding sportspersons, and sponsoring established
sportspersons. In 1992-2000 the foundation has encouraged promising Indian women
Weightlifters and contributing specifically in their training.

Contact Address:
Hinduja Foundation India
Hinduja House
171, Dr. Annie Besant Road

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Worli, Mumbai - 400018


Maharashtra, India
Tel: +91 22 24960707
Fax: +91 22 24933393
Email: foundation@hindujagroup.com
Web: http://hindujagroup.com/hinduja-foundation/default.html

32. H T Parekh Foundation

Company Name: HDFC Bank


Established Year: 2012

About the Foundation


Shri H. T. Parekh, founder chairman of the Corporation and to commemorate his
enormous contribution to the development of housing finance and other financial
services in India, the HDFC board at its meeting held on January 12, 2012, approved the
proposal to set up the H. T. Parekh Foundation, which would be dedicated towards
charitable causes for the benefit of the weaker sections of society.

The H.T. Parekh Foundation has been incorporated with the aim to undertake, pursue
and be concerned with the welfare, betterment and advancement of society as a whole.
This will be carried out through partnerships with NGOs, community bodies and local
organisations with an impeccable track record of community service, performance and
accountability towards achieving its goals. The organisations will be working in the
areas of education, child welfare, and causes of the disabled, health-care, vocational
training, community development programs and any such initiative serving the
betterment of society as a whole. At appropriate times, the Foundation will also look
into providing relief and rehabilitation support to victims of calamities, both natural and
man-made. The scope of objectives has been kept as wide as possible, so as to allow the
Foundation to respond to different situations and challenges appropriately and flexibly.
The objective of the organization is to support / partner / finance socially relevant
projects through NGOs, community bodies and organisations in the development space.

Thematic Areas
 Child welfare
 Community development
 Education
 Health & Medical
 Senior citizens

Past Projects:

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The Foundation will begin working on its priority areas in current financial year.

Contact Address:
V. Srinivasa Rangan
Email: vsrangan@hdfc.com

Corporate office:
Ramon House, 169,
Backbay Reclamation,
H T Parekh Marg, Churchgate
MUMBAI - 400 020
Tel: 022 2204 3692

33. HUL Foundation


Company Name: Hindustan Unilever Ltd
Established Year: 2010

About the Foundation


In 2008 HUL commissioned Sustainability to carry out a strategic stakeholder
engagement. Based on the findings, a rigorous and detailed exercise was carried out
with the HUL Board to create the Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUF) as its vehicle
for social investment in India. Accordingly HUF has been set up as a Section 25 not for
Profit Company in India. It operates as a subsidiary to HUL. Water for Public Good with
specific focus on livelihoods was identified as the key thrust for the Foundation.
The Foundation has partnered with five leading global organisations – Oxfam,
Population Services International (PSI), Save the Children, UNICEF, and the World Food
Programme. The Foundation’s mission is to improve quality of life through the
provision of hygiene, sanitation, access to clean drinking water, basic nutrition and
enhancing self-esteem.

Acting in partnership with various stakeholders including communities and NGOs, HUF
aims to drive a collective approach towards action on water in agriculture and allied
livelihoods. This comes from the recognition that the complexity of underlying issues
can be addressed only though concerted and collective approaches. HUF’s collective
action is spread over several villages in the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. The projects are in
partnership with NGOs, government agencies, state governments and members of the
local community.

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Past Projects:
 Hand washing
 PSI: Improving Health & Hygiene
 UNICEF: Sanitation for All
 Water works: Improving access to safe drinking water(Bhopal)

Support Partners:
a. Society for Promotion of Eco-friendly Sustainable Development (SPESD)
b. Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA)
c. Development Support Centre (DSC)
d. MYRADA
e. Development of Human Action (DHAN) Foundation
f. Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)
g. Aga Khan Rural Support Program (India) – AKRSP (I)

Contact Address:
Unilever House,
B D Sawant Marg, Chakala,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400099
Tel: 022-39832285 022-39832452
Fax: 022-28249457
Email: levercare.shareholder@unilever.com, mediacentre.hul@unilever.com
Web: www.hul.co.in/sustainable-living-2014/huf/

34. Hyundai Motor India Foundation


Company Name: Hyundai Motor
Established Year: 2006

About the Foundation


HMIF was formed in the year 2006 with the purpose of 'giving back' to society and to
initiate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in the areas of health care,
educational and vocational training, environment, road safety, art, science, technology,
etc. HMIF gets its direct funding from HMIL's earnings as it contributes Rs.100 for every
car sold in the Indian market to enable HMIF to carry out its social activities

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Healthcare

Past Projects:

Educational and Vocational Training Program

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HMIL, under the aegis of HMIF is committed to the task of improving conditions in local
schools around Sriperumbudur as well as nationally. At regular intervals it donates
chairs, tables, computers to the schools to create a better environment for educating
children. Till date, over 20,000 school students have benefited through this program.
HMIF has adopted ITI's in Assam and Ulundurpet to equip them with latest
infrastructure facilities and also provides employment opportunities to students who
graduate from here.

Happy Move
Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility
program recently organizes the 'Happy Move Global Youth Volunteers camp'. As part of
the initiative, students from India and Korea are work together towards a common
cause of community development. The activities in the camp are focused on education
and renovation activities. The 'Happy Move Global Youth Volunteers Camp' is also
supported by Field Services and Intercultural Learning (FSL), an Indian NGO India, and
International Work camp Organization (IWO), an NGO from Korea.

Hyundai Traffic Squad


Students Traffic Volunteer Scholarship Scheme is an initiative by HMIF to sponsor the
'economically backward' college students and also help in managing traffic better. A
group of carefully chosen students, after proper training by the local traffic police, work
as traffic marshals at busy intersections in conjunction with the traffic police to control
and manage traffic. The students are paid a stipend for their efforts and this scheme is
successfully running in the cities of New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. HMIL will further
expand the scheme to other cities of India.

Medical Camps for Neighbourhoods


HMIF conducts a number of free Medical Camps. Apart from this, the Foundation has
also entered into an agreement with Sri Ramachandra Medical University for operating
a Mobile Health Clinic in villages between Poonamalee and Kanchipuram. The mobile
clinic will have a Medical Officer, Pharmacist, Nurse, Attendant and maintain a regular
supply of medicines. The van has a Satellite link which enables it to be in direct contact
with the hospital and get assistance and advice even in the remotest of villages.

Hyundai Driving School


As part of skill development, driving school was started by HMIF to train unemployed
youth in Kancheepuram & Thiruvallur District - Three batches (100) had been trained
during 2009 and this will be an ongoing program.

Contact Address:
Hyundai Motor India Limited
Location: New Delhi
Add: 2nd, 5th & 6th Floor, Corporate One

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(Baani Building), Plot No.5, Commercial Centre,


Jasola, New Delhi- 110025
Tel: 011 - 66022000
Fax: 011 - 66022201-02
Email: anandv@hmil net
For more offices address:
www.hyundai.com/in/en/AboutUs/HyundaiMotorIndia/OfficeAddresses/index.html

35. ICICI Foundation


Company Name: ICICI Bank
Established Year: 2008

About the Foundation


ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth (ICICI Foundation) was founded by the ICICI
Group in early 2008 to carry forward and build upon its legacy to promote inclusive
growth. ICICI Foundation works within public systems and specialised grassroots
organisations to support developmental work in four identified focus areas. We are
committed to investing in long-term efforts to support inclusive growth through
effective interventions.

Thematic Areas
 Elementary Education
 Health
 Skill Development & Sustainable Livelihoods

Past Projects:
 Strengthening Convergent Action for Reducing Child Under nutrition
 Nutrition Security Innovations Programme
 Village Health Committee : Sahiyya Resource Centre
 Working with Self Help Groups: Kalanjiam Foundation Project
 Project SARAS
 School and teacher education reform programme in Rajasthan
 Chhattisgarh Curriculum and Textbook Development
 Creating an Education Resource Centre in Chhattisgarh
 English Relay Programme
 The Quality Education Programme
 Muktangan Education Initiative
 ICICI Academy for Skills

Contact Address:

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Head Office
ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth
ICICI Bank Towers
Bandra- Kurla Complex
Mumbai 400 051, India
Tel: 91 22 26531414
Fax: 91 22 26531511

Registered Office
ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth
1 Cenotaph Road, Teynampet
Chennai 600 018, India
Email: info@icicifoundation.org
Web: www.icicifoundation.org

36. IDFC Foundation


Company Name: IDFC Ltd
Established Year: 2011

About the Foundation


IDFC Foundation was set up in March 2011 as a not-for-profit company under Section
25 of the Companies Act, 1956 to oversee and coordinate the various development
activities being pursued by IDFC Limited (IDFC). The Foundation is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of IDFC.

IDFC Foundation seeks to enlarge the frontiers of infrastructure development through


knowledge sharing, policy advocacy, capacity building and programme support services
to both government and non government organizations. These activities would enable
and facilitate IDFC's mission of nation building and reinforce its position as a credible
player in the infrastructure space
Our not for profit businesses consist of three distinct verticals.

Thematic Areas
 Capacity Building Trust
 Corporate Social Responsibility Group
 Policy Advisory Group

Past Projects:

Capacity Building
The Foundation seeks to build capacities in the government through training and active
handholding support to enable rigorous project identification and preparation,

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appropriate analysis and project structuring, transparent selection of contractors and


private developers under equitable implementation frameworks and pro-active
monitoring over the project life cycle.

Community Engagement
IDFC Foundation's community engagement programme called I-Care, which was
launched in FY 2012, focuses on substantively improving the effectiveness of "not-for-
profit, non government entities (NGOs)" in the areas of Youth, Inclusion and
Environment. I-Care uses the skill sets of employees of IDFC/ IDFC Foundation to help
these NGOs develop internal capabilities, systems, management practices and
preparedness for scale. Over 10% of IDFC's professional staff is actively engaged
through the I-Care initiative. This capacity building effort combined with philanthropic
grants is expected to make a significant impact in these areas.

Government Advisory & Program Support Services


Over the years IDFC has advised various central and state governments in the
development of policy, regulatory and sectoral frameworks, transparent procurement
processes, and equitable concession documents, and through transaction advisory
services for specific Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects across various sectors.
IDFC Foundation now uses these skill sets to support government agencies to
implement development programmes that would have a greater impact and deliver
better services to citizens, optimally utilising existing resources within government.

Policy Research and Advocacy


IDFC Foundation actively undertakes research on various policy themes and thereby
seeks to lead thought and good practices across various infrastructure sectors. The
research findings are published regularly through quarterly research notes, occasional
theme papers, an infrastructure index, the annual India Infrastructure Report (IIR) and
a new annual publication called the India Rural Development Report which would be
launched later this year.

Contact Address:
Mr KV Venkatraman
Email: venkatraman.kv@idfc.com
Naman Chambers,
C-32, G-Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East),
Mumbai - 400 051
Tel: +91 22 4222 2000
Fax: +91 22 2654 035
Email: venkatraman.kv@idfc.com
Website: www.idfc.com/foundation/
For more Office Address:
http://www.idfc.com/contact_us.htm

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37. Indiabulls Foundation

Company Name: Indiabulls Group


Established Year: 2010

About the Foundation


Indiabulls Group is a diversified Indian conglomerate with businesses spread over in
Financial Services, Real Estate and Securities. The Group’s vision of inclusive growth has
been a driving force to set up Indiabulls Foundation in January, 2010. This would
provide an impetus to various social initiatives by Indiabulls Group.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Health
 Nutrition
 Sanitation
 Women and Youth Empowerment

Past Projects:

Anganwadi for Site Labourers


Migrant workers who are employed at various construction sites face difficulties in
accessing basic amenities. We have ensured that migrant workers have access to
potable drinking water as well as set up a waste water management system at the
labour colony. We have also ensured that children of migrant workers get day care
facilities through Anganwadi. Medical camps and medical facilities at these sites provide
basic health care facilities to these workers.

Cleft Surgeries
Indiabulls Foundation in partnership with Smile Train has undertaken an endeavour to
help 600 children with their surgeries of cleft or palate deformities in the regions of
Nashik, Amravati and Mumbai. With these surgeries not only does the facial construct of
the child comes back to normality but gives the child a new sense of being and
confidence.
IBF Scholarships
Indiabulls Foundation Scholarship Program aims to encourage and promote quality
higher education among meritorious students from economically challenged families to
nurture their careers. Indiabulls Foundation understands that a large number of
deserving students who have an urge to pursue their higher education are unable to do
so owing to mainly financial constraints. In view of this, Indiabulls Foundation offers

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scholarships to deserving students to pursue their education after 12th standard and
launch a sustainable career in the field of Engineering, Medicine, Law, IT, IIT, ITI,
Management courses or any other stream of the student’s choice.

Free Medical Clinic


Indiabulls Foundation the CSR arm of Indiabulls group inaugurated a medical clinic at
Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel, to provide free primary health care in the area. A
mobile medical van was also launched under Jan Swasthya Kalyan Vahika program a
community centric project with an objective to provide free primary health care
services to the needy within the radius of 20 to 30 kms from the clinic.

Jan Swasthya Kalyan Vahika


Indiabulls Foundation on the 27th May 2014 launched 2 Mobile Medical Vans known as
Jan Swasthaya Kalyan Vahika in Amravati block of Amravati district, Maharashtra.

Jan Swasthya Kalyan Vahika Project


Indiabulls Foundation on the 6th May 2014 launched 2 Mobile Medical Vans known as
Jan Swasthaya Kalyan Vahika in Sinnar block of Nashik district, Maharashtra.

Provision of Street Lights


Wagholi Village approached the Indiabulls for Street light arrangement in their village.
As Wagholi village is more prone to animal attack in night so it’s become necessary to
arrangement of street lights in Wagholi. Population wise Wagholi is second largest area
in Project affected area. Population of Wagholi is Approx 1800. So taking into
consideration the Population of area and requirement, fixing of street light was
approved and work of street light work completed in a reasonable time and it benefited
all the villagers of Wagholi.

Contact Address:
Indiabulls Foundation
Indiabulls Finance Centre,
Tower 1, 14th Floor,
Elphinstone Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg,
Elphinstone (W), Mumbai - 400013.
022-61891206/022-61899679
Email: ibfoundation@indiabulls.com
Web: www.indiabullsfoundation.com

38. IndusInd Foundation


Company Name: IndusInd Bank

About The Company

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The IndusInd Foundation is a non-profit charitable organisation which provides a


powerful integrated forum to pool the community resources for public good and to
meet the community's aspirations for philanthropy and charity.
The broad objectives of the foundation are:
 To provide scholarships, advancement of education and promotion of scientific
research
 Relief and rehabilitation of widows and other women without support, orphans,
the aged and the poor
 Providing Medical aid

Thematic Areas
 Education and Literacy
 Literature

Past Projects:

Education
 Set up a chain of IndusInd Schools which will provide quality education and
imbibe Indus Valley Culture within it
 Set up IndusInd Computer training Center which will impart training in
computer technology to school students and to the computer professionals
 IndusInd has Educational Schemes which grants scholarships from Rs.600/- to
Rs. 2200/- p.m. per student each year to needy and meritorious students for
college education at degree level.
 Set up IndusInd Libraries with rare Sindhi books for research and reference
 Set up Book banks to make engineering and medical textbook available to needy
students
Literature
 IndusInd Foundation has extended financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to the writers
every year to help them publish their books by co-sponsoring literary seminars
organized by different organization to promote literature and language.

Contact Address:
The IndusInd Foundation,
Hinduja House,
171, Dr. Annie Besant Road,
Worli,
Mumbai - 400018
INDIA
Tel: +91 22 2496 0707
Fax: +91 22 2493 3393
Email: indusindfoundation@gmail.com

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Web: http://indusindfoundation.com/home.html

39. ING Vysya Foundation


Company Name: ING Vysya
Established Year: 2004

About the Foundation


The Foundation is registered as a wholly Charitable Trust under the section 12(a) of the
Income Tax Act, 1961. The vision of the Trust is to facilitate enabling environment that
actualizes the right to education for children, living in difficult circumstance. It believes
that inspiration, encouragement and skills can change the way these children see their
lives and opportunities.
ING Vysya Foundation started its activities in December 2004 with a water-harvesting
project in the Udaipur and Rajasmand districts of Rajasthan, North India. The initiative
provided villagers with access to clean water and recharged ground-water wells which
in turn support the local agricultural industry.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Financial Support

Past Projects:

Employee engagement campaign


This program is aimed at encouraging employees to become part of the Foundation's
activities.
Volunteering in the community can, among other benefits, help you learn new skills,
contribute your knowledge and experience, gain self-esteem and self-confidence,
develop important new contacts, and make a difference in someone else's life.
Foundation believes that each one of us have expertise that can help build the capacity
of the non-profit sector and contribute in areas that can positively affect education and
society at large.

Funding support to like-minded organizations


The Foundation provides financial support to the organizations, involved in providing
education to children living in difficult circumstances. Foundation partners with
thirteen not-to-profit organization in India to achieve its mission.

Launch of 'Learning on Wheels'


ING Vysya Foundation has partnered with IIMPACT to implement a project titled
'Learning on wheel'. This project is a replication of the Mobile Lab, a science lab on
wheels program that Agastya Foundation has pioneered in.

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Contact Address:
ING Vysya Foundation
22, M G Road
Bangalore - 560 001
Tel: +91 80 2500 5772
Email: joyatri.r@ingvyasabank.com
Web: www.ingvysyafoundation.com

40. IndianOil Foundation*


Company Name: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Established Year: 2000

About The Foundation


Indian Oil Foundation is a non-profit Trust which was formed in the year 2000 with an
initial corpus of Rs 25 crore and a recurring annual contribution of Rs 10 crore to
protect, preserve and promote national heritage monuments in collaboration with the
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and National Culture Fund (NCF) of the
Government of India. The foundation has also undertaken initiatives to promote
community development in these sites.

Thematic Areas
 Community Development
 Education
 Preserve Natural Heritage

Past Projects:

Promote Natural Heritage: Following sites have been identified for developing tourist
friendly facilities in the monument complex

 Konark Sun Temple, Odisha in Eastern Zone


 Vaishali, Bihar in Eastern Zone
 Kanheri caves, Maharashtra in Western Zone
 Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh in Central Zone
 Warangal Fort, Andhra Pradesh in Southern Zone

The corporation also supports variety of endeavours in arts, culture, music and
dance, apart from organising programmes on its own under the banners of Indian
Oil Art Exhibition, IndianOil Sangeet Sabha and Indian Oil Kavi Sammelan

Community Development
 Provide Clean Drinking Water

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 Ensure health and medical care services


 Launched a primary mobile health care scheme“ Indian Oil Sachal Swasthya
Seva” to operate Mobile Medical Units ( MMUs) linked to rural petrol pumps
called (Kisan Seva Kendras) in Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
 Established Swarna Jayanti Samudaik Hospital in Raunchi Bangar, Mathura to
provide medical assistance to residents of nearby areas.
 Set up Indian Oil (AOD) Industrial Training Center, Digboi under the aegis of
National Council for Vocational Training, which offers 68 seats in various
Industrial Trade Disciplines.

