SGPC’s

Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies

(Management Institute of G N Khalsa College), Matunga east, Mumbai – 400 019

Social Project Report

Titled
“A Study on CSR Initiatives by Reliance Foundation”
In the partial fulfillment of the Degree of
MMS
By
Mr. Vinayak Subhash Padave
[Class-MMS, Division-B & Roll No-99]
Semester IV & Specialization: Finance
Batch: 2022-24

Under the Guidance of

Prof. Sonali Athawale
(Project Guide)

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 SGPC’s
Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies
(Management Institute of G N Khalsa College), Matunga east, Mumbai – 400 019

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr. Vinayak Subhash Padave a student of Class: MMS
Semester: IV bearing Roll No. 99 has successfully completed the project titled, “A
Study on CSR Initiatives by Reliance Industries”, in the partial fulfillment of the
Degree of MMS.

Place: Matunga, Mumbai

Date:

Name of the Project Guide: Prof. Sonali Athawale

Signature of the Project Guide:

Signature Institutes Seal:

(Dr. Satwinder Singh Bedi)

Director

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 STUDENT DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the project titled “A Study on CSR Initiatives by Reliance
Industries” is my own work conducted under the supervision of Prof. Sonali
Athawale.

I further declare that no part in this project work has been plagiarized without
proper citations and has not formed the basis for the award of any degree, diploma,
associate ship, fellowship previously.

Name of Student:

Signature of the Student:

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I avail this opportunity to express my sincere, humble and deepest sense of

gratitude towards my Guide Prof. Sonali Athawale for his valuable guidance and

tremendous efforts which she has taken to guide me to the path of success. Her

constructive feedback and endless encouragement always inspired to work hard on

the topic. Her determination and ambition to achieve goal in life is really

fascinating and inspired me. I wish to thank my friends for their suggestion and co-

operation in completion of this project. No one can successfully complete work

without blessings and wishes, so we thank and dedicate it to our loving parents for

their love and inspiration. Above all by grace of god we would achieve it

successfully.

Name of student

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sr Title Page No.

No.
1 Executive summary

2 Introduction

3 Significance of study

Objective of study

Methodology

4 Profile of RIL

5 CSR PHILOSOPHY OF RIL

6
LITERATURE REVIEW

7 CSR AWARDS

8 The Benefits of CSR

9 Conclusion

10 References

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 LIST OF TABLES/GRAPHS

Sr Title Page No.

No.
Introduction

Review of Literature

Methodology

Results

Discussion

Bibliography

Appendices

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Executive summary

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The executive summary encapsulates a thorough examination of Reliance
Industries' Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Analyzing the
conglomerate's extensive CSR portfolio across sectors like education, healthcare,
and community development, the study unveils strategic partnerships vital in
amplifying impact. Through rigorous impact assessment, it becomes evident that
Reliance Industries' efforts significantly benefit communities, bolstering access to
essential services and fostering socio-economic empowerment. Emphasizing
stakeholder engagement, the report underscores Reliance Industries' commitment
to transparency and accountability. While challenges such as resource constraints
persist, they also present avenues for innovation and collaboration.
Recommendations advocate for strengthened monitoring mechanisms, fostering
innovation, scaling successful models, and enhancing transparency. In essence,
Reliance Industries' CSR endeavors demonstrate a commendable commitment to
societal well-being, necessitating continued efforts to address challenges, seize
opportunities, and uphold ethical standards in its pursuit of sustainable
development.

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Introduction

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 INTRODUCTION

The amendment notified in the Companies Act, 2013 requires companies with a net worth of INR 5
billion (US$70 million) or more, or an annual turnover of INR 10 billion (US$140 million) or more, or net
profit of INR 50 million (US$699,125) or more, to spend 2 percent of their average net profits of three
years on CSR.

Prior to that, the CSR clause was voluntary for companies, though it was mandatory to disclose their CSR
spending to shareholders. CSR includes but is not limited to the following:

Projects related to activities specified in the Companies Act; or

Projects related to activities taken by the company board as recommended by the CSR Committee,
provided those activities cover items listed in the Companies Act.

Businesses must note that the expenses towards CSR are not eligible for deduction in the computation
of taxable income. The government, however, is considering a re-evaluation of this provision, as well as
other CSR provisions recently introduced under the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 (“the Act”).

CSR amendments under the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019

Until now, if a company was unable to fully spend its CSR funds in a given year, it could carry the amount
forward and spend it in the next fiscal, in addition to the money allotted for that year.

The CSR amendments introduced under the Act now require companies to deposit the unspent CSR
funds into a fund prescribed under Schedule VII of the Act within the end of the fiscal year. This amount
must be utilized within three years from the date of transfer, failing which the fund must be deposited in
to one of the specified funds.

The new law prescribes for a monetary penalty as well as imprisonment in case of non-compliance. The
penalty ranges from INR 50,000 (US$700) to INR 2.5 million (US$35,000) whereas the defaulting officer
of the company may be liable to imprisonment for up to three years, or a fine up to INR 500,000 (US
$7,023), or both.

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The government, however, is reviewing these rules after the industry objected to the strict provisions,
especially with respect to the jail terms for CSR violations, and is yet to operationalize them.

CSR trends in India

Since the applicability of mandatory CSR provision in 2014, CSR
spending by corporate India has increased significantly. In 2018,
companies spent 47 percent higher as compared to the amount in
2014-15, contributing US$1 billion to CSR initiatives, according to a
survey.

Listed companies in India spent INR 100 billion (US$1.4 billion) in

various programs ranging from educational programs, skill
development, social welfare, healthcare, and environment
conservation, while the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund saw an increase
of 139 percent in CSR contribution over last one year.

The education sector received the maximum funding (38 percent of the
total) followed by hunger, poverty, and healthcare (25 percent),
environmental sustainability (12 percent), rural development (11
percent). Programs such as technology incubators, sports, armed
forces, reducing inequalities saw negligible spends.

Taking into account the recent amendments to CSR provisions,

industry research estimates CSR compliance to improve and range
between 97 to 98 percent by FY 2019-20.

History

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Mandatory provisions of CSR under section 135 of the Companies act, 2013 became effective from
01.04.2014.

The importance of inclusive growth is widely recognized as an essential part of India's quest for development.
It reiterates our firm commitment to include those sections of the society in the growth process, which had
hitherto remained excluded from the mainstream of development. In line with this national endeavor,
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was conceived as an instrument for integrating social, environmental
and human development concerns in the entire value chain of corporate business. Ministry of Corporate
Affairs had issued 'Voluntary Guidelines on Corporate Social Responsibility, 2009' as a first step towards
mainstreaming the concept of Business Responsibilities. This was further refined subsequently, as 'National
Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business, 2011'.

The National Voluntary Guidelines (NVGs) on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of
Business released by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) in July 2011, is essentially a set of nine
principles that offer Indian businesses an understanding and approach to inculcate responsible business
conduct. However, taking into account the national and international developments in the arena of sustainable
business since 2011, the NVGs have been updated and released as ‘National Guidelines on Responsible
Business Conduct’ (NGRBC) in March 2019 to reveal alignments with the United Nations Guiding Principles
on Business & Human Rights (UNGPs), UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Paris Agreement on
Climate change etc. The NGRBC provides a framework for the companies to grow in an inclusive and
sustainable manner while addressing the concerns of stakeholders.

These guidelines urge businesses to actualize the principles in letter and spirit. These principles are:

Businesses should conduct and govern themselves with integrity in a manner that is Ethical, Transparent and
Accountable

Businesses should provide goods and services in a manner that is sustainable and safe

Businesses should respect and promote the well-being of all employees, including those in their value chains

Businesses should respect the interests of and be responsive to all their stakeholders

Businesses should respect and promote human rights

Businesses should respect and make efforts to protect and restore the environment

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 Businesses, when engaging in influencing public and regulatory policy, should do so in a manner that is
responsible and transparent

Businesses should promote inclusive growth and equitable development

Businesses should engage with and provide value to their consumers in a responsible manner

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Introduction of Reliance foundation

Introduction:

Reliance Foundation is an Indian non-profit organisation which was founded in

2010 by Mukesh Ambani. It is wholly owned by Reliance Industries Limited and is
one of the largest non-profit foundations in the country.

Founder:

Nita Ambani

Mukesh Ambani

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History

Reliance Foundation was formerly known as Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation. It was

founded in 2010 by Mukesh Ambani, chairperson of Reliance Industries.

Purpose and activities

The foundation's objective is to promote sustainable growth in India. It does so in

the following spheres:

Rural transformation: The Bharat-India Jodo is a programme for marginal farmers,

and the foundation also has information service programmes bringing technical
expertise to 1,400 farming and fishing villages.

Education: The foundation grants scholarships under the Dhirubhai Ambani

Scholarship Programme, which started in Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1996 and
was extended nationwide in 2009. It also supports 13 schools, including the
Dhirubhai Ambani International School, and establishes universities in partnership
with the London School of Economics.

Health: The foundation sponsors the Drishti program, which provides newspapers
in Braille for the blind and the country's largest cornea transplant programme, and

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developed the Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in
Mumbai.

