Category : CSR

Citi Foundation has announced an investment of 130 million rupees under its India Innovation Grant Program that is focused at supporting eight programmes that the organisation claims will accelerate and deepen financial inclusion in India. Launched in 2014, the India Innovation Grant Program

In December 2015, United Technologies Corporation announced winners of the Neighbourhood Improvement Partnership (NIP) challenge, an initiative under its ‘Citizens for the City’ programme. The winning projects are primarily focused at holistic development of the community, in particular mobility, waste management, public safety,

With the intention of effectively managing the waste of Pune, Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India, has started a public movement called Adar Poonawalla Clean City Movement (APCCM). It is a public”private partnership towards scientific waste management in association with the Pune

HSBC has partnered Swades Foundation to launch a skill-development programme called Skills for Life. HSBC has committed Rs 100 crore for this programme, which aims to benefit about 75,000 individuals in the next five years. The programme was formally announced in November 2015

Bajaj Electricals in association with ChildFund India has launched their flagship education programme Mutthi mai Aasma – Sky is the Limit. The programme is the third phase of their ongoing initiative Reading Improvement – Books, My Friends. To begin with, ChildFund India has

In a step towards preservation, protection and plantation of mangroves on Mumbai’s coastline, Ness Software Engineering Services (SES), provider of outsourced engineering services, has initiated a mangrove-protection drive in collaboration with United Way Mumbai, a non-profit organisation. The idea is to increase awareness

For the third consecutive year, diversified natural-resources company Vedanta Limited has bagged the National Energy Conservation Award. The company’s aluminium plant bagged the second position for superior energy management. The awards were conferred by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited (GOLIL), one of India’s leading lubricant brands, organised what was called ‘Foster A Child Drive’ in Mumbai. GOLIL fostered 60 underprivileged children from orphanages including Our Lady Home, Shelter Don Bosco, and Seva Sadan. These children joined families

Expanding its Community Health Intervention Program (CHIP), Dr Reddy’s has taken the initiative to Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh. The programme is aimed at ensuring ante- and post-natal care, safe delivery and infant care, primary immunisation of children, and safe motherhood. CHIP will

In December, Union Textiles Minister Dharmendra Kashyap inaugurated Village TahTajpur’s Highway Touch Point (HTP), which is supposedly a social business venture focused at development of rural population. The idea is to allow villagers to manage the touch points where highway commuters can buy