Education:
 Indian Oil Scholarship Schemes for Graduate and Post Graduate students and
Indian Oil Merit Scholarship Schemes for 10+/ITI students.
 Introduced Indian Oil Sports Scholarship Scheme in 2006-2007 to promise
young sports persons representing State in team games and National Ranking in
others.
 Provide financial assistance to schools for infrastructure development

Contact Address:
Indian Oil Corporation Limited Palam AFS,
Sadar Bazar Road, Delhi Cantt, Delhi-,
Delhi Cantonment,
New Delhi, Delhi (state) 110010
Tel: 1800 233 3555
Email: amreshkapoor@indiaoil.in
Web: https://www.iocl.com/Aboutus/IndianOilFoundation.aspx

41. Jaipur Rugs Foundation


Company Name: Jaipur Group
Established Year: 2004

About the Foundation


Jaipur Rugs Foundation (JRF) was established under the Rajasthan Public Trust Act in
the year 2004 by Mr. Nand Kishore Chaudhary, founder of the JAIPUR group. JRF is a
non-profit organization that catalyzes sustainable livelihoods for people engaged in the
entire carpet value chain by empowering them to establish collective enterprises
through enhance artisanal and business skills. The overall work mandate of JRF is to
reach out to remote rural areas and establish bonds with the undeserved communities,
especially women, enabling them to start weaving, not just rugs but also their own lives.

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Our core focus in JRF is to provide skill building and skill up-gradation training to those
artisans who are associated with carpet weaving and thereby substantially increase
their income. Since most of the artisans involved are women, increased income will
make meaningful contributions in alleviating poverty. We facilitate income generating
opportunities at the door steps of artisans residing in the remotest of the locations and
create forward & backward linkages with the aid of our strategic partners.

Objectives:
1. Enhancing economic returns for artisans through global market linkages.
2. Connecting artisans with the end customers, thus building relationships and infusing
human touch to the value chain.
3. Linking with initiatives undertaken by government, business and civil society to
promote socio-economic well-being of artisans.
4. Serving as a forum for artisans to enable them champions their cause and fulfill their
aspirations.
5. innovating to develop ergonomically designed equipment to ease the working of
artisans.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Healthcare
 Livelihood

Past Projects:

Artisan Cards
The Artisan Cards are issues to the artisans by Development Commissioner Handicrafts
and the local nodal entities for undertaking formalities for the same are district
industries centers. But due to lack of awareness and low levels of accessibility, the
artisans are unable to get their cards made. JRF bridges such gaps by spreading
awareness and collecting the requisite documents for getting the formalities done.
These artisan cards let the artisan take up a credit facility worth thousands of rupees
from the government.

Community Mobilization
JRF reaches out to the rural communities and spreads awareness about carpet weaving
as a vocation and their potential gateway for sustainable livelihoods. The thrust is on
locating and training the target populace to transform them into skilled artisans and
alongside, exploring how their collective strengths may be developed further so as to
enable them become life entrepreneurs.
Skill Development Training

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Once location mapping has been conducted, localities are selected to conduct the field
level functionaries of the organization. Once the community members get convinced
about the work, they are divided into different batches and their skill development
trainings are organized in their own villages. JRF conducts skill development trainings
in such areas, where the artisans are taught the basics of weaving, the techniques, usage
of tool, efficient manners of working, reading the design maps etc. this whole process
goes on from 2-3 months. JRF installs weaving looms in the villages and lets the trainers
teach the art of weaving to the unskilled community members and transform them into
skilled artisans.

Education
JRF is a firm believer of educating the mass on the whole. Literacy is necessity, and JRF
functions towards spreading awareness and providing knowledge. Other than teaching
the weavers about numerical and literal alphabetic knowledge, the foundation draws
attention upon other fundamental aspects of day to day life. Concentrating mainly
towards educating the women, continued sessions are taken to teach the women how to
read and write; at par letting them perform signatures rather than thumb prints.

Health Camps
The Health Camps are organized in villages so as to enable the poorest of the poor
members of the village community avail expert check-up and treatment along with the
medicines free of cost. These camps are useful in treating the general ailments whereas
the severe health issues are diagnosed and are referred to hospitals for proper care.
These camps help in not only treating the patients but also in identifying potential
health disorders which if otherwise unattended may eventually raise their healthcare
burden. These are taken up in partnerships with local health care providers.

Skill Upgradation Training


India is filled with talent and rug weaving is not a new technique for many. Hence, JRF
conducts Skill Upgradation Trainings for those weavers who are already acquainted
with the art of weaving. This kind of training involves teaching them to meet the new
standards as per the demand, to be set to work upon the Jaipur Rugs standards, teach
them the latest technique or using of some new tool.

Contact Address:
G- 250 Mansarovar Industrial Area,
Jaipur, 302020, Rajasthan, India
Tel: +91-141-3987400 / 2398948
Email: jrf@jaipurrugs.org
communication@jaipurrugs.org
getinvolved@jaipurrugs.org
partnerships@jaipurrugs.org
Web: www.jaipurrugs.org

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42. JM Financial Foundation

Company Name: JM Financials


Established Year: 2001

About The Foundation


In an endeavour to make a positive contribution towards the lesser privileged
communities, JM Financial Foundation was established in the year 2001 and Kampani
Charitable Trust established in the year 1982 to support an array of socio-economic,
educational and health initiatives. The objective is to contribute in a way which is
lasting, sustainable and scalable. The Foundation identifies and works alongside several
NGOs to work on a number of outreach programs in various fields such as education,
health and disaster relief.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Employee Volunteering
 Entrepreneurship Development
 Healthcare
 Relief and Rehabilitation

Past Projects:

Education
 Building of classroom blocks
 Providing classroom furniture / stationery and payment of fees / providing
transport
 Funding Balwadis
 Project Drishti provides learning material to the blind through magazines which
is accumulated and sent to the Kamla Mehta School for the blind at regular
intervals. The paper from these magazines is used for preparing reading and
learning material in Braille
Entrepreneurship Development
 Supports the initiative called Venture Studio of Ahmedabad University, to create
entrepreneurship in young generation and provide them opportunities to start
up innovative ventures. The first batches of fellows from Venture Studio are well
on their path to commercially launch the idea they developed at the Venture
Studio.
Healthcare
 Support to organizations such as Society for Rehabilitation of Crippled, Research
Society for the Care, Treatment & Training of Children, Ratna Nidhi Charitable

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Trust, Akshay Patra Foundation, Tata Medical Centre, Shivanand Mission,


Sankara Nethralaya, etc. to further expand health care initiatives.
Relief and Rehabilitation
 Provided aid in the form of shelter intervention which was given to rehabilitate
victims, through Habitat for Humanity when Cyclone hit South India.

Employee Volunteering Initiatives


 Project Sparsh is the employee volunteering initiative where the employees
pledge financial aid on a periodic basis towards the lesser privileged, aged
members of society through the SPONSOR A GRAN programme of Help age India.
Employees volunteer for the Akanksha Mentoring Programme wherein children
from Akanksha Foundation centres are mentored and counseled on career
options, self confidence, academic help, etc.
Walkathon
 Walkathon” is an annual event, supported by colleagues and clients by both
participation in the walk as well as charity contributions and the donations
received are used for charitable purposes

Contact Address:
7th Floor, Cnergy
Appasaheb Marathe Marg
Prabhadevi
Mumbai 400 025
India
Tel: 91 22 6630 3030
Email : corporatecommunications@jmfl.com
Web: http://www.jmfinancial.in/about_us/csr.aspx

43. JSW Foundation


Company Name- JSW Group

About The Foundation


JSW Foundation is the social development division of the JSW Group. The Foundation is
an independent institution and is governed by the Board of Trustees drawn from the
senior management of the group. It works with corporate social responsibility (CSR)
teams of Group companies to address the critical issues relevant to the communities,
involving suitable partners (selected through a rigorous screening process) to enable
the planning and effective execution. The objective is to serve the most venerable
groups within communities with rightful interventions. he Foundation ensures a
thorough pre-assessment of the field situation before taking up any issue in earmarked
area, both directly and via involving a third party organization. It listens and
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an infallible plan to chalk out phases and interventions to address the issue. It does all
the work in collaboration with the local CSR team and plant management. It ensures a
third party impact analysis of all the interventions through involving external partners.

Thematic Areas
 Environment
 Improve Living Conditions
 Preserve Natural Heritage
 Social Development
 Social Inequalities

Past Projects:

Addressing Environment Issues


 Improve the sanitation scenario in the villages by providing low cost toilets to
households
 Increase awareness to use toilets, involving community to give space in their
households’ premises for toilet construction and partly bear the cost of
construction and aligning government fund for the project. So far, 4424 units of
toilets have been constructed

Improve Living Conditions


 JSW Foundation has facilitated partnership to improve soil moisture and crop
productivity which will sustain farm productivity
 JSW Steel Vijayanagar Works cemented the partnership with the International
Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropic (ICRISAT) and Government of
Karnataka in Bellary district to enhance the farm yield
 JSW Steel Salem Works is working with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) in the area of watershed development
 In Ratnagiri, JSW Energy Limited directly works with the farmers, facilitating
them for specific training inputs, providing them with hybrid seeds and modern
agriculture equipment.
 Achieve zero mother mortality rates during pregnancy by promoting
institutional deliveries at JSW Steel Vijyanagar.
 Started ‘Mission Against Malnutrition’ to tackle the problem of malnutrition in
Palghar, Thane and Bellary district
 Facilitated Upgradation of primary healthcare centres (PHC) at JSW Group’s
plant locations, to enable them to serve the community more efficiently
 Established a drop-in counseling centre (DIC) at the truck terminus in
Vijayanagar in association with Bhoruka Charitable Trust to raise awareness
about HIV AIDS to truck drivers at JSW Steel Vijyanagar

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 Extends entire financial support for surgery to the under privileged young girls
diagnosed with a hole in their heart

Preserve Natural Heritage


The JSW Group believes in the beguiling the power of art, and is attentive to the need of
preserving the timeless cultural heritage of our country through various CSR
intervention.
 Restored complex Krishna temple, a UNESCO world heritage site, to save the
temple from further deterioration.
 Promoted important books that help trigger social change. For ex Daroji: An
Ecological Destination’ by Samad Kottur, Vijay Mohan Raj and Ganesh H Shanka.
 Released an english version of the compilation of poetry by Nobel Prize-winning
Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral which was Published in 2011 and also published a
set of six books for children on climate change in association with The Energy
and Resources Institute (TERI)
 Support to India’s premier art magazine known as ‘Art India’
 Set up Kaladham (Art Village) on a 10-acre plot within the JSW Township at
Vijayanagar, 25km from the Hampi World Heritage Site
 Conserve Rajasthani folk music led by Manganiar and Langa community to
provide platform to the present set of musicians and take the music form to the
new generation
 Set up cultural wing ‘Jindal Art Centre’ (JAC) in1994 which functions as an
independent body under the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)
Mumbai

Promote Social Development


The foundation aims to achieve social development initiatives through:
 Improving the infrastructure of local schools
 Complementing Mid day meal Programme
 Establish computer aided learning centre (CALC) in collaboration with Azim
Premji Foundation and Pearson Education Services to provide necessary training
inputs and stipends to teachers towards enabling better utilization of the
education aids by them.
 Run a school Tamanna for differently abled children, to provide basic leaning and
vocational skill. Provide life skill education, leadership and motivation of
children for specially abled children and to provide basic leaning and vocational
skill.
 Adoption to ITI (Industrial Training Institutes)
 Establish Rural BPO

Address Social Equalities


 JSW Foundation has taken initiatives to address social inequalities through:

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 Skill Building (Vocational skills and employment) for e.g. training centre for
textile and apparel at OPJC Vijayanagar which has 58 industrial sewing machines
and 10 domestic sewing machine
 Social Business (BPO, textile, enterprise) Data Halli which is a non-voice rural
BPO service as made a significant impact in the local communities, which will
provide jobs to women who have completed their high schooling
 To address economic Empowerment ( Self Help Groups and entrepreneurship)
 Facilitate linkages for destitute and widow

Contact Address:
JSW Centre
Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai - 400 051
Tel: +91 22 4286 1000
Fax: +91 22 4286 3000
Email: mukund.gorakshkar@jsw.in
Web: http://www.jsw.in/foundation/about-jsw-foundation

44. Jubilant Bhartia Foundation


Company Name: Jubilant Bhartia Group
Established Year: 2007

About the Foundation


Jubilant Bhartia Foundation is a not for profit organization established in 2007 by
Jubilant Bhartia Group. The foundation focuses on conceptualizing and implementing
the Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives for the Jubilant Bhartia Group as well as
other corporate entities channelize resources for bringing measurable social change in
the society.

Objectives
 To improve learning environment in Government schools
 Sustaining the interest of the students to attend school
 To improve the quality of education imparted to the students
 To motivate the students to take up higher studies

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Employability
 Healthcare
 Livelihoods

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Past Projects:

Education
Project ‘Muskaan’ –Supporting Government Rural Primary Education System
JBF understands that the lack of education is a root cause of various social and economic
problems and therefore, the foundation believes that the education should be the
primary area of intervention for empowering the communities. In this regard, Project
Muskaan was introduced in 2007 to support the Government initiatives in primary
education. The project has been named ‘Muskaan’; to bring smile on every child’s face.
It’ primarily aims at improving the learning environment and the quality of education in
the select schools so that students are motivated to attending school and ultimately
cutting down the dropout rate. The project now reaches out to rural government
primary schools in the vicinity of Jubilant’s manufacturing locations.

Healthcare
Though the Government has set up Community Health Centres and Primary Health
Centres to cover the entire population of the country, facilities at these centres are
highly stretched. Adequate resources are generally not available at these centres to
cater to the needs of the people. While private entrepreneurs do set up various types of
healthcare facilities in urban areas, there are major gaps in rural and semi urban areas,
where industries can contribute. The healthcare interventions of the Foundation are
aimed to fill these gaps.

Livelihood Promotion
JBF focuses on enhancing the employability and livelihood opportunity of the
community through skill development.

Contact Address:
Jubilant Bhartia Foundation
Mr. Vivek Prakash
1A, Sector 16A
Noida, Uttar Pradesh -201 301, India
Tel: (91)-(120)-4361000
Email: support@jubl.com, jbf@jubl.com , vivek_prakash@jubl.com
Web: www.jubilantbhartiafoundation.com

45. Lanco Foundation


Company Name: Lanco Group
Established Year: 2000

About the Foundation

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Lanco Infratech Limited, a member of the UN Global Compact, is well recognized for its
good corporate governance and CSR initiatives. Its CSR initiatives are led by the Lanco
Foundation, the CSR arm of the Lanco Infratech, established in 2000 under the Indian
Trust Act. The Foundation has been spearheading welfare and development activities in
the fields of Education, Health, and Safe Drinking Water, empowerment of the Physically
Challenged, Neighbourhood Community Development and Environment across 14
locations in 12 states of India.

Thematic Areas
 Health
 Education
 Rural Development

Past Projects:

Access to Preventive and Primary Healthcare


 Lanco Mobile Health Service (LMHS): Free primary healthcare facilities are
provided at the village level and at the doorstep of the communities. The services
include primary healthcare and preventive awareness, as well as referral of cases
that require attention beyond primary healthcare. The mobile units equipped
with a doctor and para-medical staff, visits target villages regularly to diagnose
patients and dispense free medicine. Currently, 17 mobile vans operate in 12
states and 14 locations covering over 200,000 people. Each registered individual
also gets a health card, which helps in knowing case history for effective
treatment, up-to-date reporting, data collection and analysis.
 Special Health Camps: These camps are aimed at creating health awareness and
screening for common but critical diseases such as eye ailments, cancer,
tuberculosis, women and child diseases and disability. Apart from free
distribution of medicines and aids and appliances, the camps help in early
detection of diseases, creating health awareness and taking preventive steps. The
village communities and LANCO employees actively participate in these
programmes. Over 40 such camps are conducted every year benefiting nearly
6,000 people.

CSR Programme - Drinking Water


To reduce water borne diseases and their adverse impact, the LANCO Foundation has
established drinking water plants in the neighbourhood communities to provide safe
drinking water free of cost. The centralised 1000 litre per hour (LPH) water purifying
plants, use Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology and UV filtration to filter raw water, which
is disbursed at the water plant in cans of 12 and 20 liters capacity. We are currently
operating 37 plants covering approximately 74,000 populations in 7 states.

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Feasibility and impact of the village location is scientifically studied and subsequently
the water plant is erected with the consent of the stakeholders from community. The
community is encouraged to gradually handle the day-to-day operations and
maintenance to inculcate ownership. Water standards set by the Bureau of Indian
Standards and the World Health Organisation have been taken into consideration to
ensure that safe drinking water is provided to the communities.

Rehabilitation of the Disabled


Directly addressing the mobility needs of the disabled and providing rehabilitation free
of cost is one of the flagship programmes of Lanco Foundation. The programme caters
to people with loco motor disability. The endeavour is to encourage mainstreaming the
differently-abled people. Currently, the Lanco Foundation operates five Artificial Limb
Fitting Centers (ALFCs) in five states serving over 6,000 people every year. This
programme has been going on since2005 onwards.

Education
 Lanco Merit Scholarships: Financial support is provided to meritorious
students studying preferably in government schools/ institutions. A scholarship
amount of Rs. 2,000 for students from class VI to IX, Rs. 10,000 for class X, Rs.
20,000 for classes XI and XII and also for other professional courses in
engineering, medical, law and management. Currently, this programme covers
over 1,500 students across 12 locations.
 School Kits: To motivate children in the rural schools, School kits comprising of
school bag, geometry box, colors and notebooks were distributed to 25377
students in 13 locations across India.
 School Solar Energy: Solar energy panels were installed in 5 schools of Anpara,
UP and 2 schools of Dhenkanal, Odisha. LANCO Foundation also gave free
computer and television to each school backed up with solar energy. Technical
support for installation of solar panels was provided by LANCO Solar.
 Special Scholarships: Special scholarships are granted to all the students
studying in government schools scoring more than 80% marks in grade X. Each
such student is awarded with scholarship amount of Rs. 5000. This programme
is being carried out in Vijayawada, AP since 2009 onwards.
 School Health Check-up: Camps are organised, twice a year at government
primary schools to promote health and hygiene amongst children. A general
health check-up is carried out to facilitate early detection of growth related
deficiencies and general health of children. Currently 130 schools are covered
under this programme across the country. About 15,000 children are screened
every year.