Mrs Nita Dalal Ambani during the launch of India's first registered Braille
newspaper in Hindi 'Drishti' by Reliance Foundation in Mumbai on March 19,
2012

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi rededicated Sir H. N. Reliance

Foundation Hospital and Research Centre to the nation, in Mumbai on October 25,
2014.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports in
Delhi on July 23, 2016.

The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puruskar, 2017 to the Sports for Development – Reliance Foundation at
Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2017

Urban renewal: The foundation took over development of Goda Park in Nashik
after funding problems had delayed it, and in partnership with NASSCOM is
underwriting a social media lab for Mumbai Police to improve involvement of
residents in improving safety and security.

Arts, culture and heritage: The foundation sponsors events celebrating and
continuing the cultural heritage of India, such as Ustad Zakir Hussain's annual
concert in memory of his father, Abbaji, and the Elephanta Festival on Elephanta
Island in Mumbai, and also in 2012 co-sponsored with BP the Mummy: The Inside
Story visiting exhibition from the British Museum. In February 2016, Reliance
Foundation Drishti organized a nationwide arts and essay competition which also
involved visually impaired participants. The winning entries were sent out through
printed literature.

The foundation has proposed to set up Jio Institute near Karjat.

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The foundation also works with other philanthropies and NGOs on collaborative
initiatives, for example in 2012 partnering with the television show Satyamev
Jayate to provide a grant to Muktangan Rehabilitation Centre in Mumbai to help
street children.

Awards

The foundation has been awarded prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar
for year 2017 by the President of India. Nita Ambani received the 'Rashtriya Khel
Protsahan Award 2017' on behalf of Reliance Foundation as its chairperson, for her
initiatives on promoting grassroots sports.

Reliance Foundation's Jr NBA programme entered the Guinness Book of World

Record with the participation of over 3400 Jr NBA students in India

Reliance Foundation received prestigious mBillionth South Asia Award 2017 for
its efforts in Agriculture & Environment category. The foundation was conferred
the award in recognition of its efforts to leverage mobile technology to enhance
lives and livelihoods in rural agricultural communities across India.

Reliance Foundation bagged the India CSR Community Initiative Award 2017 for
supporting the flood-affected communities through technology-driven digital
platforms during relief operations in Madhya Pradesh.

Reliance Foundation bestowed with Institute of Company Secretaries of India CSR

Excellence Award

Reliance Foundation received the Late VD Joshi Award for the Best Ferrocement
Structure for the year 2016,for construction of natural water-harvesting structures.

Reliance Foundation received India CSR Award 2016 for Water Conservation,
Agricultural Development and Best Documentary Film.

Reliance Foundation bagged the prestigious Porter Prize 2015 for its "outstanding
contribution to the society to meet the basic human needs, establishing blocks that
allow communities to sustain quality of life and creating conditions for individuals
to reach their potential".

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Reliance Foundation receives internationally acclaimed "Golden Peacock Award"
for its CSR initiatives.

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Data Analysis

Rural Transformation

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Literature Review

Based on the search results provided, here are some relevant sources for a literature
review on Reliance Foundation's CSR initiatives:

1. CSR Initiatives at Reliance Foundation: A Reality Check

Case-Reference no. 717-0024-1

Subject category: Ethics and Social Responsibility

Authors: Sushree Das (Amity Research Centers)

Published by: Amity Research Centers

Published in: 2017

Length: 13 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: CSR; Reliance foundation; RIL; Nita Ambani; Leadership; Rural

transformation; Health care; Sports development; Education; Marginalised
community; Brand building; Mukesh Ambani; Bharat; Philanthropy; Social
responsibility

2. "CSR Expenditure in India: A case study of Reliance Industries Limited and

Tata Consulting Services Limited" - This research paper published in the Journal
of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) compares the CSR
spending and focus areas of Reliance Industries Limited and Tata Consulting
Services Limited.

3. "A Study of Corporate Social Responsibility initiative taken by Reliance

Industries Limited" - This research paper published in the International Research
Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies examines Reliance Industries Limited's CSR
vision, policy, and social welfare programs.

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4. "A study on corporate social responsibility - A case study with Reliance
Industries" - This research abstract discusses Reliance Industries' CSR model and
its impact on the community.

These sources provide a comprehensive overview of Reliance Foundation's CSR

initiatives, including the strategic approach, focus areas, criticisms, and
comparisons with other major Indian companies. The case study, research papers,
and abstract offer valuable insights for a thorough literature review on this topic.

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Data Analysis
Rural Transformation

Empowering some of the most marginalised communities across rural India with innovative and
sustainable solutions since 2010, Reliance Foundation has catalysed change across multiple
levels to transform the lives of rural communities. Enabling them with opportunities, working
through direct implementation and also by working in collaboration with different social impact
organisations, private and government stakeholders, Reliance Foundation’s Rural
Transformation programme reaches out across 20 states and two Union Territories and more than
350 districts across India. As on August 2022, the programme has reached over 14.6 million
people.

Under the Rural Transformation initiatives, Reliance Foundation has two core programmes,
Bharat India Jodo (BIJ) and Reliance Foundation Information Services (RFIS). These
programmes complement and strengthen each other. BIJ, initiated in 2010 adopts an approach of
empowering communities to take collective action towards sustainable livelihoods through
multiple pillars. By leveraging digital platforms, RFIS reaches partners across the length and
breadth of the country, connecting rural communities to advisories, information and support on
weather, fishing, farming, livestock rearing and management.

With an integrated 360 degree approach to support Reliance Foundation builds resilient rural
communities. This is done by focusing on the key levers that can help create positive social
change, including women empowerment, nutrition security, climate resilience, water and
ecological security, rural livelihood security, strengthening community structures. With this
approach, positive social change has been fostered in rural communities, with strengthened
community structures, providing water, nutrition and livelihood security.

Water as a key pivot to improving lives and livelihoods: Creating water secure communities

Water as a key pivot

In alignment with SDG 1, ‘Zero Hunger’, SDG 6 ’Clean Water and Sanitation’ and SDG 13
’Climate Action.

Bringing together communities (Shramdaan or voluntary contribution), important partners and

stakeholders actualizing one goal for water resilience, Reliance Foundation uses various
approaches, plans and structures to help conserve and harness water in sustainable ways. This
enhances the community’s livelihood security and potential. Technical, financial and capacity
building support help plan and execute appropriate water security measures and Reliance
Foundation helps build capacities of representatives and leaders of community institutions such
as Gram Panchayats, SHGs, and youth groups.

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Reliance Foundation has also been a principal funding partner of Paani Foundation since 2015,
supporting the work that this organisation is doing at the grassroots to help communities tackle
drought, achieve water security and make agriculture as well as other means of livelihoods in
rural India environmentally sustainable. These water initiatives are part of a larger holistic
approach to environmental sustainability.

Creating Nutrition secure rural communities: bringing alternate livelihood opportunities and a
bountiful platter to the community

Nutrition secure

In alignment with UN SDG 2 ’End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and
promote sustainable agriculture’.

The Reliance Nutrition Garden (RNGs) is a model that bridges the nutrition gap in low-income
communities, especially for women and children, while helping them take up vegetable farming -
improving income and enhancing livelihoods. Not only families but also community institutions
like Anganwadis are encouraged and supported to develop RNGs to ensure nutritional self-
sufficiency.

The RNG is a cost-effective, scientifically designed kitchen garden, wherein fruits and
vegetables are grown using a multi-tier cropping system. As a low-cost initiative, it has helped
provide fresh fruits and vegetables, grown naturally, to rural households across the country. It
has also been a new source of income to many households as a site for imparting awareness on
importance of vegetables, fruit and nutritional diversity.

Creating, supporting and encouraging leaders of tomorrow: strengthening governance

encouraging leaders

Aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) 16, ‘Peace, Justice and
Strong Institutions’, and 17, ‘Partnerships for the Goals’

By creating platforms for collective action and with support from stakeholders, Reliance
Foundation is helping to strengthen rural institutions and leaders to solve challenges and find
solutions. Engaged with 965 Gram Panchayats (GPs) across 11 states, Reliance Foundation
works towards institutional strengthening in cooperation with Gram Sabhas, Block and District
Panchayats.

Reliance Foundation contributes towards the preparation of an inclusive as well as participatory

development plan in the form of Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs), ensuring
ownership and effective implementation of plans made by Gram Sabha members.

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Since 2017, Reliance Foundation has also worked with the Government of Maharashtra’s Village
Social Transformation Foundation (VSTF) on a unique initiative – to transform 1,000 villages
into ‘model villages’, by solving their social, economic, livelihood, infrastructure and
connectivity challenges. During 2019-20, Reliance Foundation directly supported 27 Gram
Panchayats under the programme, catalysing their transformation into sustainable model villages
through VSTF’s holistic development interventions. These initiatives are led on the ground by a
specially trained cadre of Rural Development Fellows, who are deputed to each village to
enhance service delivery.

Empowering women: strengthening women entrepreneurs across rural India

Empowering women

Aligned with SDG 5 to ensure ‘Gender Equality’.

Committed towards creating a battery of rural women leaders who then lead and support their
communities to solve some of the most complex challenges of our times, Reliance Foundation
works extensively with Women Self Help Groups (W-SHGs). They are supported to identify
diverse, sustainable and scalable livelihood opportunities at every step from skill trainings,
linking them to various government schemes, to making them market ready or bringing them
closer to financial inclusion. Reliance Foundation is thereby creating a network of grassroots
women leaders who can help transform the world around them. This in-turn ensures increased
women participation in rural economy and ownership of livelihood assets. Many women & W-
SHGs have turned micro-entrepreneurs and have embarked on their self-entrepreneurial journeys
through this mentorship

Transforming rural economies: facilitating market linkages

rural economies

In alignment with UN SDG 9 ‘Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster innovation’.

Supporting market linkages for farmers through a variety of ways, one intensive and significant
approach of Reliance Foundation has been to nurture and strengthen over 100 Farmer Producer
Organisations (FPOs). Many of these have started providing mentoring support to other FPOs in
their districts, creating a cascading effect. FPOs provided with market linkages, helped other
FPOs establish and run Minimum Support Price (MSP) procurement centres and access
agricultural inputs providing overall training and capacity building.

Reliance Foundation Information Services: technology at the heart of our interventions

Information Services

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Initiated in January 2013 to provide tailor-made value-added information at the right time from
the right source to the right target group towards improving lives and livelihoods, Reliance
Foundation’s Information Services (RFIS) have reached over 11.9 million people across 19
states and two Union Territories.

Bringing technology solutions and helping to address information gaps or asymmetry for
livelihood practitioners including agricultural farmers, marine and inland fishers, livestock &
dairy farmers. Reliance Foundation reaches communities by adopting a phygital model,
leveraging digital pathways like mobile phone services, digital media platforms, audio-video
conferences and YouTube, besides television, radio toll-free helpline and various other physical
interventions.

RFIS has been providing virtual advisories reaching diverse groups of beneficiaries’ year on year
with inputs on weather, better farming practices, disease and pest management and better
livestock management.

Advisories for fishing communities: Reliance Foundation endeavours to make fishing safer,
sustainable and more profitable for marine fisher folks along India’s expansive coastline with
information support from the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
and Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). The advisories through digital
platforms- reach out to nearly 250,000 people annually.

A fishing-community specific mobile application, the Machli app provides real time updates on
weather and oceanographic parameters for all major landing centres. It also helps the fishers with
information on potential fishing zones ensuring optimum results

Future focus

Over the next five years, Reliance Foundation’s Rural Transformation programme aims to build
resilient and self-reliant rural communities by improving lives and livelihoods of 10 million
individuals across 45 districts, over five years through following interventions:

1) Climate Resilience for Sustainable Development (CR4SD) - Reliance Foundation aspires to

build climate smart & resilient communities through various interventions such as adopting
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), adoption of efficient irrigation & management of water
resources. Some of the other interventions are:

2) Integrated Value Chain Development (IVCD) – Reliance Foundation will seek to unlock value
for farmers in identified crop value chains through interventions from sowing to end consumer
markets.

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3) Diversifying Rural Incomes via Women Entrepreneurship (DRIWE) - De-risking Household
incomes by diversifying into agri-allied and non-farm sources and also capacitate women SHGs
who then branch out as micro-entrepreneurs.

Awards and recognition for work in Rural Transformation

Reliance Foundation bagged the CII National Awards for Excellence in Water Management in
the “Beyond the Fence” category for two consecutive years (2019 and 2020)

Reliance Foundation was conferred IAA Olive Crown Award 2022 under ‘Green NGO of year-
Silver’ category for its green initiatives aimed at conserving natural resources and promoting
ecological sustainability across India

Reliance Foundation received the CII DX Award 2021 under ‘Innovation in CSR through Digital
Transformation” category for improving rural livelihoods.

Reliance Foundation received several awards for its Machli App, an AI-based Mobile
Application for marine fisherfolk, including:

Winner of World Summit Awards 2021 for providing digital solutions contributing to the
achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

mBillionth South Asia Award 2017 and 2021 under Agriculture & Environment Category for its
information services to farmers, fisher folk and livestock owners

The 10th AEGIS Graham Bell Award 2019 under the category of “Application for Social Good”.

Health

Affordable Healthcare in India

Reliance Foundation works towards enhancing access to quality and affordable

healthcare in India. The Foundation’s ‘Health for All’ motto and integrated
healthcare model provides continuum of care to the most vulnerable sections of
society through a network of healthcare delivery mechanisms ranging from
preventive and primary care to tertiary care.

Reliance Foundation is committed to enhancing the healthcare ecosystem through

community health initiatives, health outreach to vulnerable communities, while

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making primary, secondary and tertiary quality healthcare services accessible to
all.

These services are complemented by quaternary care at the Reliance Foundation

Hospital and Research Centre.

Through its health initiatives and services, Reliance Foundation has touched the
lives of over 7.8 million people since inception.

Reliance Foundation’s major programmes under the “Health for All” initiatives
include:

Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre

Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital

Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital is a 345 bedded Quaternary care Hospital

located in South Mumbai. The hospital’s mission is “To deliver safe, affordable &
quality healthcare by using international evidence -based practices through highly
skilled healthcare professionals, well trained staff and advanced technology, to all
sections of society”.

The Hospital has a vision “to bring a paradigm shift in the way the Healthcare is
delivered in India in step with the global best practices and emerge as a world class
healthcare facility”. The hospital is JCI (Joint International Commission) and
NABH accredited which is the highest standard for Quality Care & Patient Safety.
Also, it is the Largest Gold Certified Green Hospital in Mumbai: National and
International Green Building Conformance.

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Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital is a technologically-advanced institution
designed to international standards and the most stringent criteria in infrastructure,
medical care, fire-safety norms and environmental guidelines. This is because
every element that comprises the Hospital’s making, from the premises, to the
processes, to its professionals, contributes to the overriding principle: Respect for
Life.

The hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art medical technology and has the finest
professionals in medicine providing world-class care. From its physical design to
its daily functioning, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital is providing ‘Patient
and Family Centric’ clinical care across the hospital which is standardised and
transcends across all socio-economic status. For more information please visit
www.rfhospital.org.

Reliance Foundation Drishti

Reliance Foundation Drishti

Reliance Foundation has helped improve and restore the vision of people from
underprivileged segments of society through its Drishti programme.

In partnership with the National Association for the Blind (NAB), Aravind Eye
Care and Sankara Eye Foundation, Reliance Foundation Drishti has supported
21,200+ corneal transplants since inception in 2003, bringing light into the lives of
thousands of visually impaired underprivileged under the leadership of Founder
Mrs. Nita Ambani.

Reliance Foundation Drishti, in association with the National Association for the
Blind (NAB), supports the visually impaired through several initiatives.

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Reliance Foundation Drishti publishes India’s only fortnightly international Braille
newspaper in Hindi in association with the NAB, reaching over 24,000 visually
impaired readers across India and 15 other countries. On World Braille Day on
January 4 every year, Reliance Foundation Drishti also distributes a Braille table
calendar in Hindi to readers.

In order to increase awareness about the importance of eye donation, the

programme has been conducting Reliance Drishti Essay Competitions annually
since 2008 and Reliance Drishti Art Competitions yearly since 2004.

Attention is also devoted to eye care. Since inception, 1.7+ lakh consultations have
been conducted, with 15,900+ people being provided with spectacles free of cost
after detection of refractive error.

Health Outreach Programme

Health Outreach Programme

The Reliance Foundation Health Outreach Programme provides medical care

through Mobile Medical Units (MMUs), Static Medical Units (SMUs),
Community Health Centres (CHCs) and several health camps at selected locations
across Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Uttar
Pradesh.

Cumulatively, over 8.1 million consultations have benefitted vulnerable patients

through various health initiatives. Numerous health camps provide specialised care
for HIV/AIDS, TB, mother and child health as well as various non-communicable
diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiac ailments, bone and joint disorders,
ophthalmic conditions among others.

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Fully-equipped Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) with state-of-the-art technology,
including cloud-based software are incorporated to store patient information and
plan programs for the communities. MMUs provide free of cost necessary
healthcare services at the doorstep of beneficiaries through periodic visits. They
further address beneficiary requirements with proper consultations and adequate
medical care facilities MMUs operating across plant locations were also
instrumental in providing vital care during the second wave of the COVID-19
pandemic in rural India.

Static Medical Units (SMUs) provide diagnostic and consultation services focusing
on chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes. Professionally trained MBBS
doctors, nurses and social workers cater to the primary medical care needs of the
patients.

Reliance Foundation is committed to improving support and care for people living
with HIV through testing, treatment and nutritional programmes, and the hospitals
in Lodhivali, Jamnagar and Hazira offer free treatment and support to 8,000+
people with HIV, including children. Several long-running initiatives to lower
malnutrition and create awareness on good nutrition are also supported by
engaging communities around plant locations.

Providing Access to Healthcare Services

Health Services at Motikhavdi Medical Centre

Motikhavdi Medical Centre is a model and modern village public health centre at
Motikhavdi village, Jamnagar. This Community Medical Centre has been
providing comprehensive medical services free of cost since its inception in1995.
It operates round-the-clock and is equipped with doctors and para-medics,
medicine counter, male and female wards for day care procedures.

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Community Care Center & Reliance AIDS Care Hospital is the only private indoor
facility for HIV/AIDS patients in Gujarat and provides in-patient services free of
cost. The centre at Mora village, Hazira, provide preventive, diagnostic and
curative services to HIV/AIDS patients since its inception in 2004. The Centre has
a fully-functional 28-bed hospital for HIV/AIDS patients.

Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Lodhivali is a 82-bed state-of-the-art hospital that

caters to an industrial and rural population in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. It
provides free outpatient and subsidised inpatient treatment for the needy and poor
patients as well as for senior citizens. It also provides free treatment to trauma
victims from the economically weaker section of the society affected due to
highway accidents. The hospital, the only such comprehensive health care
institution in the region, has proved its worth by saving numerous lives of
vehicular and industrial accident victims. It also caters to HIV/AIDS patients
through an ART centre.

Reliance Foundation, in partnership with Dr. Abaji Thatte Sewa Aur Anusandhan
Sanstha, has established state-of-the-art facilities for diagnosis, prevention and
treatment of cancer in Nagpur. A total of 20% beds in the hospital are reserved for
economically disadvantaged patients who they are treated free of cost. In order to
reduce the burden of cancer and to provide preventive services at the grassroots
level, Reliance Foundation supported the Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society with a
preventive oncology van.

In partnership with Indian Head Injury Foundation, Reliance Foundation supports

underprivileged victims of neuro trauma, targeting two wheeler riders, pillion
riders and children along with bus and taxi drivers, pedestrians and cyclists in the
age group of 12-45 years.

Reliance is also working with several blood banks such as the Indian Red Cross
Society, Indian Medical Association, Rotary Blood Bank, Surat Raktadan Kendra

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and Research, Rotary Noida Research and the Voluntary Health Services across
the country. In addition, free health check-up camps are organised for thalassemia
patients, and felicitation programmes are conducted to motivate people for
voluntary donation.

To reduce the response time of public healthcare institutions during emergencies,

ambulances with advanced support facilities have been provided to the relevant
municipalities in Dwarka and Khambhaliya through the Jamnagar plant, to the
Suvali Primary Care Centre (PHC) in Hazira, and to the district police in Shahdol.

ASMAN – Project Alliance for Saving Mothers and Newborns

Affordable Healthcare in India

In 2015, Reliance Foundation partnered with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
MSD India, Tata Trusts and the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) to spearhead Project Alliance for Saving Mothers and
Newborns (ASMAN), a first-of-its-kind in India. The project’s aim was to
accelerate reduction in neonatal and maternal mortality by improving quality of
care provided to mothers and newborns, from the time of admission to the time of
discharge – a duration in which the risk of mortality is high.

Project ASMAN used an innovative approach by leveraging multiple technology-

based healthcare innovations in the states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to
strengthen the capacity of healthcare providers to ensure safe health outcomes for
mothers and newborns.

Overall the project aimed for technology enabled reduction in preventable maternal
and neo natal deaths in selected health facilities across 8 districts in the two states
of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Over 7.5 lakhs mothers and newborns were
reached through 81 government health facilities since the inception of the
programme in 2015. During April 2018 to June 2021, 433,100 cases were

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registered and 165,000 (38%) high-risk cases were detected through the ASMAN
app.

ASMAN won Special Jury Mention Award under the Excellence in Social
Initiative category during the annual Healthcare Excellence Awards of the
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in September 2020. To
learn more about the ASMAN project and read the project report, click here.

The following articles have been published on the project:

1) The role of digital clinical decision support tool in improving quality of

intrapartum and postpartum care: experiences from two states of India

2) Acceptability and Barriers to Use of the ASMAN Provider-Facing Electronic

Platform for Peripartum Care in Public Facilities in Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan, India: A Qualitative Study Using the Technology Acceptance Model-3

3) The role of digital clinical decision support tool in improving quality of

intrapartum and postpartum care: experiences from two states of India

Health System Quality Improvement Programme in Warangal District, Telangana

Reliance Foundation implemented a health system quality improvement

programme in Warangal district, Telangana for three years (January 2016 to
December 2018). Technical support was provided to a few primary and secondary
health facilities, and Mahatma Gandhi Medical Hospital at the tertiary level. At the
tertiary care level, the intervention was focussed on raising standards of healthcare
delivery through process standardization using NABH guidelines, capacity

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building of senior staff through techno-managerial trainings and facilitate
promotion of electronic hospital information management system for registration
of outpatients and management of inpatient records. On the other hand, at primary
and secondary care level, support was provided for strengthening the facilities to
implement protocols/standards and to improve the quality of healthcare during
intrapartum and postpartum period for the mothers and the new-born by providing
trainings to the staff nurses and doctors. At the tertiary level, through series of
trainings and process documentation, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital
increased their score from 1.47 to 7.38 using NABH methodology. In addition, the
efforts of Reliance Foundation resulted in accessing additional resources from
government to enhance the health quality systems. In primary and secondary health
facilities, training on PHC management and MNH skills, has vastly improved the
health services in these facilities. The assessments carried out by the programme
saw significant improvement in facility and maternal & neonatal standards from
9% to 53% at the end of the project whereas the standards of Maternal and
Neonatal Health improved from 15% to 75%.

COVID-19 Response

Health infrastructure support during the COVID-19 pandemic

Setting up health infrastructure support during the COVID-19 pandemic

To help meet the sudden demand for specialised healthcare facilities during
COVID-19, Reliance Foundation set up medical, quarantine and intensive care
facilities, providing for over 2,000 COVID-19 hospital beds across different
locations in India.

Reliance Foundation demonstrated its commitment and capacity to rise up to the

situation during the response to the COVID-19 crisis setting up the first, COVID-
19 dedicated hospital in India in just two weeks in March 2020, in collaboration
with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporate (BMC).

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The Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre (RFH) set up
special medical facilities and quarantine services for patients form the safety of
their home.

In response to the second wave, Reliance Foundation scaled up its support. This
included a dedicated COVID-19 care facility at the National Sports Club of India,
Worli, Mumbai, managed by the Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, and
Gujarat’s first paediatric COVID-19 hospital at Jamnagar. All facilities were set up
in record time keeping the urgency of the prevailing situation in mind.

Reliance Foundation’s Mobile Medical Units continued to provide medical

assistance to the rural communities in the times of COVID-19 and also helped raise
awareness about precautionary measures like social distancing, wearing masks and
hand washing in surrounding villages.

Ensuring uninterrupted emergency services

To ensure uninterrupted emergency services, Reliance Foundation provided free

fuel to government notified vehicles and ambulances to ease the transportation of
COVID-19 patients. Reliance Foundation provided over 27 lakh litres (2.7 million
litres) of free fuel, supporting 70,000+ ambulances across 21 states and 3 Union
Territories. The mission to distribute free fuel for ambulances across 21 states was
taken up between May and September 2021 during the second COVID wave,
providing a much needed boost to emergency response services.

Mission COVID Suraksha

Mission COVID Suraksha

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To raise awareness on prevention and safety, Mission COVID Suraksha focused on
the distribution of 1.4 crore masks across India to frontline warriors and
communities across 26 states and Union Territories, along with raising awareness
on the importance of COVID-safe behaviour. Reliance Foundation distributed
masks to police personnel, municipal workers and vulnerable communities with
high risk of exposure. A multi-lingual booklet, distributed with the mask, informed
users about proper ways to wear it along with mask hygiene.

In addition, over 9.5 lakh (0.95 million) sanitisers, 5+ lakh (0.5+ million) ORS
packets and 2+ lakh (0.2+ million) gloves were distributed across 20 states and
Union Territories.

Free COVID consultation

Reliance Foundation also launched a free COVID consultation initiative that was
rolled out through the Jio Health Hub. This was to enable people to access medical
advice from the convenience of their homes.

Mission Vaccine Suraksha

Mission Vaccine Suraksha

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40+ lakh Vaccination doses provided free of cost by Reliance to support the nation
in its vaccination mission

To boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, Reliance also launched

Mission Vaccine Suraksha in April 2021, as a mark of commitment to protect the
larger community. Mission Vaccine Suraksha enabled free COVID-19 vaccination
across the country, covering communities, employees and families across the
country. Vaccine doses were also provided through outreach efforts to vulnerable
communities in different locations.

Reliance collaborated with local authorities and governments through its Mission
Vaccine Suraksha initiative under the overall ‘We Care’ umbrella. This included
free vaccination doses provided to the governments of Kerala, Gujarat, Rajasthan,
and Maharashtra besides various other national and regional organisations to speed
up the vaccination drive.

Mission Vaccine Suraksha aimed to reach every last mile resident, including
people with disabilities, the elderly, homeless and those in far-flung locations, with
free COVID-19 vaccination. This initiative continues as vaccination is still the
only available protection from coronavirus, thus contributing towards the country’s
vaccination mission. Reliance Foundation also conducted vaccination drives across
India such as in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala, among other
states. These drives supported several vulnerable groups in accessing COVID-19
vaccination.

To learn more about our COVID-19 response initiatives, click here.

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Education

Education for All

Education is at the heart of Reliance Foundation’s vision for India and is critical to
the country’s social and economic progress.