Contact Address:
Lanco Infratech Limited

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8-2-120/86/9/A/1, Road-2, Banjara Hills, Banjara Hills,


Hyderabad, Telangana 500034
Tel: 040 2354 0695
Email: lancofoundation@lancogroup.com ,
light@lancogroup.com
Web: www.lancogroup.com/DynTestform.aspx?pageid=57
Gurgaon Office
Lanco House
Plot 397 Udyog Vihar
Phase III Gurgaon 122016
Haryana
Phone: +91-124-4741000
Fax: +91-124-4741066

46. Lupin Foundation


Company Name: Lupin Ltd
Established Year: 1988

About the Foundation


Lupin Rural Support Programme (LRSP), (later rechristened as Lupin Human Welfare &
Research Foundation) was set up on October 2, 1988, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth
Anniversary with the objective of providing an alternative model of Holistic Rural
Development in the country, which is sustainable, replicable and ever evolving.
Initiating the programme of rural development within a small number of 35 villages,
Lupin Foundation has now succeeded in revitalizing, revamping and recreating life in
more than 2,400 villages in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand
States of India, which has led to Lupin Foundation emerging as one of the largest NGOs
in the country.

Lupin Foundation is thus an independent entity of Lupin Ltd., implementing CSR


activities all over India. The Foundation has been successful in making a big difference
in the development of poverty-ridden villages, and especially in the life of the poorest of
the poor and empowerment of a large number of women in these areas. In addition, it
has created a model for poverty alleviation and employment generation (self-
employment and placement) which can be replicated in the country.

Thematic Areas
 National Resource Development
 Economic Development
 Social Development
 Infrastructure Development

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Past Projects:
Indo-German Watershed Development Program
The Indo-German Watershed Development Program (IGWDP) is an integrated program
for rehabilitation of watersheds for the regeneration of natural resources. The program
is implemented by the Village Watershed Committees (VWC- a body nominated by
villagers), in association with Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs). IGWDP was
operationalised in December 1992 under the bilateral aid agreement between the
German and Indian Governments.
The Program is administered and managed by the National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD) and Resource Support Organizations with the support of
Government of Maharashtra.

Tribal Development Fund


 The TDF projects aim to provide sustainable livelihoods to tribal families
through orchard based farming systems. The characteristic features of TDF
projects are:
 Shift in focus from farmer centric to family centric.
 Project size of 500 to 1000 families covering approximately 500 - 1000 acre of
orchard plantation in a 2-3 clusters.
 Support for one acre per family.
 Project duration of 5-7 years.
 The project funding is done on grant/ loan basis or blend of both as found
appropriate. Generally, the project cost is met as a grant and it is ensured that
the participants contribute at least 25% of the labour component. To inculcate
good credit habits among the participants, a small loan component (around 10%
of the project cost) is provided as loan to Project Implementing Agency (PIA) for
on lending. The loan period and interest rate for on lending to the project
participants would be decided at the time of sanction of the project.

National Watershed Development Fund


The success of IGWDP-Maharashtra has led to setting up of Watershed Development
Fund (WDF) in NABARD with a corpus of Rs. 200 crore (Rs. 100 crore each contributed
by GOI and NABARD) with a broad objective of unification of multiplicity of watershed
development program into a single national initiative through involvement of village
level institutions and NGOs.

Kaushal Institute: SGSY Special Project:


 To ensure skill development of rural youths, a SGSY Special Project - Kaushal
Institute was sanctioned to Lupin Human Welfare & Research Foundation
(LHWRF) vide Government of India. Ministry of Rural Development letter No. J-
17032/3/2008-SGSY-II(SP) dated 20 February, 2009.

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 The objective of the project is to provide skill training to 12,000 BPL youths of
the six districts of Rajasthan i.e. Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur,
Dausa & Alwar and to equip rural youths with marketable skill to enhance their
capacity to secure employment in the organized sector or setup micro–
enterprises for self-employment with adequate income generation. The total
project duration is 2 years
 Selected 12,000 rural youths of BPL household have to be between the age 18-35
with a coverage of SC/ST at least to their population share in the district as per
last Census of 2001. 40% of the trainees have to be women. Minimum 75% of
them will be given assured placement with reputed companies and remaining
will be linked to self-employment ventures

Contact Address:
Corporate Office:
Lupin Ltd.
Laxmi Tower, B-Wing, 7th Floor, Bandra – Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051, Maharashtra, India
Tel: +91-22-66402222, 66402323
Fax: +91-22-26526867

Head Office
Sita Ram Gupta - Executive Director
160, Krishna Nagar, Bharatpur-302001,
Rajasthan, India.
Tel: +915644 -223023, 232437
Mobile No: +919414023271
Email: ed@lupinfoundation.in
Web: www.lupinfoundation.in

For centre offices please visit: http://www.lupinfoundation.in/contact-us

47. Max India Foundation


Company Name: Max India Group

About the Foundation


Max India Group philosophy of caring for life inspires us to serve in the area of
healthcare and health awareness with a special focus on underprivileged children.
Children are the future and by improving their lives, we are investing in a better and
brighter life for the community at large. Our concern for children and their future also
leads us to care for the environment and the world they will inherit.

Thematic Area

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 Healthcare

Past Projects:

Healthcare for underprivileged children


Pinky, a bubbly young girl was afflicted with a rare heart disorder. Her father, a poor
sweeper, was unable to pay the INR 200,000, the usual charges for such an operation.
We stepped in and performed it free of cost. Pinky is now a healthy teenager looking to
the future.. Max India Foundation has been able to help nearly a hundred such severely
ill children, regain normal lives. Their smiles are our reward.

A helping hand, a caring attitude


Often, the underprivileged do not have access to quality medical facilities simply
because of lack of easy access.
Max India Foundation, in partnership with Chinmaya Mission, is running a health centre
in New Delhi's Sunlight Colony to serve the needy and disadvantaged in this area

Free Artificial Limbs for Underprivileged


Max India Foundation works with Manav Seva Sannidhi to provide free artificial limbs
and polio calipers to people with disability. The unique feature of this program is the
emotional and psychological support provided to help each patient cope with their
handicap, ensuring a high rate of success.

Pan India Immunization


Max India Foundation and Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd. in partnership with local NGOs
reach out to underprivileged in remotest areas for providing vaccinations to children
between 0-12 years of age for deadly diseases like Hepatitis B, DPT, MMR, and Measles.
It’s a special initiative where in employees from Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd. along with
an empanelled doctor volunteer for the program. The program was launched on 12th
July 2008. To date we have covered 17397, 36042 shots through 286 camps in 81
locations. MIF has also made a small film on Oral Health and Hygiene awareness. It is
screened at the camps for the patients awaiting their turn to be checked.

Blood Donation camps - Through our Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd. offices we encourage
employees to pledge and donate blood to ensure that no life is lost for the reason where
we can be of some help

Day care for street children- JAMGHAT - Started on 23 May 08 with partner NGO,
“JAMGHAT - a group of street children” in the Jama Masjid Area. 50 children benefitted.
A Doctor from Max Health Care visits the centre once a week for a Health Check up of
the children and gives free medicines. Apart from this meals are given to children every
day. On various occasions we donate clothes and items for sanitation and hygiene. We
have also conducted Immunization of children

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Contact Address:
Mohini Daljeet Singh
Chief Executive
MAX House, Okhla, New Delhi-110020
Tel: 011-26933601 (12 Lines), 42598000
Email: mdsingh@maxindiafoundation.org
Web: www.maxindiafoundation.org

48. Moser Baer Trust


Company Name: Moser Baer Group
Established Year: 2005

About the Trust


The Trust came into existence in July 2005 and ever since its inception has been in the
forefront in intervening with contiguous communities in assisting them to address the
challenges they face. The Trust is committed to achieve the Country Development Goals
as well as the Millennium Development Goals wherever it operates.
In its initial years, Moser Baer Trust began with providing health services to the nearby
villages. With the passage of time, there came a shift in the modus operandi from service
delivery to sustainability and empowerment. Moser Baer Trust has observed an organic
growth in its operations and has been involved in designing and implementing need-
based programs. Since then, Moser Baer Trust focuses its energies and resources on
core developmental issues like Education, Youth development, Health, and Livelihoods
for the targeted population.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Health
 Livelihood
 Youth

Past Projects:

Education
Digital Literacy Program
Computers applications have opened new vistas for employment and offer a wide
knowledge base that ensures brighter career prospects. For the rural youth, especially
those living in urban peripheries, a knowledge deficit in computers is the biggest
challenge in achieving gainful employment.

Taleem

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Taleem as the name suggests is education in a very holistic sense. It is an attempt to


address the issues plaguing education like lack of quality mainstream primary and
secondary education, lack of participation of concerned stakeholders in the
development of the child. This is done by providing appropriate services in the
community, advocacy strategies and capacity enhancement of multiple stakeholders.

Livelihood
DISHA
A joint venture of Moserbaer Trust (MBT), CAP Foundation and USAID India, DISHA was
initiated in September 2007. The project aimed at developing skilled workforce among
the disadvantaged youth of the society, especially in Noida and Greater Noida, to meet
the emerging demands of various corporates.

SAFAL
This program is focused at enhancing the relationship between families and the natural
resources in and around them in rural India. The interventions are designed keeping in
mind the kind of basic challenges that an average family in the area faces in ensuring a
dignified livelihood, more so in the case of smallholders.

Health
PAHAL
Project PAHAL (Promotion and Advancement of Health and Livelihood) is a partnership
project in collaboration with NABARD under its Rural Innovation Fund scheme. The
uniqueness of the project lies in its approach which addresses the relationship between
rural women and their health needs.

Aarogya
The Aarogya Program envisages addressing the gaps in the relationship between the
individual, the community and the domain of public health (which includes the health
services, important stakeholders such as the local health deptt etc).

Aakar
AAKAR was conceptualised with a view to shape the lives of marginalized women in the
operational contiguity of Moser Baer Trust & Moser Baer plants. The objective of the
project is to provide women from underserved communities with skills to augment
their household’s livelihood portfolios thereby helping them live dignified lives

Youth Development
Cine Art
Like all other CSR initiatives of Moser Baer, Cine Art not only reaffirms our commitment
towards environment, youth, inclusive development, proactive partnerships and
sustainability, but also manifests a direct link with our core business activities
entertainment and cinema, as a medium for social change.

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YUDAI
To meet the demand of the global market emphasis is on recruiting the workforce with
the right kind of skills-sets who can keep up pace with new technological developments.
In the absence of requisite skills, the growing competitive market is witnessing a gap
between the demand and supply of skilled workforce. Therefore realizing the need to
focus on imparting appropriate training to the youth in a market driven economy the
YUVA program was conceived for the youth to pave the way to dignified livelihoods.
Youth from disadvantaged communities living in urban peripheries are identified and
then trained so that they can get a better footing in today’s world.

Contact Address:
Moser Baer Trust
43 B, Okhla Industrial Estate,
New Delhi – 110020, India
Tel: + 91 11 4059 444 / 417
Email: moserbaertrust@moserbaer.in
Web: www.moserbaertrust.org

49. Muthoot Group Foundation


Company Name: Muthoot Group
About The Foundation
Muthoot M George Foundation was established in the memory of founder Chairman
Late Shri M. George Muthoot. Every branch of The Muthoot Group is actively involved in
Community Development and Social Welfare in one form or the other. The Foundation
takes keen interest to extend financial support to the needy in the following situations.
 Financial support for the treatment of illness of a family member as well as for
family maintenance
 Funds for the marriage of a daughter in the family, especially in those
circumstances when the girl has lost both her parents or if the daughter has a
widowed mother
 If a child does not have the required funds to complete his or her higher
education in a Professional Course
Thematic Areas
 Environment
 Healthcare
 Socio Economic Development

Past Projects:
Environment Initiatives
 Muthoot Haathi Mera Saathi's "Seeding the Future Campaign" was launched in
January 2013 urging users to help the group plant trees

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 SEED (Student Empowerment for Environmental Development) quiz for school


students of over 5000 schools across 38 educational districts of Kerala to create
awareness for environment protection
 Solar Water Heater & Water Purifying System for govt schools
 "Ente Adukkalathottam" (My kitchen garden) seminar at Trivandrum, Kochi and
Calicut which has explained the benefits of in-house cultivation and motivated
 IT initiatives for paperless organizations
Healthcare
 Muthoot Haathi Mera Saathi healthcare camp at Lucknow, Empowering U.P.
Police Force 2013'
 Donated ambulance to Ernakulum General Hospital, Kerala
 Camp on Hip and Knee replacement at Muthoot Medical Centre, Kozhencherry
 Thyroid Camp at Muthoot Medical Centre, Kozhencherry
 Mini Marathon on the eve of World Cancer Day to raise funds for Cancer and
Palliative Care patients at General Hospital Ernakulum
Socio Economic Development
 Providing financial assistance to support marriage of girls
 Muthoot M George Excellence awards and Cash prizes for Govt schools in Kerala
 Cash awards and citation to toppers from 200 govt schools in 7 districts
 Examination Counselling to combat exam phobia
 Distributed Heavy Duty Electric Sewing Machine to physically challenged person
in Edakkara, Calicut, Kerala
 Financial assistance to economically backward for treatment of serious illness
 Food distribution to all the patients of general hospital Ernakulum.
 Notebook and School Uniform Distribution to economically backward societies
 Established Paul George Memorial Tournament a sports platform for free cricket
training and educational scholarships.

Contact Address:
Muthoot Buildings, P.B.No.11
Kozhencherry - 689 641
Tel: +91-4682-214078/214005
Fax: +91-4682-213417
Web: http://www.muthootgroup.com/resposibility/muthoot-m-george-foundation/

50. Muthoot Pappachan Foundation

Company Name: Muthoot Pappachan Group


Established Year: 2003

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About The Foundation


Muthoot Pappachan Foundation (MPF), is a Public Charitable Trust which was formed
in the year 2003 as the CSR arm of the Muthoot Pappachan Group to facilitate CSR
activities for the entire Group
CSR objectives of Muthoot Pappachan Group”
 To build a framework of CSR activities with a philanthropic approach in line with
business unit objectives, this also benefits the organization at large.
 Social returns together with financial returns, while imbibing the organisation's
ethos and value systems.
 Build sustainability for the organization by 'Engaging the Community.'

To build a corporate brand through CSR


 For other stakeholders make it "an integral part of the company's DNA, so much
so that it has to be an organic part of the business "

Thematic Areas
 Health
 Education
 Environment
 Livelihood

Past Projects:
All the MPG companies lead their own CSR initiatives within the HEEL themes,
specifically involving their staff and customers. MPF facilitates this process. Other than
directly MPF-run CSR initiatives, activities would be initiated from the following
divisions:
 Finance (MPG NBFCs)
 Hospitality
 Real Estate
 Automobiles
 Healthcare (Life Brigade Hospital)

Major CSR initiatives within HEEL Themes are:

The Streejyoti Programme (Microfinance Team- Livelihood Theme)


Streejyoti is a joint initiative of the Muthoot Pappachan Group and Action International
created to educate budding women entrepreneurs and help them be financially literate.
This programme has coverage in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and more than
25,000 women entrepreneurs have been trained to date. The objective of this
programme is to ensure competitiveness through the development of managerial skills
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Muthoot Life Blood Factory - (Muthoot Fincorp Ltd & Medicare) - Health Theme
Muthoot Pappachan Lifeblood Directory creates a platform for all the good souls that
are willing to donate blood and save precious lives. We are targeting to create the
largest Donor Directory in the country involving our stakeholders from all the MP
Group companies.
This Directory was piloted in Kerala from 1st October 2012 (National Blood Donor Day)
through the 800+ MFL branches across the state. So far around 30,000+ Donors have
voluntarily registered in the Directory. A help desk at Head office, Trivandrum
facilitates the process of donor management and helps patient-donor interface to get
connected to concerned MFL branches in their city.

Medical Camps (Muthoot Fincorp Ltd) - Health Theme


This year, MFL's branches conducted over 200 eye check-up camps, in partnership with
various eye hospitals in the state. Free check up and cataract surgeries (IOL) were
offered to staff, families and customers. Also, a subsidy was offered on selected services
from these hospitals in case of extended treatments. There is a good demand for eye
camps and other medical camps from rural areas and MPF is taking efforts to extend it
to other states too.

Adoption of Villages (Educational support to programme)


(Hospitality & MFL) – Education
Two villages have been adopted for providing educational support for children from
economically deprived families.
 Konni (Pathanamthitta)
 Panathura (Thiruvananthapuram)
This programme is facilitated by Rajagiri out REACH, the extension wing of Rajagiri
School of Social Sciences. A total of 450 children have received support in various
modes: schooling materials, guidance and counselling, food and nutrition etc.

Disability and Rehabilitation


(Medicare) - Health Theme
Swasraya Training and Rehabilitation Centre
Paraplegia (total or partial crippling below the waist on account of spine injuries) is an
affliction which has tormented the lives of hundreds of people in Kerala. Road accidents
and accidental falls from trees or high-rise buildings are the causative reasons, and
tragically most victims come from the 15-45 age groups belonging to low-income
families. Swasraya provides support for these individuals in various forms. MPF
supports Swasraya in developing their infrastructure for the rehabilitation centre in
Mulanthuruthi.

Alternate Energy
Environment Theme

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Muthoot Pappachan Group believes that alternate sources of power are the wisest
solution for problems that threaten our very existence on this planet. For this, the Group
has formed a dedicated venture for supporting green initiatives - Muthoot Alternate
Energy Resources.
Muthoot Pappachan Group started the wind energy project in 1993 at wind farms
located in Muppandhal village in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu with a total
installed capacity of 26.5 MW.

Contact Address:
Registered Office:
Muthoot Centre
Punnen Road, Trivandrum - 695 034
Kerala, India
Tel: 0471 3911560

Corporate Office:
Trivandrum Finance Corp Ltd
MG Road
Near Spencer’s
Trivandrum – 695001
Tel: 04713911550 / 04713911430
Fax: +91-0471-2331560
E-mail: customercare@muthoot.com

Cochin Muthoot Towers


MG Road Opposite Abad Plaza
Cochin - 682 035
Tel: +91-484-2351481, 2351485
Fax: +91-0484-2351494
E-mail: info@muthoot.com
Web: http://www.muthoot.com/community/philosophyandoutlook

51. NALCO Foundation


Company Name: National Aluminium Company Ltd
Established Year: 2010
About the Foundation
In 2010-11 fiscal, NALCO Board decided to set up a standalone Foundation for its CSR
activities. Among other things, the Board decided to allocate an additional one percent
of NALCO’s total net profit every year to fund the schemes to be undertaken by this
Foundation. With the setting up of Nalco Foundation, the CSR budget of the company
now stands doubled at 2% of the net profit.