Reliance Foundation uses a two-pronged approach to accelerate India’s educational

quotient, through initiatives spanning primary, secondary and tertiary education:

Developing world-class institutions that serve as models to transform and

strengthen the country’s education system

Nurturing India’s youth and future global leaders to develop solutions to India’s
challenges and, in parallel, ensuring equitable access to education for all

Jio Institute

Jio Institute

Jio Institute is a multi-disciplinary higher education institute dedicated to the

pursuit of excellence by bringing together global scholars and thought leaders and
providing an enriching student experience through world-class education, relevant
research platforms, and a culture of innovation.

Jio Institute aims to build an exemplary Indian academic institution of international

repute that contributes to industry and society by providing a robust
interdisciplinary research platform to innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs of
tomorrow.

In July 2022, Jio Institute launched two inaugural postgraduate programmes in

Artificial Intelligence & Data Science and Digital Media & Marketing
Communications. the Institute aims to expand across multiple disciplines covering
undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral programmes to augment
multi-disciplinary learning and strengthen its global reputation.

Jio Institute is based in a 52-acre digitally enabled campus in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai,
which harmoniously combines nature and state-of-the-art infrastructure.

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For more information visit the Jio Institute website.

Reliance Foundation Schools

Reliance Foundation Schools

The 14 Reliance Foundation Schools, located in Jamnagar, Surat, Vadodara, Dahej,

Lodhivali, Nagothane, Nagpur and Navi Mumbai, collectively provide quality
education to around 14,500 children annually and employ nearly 800 teachers and
staff.

Reliance Foundation Schools aim to serve as a springboard for learning that

recognises the dynamics and challenges of an ever-evolving and increasingly
interconnected world, and celebrate the continuum of values and culture of a
vibrant, harmonious and forward-looking society. The schools prepare children for
lifelong learning, paving the way for a progressive nation and a better world.

The schools emphasise academic excellence and all-round development of children

by offering a blend of curricular and co-curricular elements. The schools are
affiliated with CBSE, Gujarat State Board, and Maharashtra State Board and offer
education from Kindergarten to Class 12. The comprehensive and flexible
curriculum offered by the schools is ever evolving and has a futuristic approach
supported by contemporary pedagogical practices that aim to broad-base and
deepen the intellectual and creative capacity of every child.

Reliance Foundation Schools have won 7 international awards, 27 national awards,

and 125 awards at zonal, state, and district levels in the academic year 2021-22.
38% students secured 90% and above in CBSE Class 10 Board exams and 28%
students scored above 90% in CBSE Class 12 Board examinations in the academic
year 2021-22.

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To learn more visit the Reliance Foundation Schools website.

Dhirubhai Ambani International School

Dhirubhai Ambani International School

Dhirubhai Ambani International School is a K-12 co-educational International Day

School which was established in 2003 to offer world-class educational
opportunities. The school provides a safe and stimulating learning environment,
with state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities to cater to the evolving educational
needs of children, preparing them for the future and ensuring their well-being and
holistic development. Mrs. Nita Ambani an educationist, philanthropist,
businesswoman and a strong proponent of sports, is the Founder & Chairperson of
the School.

The school prepares students to sit for the Indian Certificate of Secondary
Education (ICSE), the International General Certificate of Secondary Education
(IGCSE) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP)
examinations. The school is also a candidate for the IB PYP Programme in the
primary school. The school’s mission is to provide a learning environment that
encourages children to bring out the best in themselves and enables their holistic
development through the joy of learning, enduring values, and the celebration of
diversity. School's talented and dedicated teachers with linguistic and cultural
diversity, play a central role in enhancing children’s learning. Our faculty members
comprise an excellent mix of experience at leading schools in India and across the
world. The student body, comprising 1,094 students, reflects the cultural diversity
of India. The school has 183 teachers, with twenty-four being expatriates from
twelve different countries. With a teacher-student ratio of 1:6, every child enjoys
individualised attention.

An international school with an Indian mind, an Indian heart, and an Indian soul,
DAIS is widely recognised as India's premier international school and is among the
top IB schools globally, with a range of awards and recognitions, including:

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#Ranked among the Top 20 IB schools globally by Education Advisers, 2019-2021

#1 International School in India by EducationWorld, 2013-2021

#1 National and International Curriculum School in Mumbai by the Times of India,

2015-2021

#1 International School in India by Education Today

Schools of Eminence Award with the highest rating of A++ by EducationWorld

Microsoft Showcase School, thus joining a select league of schools globally for
their vision and innovation in teaching and learning, 2021

To learn more visit the DAIS website.

Reliance Foundation Scholarships

Reliance Foundation Scholarships

Reliance has been providing scholarships to meritorious students for over 25 years,
inspired by Reliance Founder-Chairman Shri Dhirubhai Ambani’s belief that the
best way to ensure the nation’s progress is to invest in its youth.

(1) The Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship (DAS) was established in 1996 to

encourage and assist meritorious students to purse higher education and enhance
the human resource potential in the country. Scholarships are awarded on a merit
cum-means basis to outstanding students from financially weak backgrounds for
undergraduate education in any stream of their choice.

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Since inception, DAS has supported 12,776 students on a pan-India level,
including 50% female scholars and 20% specially-abled students.

(2) The Reliance Foundation Scholarships (RFS) were launched in 2020-1 with the
aim of enabling and propelling India’s brightest youth who are uniquely positioned
to lead India’s technologically driven growth to become the future leaders of
tomorrow.

Through RFS, Reliance Foundation selects 100 students every year in the fields of
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Sciences, Mathematics & Computing, and
Electrical and/or Electronics Engineering on the basis of merit through a rigorous
selection process. To find out more and to apply visit the Reliance Foundation
Scholarships website.

Reliance Foundation nurtures and supports selected scholars with a holistic

development programme, including expert interactions, industry exposure and
volunteering opportunities to nurture their skills to innovate for social good.

Caution note about misrepresentations of Reliance Foundation’s scholarships

activities.

Education and Sports for All

Education and Sports for All

The Education and Sports for All (ESA) initiative was launched in 2010 to provide
access to quality education and sports for development in India.

The ESA programme supports various initiatives that promote holistic

development and equal opportunities in education and sports for children, as well

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as seeks to improve the quality of education in India through educational
innovations.

To maximise its reach and improve outcomes, Reliance Foundation establishes

strategic partnerships with organizations with the technical expertise and
experience to undertake various programmes in the domain of education and
sports.

Through partnerships with NGOs, the ESA programme has positively impacted the
lives of over 300,000 underprivileged children across the length and breadth of the
country over the last few years.

In 2022-2023, Reliance Foundation supported the following NGOs to promote

holistic development and equal opportunities in education and sports for children:
Enabling Leadership, Mrida Education, Labhya Foundation, Aseema, Mumbai
Mobile Creches, Milan Foundation, The Community Library Project, Yuwa India
Trust, Ummeed, Oscan Foundation, CanSupport, eVidyaloka, One Billion Literates
and Meljol.

ESA seeks to make world-class educational and sports experiences that provide
inspiration and educational opportunities accessible to children from all
backgrounds. Every year, thousands of children from different NGOs watch an IPL
match at the Wankhede stadium, Mumbai, supported by ESA. Reliance Foundation
organises special celebrations for underprivileged children in many locations.
Children are invited to enjoy an entire day of celebrations, and in 2022, Jio
Wonderland welcomed 1,500+ underprivileged kids to experience the joy of
Christmas and celebrate through festive education and sports activities.

To continue positively impacting more children, Reliance Foundation has invited

proposals for ESA Grants 2024.

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Early Childhood Care and Education in India

Early Childhood Care and Education in India

Reliance Foundation is committed to supporting the enhancement of Early

Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in India, recognising the importance of
early years in brain development and laying the foundation for a child’s lifelong
learning. Aligned with the vision of the National Education Policy 2020, which
emphasises play-based learning at the Foundational Stage (3-8 years) and working
together with communities, educators and experts, Reliance Foundation aims to
build evidence-based innovative models for varying contexts across states, thus
improving early childhood development outcomes for millions of pre-school
children, especially those from marginalised communities.

Sports For Development

Sports For Development

Reliance Foundation believes in sports as a medium to encourage lifelong learning,

and to build character and leadership skills among the youth of India – our future
nation builders. We believe that when children learn and play, communities grow
and countries prosper. Besides using sports to empower the youth, we aim to create
a platform for the champions of the future.

Besides, the Reliance Foundation Sports for Development platform nurtures

sporting talent from across India at the grassroots stage and help them grow into
high performers – through multi-pronged programmes, and in the process helps
India set the bar high in sports.

Reliance Foundation believes in the power of collaboration to achieve the nation’s

shared vision in sports. We forge partnerships with various sporting bodies to
organise trainings and competitions, the development or improvement of sporting

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infrastructure to world-class standards and to ensure that budding talent have the
necessary equipment to perform. The sports initiatives are free and open to all and
have reached the remotest parts of the country, touching the lives of 2.15 crore
youngsters since inception.

Reliance Foundation Youth Sports

Reliance Foundation Youth Sports

Started in 2016, Reliance Foundation Youth Sports(RFYS) aims to lay a strong

foundation for India’s sporting future through the development of sports in schools
and colleges. This is being done through inter-institutional competitions at all
levels, scholarships for athletes, grants to institutions for sporting infrastructure as
well as provisions for equipment and training of coaches. Today, RFYS is a
prominent scouting platform for sporting talent in the country and has so far
reached out to 90 lakh youth and children across 26 states and Union Territories.
During the pandemic, RFYS continued engaging the athletes and coaches with 44
virtual sessions on variety of sport training and related topics attended by 9,500+
people.

Reliance Foundation Young Champs

Sports Games for Childrens

Reliance Foundation Young Champs is a football academy that runs a full-

scholarship based residency programme to help nurture young talent in India. It
was started in 2015 and is now recognised as the best residential football academy
in India by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). By setting up a world class
platform for training, and with strong emphasis on education, RFYC seeks to
establish a robust pipeline of talented players for Indian football. Every year talent
is scouted and new players are inducted into the academy. Graduates of the
academy have been selected to play for professional clubs.

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RFYC aims to be a platform where the brightest of India’s footballing talent is
identified and honed to a professional level. Technology is an important enabler in
this pursuit. More specifically, AI has proven extremely useful in helping find new
talent in times of restricted physical interactions and in providing players, their
coaches, physios and analysts crucial inputs to improve their game. The academy
deployed AiSCOUT to identify talent when it was not possible to organise
scouting camps.

AiSCOUT gauges relevant attributes of a player following trials and analyses their
skills from videos. This enabled RFYC to reach deeper and wider into India than
ever before while overcoming restrictions to talent discovery.

Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA Program

Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA Program

The RF Jr. NBA initiative aims to tap India’s basketball talent by identifying and
supporting development of players during the school years. Since its inception in
2013, the programme has engaged with over 1.1 crore (11 million) youth from
13,500 schools nationwide and trained over 13,000 physical education instructors.

During FY 2021-22, a 12-week viewing series was organised, which saw aspiring
athletes interact with NBA and NBA G League players, legends and coaches. With
2,700 registrations, the series had a total digital reach of 3.3 million. Further, a
Junior NBA Global Championships virtual clinic was conducted for 20 Most
Valuable Players (MVPs) identified from the series.

Reliance Foundation Olympics Initiatives

Reliance Foundation Olympics Initiatives

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The Reliance Foundation Olympics initiative began in 2019 with an aim to
improve the country’s performance at Olympics and other prestigious international
events, and to eventually elevate India’s sporting profile and enhance its
engagement with the Olympic movement.

Reliance Foundation has partnered with the Odisha Government for operation of a
High Performance Center for Athletics in Bhubaneswar (HPC) with the objective
to produce in-house trained national and international medalists and development
of athletics in the state of Odisha while becoming a national center for athletics and
create a template for long term athlete development and elite athletes training in
athletics.

Athletes from the HPC have already made significant strides. Amlan Borgohain
won the Senior National title in Men’s 200m and broke the National Record. Jyothi
Yarraji had a record breaking run during Europe tour where she broke the 100m
Hurdles National Record thrice within 3 weeks and subsequently secured selection
for the Commonwealth Games 2022 where she participated in the Women’s 100
hurdles and 4x100m relay.

Reliance Foundation is also supporting several elite athletes under its Athlete
Scholarship programme and works closely with coaches, the government and
sports federations.

During 2021-22, Reliance Foundation scholarship athletes bagged 12 international

and 16 national medals in archery, badminton and weightlifting. Six athletes
marked their spots in the India squad for Senior World Championships. Achinta
Sheuli won a Gold Medal for India in Weightlifting Men’s 73 Kg Category at the
Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham and created a Games Record.

Recently, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and the Athletics Federation of India
(AFI) announced a long-term partnership to enable the holistic growth of Athletics
in India. Reliance Foundation has been a dedicated partner to AFI over the years

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and now the partnership is set to deepen the engagement between the two
organisations.

Recognising the vital role sports science and medicine plays in improving sporting
performance, Reliance has dedicated assistance in these areas to the scholarship
athletes and to the Athletics National Camps through its partnership with Athletics
Federation of India.

Under the leadership of its Founder Chairperson Mrs. Nita Ambani, Reliance
Foundation aim to lead the growth of the Olympic Movement in India. A
significant step was taken when a delegation led by Mrs. Ambani won the bid to
host the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Mumbai in 2023. RIL
have also recently become principal partners of the Indian Olympic Association
(IOA) with rights to construct the India House at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Both the IOC Session 2023 and the India House 2024 are aimed to showcase that
India is ready to become a significant player in the sporting world.

Women Empowerment

Women Empowerment

In about a decade, India will have the largest number of women in any country in
the world. Empowered women mean a stronger and a better world and Reliance
Foundation is committed to empowering women to play a catalytic role in bringing
about transformational economic, environmental and social change. Towards
achieving the UN SDGs, Reliance Foundation has been striving across all its core
focus areas to support women across India to achieve their potential and gain
agency over decisions that affect their lives. This is being done through various

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interventions including leadership capacity building, digital literacy, employment
and skills development, improving women’s health and enhancing women’s
opportunities in education, sports and arts.

Empowering Women Leaders

Empowering Women Leaders

Empowering Women Leaders in Rural Communities

Reliance Foundation has extensively worked with rural communities across India
since 2010 to empower themselves and their societies in locally feasible ways
through a three-pronged approach:

Enabling women-inclusive development planning and decision-making: Increasing

participation in households, institutions and community decision-making;
supporting sustainable agriculture practices and climate resilience for food and
nutrition security of women and children; and enabling better quality of life with
improved access to drinking water.

Strengthening entrepreneurial and livelihood capabilities for women: Increasing

access to knowledge, livelihood skills, productive assets, markets, finance and
technologies; promoting women entrepreneurship on diverse livelihood options
both farm and non-farm and increasing participation of women in various value
chains.

Enhancing access to basic entitlements for social security: Supporting access to

information, skills and resources securing basic entitlements and social security
schemes.

Empowering Women Leaders

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WomenLead India Fellowship – Empowering Women Leaders in the Social Sector

The WomenLead India Fellowship, powered by Reliance Foundation and Vital

Voices, drives an ambitious, urgent agenda for women’s leadership in India by
investing in changemakers who are taking on the world's greatest challenges.

This inaugural 10-month long India fellowship aims to strengthen the leadership
capacity of 50 inspirational Indian women leaders who are addressing urgent
economic and social issues across the key areas of Rural Transformation,
Education, Sports for Development, and Arts, Culture and Heritage.

Under these thematic areas, fellows will be divided into three tracks based on their
experience: Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurs, Social Sector Leaders, and
Changemakers.

The Fellowship will focus on leadership capacity building and skills development
and is designed to ultimately strengthen the leadership of the participants and
increase the success of their ventures and efforts. Support services include
mentoring, peer-to-peer engagement and visibility.

Bridging the gender digital divide

Bridging the gender-digital divide

Reliance Foundation and USAID WomenConnect Challenge India

Women’s inclusion in digital technology is an increasingly important tool for

education, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, civic participation and

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information. The WomenConnect Challenge India was launched in 2020 by
Reliance Foundation and United States Agency for International Development
(USAID). WomenConnect Challenge (WCC) India aims to identify and support
innovative solutions to empower women in India, facilitating their access to and
use of digital technology to drive positive health, education and livelihood
outcomes for themselves and their families.

Through Round 1 of this Challenge, Reliance Foundation announced grants for 10

not-for-profit organisations between Rs. 75 lakh to 1 crore each for over a period
of 12 to 15 months. Programmes supported focused on building entrepreneurship
skills, relevant digital literacy for low-literate users, edutainment-based
courseware, mentoring and value-chain linkages and support for women working
in agriculture. The project includes working with communities and youth. Over 3
lakh (300,000) women and girls across 17 states are being reached through various
initiatives focused on increasing women’s economic empowerment through
technology. A short summary of the programmes supported under Round 1 can be
found here.

These projects have reached and created sustainable impact in the lives of over
320,000 women and girls directly and indirectly, spread over 19 states of India.
Women who were trained through these projects have also reported increased
awareness of and access to digital tools and services, behavioural changes in
community around their use of technology, increased livelihood and
entrepreneurial opportunities and awareness of financial products and Government
schemes. Reliance Foundation also released a publication in May 2023, that
highlights stories of impact from these projects, as well as insights and learnings
for other interventions focused on bridging the gender digital divide.

Building on the momentum from Round 1, RF and USAID launched Round 2 of

the WomenConnect Challenge India in October 2022 to continue to discover
innovative ways to bring women online with the support of their families and
communities, and create sustainable long-term programming that helps bridge the

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gender digital divide. Under Round 2, RF will support 7 innovative projects that
empower women via access to and the use of digital technology to drive positive
development and livelihood outcomes for themselves and their families, with
grants of up to Rs. 1 crore each, for projects ranging from 12 to 18 months.

Key focus areas of the Round 2 projects include building digital literacy skills
using applications and digital platforms for access to relevant information,
promoting entrepreneurship and growing microenterprises, and financial inclusion.
The projects include working with self-help groups, women micro- entrepreneurs,
women livestock farmers and in post-harvest fisheries, and women from
marginalised communities and the unorganised sector.