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Thematic Areas
 Education
 Healthcare
 Promote art, culture, heritage, sports
 Women Empowerment
 Environmental conservation

Past Projects:
 Providing drinking water facility through dug-well at Chaugaon
 Providing drinking water facility at Putraghati through hand pumps:
 Livelihood Training at Khagodara
 Distribution of Sports Kits and Educational Kits in 16 periphery villages
 Promotion of solar energy in rural households by distributing 2130 solar
Lanterns
 Creating Malaria awareness and distributing 4260 Mosquito Net
 Propagation of safe drinking water by distributing 2130 water filters
 Remedial Schools for drop-out Children in five villages (Damanjodi)
 Economic development through goat rearing in Bhitargarh and Kapsiput
 Health Check-up
 Appliances for Physically-challenged Identification Camp
 Backyard Poultry Training
 Village Information Centres
 Drinking water provision in Eklavya Model Residential School at Punger
 Mobile Health Units in Damanjodi
 Village Information Centres

Contact Address:
Nalco Bhawan, P/1, Nayapalli,
Bhubaneswar-751061, India
Tel: 0674 -2301988 to 2301999
Fax: 0674 -2300521/2300580
Email: abhatt@nalcoindia.co.in
Web: www.nalcoindia.com/NALCO_FOUNDATION.pdf

52. NIIT Foundation


Company Name: NIIT Ltd
Established Year: 2004

About the Foundation

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NIIT Foundation (NF) is a not-for-profit education society set up by the promoters of


NIIT in 2004.
NIIT Foundation has a mandate to reach the unreached, uncared and unattended to
ensure inclusive development in India.
To shape the mandate, NIIT Foundation has begun a number of programs that would
positively impact the underserved of the country through various educational
interventions. The intent of NF is to better understand the education and employability
issues at the grassroots level and build sustainable training intervention models.
NIIT Foundation makes critical interventions towards upgrading the skill base and
employability of marginalized youth - in urban slums and rural areas. Our current
programs are:
District Learning Centers (DLCs) for imparting employability among rural youth Career
Development Centers (CDCs) for skilling and employing urban-slum youth Professional
skills program for university students (DU-CII Synergy Project)Science for School
Children Project NGO Accreditation Program for Differently Abled Playground Learning
Stations (PLS)/ Hole-in-the-Wall

Thematic Areas:
 Education
 Healthcare

Past Projects:

Career Development Centers (CDC)


To know about centres please visit the Link
www.niitfoundation.org/index.php/participate/sponsor/60

DU-CII PROJECT
The first phase of the program has been launched with the University of Delhi (DU) at
Campus of Open Learning, Keshavpuram Centre. All the students from the first batch of
the retail management course received 100% internship offers. The students from the
first batches of automobile and software application have started their internship in
January 2009.

SCIENCE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN


NIIT Foundation has initiated activities to identify and provide the necessary support to
smart children entering secondary education (Class 8/13-14years) in terms of
supplemental training so that they can pursue main stream higher education. The
targeted area is science education to improve their scientific and analytical abilities.
Several specially designed science kits and activities will be used in workshop mode to:
Identify bright students from semi-rural schools Inculcate a scientific and analytical
bent of mind in these children and bring back fun into science learning

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N REACH (NGO ACCREDITATION PROGRAM)


NIIT Foundation (a not-for-profit education society) launched an initiative that offers
services to NGOs focusing on education and training of underprivileged youth. The
services include training & certification of teachers in the partner NGOs as well as pre-
assessments, post-assessments and certification of the students. This program equips
teachers and students with the latest competitive modules which are proven effective in
the current industry. Students, upon completion of the course are also presented
certification by NIIT Foundation, which helps the NGO in placements of its students.

Program for People with Disabilities


Noida Deaf Society (NDS) and NIIT Foundation have brought computer literacy to the
hearing impaired youth of the NDS.

Playground Learning Stations (PLS)


A thought, a hypothesis, a series of experiments, a lot of innovation and research lead to
the genesis of an organization, known to the world as Hole-in-the-Wall Education
Limited (HiWEL). HiWEL as an organization was established in 2001 as a joint venture
between NIIT Limited and International Finance Corporation (World Bank). Over the
past decade, HiWEL has evolved both as an idea and as an organization. The
commitment towards imparting a playful learning environment to the underserved kids
by setting up Playground Learning Stations (PLS) that go beyond the school boundaries
provides the impetus to the team to reach out to the remotest of the locations.

Contact Address:
Project Director
NIIT Foundation
A-24, Ground Floor,
Infocity, Sec -34, Gurgaon
Haryana (India) -122002
Tel: +91-124-491-6500
Email: niitaffirmativeaction@niit.com
Web: www.niitfoundation.org

53. NTPC Foundation


Company: NTPC Ltd
Established Year: 2004

About The Foundation


NTPC Foundation was registered in December’2004, striving to serve and empower the
physically challenged and economically weaker sections of the society. The Foundation

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carries out focused CSR activities in identified niche areas to help the physically
handicapped and other marginalized communities.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Livelihood
 Rural Development

Past Projects:

DOT Centres
NTPC Foundation is running Directly Observable Treatment Centres (DOTs) in its
hospitals at 10 power stations to take care of tuberculosis patients in the vicinity of 25
km radius of these stations. Besides providing space and doctors’ services, your
Company has also given mobile vans and diagnostic equipment to the Centres.

District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC)


The Foundation has also set up District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) in
collaboration with National Institute for the Orthopedically Handicapped (NIOH) at
NTPC- Tanda which is serving the beneficiaries in nearby areas.

Distributed Generation (DG) Programmes for Rural Electrification.


NTPC Foundation is also providing grants for setting up of Distributed Generation
Projects for preparation of feasibility report, DPR, Insurance, and Energy Plantation and
for meeting funding gap limited to 30% of the approved project cost.

ICT Centres
The Foundation has set up Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre
for the physically challenged at Delhi University. The ICT Centre set up jointly by NTPC
Foundation and University of Delhi was inaugurated in Oct’08, which will enable
approximately 1000 physically challenged students to learn IT Skills and help them
move along with the mainstream society. Similar Centres for the visually challenged
have been started at Mysore, Thiruvananthapuram, Lucknow and Ajmer. The efforts of
Foundation are being appreciated by one and all. Similar ICT facilities are planned to be
set up at all the States in a phased manner.

Livelihood
NTPC focuses on enhancing quality, skill and sustainability of the poor, thus widening
the scope of livelihood opportunities for them. Some of the related activities are:-
 Organising training for vocational trades.
 Facilitating government sponsored schemes.

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 Schemes for specific target groups like women, disabled, elderly and other
marginalised groups.
 Marketing tie-ups.
 Creating small-scale economic opportunities other than farming.

Supported Tsunami Victims


 Rs. 15.2 million as employees’ contributions and Rs.80 million from the company
was donated to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
 Treatment provided to 7,838 patients.
 Provided food to 18,398 villagers & children.
 Assisted in restoration of power supply in 53 relief camps.

Voluntary Initiatives
NTPC volunteers run E-VOICE (Employees Voluntary Organisation for Initiatives in
Community Empowerment) at its stations with numerous programmes on education,
livelihood, health, advocacy, etc.
NTPC employees are contributing actively to 25 E-VOICE across the country.

Contact Address:
NTPC Foundation
Engg Complex (RnD Bldg),
Room No 124,
1st Floor, Sec 24, Noida, 201301
Tel: 120-2410350, 2410240
Email: info@ntpc.co.in
ashokchakravorty@ntpc.co.in
Web:
http://www.ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&Itemid=9
0&lang=en

54. PepsiCo Foundation

Company Name: PepsiCo India

About The Foundation


PepsiCo Foundation is committed to develop sustainable partnerships and programmes
which provide opportunities for improved health and inclusion and a better
environment. The foundation has supported many programmes which have benefited
more than 300,000 people in nine states of India.

Thematic Areas

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 Environment ( Water Security)


 Health ( Food Security)

Past Projects:

Environment: Water security; Sustainable agriculture; Adaptive approaches to


our changing climate
 Safe Water Network
The project focuses to provide affordable potable water at the community level
by harvesting rainwater, installing small water village kiosk purification systems
and building cisterns and community tanks. It has reached 55,000 people across
Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh and grants of $1.1mn was provided during 2008.

 Water.Org
The project acts as a catalyst to introduce microfinance to the water and
sanitation sector and provides household water connections and toilets. It has
reached 50,000 people in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and
Maharashtra and grants of $3.64mm was provided during 2008-2010.
 Sustainable Agriculture
The project test methods that deliver 'more crops per drop' which focuses on
water security through water harvesting, recharging, watershed management
and innovative irrigation practices. The project is developing research, tools, and
strategies to improve agricultural income and water use through policy reform
and private sector contributions to the agricultural value chain in terms of
market development, technology transfer and risk management. It has reached
to about 500 farmers across Punjab and Gujarat and grants of $1.15mn was
provided during 2008–10

Health: Food security; Improved and optimum nutrition; Energy balance

 Health Alliance
The project focuses on to reduce chronic diseases by promoting healthy diets
and physical activity and controlling tobacco use. The project is being
implemented through integrated interventions to drive policy and
environmental changes and reaches out to 12,000 people in Kerala to lower rates
of obesity and chronic diseases (cardiovascular problems and diabetes.

 Save The Children


Save the Children works with community health educators to provide families
important information about health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene.
The project catalyzes community-based interventions to deliver integrated
health and nutrition solutions to children under 5, young mothers and pregnant
and lactating women. The project reaches 50,000 beneficiaries including

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children under 5, young mothers and pregnant and lactating women through
health and nutrition interventions. It reaches another 50,000 people through
water and sanitation initiatives.

Contact Address:
PepsiCo India,
3B, DLF Corporate Park,
‘S’ Block, Qutab Enclave, Phase-III
Tel : 0124-2880699, 0124-2355880
Email: consumer.feedback@pepsico.com
Web: http://www.pepsicoindia.co.in/purpose/pepsico-foundation.html

55. PNB Farmers’ Welfare Trust


Company Name: Punjab National Bank
Established Year: 2000

About the Trust


Punjab National Bank has created a Trust namely, PNB Farmers’ Welfare Trust on
22.9.2000. This Trust is registered under Section 12 A read with section 12 AA (1) (b) of
the Income Tax Act 1961. The Trust has also obtained exemption U/s 80 G of Income
Tax Act 1961 and is authorized to accept donations, which are exempted under above
Section.
PNB Farmers' Welfare Trust is established with the basic objective of welfare of farmers
without any profit motive for the Bank.

Thematic Areas
 Healthcare
 Rural Development
 Women Empowerment

Past Projects:

Health Clinics at FTCs


FTC Sacha Khera, Vidisha, Saifai and Labhandi have started health check up facility for
ladies, children and also the trainees during 2010-11. This facility is made available
once a week at FTC complex. Upto March, 2014, a total of 34104 persons has been
benefitted by the facility.

Kisan Melas

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FTCs conduct Kisan Melas and Credit Camps. Reputed agricultural machinery
manufacturers, fertilizers, seeds and pesticides dealers, as also other vendors/input
suppliers connected with rural industry participate and display their products in the
Melas. Items produced by the trainees of the FTC, Self-Help Groups have been organized
by the FTCs which evinced lot of interest among farmers of respective areas.
Women Empowerment
Since inception, FTCs have been providing training to women in Agriculture and Allied
activities, computer courses, Cutting & Tailoring, Embroidery etc. Till March, 2014 FTCs,
120153 women participated in 5366 programmes. FTCs also conduct exclusive
programmes for women. Since inception 1262 such programmes were conducted upto
March, 2104 from which 32980 women derived benefit.

Kisan Bandhus at the Door Steps of Farmers

 PNBFWT implemented a scheme of KISAN BANDHUS whereby local youths have


been inducted and trained at each of the FTCs for actively pursuing Financial
Inclusion.
 The Kisan Bandhus repeatedly visit the villages for involving the financially
excluded families in the process of economic growth by providing them financial
counseling, extension services and helping them in their saving/credit linkage
with the banks.
 The Kisan Bandhus also arrange to form Farmers’ Clubs/SHGs and hold Kisan
Goshties for popularizing the concept of financial inclusion among the villagers.

Contact Address:
PNB - PNB Farmers' Welfare Trust & PNB Centenary Rural Development Trust,
Principal Office: 7, Bhikaiji Cama Place,
New Delhi - 110066
Email: dkjain@pnb.co.in
Web: www.pnbindia.in/En/ui/PNBFarmersWelfareTrust.aspx

56. Ramky Foundation


Company Name: Ramky Group
Established Year: 2006

About the Foundation


At the Ramky Group, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an integral, self-regulating
mechanism through which the business monitors and safeguards its active compliance
with global norms and ethical standards. The goal of Ramky Group is to embrace
responsibility for its actions and do all that it takes to make a positive impact on the
environment, communities, employees, consumers, stakeholders and the public at large.

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Since its inception in 2006, Ramky Foundation has been proactively promoting public
interest by encouraging community growth and development and voluntarily
eliminating practices that are not in harmony with the environment and the public
sphere. With emphasis on four thrust areas - Natural Resource Management, Women
Empowerment, Education and Health, the Foundation is growing rapidly with clear-cut
strategies including successful collaborations with various government and non-
government agencies and mobilization of additional resources to widen the scope of
engagement.
Ramky Foundation is present in 16 States and its impact has been felt far and wide and
appreciated in different flora throughout the Indian subcontinent. It has moved beyond
the 'gap-filling' initiatives into capacity building activities.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Healthcare
 Natural Resource Management
 Women Empowerment

Past Projects:

Education
Financial Support
The main idea of this programme is to bring down the school dropout rate as a result of
poor economic conditions. Here, we sponsor the meritorious students from KG to PG
through scholarships, which are availed by many of them. The sponsorship procedure
starts in June and ends in August every year on the basis of merit and financial status
assessment. Under this programme, an amount of Rs.88.77 lakhs has been disbursed to
470 students till date.

Health Care
Nations throughout the world are seeking to improve the health of their citizens and
make quality health care accessible and affordable. Despite their differences, nations are
facing a surprisingly similar set of health disparities and inequalities, such as
fragmented health care ecosystems, high costs, inconsistent quality of care, inefficient
systems, barriers to access and capacity needs.

Our approach to health care initiatives is as follows:


 Health camps
 Distribution
 Awareness and Trainings

Solid Waste Management Project

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Ramky Foundation has implemented the "Environmental Effectiveness through Efficient


Solid Waste Management" project at Pedakakani, Guntur district. The project was
funded by NABARD under the Environmental Promotional Assistance scheme.

Andhra Pradesh Minor Irrigation Tank Management Project


Ramky Foundation provides consulting services as the Nodal Support Organization for
WUA Sustainability Monitoring in the prestigious Andhra Pradesh Community based
Tank Management project.

Watershed Management
Ramky Foundation is implementing this project in two districts of Madhya Pradesh, i.e.
Sagar and Vidhisha in 12,000 hectares. These two projects are worth Rs.14 Crores and
would last for six years benefiting over 50,000 people in the local community directly
and indirectly.

Women Empowerment
Women Empowerment is another major thrust area of Ramky Foundation, which began
in November 2006 with the capacity building of rural women in Dundigal Thanda for
the formation of Self-help Groups (SHGs). Today, the Foundation’s achievements in the
area of economic empowerment of women include - vocational training of rural women
in tailoring and embroidery and women entrepreneurship development training
programmes.

Contact Address:
Hyderabad
Ramky Grandiose, 9th Floor,
Ramky Towers Complex,
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032,
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
Tel:+ 91- 40- 2301 5000
Fax: + 91- 40- 2301 5555

Mumbai
Ramky Group
9th Floor, Corporate Park-II,
Sion-Trombay Road,
Near Swastik Chambers, Chembur,
Mumbai - 400 071, India
Tel: + 91 - 022 - 6762 8899
Fax: + 91 - 022 - 6762 8888
Email: rfmumbai@ramky.com , ramkyfoundationdelhi@ramky.com ,
ramkyfoundation@ramky.com
Web: www.ramkyfoundation.org

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57. Ranbaxy Science Foundation


Company Name: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
Established Year: 1985

About The Foundation


The Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation registered under the
Societies Act. It is dedicated to promote scientific endeavours in the country by
encouraging and rewarding excellence in medical and pharmaceutical sciences,
channelling national and international knowledge and expertise in all subjects
connected with the treatment of diseases afflicting humanity. The Foundation is
currently chaired by Dr. Nitya Anand, an eminent pharmaceutical scientist and Former
Director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
Thematic Areas
 Millennium Development Goals
 Research and Awards

Past Projects:
 Honors Indian Scientists for Outstanding Research Work
 Organize Scientific Symposia in Frontline Areas of Research
 Ranbaxy Science Scholar Awards for Young Scientists
 Special Awards for Outstanding Contributions in Public Health
 Round Table Conferences on Topics of National Public Health Concern
 Publication of the Proceedings of the Symposia and Round Table Conferences

Ranbaxy -Daiichi Sankyo Initiative:


Ranbaxy joined hands with Daiichi Sankyo to introduce a social initiative in District
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, India to serve the rural population in the area. The key
objective of this programme seeks to:
 Contribute towards the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals
 Reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and combat HIV/AIDS and
malaria, among other diseases.
 Equip mobile healthcare vans which provide medical facilities in rural areas

Contact Address:
Rajinder K Jalali
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
Plot No. 77B, Sector – 18, IFFCO Road
Gurgaon-122001 (Haryana), India
Tel: 911 -245 194 207
Email: ranbaxy.sciencefoundation@ranbaxy.com
Web: http://www.ranbaxy.com/csr-ehs/ranbaxy-science-foundation/

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58. Reliance Foundation


Company Name: Reliance Group
Established Year: 2010

About the Foundation


Reliance Industries limited (www.ril.com) has always made sustainable development
the cornerstone of its business strategy to achieve sustainable and profitable growth,
creating in its wake thriving eco-systems around all its businesses. To provide impetus
to various philanthropic initiatives of RIL, Reliance Foundation (RF) was set up in 2010
as an expression of its vision towards sustainable growth in India.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Health
 Rural Transformation
 Urban Renewal

Past Projects:

Health
 Health Outreach Programme - to provide primary and preventive medical care to
the vulnerable sections of the society
 Menstrual Hygiene Programme
 RF Drishti Programme – Support the visually impaired
 Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital & Research Centre –Developing a world
class medical facility

Rural Transformation
 RF Bharat India Jodo Programme (RF BIJ) – Creating sustainable livelihoods in
rural India
 RF Information Services (RF IS) – Connecting knowledge seekers with
knowledge providers in areas of agriculture, fisheries and livestock breeding

Education
 Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship
 Reliance Foundation Schools
 Reliance University

Art, Culture and Heritage


 Reliance Foundation is reimagining ways to protect and promote India’s
priceless heritage to not only sustain but also make art and culture relevant to
the younger generation. India is a land of diverse cultures and it is RF’s

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Endeavour to ensure that the youth appreciates and connects with its rich
heritage and arts.
 RF supports Ustad Zakir Husain for his annual concert – Abbaji - dedicated to the
memory of his father the legendary maestro Ustad Allah Rakha Khan in one of its
many efforts to pay tribute to the cultural legends of India.
 Reliance Foundation in partnership with BP has brought to India the
internationally acclaimed exhibition ‘Mummy: The inside Story’. This unique
exhibition gave the viewers a look at the 3,000-year coffin of an old priest, while
explaining the mummification process and the life and history of Egypt through
an immersive 3D film. The three-month exhibition increased the footfall of the
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya to over 450,000 visitors, of
which over 100,000 were students from nearly 300 schools. (view the media
coverage)
 Reliance Foundation partnered with A R Rahman, Academy Award winner
musician, to promote the message of love and brotherhood by creating the
musical album ‘Infinite Love’. This unique global music initiative captures the
spirit of a borderless world.
 Reliance Foundation was also the lead sponsor for the Elephanta Festival. This
festival, held annually at the Elephanta Island, adjacent to the Elephanta Cave, a
World Heritage Site, commemorates the heritage of dance, art and sculpture in
India. Thousands of people attended the festival this year