Her Circle – A Digital Platform for Women

Her Circle – A Digital Platform for Women

On International Women’s Day 2021, Chairperson Smt. Nita Mukesh Ambani

launched Her Circle, an inclusive, collaborative, diverse, interactive, socially-
conscious digital movement for the women of India. It is an all-encompassing
content, social media and goal fulfilment community that caters to the rapidly
rising aspirations, ambitions, dreams and competencies of women from all social
backgrounds. Designed as a one-stop destination for engaging women-related
content, it provides women space to share their life stories, provide inspiration,
hope and resilience to others. As a safe space for their growth, Her Circle’s intent
is to bridge the gendered digital divide that exists while keeping women informed,
empowered and engaged.

Since its launch, Her Circle has become India’s fastest growing digital platform for
women with a total reach of over 50 million. Since March 2022, Her Circle has a
Hindi version of the platform as well.

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Jobs: Her Circle has jobs across various specialisations in different organisations
listed to help users find opportunities that are best suited for their profiles. The
platform has been promoting these opportunities on social media handles for better
outreach. More than 5,000 people have applied for various positions through Her
Circle.

Masterclasses: Her Circle users have exclusive access to masterclasses across

various themes like dog training, food styling, radio jockeying, professional
makeup and fitness training.

Support: Her Circle users have access to a panel of experts who provide guidance
and advice on a host of topics such as health and nutrition, counselling, finance,
dermatology, neonatology and pediatrics, gynecology, rehabilitation and sports
medicine. Since its launch, thousands of women have reached out and sought help
from experts.

Communities: Her Circle fosters meaningful conversations among the online

community so that people with shared interests can come together. With more than
30 dynamic communities across varied interest areas, Her Circle members help
each other navigate through challenges with tools of transformation.

Her Circle was also the exclusive digital media partner for FICCI & FLO’s Greater
50 Conclave and Exhibition 2021. Her Circle is partnering with NITI Aayog in
2022 for events, webinars and entrepreneurial training programmes. In addition,
Her Circle will be joining hands with UN Women in 2022 for events and
campaigns.

Improving Women’s Health

Improving Women’s Health

Reliance Foundation also works to increase women’s access to nutrition and health
services, preventing anaemia and malnutrition and improving prenatal and
postpartum care.

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We have collaborated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD for
Mothers, Tata Trusts and the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) on Project ASMAN (Alliance for Saving Mothers and New-borns), a
unique initiative that seeks to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality across
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The project deploys innovative tech-enabled,
facility-based interventions that help healthcare service providers provide high-
quality care during childbirth and in the critical 48-60 hours just after delivery. It
plays a major role in helping healthcare professionals monitor cases and equipping
them to handle complications better. Over 7.5 lakhs mothers and newborns were
reached through 81 government health facilities since the inception of the
programme in 2015. During April 2018 to June 2021, 433,100 cases were
registered and 165,000 (38%) high-risk cases were detected through the ASMAN
app.

Under our Public Health Outreach Programme, women and adolescent girls are
screened for anaemia across various rural locations. In addition, under our Rural
Transformation initiatives, we have also been working to achieve nutritional
security in rural households by helping communities set up Reliance Nutrition
Gardens (RNGs) in their unused and waste lands. Spearheaded by the women of
the communities, these RNGs have empowered women to take up leadership roles
in setting up these gardens, have made rural households nutrition self-reliant and
helped in reducing anaemia among rural women.

Improving Education Opportunities for Girls

Improving Education Opportunities for Girls

Established in 1996, our Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship (DAS) ensures inclusive

and equitable education for meritorious students. The main objective of the
Dhirubhai Ambani scholarship programme is to provide financial support to the
meritorious students so that they can complete their higher education without any
disturbance. The scholarship unleashes the potential of the youth of India to grow
into leaders in their respective fields. Cumulatively, 12,776 students have received
the scholarship, approximately 50% of whom are girls.

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Through our ‘Education and Sports for All’ initiative, Reliance Foundation
promotes the need to bring together sporting talent and provides them with a
platform to excel in sports. Between 2020-2021 Reliance Foundation supported
four NGOs working to enhance education and/or sports for girls. These NGOs
included Milaan, Sakhi for Girls, Slum Soccer, and Yuwa.

Reliance Foundation also supports girls in the communities around Reliance’s

business locations, to help them realise their potential. In Shahdol, Madhya
Pradesh, we operate bus services for 400 girls from local villages, encouraging
parents to send their daughters to school and college, even in remote areas where
transport services may be sporadic and unreliable.

Inspiring Girls and Women in Sport

Inspiring Girls and Women in Sport

Reliance Foundation’s strong emphasis on sports is drawn from our belief that
sports is a great motivator to enhance the spirit of learning and leadership,
especially among rural children.

Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (RFYS) is a country-wide multi sporting

platform that has seen participation from over 10,000 educational institutes and
1,30,000 young athletes since inception. The best athletes receive scholarships and
an opportunity to be scouted by professional football clubs and the Indian national
team. Nearly 20,000 of the total number of participating athletes in 2019-20 were
girls and 83 of these girls have been awarded scholarships. RFYS has also
partnered with the All India Football Federation to scout the best performing girl
athletes from our competitions for the Indian national team.

The Reliance Foundation Olympics Initiative began in 2019 with an aim to

improve the country’s performance at Olympics and other prestigious international
events. Reliance Foundation is supporting elite athletes that have potential under
its Athlete Scholarship programme and works closely with coaches, the
government and sports federations to support these athletes to enhance

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performance and enable them to win medals for India at the International stage.
Out of the current 14 scholarships offered, 8 are offered to girl athletes - Ridhi
Phor (Archery), Aditi Bhatt, Unnati Hooda, Palak Arora (Badminton), Tilottama
Sen (Shootnig), Manika Batra (Table Tennis) and Sneha Soren, Jhilli Dalabehera
(Weightlifting).

In 2022, Reliance announced a long-term partnership Athletics Federation of India

(AFI) to enable the holistic growth of Athletics in India. The partnership aims to
discover, nurture and develop Indian athletes from across the country and provide
them with world-class facilities, coaching and sports science and medicine support
by leveraging the Reliance Foundation ecosystem including the Odisha Reliance
Foundation Athletics High-Performance Center and Sir HN Reliance Foundation
Hospital. The partnership will have a special focus on girl athletes and aim to
bridge the gender divide and enable them to achieve their dreams.

Reliance Foundation also runs the RF Junior NBA Programme which is a school
based youth basketball programme that has reached out to more than 11 million
youngsters of which more than 45% of the registrations are girls.

Disaster Management

Disaster Response by Reliance Foundation

With its topography and unique geographical location, India is highly susceptible
to natural disasters. Floods, cyclones and earthquakes have a devastating impact on
people, community infrastructure and the local economy. Reliance Foundation has
a response-ready and experienced team that proactively works to mitigate disaster,
minimise damage and enhance community resilience. This is done in collaboration

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with the government machinery and partners on the ground for early warning
advisories and relief to affected communities. When required, rescue and
rehabilitation support are also provided.

Disaster risk reduction, mitigation and response have been integral part of
Reliance’s commitment to social responsibility. As part of this commitment,
Disaster Management is taken up as a focus area in Reliance Foundation too, to
primarily assist disaster-affected communities to prepare and recover from the
impact of disasters in a quick span of time. The programme also supported
disaster-prone communities to prepare them to face repeated occurrences of
disaster. Spread across varied socio-economic and geographic conditions in the
country in case of severe and long-lasting impact, Reliance Foundation also works
with communities to revive livelihoods, improve health and education, and ensure
sustainable development. Reliance Foundation has responded to 48 disasters by
assisting communities affected by floods, cyclones, earthquakes and drought across
293 districts in 19 states & 3 UTs to-date, helping 1.9 crore (19 million) people to
date. RF’s Disaster Management is the first Disaster Response Program by an
Indian corporate foundation to be ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Reliance Foundation supports in building safer and disaster resilient communities

by a holistic, pro-active, technology driven and sustainable strategy that involves
all stakeholders and fosters a culture of prevention, preparedness and mitigation.
RF focuses on all 4 phases of disasters: mitigation, preparedness, response and
recovery. It ensures that all its responses are based on the local culture and
geography. With climate change increasing the disaster risk, the Foundation has
also been focusing on promoting climate resilient practices in agriculture, livestock
and fisheries.

Reliance Foundation’s Disaster Management programme supports vulnerable

hotspots in building safer and disaster-resilient communities. Reliance Foundation
initiatives aim to cater ecological, economic and social vulnerability arising pre,
during and post disaster and the lack of information on preparedness and planning;

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coping mechanisms to save lives and livelihoods and measures to be taken post
disaster.

The goal is to create stronger and more resilient communities in disaster prone and
climate vulnerable districts, reduce disaster risks and livelihood losses in very high
and high climate vulnerable districts and empower vulnerable community to take
appropriate actions and decisions on disaster risk management.

The Disaster Management programme aims to reduce mortality, number of

affected people, economic losses and damages to critical infrastructure, increase
DRR strategies, use multi-hazard early warning systems, and provide disaster risk
information to align with the Sendai Framework Global targets.

Our Disaster Management programme works with a networked organisation

comprising volunteers from across the RIL Group, local youth communities and
Community Based Organisations. RF has built a pool of 1200+ local volunteers
across states trained in responding and supporting the community to ensure their
participation and empower them to understand the challenges and risks at hand.

Awards and Recognition

Reliance Foundation’s Disaster Management is India’s first Disaster Response

Program to be ISO 9001:2015 certified.