Contact Address:
Project Office,
Reliance Corporate Park
5 TTC Industrial Area,
Thane-Belapur Road,
Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai,
Maharashtra- 400701
Tel: +91-22-44770000
Email: contactus@reliancefoundation.org
Web: www.reliancefoundation.org/

59. Rosy Blue Foundation

Company Name: Rosy Blue Group


Established Year: 2010

About The Foundation


Rosy Blue Foundation was established in 2010 as an organisation which aims to
improve and enhance the community service commitment of the Rosy Blue Group. Rosy
Blue was founded on principles of diversity, integrity and accountability. It is the belief

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that economic growth must be accompanied by an awareness of social and


environmental responsibility. The foundation is a direct manifestation of this goal, and
through it seeks to expand the reach and extent of our philanthropic activities. The
foundation focuses on three major principles:
 Philanthropy- projects that are targeted towards curing social problems, rather
than charity i.e. projects that are looking to meet immediate needs.
 Support to programmes that attempt to be innovative
 Support new ideas and give them chance for trial to encourage new ways of
thought, as opposed to funding approaches that have already been tried and
tested.
Thematic Areas
 Education
 Gender Equality
 Rehabilitation

Past Projects:
 Eradicate substance abuse in street children, in association with SUPPORT NGO
and attempts to rehabilitate them.
 Raised funds for Uttarakhand Floods
 Partnership with the Anarde Foundation in Palanpur, Gujarat to improve the
condition of widowed women and help them taking control of their lives again
 Rosy Blue is a part of Un Global Compact Communication on Progress to uphold
responsible leadership in a move for sustainability and to achieve Millenium
Development Goals specifically to achieve Universal Education, Gender Equality
and Global Partnership.
Contact Address:
Rosy Blue Foundation
Shloka Mehta
Director
Rosy Blue Foundation
Tel: +91 22 6665 0000
Fax: +91 22 2363 0248
Email: shloka.mehta@rosybluefoundation.org
Web: http://rosybluefoundation.org/index.html

Registered Office
1608-09 Prasad Chambers,
Opera House,
Mumbai 400004
India

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60. RPG Foundation


Company Name: RPG group

About the Foundation


The Foundation is a non-profit organization registered under the Societies Registration
Act 1860 to functions as a centralized body for the CSR activities of the various group
companies. Another objective of the Foundation is to adopt and directly manage CSR
activities at the group level and also to oversee and create cross-company synergies to
encourage exchange of CSR ideas, adoption of best practices and learnings.
The social endeavours of the group have been categorized under the broad area of
education, employability and environment.

Objectives
 To adopt and directly manage a few major CSR activities at the Group level.
 To oversee the individual CSR functions of the companies.
 To create cross-company synergies of best CSR practices and learning’s.
 In addition, the Foundation also has a think-tank engaged in research on macro-
economic issues, mainly concerning the industry and the corporate sector.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Healthcare

Past Projects:

Akshar: We have implemented Akshar program –Conversational English in 5 Zilla


Parishad Schools in Vasai and Kaman. Students actively participate in all the activities
and have started communicating in English with the facilitator. The Akshar classes are
conducted in fun by learn ways which includes games, storytelling, drawing etc.

Community Out-reach activity: Swasthya Janajagruti Abhiyaan.


“Swasthy Jana-Jagruti Abhiyan”, has been launched by CSR Cell as a Preventive Health
Care mission targeted at Employee, Community people, College & School Students. As a
part of this mission we in co-ordination with Young Concepts India organized an
awareness programme named Women’s Wellbeing for women community on 30th
October, 2012 at CEAT, Bhandup plant Welfare Center.
Dr. Bhatt of CEAT, Bhandup plant addressed the ladies & clarified all their queries
regarding health problems. Dr.Dalal (MD. Gynecologist) from Young Concepts could get
clear women’s doubt about Gynaecological disorders which was worth appreciating.
The response we received from them was very encouraging. Strong group of about 70
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women towards their overall wellbeing and eagerness to participate and refresh the
knowledge.
Community outreach activity - Bal-Vikas Project for school children of the surrounding
area. To inculcate & imbibe the importance of self defense in one’s life CEAT, Bhandup
CSR commenced ‘Self Defence Martial Art Activity’ from 6th Oct.12. This activity is
overviewed by Yudanshakai Karate International trainer. The Martial Art classes are
held in Welfare Center, twice in a week i.e. Wednesday & Friday.
Until now 37 children in the age group of 6 to 14 are undergoing the coaching. With
focus on the importance of discipline, fitness and developing a right mindset.csr is
hopeful to attract more children in the vicinity.

Jaipur CSR report


The CSR activities at KEC int. Ltd was initiated in 2008 under the umbrella of RPG cares.
The CSR team of
Jaipur worked on the Entrepreneur development program (EDP). The main objective of
the program is to empower women in the society by building self reliance among the
women. The CSR team also initiated other activities like education, providing medical
loan, blood donation camp, and distribution of woolen cloths in winter and environment
conservation.
The employees were given a space to voice out their requirements that will benefit
them. The employees suggested starting a financial assistance scheme that will provide
them monetary assistance during emergencies. The workers were concerned about
their children's education hence they wanted various educational programs for their
children during summer vacations.
After this interaction and getting better clarity from them, EDP started taking shape and
began with courses like tailoring and beautician. Computer classes were also started
during summer holidays. Candle making workshops were organized as Diwali was
round the corner and it was the best time to make candles and make some means of
livelihood.

Contact Address:
Radha Goenka
Company Name: RPG Enterprises
Role in the firm: Trustee, RPG Foundation
Tel: 022 24930621
Email: radhagoenka@rpg.in

Venkat Rolla
Company Name: RPG Enterprises
Role in the firm: Group Head –CSR, RPG Foundation
Tel: 022 24930621
Email: venkatr@rpg.in

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Corporate office:
RPG Enterprises
RPG House, 463,
Dr. Annie Besant Road,
Worli, Mumbai 400 030
Tel: + 91-022-24930621
Fax: + 91-022-24974710 / 24913236
Email: sumeet@rpg.in
Web: www.rpggroup.com/corporate_citizenship/overview/overview.aspx

61. Schneider Electric India Foundation


Company Name: Schneider Electric India (Pvt) Ltd
Established Year: 2008

About the Foundation


Schneider Electric India Foundation is a social commitment of Schneider Electric in
India established in March 2008 under the aegis of Schneider Electric Foundation,
France. The aim of the foundation is to help people change their lives through access to
energy. The Schneider Electric India Foundation focuses on education,
entrepreneurship, employment, electrification, and emergency.

Trust funded by
 Schneider Electric Corporate Foundation
 Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd.
 Employees and partners of Schneider Electric India

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Employment
 Entrepreneurship
 Rural Electrification

Past Projects:

Education
Electrician Training
Schneider Electric India developed a sustainable programme to bring safe and clean
electricity to the people who need it most worldwide. To achieve this objective we
sponsor the training of young people from the bottom of pyramid in electrical skills.
After completion of the training, Schneider India Foundation assists the trainees to get
employed.

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SEIF Scholarship
Scholarship sponsored by Schneider Electric India Foundation Aim: To help them shape
their dreams by providing scholarships to deserving candidates in the field of
Engineering

Employment
Nurturing professional advancement
The Foundation chooses to be engaged in the area of employment. It believes in making
a difference in the communities where we work and live. It tries its best to keep in touch
with real-life conditions in our local markets. So, the foundation makes a strong
commitment to the community partners. One of the objectives is to contribute fully to
the building of the career of underprivileged youth in rural areas.

Entrepreneurship
Schneider Electric India Foundation helps facilitate trained electricians with a “start up
kit” and an entrepreneur training to run their own business.
This project supports socio-economic activities like:
 School and college going children can read and write during the night.
 Income generating activities like handicrafts, weaving, selling in market late
evening etc.
 Lighting up during festivals, marriage, late evening/night functions etc and enjoy
a quality life.

Rural Electrification
The objective of Rural Electrification is to:
 Facilitate Access to Electricity at very remote areas without grid supply
 Provide better access to safe & clean energy
 Through this initiative the foundation reaches out to underprivileged families in
the rural areas and thus help them
 Better performance in Education
 Improving their health conditions
 Social economic development

Contact Address:
Marina Alphonso
Assistant Manager - Rural & CSR
marina.alphonso@schneider-electric.com

Schneider Electric India Foundation


Regd Off: Sy No 63/3B,
Govigere Village, Bidarahalli Hobli,

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Bangalore - 67
Phone: 080 45540000
Email: In.seif@schneider-electric.com, marina.alphonso@schneider-electric.com
Web:seifoundation.schneiderelectric.com/in/index.php?option=com_content&view=art
icle&id=4&Itemid=4

62. Simbhaoli India Foundation


Company Name: Simbhaoli Sugars

About The Foundation


The foundation implements programmes in the field of Health, Education, Social
Welfare, Infrastructure Development and Income Generation. The Company's
employees are important stakeholders in the foundation, and have contributed (with a
matching grant from the management) in cash to set up the corpus fund. The foundation
has partnered with NGOs and Government departments to improve the quality and
reach of its programmes. The foundation interventions have radically changed the way
of life for thousands of sugarcane farmers and their families at Simbhaoli, Chilwaria and
Brijnathpur. Simbhaoli's community outreach programmes have transformed the lives
of over 130,000 village folk, for the better.

Thematic Areas:
 Education
 Health
 Relief and Rehabilitation
Past Projects:

Education
 Organized book distribution program on 28 March, 2010 at Simbhaoli to
encourage education among the children who have intellectual caliber, desire to
learn and step forward but need basic support for education.
 Providing scholarship schemes for the children below poverty line which involve
monthly disbursement of a specified sum and will involve cash assistance to the
meritorious students which will help them to undergo for the higher studies
 Distributed Educational kits to selected children in Machhiyahi Village,
Chilwaria.
HealthCare
 Organized free health check up camp on 21st March 2010 at Simbhaoli Sugars
Ltd Unit- Chilwaria campus with the co-operation of Indian Medical Association
of Bahraich
 Organized health camp at Simbhaoli, District Ghaziabad, in collaboration with
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vulnerable sections of rural India- children and women with help of various
medico specialists.
 Organized Blood Donation Camp in association with Dev Nandini Hospital, at
Brijnathpur where 58 people participated.

Relief and Rehabilitation


 The foundation has donated a sum of Rs 2, 50,000 in ‘Mukhya Mantri Pidit
Sahayata Kosh” to help the survivors of Uttarakhand Floods.
 Provided two tents to District Magistrate Bahraich which provides shelter to
flood affected people in Bahraich District.
Contact Address:
Ms. Harmeet Kaur
Simbhaoli India Foundation,
C-11, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001
Tel: +91 11 43214100
Email: info@simbhaolisugars.com
Web: http://www.simbhaolisugars.com/csr.asp

63. Sitaram Jindal Foundation


Company Name: Jindal Aluminium Limited (JAL)
Established Year: 1969

About the Foundation


The Sitaram Jindal Foundation (SJF), formerly known as S J Jindal Trust, established in
1969 is a charitable organization with the humanitarian objective of serving the poor
and downtrodden in various fields. True to the inspiring ideals and values of its Chief
Architect & Patron, Dr. Sitaram Jindal, the Foundation has been promoting and
providing basic needs of the people across various sections of the society in different
fields including education, healthcare and rural development without discrimination of
caste and creed. The foundation has setup several schools, colleges, hospitals and
constructed many pathshalas (rural schools) apart from initiating and running many
welfare schemes and vocational courses for the benefit of the poor and deprived.
Besides awarding scholarships to more than 12000 students each year, the Foundation
has been extending financial support to more than 500 charitable institutions annually
to sustain their activities for over 42 years now.

Focus Areas
 To found, establish, maintain, support or subsidies schools, colleges and
pathshalas and other institutions for general education of boys and girls.
 To give stipend, scholarship and monetary aid to students and scholars.
 To open, found, establish, assist or make donations or to maintain schools,
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technical, industrial or commercial knowledge or training or having objects


similar to those of this Foundation.
 To grant aids to promote, establish, support and maintain institutions for the
growth, advancement and diffusion of knowledge.
 To open, found, establish or finance, assist and contribute to the maintenance of
sanitariums, asylums, hospitals, mobile dispensaries, maternity homes and any
other institutions for treating the disorders of the human body, treatment of
diseases or;
 To assist orphanages, old age homes, shelters / short stay homes for distressed
women etc.
 To recognize exemplary humanitarian service so as to accelerate social
development.

Past Projects:

Rural & Social Development


 Six Institutions at Village Nalwa, Haryana and donated to Government
The Foundation has constructed six institutions comprising of a College, ITI, High
School, Primary School, Civil Hospital and Veterinary Hospital for the needy and
deprived. The infrastructure of these institutes was constructed and handed over to the
Govt. for efficient functioning.
 Mahila Art and Craft Charitable Institute
Donations to about 500 charitable organizations round the year
In order to catalyze social upliftment and to encourage other organization involved in
charitable activities. The foundation has been continuously encouraging them by way of
giving regular donations nearly 500 charitable organizations across the country are
being given donations annually. Over the last four years, the foundation has spent on an
average of Rs. 2.50 Crores every year for supporting the work of such charitable
institutions.
 Mobile Clinics
Five mobiles clinics (vans) covering nearly 120 villages in a week provide free
treatment to an average of around 800 patients per day.

Hospitals & Medicare:


 Jindal Nature cure Institute
 Jindal Rural Charitable Hospital (JRCH)
 Manav Sewa Charitable Polyclinic

Donations
The Sitaram Jindal Foundation, Jindal Aluminium Ltd., and various other related
Societies/Trusts have been giving recurring and non-recurring donations to other
charitable institutions having similar objectives, throughout the country for a long time.

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At present nearly 500 such institutions are getting recurring donations from the
Foundation. Large non-recurring donations are given to various institutions for
construction of hospitals, school buildings, acquiring medical equipments etc. At
present the Foundation is giving donations to the extent of Rs.1.25 crores per annum to
various charitable institutions.
Any (charitable) institution desirous of getting donation for furtherance of its charitable
activities may obtain Questionnaire from the Foundation or Click the button below to
download the Form Online and submit the same duly completed with all relevant
details. However it is necessary that an institution seeking donation from the
Foundation has valid Recognition and possess Income tax Exemption Certificate given
under section 80G or 35AC or 35(1)(ii) etc. of Income Tax Act.

Women Empowerment
In its quest to empower women the Foundation has been encouraging women by giving
the scholarships, establishing degree colleges for women, teaching vocational courses
etc. It is known fact that in Indian culture the women play a pivotal role in a growth of
the family. It would not be wrong to say that if the women in our country are educated
and promoted they would catalyze the social growth in our country.

Contact Address:
Sitaram Jindal Foundation
"NATURELLE"
No.11, Green Avenue, Behind Sector D III,
Bhatta Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
Email: donation.blr@sitaramjindalfoundation.org
info@sitaramjindalfoundation.org
Web: www.sitaramjindalfoundation.org

64. Soham Foundation


Company Name: Soham Renewable Energy Private Limited (SREPL)

About The Foundation


Soham Foundation is a CSR initiative of Soham Renewable Energy India Pvt Ltd
(SREIPL). Soham beliefs that every child is entitled to basic good education & health is
at the core of our work at the Soham Foundation. The foundation believes in
empowering the rural masses by giving access to quality education, better health
facilities & economic opportunities which helps build not only a progressive society but
an empowered nation.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Environment

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 Health

Past Projects

Soham Sahyog
Soham works with the local community to develop basic civic amenities and
implement village electrification programme using solar power to rural areas which do
not have access to electricity.

Soham Jyoti
Soham Jyoti was launched in Jan 2012 which hopes to transform the lives of
communities that do not have access to basic infrastructure like light, water and power
by providing solar lightning for village households situated in the remote interior. The
LED house light would enable villagers to read study and work which will eliminate
kerosene lanterns and improve health conditions.

Vidya Vahana
The foundation has donated brand new van and institute the service “Vidya Vahana”
which goes to remote villages and ferries children, teachers to and from school, free of
charge. This service has helped about 25 children and today it is being used by over 75
children on daily basis.

Vidya Vikas
Under Vidya Vikas programme Soham Foundation has donated one “Active Board”
which is an all in one interactive solution with widespread board, integrated sound
system and Dual User functionality.

Vidya Ganaka
Take computer education to rural educational institutes by providing computer
hardware along with trained teachers. Vidya Ganaka also works with Azim Premji
Foundation by distributing their multimedia software to these schools.

Vidya Bala Suraksha


Vidya Bala Suraksha" provides health insurance and healthcare services to about 2500
school children around our project areas. And work with credible local and respected
health care providers in this initiative
Vidya Bala Suraksha program initiated health camps at Maroor School in Moodbidire,
300 students from Maroor Nettodi and urpelpade, and 350 students & their siblings
from Hokkadigoli School from manchkal gadipalke & Hokkadigodi benefited.

Contact Address:

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Soham Renewable Energy India Pvt .Ltd ( SREIPL)


137, 7th Floor, HMG Ambassador Building,
Residency Road, Bangalore - 560025, India.
Tel: +91 80 - 41474800 / 01 / 02 / 03
Fax: +91 80 – 41474804
Web: http://www.sohamenergy.in/foundation.html
For other Information Contact: http://www.sohamenergy.in/contactus.html

65. SRF Foundation


Company Name: SRF Group

About the Foundation


The SRF Foundation (formerly known as the Society for Education and Welfare
Development) was set up as the corporate social responsibility (CSR) wing of SRF
Limited, a leading multi-business entity engaged in textiles, chemicals, packaging films,
and engineering plastics. The Foundation builds on the heritage of its founders, the late
Sir Shri Ram and late Dr Bharat Ram, who both believed in contributing to society
particularly through education. They were instrumental in the establishment of
institutions, such as the Lady Shri Ram College, Shri Ram College of Commerce, the Shri
Ram Research Institute, the Anglo Sanskrit School and many others.
In keeping with these traditions, the SRF Foundation set up the well known Shri Ram
Schools in Gurgaon and New Delhi, as well as the SRF Vidyalaya in Chennai. In addition,
the Foundation is intimately connected with the running of the well-known Lady Shri
Ram College for Women. It currently runs various programs to improve the quality of
education in India

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Rural Development

Past Projects:
The Shri Ram Schools (TSRS)
The Shri Ram Schools (TSRS) were set up in 1988 as part of the SRF Foundation, under
the aegis and vision of Mrs. Manju Bharat Ram. Since then, the school has expanded to
four campuses in New Delhi and Gurgaon. Committed to providing quality education,
TSRS are progressive, inclusive, secular, child-centric, and co-educational. TSRS was
ranked India's No 1 day school by Education World's Schools survey in 2008, 2009 and
2011

Mewat Rural Education Programme (MREP)


SRF Foundation runs MREP in partnership with the Department of Elementary
Education / Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan of the Government of Haryana to make a holistic

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improvement in 28 primary schools and 19 middle schools in the Nuh Block of the
Mewat District of Haryana. MREP focuses on pre-primary, primary and middle schools
in the region by advocating "Quality Education for All" with a holistic and value based
approach through ongoing research and innovation, as well as applying global best
practices in education.. Today the MREP has touched the lives of 16,000 children and
350 teachers in Mewat.