8th ACEF Leaders Forum & Awards – RF’s Disaster Response: Kerala 2018 – On
28th September 2019, Reliance Foundation support to Kerala Flood 2018 awarded
by 8th ACEF (Asian Customer Engagement Forum and Awards) Leaders Forum &
Awards.- The award is under the category of “Social Impact Award – Best Crisis /
Disaster Assistance.

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India CSR Community Initiative Award – “Tech Solution for disaster response for
the Community in Madhya Pradesh under category of Disaster Response”– May
26, 2017.

CSR Community Initiative Award (India CSR Awards Notification) – Flag

Method based pest and disease paddy advisories dissemination during the Hud-
Hud cyclone – 27th August 2016.

Reliance Foundation Disaster Response initiative bestowed with India CSR Award
2016 under the categories Best Documentary Film on communication during
Disaster Response.

Arts, Culture & Heritage

Indian Culture

With the objective to preserve India’s rich heritage of art and culture as well as
enhance avenues for livelihood of traditional artisans and crafts persons, Reliance
Foundation is constantly reimagining ways to protect and promote Indian Arts,
Culture & Heritage. Reliance Foundation supports efforts to document cultural
heritage and preserve it for posterity. 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 endeavour to ensure that the youth appreciates and connects with its
rich heritage and arts. Aligned to its objective to protect and promote India’s arts,
culture and heritage, Reliance Foundation undertakes various promotional and
developmental projects and activities.

As a melting pot of cultures, and a cradle of great civilisations, India has a vast
cultural heritage - spanning art, craft, music, dance and literature. It is an
extraordinary legacy, thousands of years in the making. Reliance Foundation also
gives Indian artists a platform of festivals and programmes to showcase their
talent, and take their work to a wider audience. We are securing the future of

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endangered art forms by providing livelihood opportunities to traditional artists
and craftsmen, to ensure their work continues to be viable

Reliance Foundation Founder – Chairperson Smt. Nita Ambani was elected to the
Board of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2019, the first Indian to
be honoured with the role of the trustee in the Museum’s 150-year-history.

We also support efforts to pass India's cultural legacy down to future generations.
We are working to make Indian art and culture more relevant to young people, and
to help them appreciate and connect with their extraordinary heritage. Some of
Reliance Foundation’s initiatives in this area include

Preserving and Celebrating Indian Art, Culture and Heritage

Nasreen Mohamedi at The Met Breuer

One of the most significant artists to emerge in post-Independent India, Nasreen

Mohamedi (1937–1990) created a body of work that demonstrates a singular and
sustained engagement with abstraction. Her minimalist practice adds a rich layer to
our understanding of minimalism in a transnational context and to the history of
South Asian art and Indian modernism in particular.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) inaugurated its new space, The Met
Breuer, with the retrospective of Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990) on March 1,
2016, Mohamedi’s paintings, drawings, photographs, and rarely-seen diaries have
been brought together from collections around the world in order to trace the
evolution of her aesthetic approach and shifts in artistic practice. With about 140
objects, the Met Breuer exhibition is the largest display of Mohamedi’s work in the
United States till date.

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Additionally, Reliance Foundation also provided a generous endowment to support
exhibitions that explore and celebrate the arts of India to The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York.

Gates of the Lord: The Tradition of Krishna Paintings at the Art Institute of
Chicago

The Pushtimarg is a religious community devoted to Lord Shrinathji, a divine

image of the Hindu God Krishna as a seven-year-old child. Founded in the 16th
century by the saint and philosopher Shri Vallabhacharya (1479–1531), the
religious and artistic centre of this sect is based in the temple town of Nathdwara
(literally, “The Gates of the Lord”), near Udaipur in the state of Rajasthan, India.

The exhibition, held at the AIC from September 13, 2015, to January 3, 2016, took
visitors through a year in Nathdwara, where the daily worship of Shrinathji is
characterised by the changing seasons and a bustling festival calendar. Gallery by
gallery, visitors were introduced to Pichvais, wall hangings used as backdrops for
Shrinathji in his shrine, each uniquely suited to a particular season or festival.

Reliance Foundation also commissioned Pattachitra paintings and Tarakasi

artefacts from craftsmen in the cyclone-hit state of Odisha, to help these
communities rebuild their lives. In 2016-17, Reliance Foundation commissioned
the families of 100 Pichvai artists in Nathdwara, Rajasthan, to create 17,000
Pichvai paintings, one of the oldest living art forms in the world.

In 2013-14, Reliance Foundationpartnered with Samanvay Prathisthan, an

institution working in the educational, social and cultural spheres. Reliance
Foundation supported Samanvay in organising the Vasant Bal Mahotsav, a cultural

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festival in Mumbai. Over 50,000 students participated through music, dance and
other cultural activities.

Besides these, in 2012-13, Reliance Foundation was the lead sponsor for the
Elephanta Festival, held in March 2013. This festival, held annually at Elephanta
Island, adjacent to Elephanta Caves, a World Heritage Site, commemorates the
heritage of dance, art and sculpture in India. Thousands of people attended the
festival.

'Mummy: The Inside Story' at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Reliance Foundation in partnership with BP brought to India the internationally

acclaimed exhibition 'Mummy: The Inside Story'. This unique exhibition gave the
viewers a look at the 3,000-year old 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 261,200 visitors, of which over 60,000 were
students from more than 400 schools.

Supporting India's heritage through musical concerts

Reliance Foundation has also supported various Indian music concerts, including
‘8 Prahar’ – an annual event dedicated to Indian classical music (last held in 2019);
Ustad Zakir Hussain's concert 'Abbaji', dedicated to the memory of his father - the
legendary maestro, Ustad Allah Rakha Khan; Carnatic Connect, an annual concert
in tribute to the legendary mandolin maestro U Srinivas; the Spiritual Morning
initiative which has seen performances from some of the biggest legends of
Hindustani classical music and more. In addition, to promote and preserve the rich
traditional Art of India, in July 2022, a unique event of Indian devotional music

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"Bolava Vittal' was organized in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Jaipur, which was
sponsored by Reliance Foundation.

Reliance Foundation Drishti Art Competition: Annual Event

In order to increase awareness about the importance of eye donation and to

encourage children for art, Reliance initiated the Drishti Art Competitions in 2004.
The competitions are organised annually for children and grandchildren of all
Reliance employees across all Reliance offices and locations.

Urban Renewal

Urban Renewal

The Urban Renewal initiatives of Reliance Foundation strive to enrich and improve
public spaces to improve the quality of life and infrastructure in cities.

Reliance Foundation seeks to develop and modernise urban infrastructure and to

create inclusive access for all, including the specially-abled. Through these
initiatives, the aim is to transform and revive public spaces, some examples of
which are listed below.

Reliance Foundation also supports programmes for the cleaning and beautification
of major public places and city landmarks, to create new spaces for recreation and
leisure. The efforts contribute to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, through campaigns
like Swachhta hi Seva, which mobilise local people to join Reliance volunteers in
cleaning and restoring their communities. Communities also came together to clean
and revive public spaces like Girgaum and Juhu beaches in Mumbai, Dal Lake in

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Srinagar, Patna Zoo, and two railway stations in Navi Mumbai, among other places
catalysed by Reliance Foundation.

Developing modern urban infrastructure

The development of the Goda Park on the banks of the river Godavari in Nashik, in
partnership with Nashik Municipal Corporation, included the construction of a
children’s park, walkways and jogging tracks. The motive was to encourage cities
to initiate steps for bringing phased improvements in community living.

Reliance Foundation also supported the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai

(MCGM) to set up a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) cell. The initiative
enhanced MCGM’s efforts to build capacity to engage with corporate houses to
support various civic services.

Near Chandigarh, Reliance Foundation constructed a unique park for specially-

abled children on a six-acre site in Panchkula, the first of its kind in north India.
The project, a collaboration between Reliance Foundation and the Haryana
Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is uniquely designed to create a
safer environment for specially-abled children to play, to develop their social,
cognitive and sensory skills. Well-appointed, with areas for sensory play, solitary
play and social play elements it has unique features like wheel chair accessible
trampolines and merry-go-rounds, and disabled-friendly swings. The facility also
has vocational trainers, speech therapists and physiotherapists on hand, to help the
children learn and develop their skills.

Revitalising public spaces

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Helping expand Vadodara’s green spaces, Reliance Foundation developed a new
park near Vadodara International Airport, Gujarat with a playground and other
recreational infrastructure for public use. It gives people of Vadodara a new space
for an array of recreational activities, and has greatly enhanced the quality of life in
the neighbourhood. The project also developed a horticulture circle around the
airport to beautify the area and to enhance travellers’ first impressions of the city
of Vadodara.

Reliance Foundation also supported the Municipal Corporation in beautification of

two lakes of Thane District Upvan and Masunda. The beautification effort resulted
in the lakes becoming prominent places for leisure and physical activities. Upvan
Lake is also being used by Thane Municipal Corporation for organising art
festivals.

In Mumbai, Reliance Foundation worked on the development of the Mumbai Port

Trust Garden to install exercise equipment and a footpath for the general public
besides setting up state-of-the-art “She Toilets” in Navi Mumbai with moderated
access and complete safety, security and privacy for women users.

Findings

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