Current Programmes Include:

Support My School Programme


SRF Foundation jointly with Coca-Cola India/Enrich Agro, Tetra Pak India and Sun
Edison commenced the second season of ‘Support My School’ program in three village
school complexes in Mewat District under our flagship program ‘Mewat Rural Education
Program’ (MREP). The quest to ensure revitalizing rural schools led to the formation of
partnership among NDTV, Coca Cola India/Enrich Agro, Tetra Pak India, Sun Edison and
SRF Foundation.

IBM Kid Smart Programme


In 2010, the IBM Kid Smart Programme was launched in all 18 MREP schools. The
programme expanded with eight more IBM Kid Smart Centers in Mewat (Haryana),
twelve in Alwar (Rajasthan), and one in Manali (Chennai) in 2011. Today, with a total of
31 IBM Kid Smart centers, this programme serves the educational needs of 540 teachers
and 16,000 school-going and out-of-school children aged 3 to 8.
The SRF Foundation also supports the Bharthi Foundation who will conduct a similar
project in 50 schools of Rajasthan.

Avishkar
In May 2012, a mobile van, Avishkar, was launched to promote science and community
mobilization in all MREP schools and villages. Fitted with science equipment, models, a
projector and sounds system, the van allows students to perform science lab activities
with the equipment, technology, and methods that are usually not available in schools.

Udaan Programme
In November 2011, SRF Foundation, in collaboration with CARE India, launched an 11
months residential learning programme specifically designed to helpout-of school girls
aged 11 to 14 to complete primary level schooling. Apart from teaching the girls Hindi,
Maths, EVS, Urdu and Quran, the accelerated education programme also provides
lodging, food, welfare, and facilities such as a library

Reinventing Education
In partnership with IBM and Government of education (Haryana) the Reinventing
Education programme (RE) is part of the Mewat Rural Education Programme (MREP)
organized and run by the SRF Foundation since 2012. Riding on the successful

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implementation in 19 villages of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the programme has
expanded into North India with Mewat.

Promotion of Leadership at School Level


The SRF foundation envisaged and launched a programme for Headmasters to provide
them the opportunities to interact with the luminaries in the field of education.

Mewat Rural Vocational Programme (MRVP)


Through the Mewat Rural Vocational Programme (MRVP), youths between the ages of
18 to 30 from the impoverished Mewat District in Haryana are given professional
training and guidance in the fields of electrical trade, spoken English and small business
creation.
In partnership with Schneider Electric, Times Group and ATDC, The SRF Foundation
ensures that the training courses are of the highest industry standards to endorse
optimal potential for employment.

Current Programmes Include:


Electrician Training Programme
SRF Foundation collaborated with Schneider Electric India to train the youth of villages
aged 18 to 30 in the electrical trade, so as to provide them with better employment
opportunities and subsequent income generation.
This partnership will ensure and dovetail Industrial training on Electrical trade to the
unemployed male covering 19 villages of Nuh Block (Mewat district) and their
placement after successful completion of training.
The programme was launched in June 2012 at an accessible location named Hirmathala
for the youth, identifying 32 male school and college dropouts.

Women Producer Group


In 2011, SRF Foundation initiated several village-based production centers in Mewat for
young underprivileged women and girls aged 16 to 35. Each group, consisting of 15 to
20 females, was provided with raw materials to start the production of crotchet,
knitting and patch work.

Project "Gazaab"
With the collaboration of SRF Foundation, Singapore Management University and
Pertapis, Project Gazaab aims to identify potential entrepreneurs in the villages of
Mewat district and help them set up their own enterprises. Rigorously selected
participants aged from 18 to 24 years were taught basic business skills such as market
research, operations management and even financial accounting. The workshop
spanned from 21st to 29th June 2012and attracted many interested participants.
Interactive discussions and engaging activities were conducted to make their learning
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entrepreneurship in Mewat. SFR Foundation is further facilitating these would be


entrepreneurs to come up and execute their business plans.

Project "Rahat" - By the women, for the women, To the women


Due to lack of awareness on how to maintain clean environment and better hygienic
conditions, the villagers of Mewat suffer from various diseases. In the backward areas,
the situation worsens as females are not aware of how to maintain cleanliness during
their menstrual periods and to use of sanitary napkins. A significant number of them
also cannot afford these napkins to their poor economic condition.

Project "Sanchay" is an initiative for the production of low-cost sanitary napkin for the
improved health of women, and to provide employment opportunities and economic
sustainability of the women of the Mewat district. This proposal is duly submitted to the
District Innovation Fund, Mewat for their perusal. Immediate after the green signal of
the authority, this project will be implemented. This project will provide direct
employment to 31 women and will provide door to door access of sanitary napkins to
2500 women of the nearby villages.

Enhancing Early Education Programme (3EP)


A sister concern of The Shri Ram Schools, Enhancing Early Education is the banner
under which the SRF Foundation offers courses and interventions in Early Childhood
Education. It was instituted in July, 2007, and is based in The Shri Ram School, Aravali.
The Enhancing Early Education Core Programme (3EP) is involved in running a six
month Nursery Teacher Training course for persons desirous of working with children
in the age group of 2-6 years. The Teacher Support Programme offers consultancies to
both, private and public agencies. Enhancing Early Education also supports the Mewat
Rural Education Programme undertaken by SRFF in the pedagogical sphere.
Drawing from the wealth of experience of The Shri Ram Schools, The Enhancing Early
Education Programme seeks to spread the magic of The Shri Ram School philosophy,
which translates into a practical and innovative child centric methodology. This
integrates contemporary pedagogical practice, incorporating methodologies that are
applicable globally. Thus, Multiple Intelligences, Learning Styles, impact of various
schools of thought in Education, and Experiential Learning - all find a place in a manner
that is practical and hands on.

A recent initiative
The Enhancing Early Education Programme has launched an In-service Teacher
Training Programme. Teachers from Anand Pre-School, Ajanta Public School, SRS School
(Bhiwani) and TSPPS (Bhondsi have been trained on various aspects of child centered
education.

Shri Sambandh (SS)

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Shri Sambandh is an outreach consultancy based programme that offers technical


support and guidance in academic services such as customized teacher training,
curriculum design, conducting learning camps, teaching and learning material
preparation, leadership training, design of co-curricular programmes, evaluation of
academicperformance and providing institutional support to our partners who run
education programmes for deprived children.
Over the years this programme has impacted the lives of 200 teachers and 5,000
children from government schools.
So far consultancy has been provided to organizations like Daly College in Indore, K.C
public School in Jammu, Satpal Mittal School in Ludhiana, Sanskaar Valley School in
Bhopal, Bodh Siksha Samiti in Rajasthan, Aga Khan Development Network in Uri, Aga
Khan Foundation, and Mewat Development Agency and for its own business units
spread in 8 locations in India.

Some of the recent programmes in Shri Sambandh include:


Pardada Pardadi Educational Society
Since 2012, the SRF Foundation has been working with Pardada Pardadi Educational
Society to enhance the skills of the school teachers in Anupshahr, Bulandshahr district
of Uttar Pradesh. Leveraging on the experience of the trainers of the Enhancing Early
Education Programme (3EP), interactive workshops on modernizing the teaching
methodology were conducted over 15 sessions.
Read India Programme
The Read India Programme is held over five days, where the Foundation will train five
community workers who will involve participants to be exposed to various hands-on
activities and discussions on topics such as child psychology, gender harmony and
curriculum planning.
SRF Vidyalaya (SRFV)
SRF Vidyalaya, an initiative supported by SRF Technical Textiles Business (TTB), is
located in Manali, Chennai. Since 1991, the school has dedicated itself to deliver quality
education to children of plant employees and the less fortunate, aged 3 to 14. Partners
of SRF Vidyalaya include SRF Chennai, SRF Vidyalaya Alumni Association, The Hindu,
Geographic Association, IBM India Ltd., Cancer Society, Vasan Eye Care, and Tamil
Mandram.

Corporate Citizenship
Another role of the Foundation is to facilitate and integrate the efforts of the SRF
business units that are spread across nine locations in India (in the states of Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat) and three foreign locations
(Bangkok, Dubai and Port Elizabeth) in implementing the following community projects

Blood Donation Campaign


Natural Resource Management Programme (NRM) operational in 32 villages and spread
across Bhiwadi, located in Alwar District, Rajasthan

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"Reach and be Rich" - interaction between SRF Ltd employees with middle school
students from Mewat at SRF Gurgaon office
Joy of Giving Campaign: "Festival of Philanthropy" celebrated over seven weeks, held
annually. Every week there will be a "Giving" theme, and plant locations will plan out
acts of giving based on the plant's locations.

Contact Address
SRF Foundation,
Block-C, Sector 45
Gurgaon 122003
Haryana, India
Tel: 0124-4354400
Fax: 0124-4354500
Email: info@srf-foundation.org
Web: www.srf-foundation.org

66. Steria India Foundation


Company Name: Steria India Ltd

About the Foundation


Steria India Foundation is the CSR arm of Steria India Limited, the Indian subsidiary of
the French IT major, Steria. Steria India community philosophy is focused on
‘education’, for children from impoverished and rural backgrounds, studying in
government schools located near its campuses in Chennai, Pune and Noida. Special
emphasis is given on ‘computer literacy’, ‘English language skills, ‘all round
development’ with emphasis on the education of the girl child.
The objective for Steria Community Services are not merely “charity”, but to make the
beneficiaries self sufficient to the extent possible, and thus, useful contributing
members to society.

Thematic Area
 Education

Past Projects:

Some of the schools opened in Noida are as follows:


 SGSM High School Dujana
 Adarsh Prathmik Vidyalaya, Harola – Sec 5
 Poorv Madhyamik Abhinav Vidyalaya – Sec 12
 Apna Ghar Welfare Society
 Gyan Shakti Vidyalaya – Slum Development
 Jan Jagriti Evam Kalyan Sanstha – Rural Development

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 Noida Public Library


For more details please visit www.steriaindiafoundation.com/noida_projects.html

Chennai
 Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Padappai
 Government Higher Secondary School, Medavakkam
 BKM Higher Secondary School, Kelambakkam
 Bal Vishwa Vidya Mandir, Chennai
 Chennai Middle School, Sholinganallur
For more details please visit www.steriaindiafoundation.com/chennai_projects.html

Pune
 Talawade PCMC School
 Nigdi PCMC Primary School (3 Schools)
 Rupeenagar PCMC Primary Schools (2 schools)
 S.D. Gange High School
 Kalyani Vidyalaya
 Jagriti School for Blind Girls
 Ushatai Lokhande Charitable Trust

For more details please visit www.steriaindiafoundation.com/pune_projects.html

Other

Smart Classrooms / Digital Learning Centres


Steria has launched the 'smart classroom' initiative on a pilot basis in a Chennai school
in 2010, where two classes had been converted to be 'smart classrooms' with the use of
technology as a teaching aid
Digital Learning Centres (DLCs), which is similar to the 'Smart Classroom' concept, have
now been set up in 5 additional Steria supported schools mentioned below:
 Dnyandeep Vidyalaya – Pune
 Yash Memorial School – Noida
 Govt. Higher Secondary School Mahabalipuram – Chennai,
 Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Nandivaram – Chennai
 St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Kovalam – Chennai

Solar Powered Computer Centres


In 2010, a 'solar powered computer centre' in one of its schools in Pune was
established. This was primarily supposed to be a green solution to the chronic power
shortages affecting that part of peripheral semi-urban Pune, due to which the students
were unable to use their computers regularly. The solar panels installed at the school
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awareness among the students about alternate energies and the need to protect the
environment and adopt green habits.
In February 2011, Steria India Foundation set up the second solar powered computer
centre in Government Higher Secondary School Thiruporur, Kanchipuram (near
Chennai).

SOS (Support Our Schools) Program


Launched on One Day Challenge Day in 2011, SOS, or the Support Our Schools program
continued through 2012. This is a unique initiative in that it fosters companywide staff
participation in SIF community programs and initiatives. SOS has been a huge success
and has the support of over 90% of Steria India staff. In 2013, with the help of SOS
contributions, SIF was able to support three new schools and set up brand new
computer centres in these schools. They are:
 St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Kovalam, Chennai
 Swami Vivekananda High School, Pune
 Dhanpatmal Virmani Senior Secondary School, Delhi

Contact Address:
Registered Office:
Steria India Foundation,
B-39, Sector 1,
Noida,
Uttar Pradesh – 201301, India.
Phone: +91 120 4306032

Administrative Office:
2/G-2, SIPCOT IT Park,
Siruseri, Kelambakkam
(Off Chennai) – 603103, Tamilnadu, India.
Tel: +91 44 47401600
Email: info@steriaindiafoundation.com , steriaindiafoundation@gmail.com
Web: www.steriaindiafoundation.com

67. Suzlon Foundation


Company Name: Suzlon Group
Established Year: 2007

About the Foundation


Suzlon Foundation leads corporate social responsibility initiatives for Suzlon group of
companies. Suzlon is committed to practice sustainable development for “Powering a
Greener Tomorrow”. The Foundation will ensure that business policies and practices

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support sustainability as its guiding principle. Suzlon Foundation is registered under


Section 25 of the Companies Act.
The Suzlon Foundation is aligned to the vision of the Suzlon Group of Companies:
 having a minimal impact on the natural environment
 enabling local communities to develop their potential
 empowering employees to be responsible civil society members
 committing ourselves to ethical business practices that are fair to all the
stakeholders

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Healthcare
 Livelihood

Past Projects:

State wise description


Daman
 Animal Vaccination A boost to local livelihood.
 Computer Literacy for Teachers.
Gujarat
 Anandshala
 Deepening of Village Pond: Improving Access to Water.
 Fighting Anemia for Adolescent girls and Women.
Karnataka
 Bio-Diversity Park: Restoring Natural Resources.
 People's Empowerment for Holistic Community Health Actions And
Networks(PEHCHAN).

Madhya Pradesh
 Distribution of Solar Lanterns.
 Empowering women for sustainable livelihood.
Maharashtra
 Rain Water Harvesting.
 Enhancing Rural Water Resources.
 Providing Skill Based Training - Increasing Employability.
 People's Empowerment for Holistic Community Health Actions And
Networks(PEHCHAN)
 Reuse, Reduce, Recycle Canteen Waste & Water requirements.
Pondicherry
 People's Empowerment for Holistic Community Health Actions And
Networks(PEHCHAN)

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 Green Hands - Tree Plantation.


Rajasthan
 Rural Electrification through Solar Lanterns.
 Shrijan

Tamil Nadu
 People's Empowerment for Holistic Community Health Actions and Networks
(PEHCHAN).
 Green Hands - Tree Plantation.

Contact Address:
Suzlon Energy Limited
One Earth,
Opp. Magarpatta City,
Hadapsar, Pune 411 028
Email: csr@suzlon.com, mca@suzlon.com, suzloncorpcomm@suzlon.com
Web: www.suzlonfoundation.org

68. Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development


Company Name: Tata Chemicals Limited
Established Year: 1980

About The Foundation


Tata Chemicals established TCSRD in Mithapur, India in 1980. It was born out of a need
to engage, understand and address the requirements of its neighbouring community.
CSRD believes that sustainable community development ensures a better quality of life
now, as well as for future generations. It involves resolving the current needs of the
community without jeopardising the development needs of future generations.
The key element that TCSRD brings to the community is knowledge - knowledge of new
methods of agriculture, better management of land and water resources, social and
human capital management, and other tools of empowerment.
Thematic Areas
 Community Development
 Environment Conservation
 Natural Resource Management

Past projects:
Community Development
 Okhai initiative has been incorporated which will market the local and rural
handicrafts and garments in retail stores and on internet in Mithapur

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 In Babrala local Karjobi embroidery and Animal Husbandry was initiated to


provide information and training in different areas to reduce animal mortality
and help increase milk yields
 In Haldia programmes have been taken in Ariakhalli, Jhikurkhalli and Kumarchak
villages for the pilot project which will foster the better pond ecology
management techniques and will cover 23 villages

Environment Conservation
Tata Chemicals Limited has taken measures to preserve the endangered species:
 Whale Shark Project is initiated through which the funds generated by the
corporate will focus on the endangered whale shark , marine turtle, mangrove
habitat and coral reef of Gujarat Coastline for their conservation
 Implemented Biodiversity Reserve Plantation Project through employee
participation which will create a botanical reserve that will be a stronghold for
endangered plant species and a seed bank for the mass regeneration of the
species and also creating a nesting platform for Caspian Terns. Under this project
90 acres were afforested with 12 native species of vegetation and about 15 acres
will be added to this plantation every year

Contact Address:
Registered Office:
Bombay House
24 Homi Mody Street
Fort, Mumbai 400 001
Tel: (022) 6665 8282
Fax: (022) 6665 8143 / 44
Web: http://www.tatachemicals.com/Sustainability/TCSRD.htm#projects

For More information:


http://www.tatachemicals.com/contact_us/overview.htm#.VQkSHY6UetA

69. Tech Mahindra Foundation


Company Name: Tech Mahindra Limited
Established Year: 2007

About The Foundation


Tech Mahindra Foundation (TMF) is the corporate social responsibility arm of Tech
Mahindra Limited instituted in 2007 as a section 25 non-profit company in India; and
since then it has been working tirelessly in the areas of education, vocational training
and disability, with a keen focus on corporate volunteering. The Foundation commits to
inclusive growth, values of good corporate governance, ethical practices, dignity of the
individual and the creation of a just and humane society.

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The Foundation works with close to 100 partners across India in seven states and eight
cities of Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi/NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai
and Pune.

Thematic Areas
 Disability
 Education
 Vocational Training
 Volunteering

Past Projects:

Disability
 Tech Mahindra Foundation encourages the approach of ‘Ability in Disability’ and
support organizations which runs programmes in physiotherapy, speech therapy
and vision therapy for children with multiple disabilities, special training for
caretakers, development and printing of Braille books, job fairs for people with
special needs, supporting websites for the visually impaired and scholarships
and counseling for the disabled
 Vision For India (VFI) an online national advocacy forum brings together visually
impaired and organisations working for them for sharing of experience and
expertise
Education
 Tech Mahindra Foundation runs education programmes in three ways which are
support interventions, flagship programmes and public private partnership
(PPP) programmes:
 All Round Improvement in School Education (ARISE) to promote development of
learning and infrastructural resources by adopting schools and supporting NGOs
pan India
 In-service Teacher Education Institute (ITEI) through which foundation takes
teachers under its wing and trains them in ICT services and English.
 Shikshak Samman Awards to appreciate the excellence and efficiency of MCD
school teachers.
Vocational Training
 Support the cause of ‘Education to Employment’ and trains the youth in various
sectors which includes Information Technology (IT), Tally, hospitality, Business
Process Outsourcing (BPO), retail and sales, nurse aids, personal grooming
services and tailoring
 SMART (Skills-for-Market Training) and YUVA are the landmark programme run
by foundation
Volunteering

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 Volunteers are involved to teach children in municipal schools, mentoring


teenagers preparing for competitive exams, organizing blood donation drives,
participating in sport meets, sponsoring exhibitions, sales, summer camps and
marathons, celebrating special days with beneficiaries of partner organizations,
etc

Contact Address:
Tech Mahindra Foundation
Post: A 7, Sector 64, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh 201301 INDIA
Tel: +91 120 4652 000, 4652 894
Fax: +91 120 3076 000
Email: info@techmahindrafoundation.org
Web: www.techmahindrafoundation.org

70. Texas Instrument India Foundation


Company name: Texas Instrument India Pvt Limited
Established Year: 2003

About the Foundation


Texas India Foundation (TIIF) was born in 2003 as a way to coordinate charitable work
supported by the company and its employees, particularly in the areas of education and
the environment.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Environment
 Health

Past Projects:

 The foundation plants 1000 saplings every year under the ‘Million Tree’
Campaign supported by Ecowatch to create awareness among the employees.
 Supports Bangalore Kidney Foundation (BKF) “one free dialysis” a day
programme where the foundation donates one machine to BKF which is used to
treat patients with HIV/AIDS
 Support RK foundation which organizes blood camp twice a year, and in addition
clothes and newspaper are collected regularly and donated to needy
organizations.
 In order to foster the spirit of inquiry and innovation, TIIF conducts annual Texas
Instruments Science and Technology Quiz for high school students in five cities
across India to encourage more students to take up science as a career

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Contact Address:
Texas Instruments India Pvt Ltd
Tel: +91 80 41217033
Email: ti.events@mci-group.com
Web: http://www.tiif.org/About_TIIF.htm

71. Times Foundation


Company Name: Times of India
Established Year: 2000

About the Foundation


The development wing of the Times of India, the Times Foundation, was set up in the
year 2000 by the Chairman, Smt Indu Jain with the single broad objective to give back to
society.

Thematic Areas
 Capacity building
 Corporate social responsibility
 Dissemination
 Public policy initiatives
 Public private partnerships

Past Projects:

Capacity Building
Times Foundation's capacity building initiatives centre on equipping NGO's with
knowledge and skills required to enable them to evolve and make meaningful
contributions in their field of operations. This assistance includes human resource and
organisational development. The Foundation has been conducting various workshops
on disaster management, resource mobilization, financial management and CSR. The
Foundation is currently in the process of tying up with leading players to jointly come
up with a range of training and capacity building programmes for the civil society
sector.

Corporate social responsibility


Corporate Social Responsibility is one of the least understood stakeholders in the Indian
development sector today. Lack of understanding and inadequately trained personnel
are severely hampering the reach and effectiveness of CSR programmes. The
Foundation aims to bring professionalism and transparency in CSR programmes
through a systematic process of information dissemination and skill enhancement.
Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR is the alignment of business operations with
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business policies and actions. Times Foundation aims to bring professionalism and
transparency into CSR programmes of corporate houses through a systematic process of
information dissemination and skill enhancement. To bring these issues to the forefront
of debate, the Foundation has undertaken the task of producing a CSR survey which is
likely to be released soon. There is also an on-going effort to evolve an understanding
amongst various leading corporate foundations, to bring them together on a common
voluntary platform, to pool their ideas, knowledge and expertise to provide an
alternative to undertaking development initiatives

Information Dissemination
Information dissemination is the primary tool used by the Foundation to further its
objectives and scope of activities. Awareness, understanding and knowledge are the
main weapons which impel the initial steps towards any resolution and progress.
Recognising the importance of clear, verifiable, unprejudiced data and its role in
bringing about issue based mobilisation The Foundation is building a robust
information network consisting of a website, e-newsletter and a quarterly magazine. We
at the Foundation also manage knowledge, collate information from various regional,
national and international sources and ensure better dissemination of these pools of
information for making the civil society aware of various developments and enable
them to keep themselves updated on contemporary issues and information.

Public Private Partnerships


Public Private Partnership is a key feature of our development agenda. Times
Foundation has been working with various government agencies, donor agencies- both
bi-lateral and multilateral and Civil Society organisations on raising awareness on
various issues concerning the concept. The Foundation also believes that public-private
partnerships and e-governance are the key catalysts that would drive the future
development agenda. To this end it has been raising awareness on these issues through
conferences and meetings with civil society organisations and government agencies at
various levels.
The Times Foundation has taken up various aspects of public private partnership issues
with state governments of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, J&K and Mumbai and some critical
projects are underway to be executed. The aim of the Foundation is to build community
assets and impact people positively through outreach and extension activities. The
Foundation believes that some of the alternative ways to various alternative
government actions include public private partnerships.

Public policy initiatives


Any initiative which seeks to analyse, examine and eventually change or amend public
policy has to operate in an atmosphere of awareness and debate. Times Foundation
promotes dialogue between the policy makers and grassroot organisations to assess as
many areas of policy impact as possible. The Foundation also acts as an interface
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Society. To this end, the Foundation has been involved in various public policy debates
and has been instrumental in not only creating awareness on various issues of public
utilities and importance but has also effectively intervened in policy issues such as
disaster management, national policy on voluntary sector, UN Handbook
implementation in quantifying contribution of civil society and volunteering, and also
corporate social responsibility issues. These are some critical issues that are going to
define various issues related to the development sector.

Contact Address:
Delhi
Times Foundation,
The Times of India Building,
7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,
New Delhi - 110 002
Tel: +91-11-23782031, 23782396, 23302000
Fax: +91-11-23782765, 23319764,

Mumbai
Times Foundation,
The Times of India Building,
Dr D N Road,
Mumbai - 400 001
Tel: + 91 - 22- 66353535
Fax: + 91 - 022-22731144,1401
Email: timesfoundation@timesgroup.com
Web: www.timesfoundation.indiatimes.com

72. Transport Corporation of India Foundation


Company Name: Transport Corporation of India Limited

About the Foundation


TCI Foundation, the social wing of Transport Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) takes
forward the Group’s belief in partnering with society at large with the aim of making life
better for all. Driven by an urge to make a change, after a few years of TCI’s inception, a
few schools were built, a couple of financially supported dispensaries were started in
the then considered remote areas of the country, initiatives were taken to mobilize
women and facilitate them with skills which enabled them to contribute to the family
income in areas where women were treated as lesser mortals condemned to live a life of
oppression and denial. Initiatives were taken in the area of environment such as

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improving the fertility of the barren lands by innovative methods and so on. TCI
through its social arm has always risen to contribute its bit whenever the country has
faced with natural disasters leading to destruction of life and property.
It has however, in the recent past been focusing in its thrust areas namely health,
education & disaster relief.

Thematic Areas
 Disaster Relief
 Education
 Health

Past Projects:

Health Dispensaries
TCIF presently have dispensaries running in two locations namely Coimbatore and Port
Blair. The patients visiting these dispensaries are generally very poor and are given
treatment and medicines free of charge.

Artificial Limb Centre


In the month of May 2008 TCI in collaboration with BMVSS, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang
Sewa Samiti in Jaipur started an artificial limb center by name TCI Jaipur foot and
Rehabilitation center situated in Patna.
TCIF provide artificial limbs, crutches and calipers to the poor in this center free of cost.

HIV/AIDS Awareness Programme


Truckers Program
In December 2003, TCI Foundation, the social wing of TCI was awarded a grant by the
Global Health program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to implement a large scale
effective HIV preventive intervention among the truckers in India on and along the
highways (NH2-NH9). The “Project was called “Kavach”.

Blood Donation Camps


TCI conducts an annual blood donation camp on 17th of August, the death anniversary
of the founding father. This is done in collaboration with agencies like Red Cross to
encourage its staff to donate blood thereby sensitizing the people on the importance of
giving something of theirs resulting in saving life/lives.

Education
TCI DAV Public School
TCIF started a school in year 2005, in Gobind Pur in Khunti district of Jharkhand state.
The main objective behind opening the school was to provide and reach quality
education in remote areas, which have low or no accessibility to quality education.

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Presently the school is upto 8th std beginning from Nursery .The school is being run in
collaboration with the DAV management, TCIF intends to run this school on the lines of
CBSE norms.

Vocational Training Center


TCIF has started a vocational training center in its school campus in February 2010. The
intent behind starting the center was to facilitate the communities in the tribal belt to
learn new skills, upgrade the existing ones and also to provide a common forum for
social mobilization leading towards empowerment. We are providing training in sewing,
computers and beauty culture. As of now, we have more than 100 women and girls
enrolled for various courses. We have entered into an MoU with NIIT Foundation to
support us in running the IT course.
TCIF with the help of JHARCRAFT(Jharkhand Silk Textile &Handicraft Development
Corporation has started a training programme for women in handloom weaving thereby
creating livelihood opportunities for women in Khunti district.

Introduction of TS &M in CBSE affiliated schools


TCIF over the last one year has been trying to bring on board a few CBSE affiliated
schools especially in far flung areas of the country, to start the Transport Systems &
Management course which is highly vocational in nature. TCI believes that it has a
bigger social responsibility towards children coming from lesser privileged
backgrounds, which in their young age have to take on the responsibility of contributing
to the family income or have to be solely responsible to keep the fires in their kitchens
burning

Disaster Relief
TCIF has responded to various situations of emergency by providing all that, which goes
into an immediate relief kitty for the victims of natural calamities, be it drought in
Rajasthan, or earthquake in Latur. During the coastal Tsunami in December 2004, when
the gigantic waves, the likes of which were perhaps never seen before crashed into the
coastal regions in many parts of the world, washing away people animals homes and
hearths with unprecedented losses which the world watched in horror. TCI contributed
significantly by putting its vehicles into operation for relief work, ferrying the victims
from the affected places to safer places, providing and transporting relief material free
of cost, helping in the disbursement of relief material to the deserving people.

TCIF’s intervention in Leh


In the recent rain related calamity to strike the Himalayas, when two cloudbursts hit
Ladakh’s Leh area in August 2010, washing away large parts of the town and wreaking
havoc in a number of villages. Group TCI adopted a worst hit village, by name Nimmo, 35
kms away from Leh. A few Staff members of group TCI were deployed to oversee the
relief and rehabilitation operations in the village. After talks with the local
administration and consultations with the people of Nimoo village, Group TCI started

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the construction of houses for the victims of the cloud burst that left people homeless.

Contact Address:
TCI House
69, Institutional Area, Sector-32,
Gurgaon-122207(Haryana) (India)
Tel: +91-124-2381603 to 07
Fax: +91-124-2381611
Email: corporate@tcil.com
Web: www.tcifindia.org

73. Thermax Social Initiative Foundation (TSIF)

Company Name: Thermax


Established Year: 2007

About the Foundation


The CSR programme of the company got a formal structure and a governing body when
the Thermax Social Initiative Foundation (TSIF) was formed in March 2007 as a not-for-
profit body registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956 (or under Section 8
of the Companies Act 2013). Convinced that education is the best enabler for a better
life, the Foundation has decided to primarily focus on initiatives in this crucial area.
 Thermax, as a part of its social obligation, is committed to:
 Provide quality education to underprivileged children.
 Create an environment that respects communities and the natural environment.
 As a signatory to CII's initiative on affirmative action, work to achieve defined
objectives.
 Involve and encourage employees and their families to participate in various
social initiatives of the company.
In 2012, the Thermax Board decided to increase its contribution from 1% to 3% of its
profit for various CSR initiatives implemented through its CSR arm, TSIF.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Environment

Past Projects:

Partnership with Akanksha


The Thermax Akanksha partnership which began in 1999 when Thermax helped
Akanksha begin its operations in Pune has steadily grown over the years. In 2007-2008
this partnership took on many new initiatives. Thermax has been supporting the

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Akanksha Foundation to improve the lives of underprivileged children. Thermax


currently supports two Akanksha learning centres in Pune.
Supporting Municipal Schools

Thermax Social Initiative Foundation (TSIF) - the CSR arm of Thermax, along with its
knowledge partner the Akanksha Foundation has signed memorandum of
understanding (MOU) with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) School Board and
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) School Board for a period of 30 years.
Under this public-private partnership (PPP), the Municipal Corporation is responsible
for providing the infrastructure, regular books and stationery, mid-day meal and school
uniforms for the students. The Akanksha Foundation is responsible for teacher
recruitment, training and setting goals and curriculum for the schools. TSIF takes care of
the day to day administration and the remuneration of staff and teachers who are on its
pay roll.

Teacher Training Programme


Thermax believes that the quality of education cannot be better than that of its
educators. Hence, the pressing need to improve the quality of quality of new teachers
while upgrading the skills of existing ones. However, the current National Council for
Teacher's Education (NCTE) does not allow setting up of a conventional pre-service
teacher training institute. TSIF has therefore opened another window to start an in-
service training programme for municipal school teachers and teachers in under-
resourced schools.

Teach For India Initiative


The Teach for India (TFI) programme which began in 2009 aims to reduce India's
educational iniquity. It places India's outstanding college graduates and young
professionals for two years as full time teachers in municipal and low-income schools.
This is another model that Thermax supports to improve the quality of education. It
places academically bright and outstanding college graduate and professionals in the
existing education system and tries to improve quality while dealing with the everyday
challenges.
Since 2011 and for the 3rd successive year, Thermax has been the platinum sponsor for
TFI. Thermax not only supports the programme financially, but also provides
infrastructure and government liaison when required.

Contact Address:
Corporate Office
Thermax House, 14 Mumbai-Pune Road
Wakdewadi, Pune 411 003
Tel: 91-20-66051200/25542122
Fax: 91-20-25542242

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Email: csg@thermaxindia.com,
channelm@thermaxindia.com
Web: www.thermaxindia.com/corporate-social-responsibility.aspx#

74. Tribhuvandas Foundation


Company Name: Amul Dairy

About The Foundation


Tribhuvandas Foundation is an Integrated Rural Health & Development Programme of
Amul. Inspired by the great success of round the clock health care services to the
livestock of dairy farmers of Kaira, Shri Tribhuvandas Patel, the Founder Chairman of
Amul felt the need of such a service to the rural populace too as he could learn and
experience the afflictions brought to them by absence of medical services in rural
villages of Kaira. The Foundation is a need-based programme for villagers and is run by
the villagers themselves to fulfil the basic health care needs of the villages. The
foundation is headquartered at Anand with sub-centers spread over the district Anand
and Kheda. The Foundation has a dedicated Team of Medical Officers, Nurses,
Administrative staff, Dais (Traditional Birth Attendants) and Village Health Workers to
provide the following services.

Thematic Areas
 Healthcare

Past Projects:

HealthCare
 Treatment of common ailments; Immunization through vaccination – BCG, Triple
Vaccine, Polio, Measles, Tetanus, Anti rabies at subsidised rate.
 Nutritional rehabilitation centers for undernourished children and vulnerable
mothers
 Education and counselling on reversible and permanent methods of family
planning, health education sessions and referral of critical cases to secondary
and tertiary care centers
 Cancer awareness programme, detection camp and treatment at Shri Krishna
Hospital, Karamsad
 Balwadis (Day Care Centres) for pre-school play and learning activities for
children of three to five years
 Provide training and retaining to village health workers to carry out health
education and primary health care from door-to-door, in groups and at the Dairy
Co-operative Societies Centres
 Performed 2000 Eye surgery free of cost for visually impaired patients

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 Building partnership with government for family planning programmes in rural


areas

Safe Delivery kit


The Foundation in partnership with Government of Gujarat, has made ‘Safe Delivery
Kits’ accessible to inhabitants of remote rural interiors who had been unable to access
such services from state or private agencies. The Safe Delivery Kit is supplied to various
health centres of the government of Gujarat. The success of the initiative has been
manifested by drastic fall in neonatal tetanus, and maternal, neonatal, and infant
mortality.

Contact Address:
Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd,
Amul Dairy, Anand-388001
Gujarat, India
Tel: +91 2692 256124
Email: amuldairy@amuldairy.com
Web: http://www.amuldairy.com/index.php/csr-initiatives/tribhuvandas-foundation

75. Union Bank Social Foundation


Company Name: Union Bank of India
Established Year: 2006

About the Foundation


Union Bank Social Foundation was registered as a charitable trust at Bangalore as an
initiative of Union Bank of India to carry out its CSR activities. The foundation aims to
support initiatives towards social upliftment and improve living standards of
underprivileged segments.
Thematic Areas
 Community Welfare
 Education
 Environment protection
 Girl Child and Women Empowerment
 Health Care- Mental and Physical Disability
 Rural Development
 Skill Development

Past Projects:
Energy Conservation and Environment Protection: Create environment awareness
by planting trees, providing solar home lights to BPL households, solar power at schools
and clean solar cooking stoves.
Health Care and Physical Disability

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 Health care facilities for flood landslide affected villagers of Rudraprayag dist.
 Talking ATM for Visually Impaired Persons
 Donate artificial limbs, calipers, tricycles to handicapped people at Jaipur,
physiotherapy sessions at school for mentally retarded, support to hemophilia
patients at Varanasi for care and treatment.
 Financial support to purchase ambulances & conduct Camps at- Chennai,
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Mumbai, Mau, Gorakhpur (U.P.) Kottayam (Kerala) in
Tinsukia, Assam, Goa etc.
Girl Education and Women Empowerment
 Support for construction of free students hostel for tribal girl students, girls
toilets in village schools
 Adopt girl child on Women’s Day and Independence Day
 Distributed bicycle to girl children
Rural Development
 Provide toilets, drinking water facilities, solar systems, computers, furniture,
electrical items, ceiling fans, almirahs, computers, water purifiers etc. in rural
schools of U.P., Sikkim, Assam etc
 Implement solar lights in villages of Allahabad region
 Provide community toilets , tube wells, hand pumps, solar system to BPL families
 Support for manufacturing solar lanterns in Lead district & other villages of U.P.
Kerala, M.P. Rajasthan, West Bengal etc
Skill Development and Vocational Training
 Set up residential livelihood training and Audio book recording center for
visually challenged persons throughout the country

Village Adoption
The bank has adopted 210 villages across the country under UAG (Union Adarsh Gram
scheme).The main activities undertaken by the Bank under UAG includes:
 Adoption of girl child and sponsoring their study upto standard XII
 Providing toilet facilities in Government Girls' Schools
 Solar lights for street lighting
 Provide fans and water filter in school

Contact Address:
Union Bank Social Foundation Trust,
Union Bank of India
No.10-A, “Chandrakiran”
Kasturaba Road
Bangalore 560002
Tel: 080 22958260
Email: busresponsehead@unionbankofindia.com, rekhapnayak@unionbankofindia.com
Web: http://www.unionbankofindia.co.in/social_foundation.aspx

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76. Vedanta Foundation


Company Name: Vedanta Group
Established Year: 1992

About the Foundation


Since 15th September 1992, Vedanta Foundation has been a multifaceted philanthropic
initiative of London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc. It is a Public Charitable Trust
registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 and the Foreign Contributions
Regulations Act, 1976 and approved under the U/S35AC, U/S 80G of the Income Tax
Act, 1961
Vedanta has build development programs in the form of initiatives with a broad focus
mainly on Education, Nutrition & Livelihood. It has further identified the potential areas
within each of its broad development priorities and have dawned on focused
interventions in concern areas such as basic education among the school children, child
nutrition, essential vocational training like computer literacy, women empowerment &
most critical among all being employment to jobless youth among others which happen
to be National concerns of the country and furthermore a part of the country’s agenda
for its Millennium Development Goal.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Nutrition & Livelihood

Past Projects:

Computer Literacy
The foundation initiated this program with one center in Mumbai and at present has
multiplied into 250 centers Pan India. The main USP of this program is to provide
computer education to underprivileged at low cost and deliver high output.

Child Welfare
The Foundation has set up many Child Care Centers for children who live below the
poverty line across India. This center mainly focuses on the physical, emotional and
psychological development of the children. The center organizes periodic health
checkups and provides a warm and safe environment for the child’s overall
development, thus, getting them ready for a formal education. The Vedanta Balchetna
Aanganwadi Program operates in Karnataka, Odisha and Rajasthan with 2635, 478 and
500 centers respectively and serves around 1,40,000 students

Educational Institutes
Vedanta Foundation epitomizes an Institution through its focused social development
programs and capacity building initiatives provides a holistic transformation of the

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underprivileged population of the country. The Foundation endeavours that everybody


has a right to education. And in this regard has contributed in the form of institutions
that offer education from Kinder-Garden (KG) to Post Graduation (PG).

Post-Graduate Girl’s College, Ringus, Rajasthan


The Foundation's Post-Graduate Girl's college was started in 1995 with an aim to uplift
women from backward classes of Ringus, Rajasthan and encourage them to complete
their higher education for a brighter future. The college offers Post Graduate courses in
Arts, Science, Commerce, BA, MA, M.Sc. and has admitted over 2300 girls for the
academic year 2012-2013. Around 910 students graduated later this year and the
college continues to maintain its track record with an outstanding success rate of 97
percent. In its effort to provide students with a well-rounded education, the college has
a Sports center, Literacy society, Dramatics society, Meditation and Yoga center and
provides boarding facilities for the students. Our girl’s team has been awarded with
many national level accolades in volleyball and hockey tournaments. Moreover, many of
our final year students were selected in the placement drive which was organized in the
campus last year, wherein companies like ICICI Bank, Muthoot Fin. Corp and many
others participated.

Vedanta College of Management and Information Technology (VCMIT)


Since its inception in August 2010, the foundation has been instrumental in shaping
VCMIT which is located in the semi-urban area of Vitthalwadi at Ulhasnagar, Mumbai. In
a very short span of time, the college has managed to offer a diverse range of degree
courses in BMS, B.Com, B.Sc-IT, BBI, BAF, and B.Sc-Com and provides facilities like a
library, laboratory and a gym. VCMIT endeavours that no student should be deprived of
education because of lack of finance and therefore an in-house BPO has been set up in
the college premises to facilitate the financially underprivileged students to work under
the scheme of ‘Earn while you Learn’ after study hours. The college thus ensures to
provide necessary support for the upliftment of the student’s educational and social
standard.

Vedanta Gurukul Public School


The Foundation’s school Gurukul is situated at Ringus, Rajasthan. It is a co-ed school
that offers formal education to children from LKG to standard 12th.

Women Empowerment
The Foundation has aptly set up many vocational training centers for women pan India
that offers various courses like Make-up artistry, Tailoring and Mehendi design which in
turn helps them to earn their livelihood, thus, making them financially independent. For
providing those with a suitable platform to help them showcase their creations, many
departmental stores and hyper markets have been approached to volunteer in this
initiative.

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Contact Address:
Vedanta Foundation
Opp Niranjan Bldg,
Corner of 'E' Road, Marine Drive,
Mumbai-400002
Tel: 022-43665000
022-22826005
022-22818466
Email: publicrelations@vedantafoundation.org
Web: www.vedantafoundation.org

77. VLCC Foundation


Company Name: VLCC India

About The Foundation


VLCC Foundation undertakes activities for the development of local communities and
works in association with various NGOs across India.
The key objectives of the foundation include:
 Providing health and education support to the underprivileged through various
programmes
 Aids Rehabilitation schemes for the physically challenged.
 Health check up camps which offer services like cardiology, gynaecology, and
diabetes
 Raise funds directly through its network to offer monetary support to the trusted
NGOs
 Eliminate obesity through its various networks by working closely with the
medical professionals in order to educate people about obesity and take
prevention
 Celebrate 26th November as the Anti-Obesity Day to spread information on
nutrition, food preparation, healthy diets and lifestyle problems related to
obesity

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Skill Development and Training
 Women Empowerment
Past Projects:

Education for Differently Abled


The foundation partners with Tamana to help raise funds for educating the specially
challenged children of their schools and joined hands with Amar Jyoti to provide
complete support to the NGOs in its initiative to educate disabled children. The beauty

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staffs from VLCC have been specifically trained to offer vocational training to these
special children. VLCC has created an educational package on wellness for the elderly in
association with Help Age.

Skill Development and Training


VLCC foundation provides vocational training to destitute and homeless women to
empower them with skills through which they will earn a better livelihood. VLCC has
undertaken the vocational rehabilitation of 48 destitute and homeless women and seeks
to bring about a positive change into their lives. It supports Cherie Blair Foundation for
Women which works globally to provide women entrepreneurs easy access to trade
networks, finance and business development support. The foundation hosted its first
“Women Mean Business Conference” in Mumbai and the event witnessed the
participation of over 350 individuals as well as 36 high profile speakers from across
various industrial verticals in India.
Social Development:
VLCC support and guide Khushi NGO which is headed by cricketer Kapil Dev and the
NGO is dedicated towards the upliftment of children and women.

Contact Address:
M-14, Greater Kailash, Part-II,
Commercial Complex New Delhi - 110048, India
Tel: 011-41631975/6, 41632463/4
Email: contact@vlccwellness.com
Web: http://www.vlccwellness.com/India/VLCC+Foundation/13/

78. Welspun Foundation for Health and Knowledge

Company Name: Welspun Group


Established Year: 2004

About The Foundation


Welspun Foundation for Health & Knowledge, chaired by Mrs. Dipali Goenka, is a Public
Charitable Trust established in 2004. A part of the Welspun Group's profits is ploughed
back into welfare-driven initiatives of the Foundation. It supports developmental
activities related to Education (Girl Child), Women’s Empowerment, Environment,
Health and Craft and most of the activities of the Foundation take place in Mumbai,
Anjar, Dahej and Vapi i.e. in and around Welspun facilities. WFHK is an essential part of
the Group's set up, and is active wherever it has a business presence. Through this the
foundation engage with local stakeholders, and in a process that is both consultative
and collaborative, and has taken up a range of innovative programmes in the spheres of

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health, education, environment, as well as cultural and civic projects over the last few
years.
Thematic Areas
 Education
 Empowerment and Health

Past Projects:

Education
Welspun promotes and supports the Right to Education and is dedicated to improve and
enhance the quality of education thus equipping the children of today to become the
leaders of tomorrow.
 Education to girl child
 Welspun Vidya Mandir at Anjar, Gujarat and Salav, Maharashtra, aims to enhance
all round development of children and has provided quality education to over
2060 students.
 Support to NGOs Naandi Foundation and Light of Life Trust on educational
projects in Gujarat and Maharashtra for the benefit of over 3,000 tribal, rural and
urban children.
Empowerment and Health
 Welspun pioneered Mission Mangalam Scheme with the Gujarat Government to
widen the livelihood options by building capacities and providing training to
rural women and currently there are three Sakhi Swarnim Centers being run in
Varsamedi, Dudhai and Bhadreshwar.
 Welspun India at Vapi has adopted an ITI in Vansda, District, Navsari under the
Central Government Scheme of “ITI Upgradation by Public-Private Partnership”.
It has introduced three new trades i.e. Spinning, Weaving and Cutting & Sewing
where training is imparted by professors from MS University, Vadodara and at
WIL, Vapi.
 Set up health care center which provide subsidized or free care to the needy
Environment
 Optimum consumption and well planned waste control recycling measures.

Contact Address:
Welspun House, 7th Floor,
Kamala Mills Compound,
Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel,
Mumbai 400 013, INDIA
Tel: 91 22 66136000/ 24908000
Fax: 91 22 24908020/ 24908021
Web: http://www.welspun.com/content.asp?Submenu=Y&MenuID=4&SubmenuID=97

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Sandip Grover
SVP & Head - HR (Textiles) & CSR
Welspun House, 6th Floor, Kamala City,
Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West),
Mumbai – 400013
Board: +91 -22-66136000/ Dir: +91-22-66135784
Email: sandip_grover@welspun.com

79. Wockhardt Foundation


Company Name: Wockhardt Group

About the Foundation


Wockhardt Foundation is a national, secular, not-for-profit organization engaged in
social service and human welfare activities. It's 12 programmes have made perceptible
change in its areas of operations to the lives of the underprivileged.

Mobile 1000, its flagship programme, aims to operate 1000 Mobile Health Vans in rural
India and administering free primary healthcare to 25 million Indians every year. As of
date, there are 85 Mobile 1000 Vans operating in 12 states and doing yeoman service to
rural India.

With the launch of 2 new programmes, Bio-Toilet and E-Learning, Wockhardt


Foundation continues to expand its social coverage in areas where the need is the most.

Wockhardt Foundation operates its social programmes based on the 3 B's -Big, Best,
and Bold. The Big ensures scale, the Best ensures quality, and the Bold ensures need."
Wockhardt Foundation is governed by a simple philosophy -"where every smile counts".
The work of Wockhardt Foundation has been well recognized in the outside world with
it being the recipient of many Awards including the prestigious “Inclusive India Award -
2012” for the best social work in primary health by a corporate.

Thematic Areas
 Healthcare
 Education

Past Projects:

Mobile 1000
A Mobile Health Van fully equipped with a MBBS doctor and medicines provide ADCR
(Awareness, Diagnosis, Cure, and Referral) primary healthcare services
For more details: www.wockhardtfoundation.org/pro-vision-1000.aspx

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HIV Aids (WHARF)


A specially prepared nutrition supplement for HIV positive children to strengthen their
immunity
For more details: www.wockhardtfoundation.org/pro-hiv.aspx

Wockhardt Health Education Institute


 Benefits to Students
 Virtual Classrooms
 Regular workshops & seminars by Industry experts
 In-depth practical knowledge through our well equipped practical labs
 Dedicated placement cell
 Dual Certification from Government and WHEI

For more details: www.wockhardtfoundation.org/pro-whei.aspx

Shudhu water purification tablets:


1. Shudhu is a lasting solution for water purification
2. Each Shudhu- Water Purification Tablet contains a measured dose of NaDCC which
dissolves in water and releases a measured dose of hypochlorous, that is universally
recognized as a safe and effective water disinfectant
3. By dissolving only one, economical, easy to use tablet, 20 liters of water can be
purified in 30 minutes
4. Shudhu is effective against Bacteria, Fungi, Spores, Virus, Protozoa, Biofilms and
Slimes
5. Effective in preventing all communicable water-Bourne diseases such as : Diarrhoea,
Polio, Dysentery, Cholera, Jaundice, Typhoid, Gastroenteritis and a host of other
diseases like giardiasis

Bio Toilet
A complete Solid Waste Management Solution - Bio Toilets!
Invented & Certified by DRDO & endorsed by the Government of India
 100% Sludge – Free Disposal of Human Waste / Eliminates need for Manual
Scavenging
 Decomposes Solid Waste to Water & Bio Gas
 Eco-Friendly
 100% Hazard Free
 100% Maintenance Free
 Functions efficiently at sub zero – 55 Degrees Centigrade
 Plays a critical role in Preventable Healthcare as the Bio Toilet eliminates disease
causing pathogens completely

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Khel Khel Mein


Khel Khel Mein is a unique initiative of Wockhardt Foundation, comprising of Edu
Recreational Centres for the underprivileged children aged 6 to 12 years

World Peace
Wockhardt Foundation supports "The World Peacekeepers Movement" (TWPM) to
spread world peace.

Contact Address:
Wockhardt Towers
Bandra- Kurla Complex, Bandra (East),
Mumbai - 400051,
Maharashtra,
India.
Wockhardt Foundation Helpline: +91-22-26596666
Email: support@wockhardtfoundation.org
Web: www.wockhardtfoundation.org/aboutus.aspx

80. Yes Foundation


Company Name: Yes Bank
Established Year: 2012

About the Foundation


Since inception, YES BANK has a deep rooted focus on sustainability and through its
Responsible Banking pillar; it has been working towards Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development. The bank believes that CSR and
Sustainability in their biggest sense are the purpose of Business and has embedded
them into the core business operations, keeping in mind the impact that it has on
people, planet and prosperity. Real CSR lies in our collective ability to share resources
equitably, accept that everyone has the same rights, and consistently act in the best
interest of humanity. YES FOUNDATION is its concrete step to realise this vision of an
empowered and equitable India.
YES FOUNDATION, the social development arm of YES BANK was founded in December
2012, and focuses on stimulating entrepreneurship and innovative use of media
initiatives for social transformation to enable India’s inclusive growth and development.

Thematic Area
 Community Development
 Women Empowerment

Past Projects:

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YES! I am the CHANGE


The potential of media and the untapped energy of India’s youth, Yes Bank motivated
young people to use the medium of film as a tool for social transformation through its
program, YES! I am the CHANGE.

YES SCALE UP
YES Foundation works to support and stimulate the social sector by focusing on
facilitating access to finance to Not-for-Profits through building expertise in functions
like finance, communication, legal, and HR and project management. This program aims
at propelling emergence of highly efficient Not-for-Profits with robust management
skills to accelerate scale and impact.

Innovative Women’s Entrepreneurship


YES Foundation aims to create programs that have an impact on women
entrepreneurship promotion (WEP) policies and practices to ensure growth that is
sustainable and inclusive

Sports for Development


Sport is transformative. No other activity enjoys more popularity and influence amongst
youth, therefore making it a common denominator cutting across barriers of culture,
class, gender and geography. It has been recognized as an effective low-cost medium to
achieve key development goals for children and youth, and evidence has pointed out
that specifically designed sport-based programs have the potential to empower youth,
teach them life skills, increase school attendance, learning levels, and build
employability skills

Contact Address:
The YES Foundation
30600 Telegraph Rd, Suite 3225
Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025
Tel: (248) 646-5696
Email: administration@theyesfoundation.org
Web: www.yesfoundation.in

81. Zensar Foundation

Company Name: Zensar Technologies Ltd

About the Foundation


Zensar believes that as organizations grow in size and scale, it must play an active role
in public welfare. Their accountability must go beyond business interests. Towards
society at large. And in transforming communities they operate in.

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So, from the very beginning, Zensar has endeavoured to make a positive contribution to
the underprivileged communities by supporting a wide range of socio-economic,
educational, health and environment initiatives.
As a conscientious corporate citizen, Zensar want its CSR initiatives to have a lasting
and positive imprint on the society. Zensar Foundation, an independent trust operating
under Zensar, leads the company’s philanthropic outreach programs. Many of the
community projects and programs are driven by active participation from Zensarians.

Thematic Areas
 Education
 Environment Initiative
 Healthcare
 Socio Economic Initiative

Past Projects:

Education
Zensar’s CSR programmes focus on creating sustainable development and livelihood for
local communities. Hence all the programmes driven by the Zensar Foundation focus on
community development and inclusive growth through education and skill building
initiatives rather than providing continued financial support. In recent times, the focus
on sustainable development has only increased and today there are consolidated efforts
made by the foundation to impact each person through their lifecycle as a student and
make various interventions from the time they are children till they reach the
Employment age, and in a way to render them capable of making and following their life
choices.

English education
Udaan' - a center within Zensar campus - was launched in February 2012, to impart
English education to the community children through use of digital applications. This,
when supplemented with classroom teaching, ensures that students not only learn
English but also get familiar with computers at an early age. `Udaan' is located within
the Pune campus, making it easy for associates to take up their own CSR projects, be it
in education or other fields.

Employability in the IT sector


Realizing the need for trained manpower in the IT industry, the foundation empower
students from underprivileged communities with industry-ready skills, by offering them
training in Hardware and Networking. The course duration includes 120 hours of
English language training and 140 hours of technical training.

Environment Initiatives

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The Green initiatives encompass practices like waste management, cycle rallies, plant
adoption drives and a reduction in the organization’s carbon footprint.

Udaan Biodiversity Park


The 2 acre Udaan Biodiversity Park includes diverse flora and walking trails with
informative signages for the benefit of students and visitors. The park, consist of about
65 different medicinal, flowering and aromatic plants as well as water body is brought
together in myriad patches to allow organisms to thrive and grow. The park also
includes a rock garden, well-developed useful plants’ garden, and a butterfly garden
which will collectively inspire people to think about eco-conservation and gene-pool
restoration

Health
Health has been identified as a primary objective in the community development
process. As part of the healthcare initiatives, weekly clinics, counselling sessions, health
camps are regularly held to promote general health and well-being in the community.
The health perils in the community are numerous and in order to treat some minor
ailments and casualties, community members have been identified and are being
trained to treat minor ailments.
The clinic has over 15 patients visiting it every week. Besides this, Zensar also run HIV/
AIDS awareness programmes in and around the community through association with a
NGO Project Concern International (PCI). This long standing association has been
yielding substantial results with over 15000 students being trained of HIV.AIDS and its
perils. In addition to this, Zensar also runs an awareness programme which caters to
over 50 students in their adolescence. Under the programme, students are not only
educated but encouraged to take up HIV tests and are assessed based on their sexual
behaviour.

IT education
Zensar Foundation reaches out to over 1000 students per year across three municipal
schools in Pune and Hyderabad, to teach the basics of computers. The modules used for
teaching, have been developed with the help of Zensarians. Zensar Foundation has
provided computers and other equipment to these schools, in order to run the
Computer Laboratories.

Contact Address:
Pune
Zensar Technologies Limited, Second Floor, Wing 2, Cluster C, EON Free Zone, Kharadi,
Plot No. 1, S. No. 77, MIDC Kharadi Knowledge Park, Pune - 411 014.

Mumbai

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Zensar Technologies Limited,


Magnet House, II Floor,
Ballard Estate, Mumbai – 400 001
Tel: 022-30288216,
Fax: 022-2262368
Email: janki.sampat@zensar.com , ryan.pereira@zensar.com
Web: www.zensar.com/about-us/csr

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