Month: August 2017

Safe Water Network has launched their 200th SAFE WATER STATION in the city. This iJal water station is also the first station funded by Oracle. This joint initiative with Oracle will support 4 Safe Water Stations to provide safe drinking water access to approximately 15,000 people over a period of one year in an area that suffers acute groundwater contamination from fluoride and total dissolved solids (TDS).   Rajendra Tripathi, Senior Manager, Oracle Corporate Citizen-ship – India said, “63.4 million people in rural India lack access to clean water, and…

Extending help to the needy is the basic nature of V. K. Bhandari, Chairman of Supertron Electronics Pvt Ltd (SEPL) and hence it is not a surprise, when he made a point to set to improve the lives of underprivileged, much before CSR has become a buzzword in the corporate world.   What started as an amateur initiative spearheaded by V. K. Bhandari has today, taken a professional shape under the Supertron Foundation and aims to leave a larger positive impact on the society and environment we live and operate…

Google India has announced reaching a milestone of 100,000 villages with its Internet Saathi program, a digital its digital literacy initiative aimed at empowering women in rural India.   Launched as a pilot in Rajasthan in July 2015 along with Tata Trusts, Google announced the ambitious plans to scale the program, to cover 300,000 villages across India in December 2015. While on its second year anniversary, Google also announced the expansion of the program in two new states – Haryana and Bihar. In Haryana, the program has already started to…

Akanksha, the CSR arm of Infosys Bhubaneswar Development Center (DC), in collaboration with the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), a Government of India Institute, have recently conducted a free residential operator training program for 240 students at the CIPET campus II in Bhubaneswar.   These students, from economically challenged backgrounds in Odisha were provided six months of technical skills development training, leading to 89% placements in companies across Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, UP and Haryana among other states.   This endeavor, which concluded in August, 2017…

Vodafone India has announced its association with Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM), to conduct ‘Vodafone Ona Virrunu’, an initiative aimed at making Onam inclusive and special for all residents of Kerala. As a part of this initiative, Vodafone will serve the traditional Onam Sadhya during the Onam season, for the underprivileged sections of society. This activity is slated to be implemented across 70 locations in Kerala between 26thAugust 2017 and 4th September 2017.   For every Unlimited Recharge made by customers in the circle, Vodafone is committed to contribute a certain…

LG Electronics India has launched an initiative #HungerFreeIndia, dedicated to help eradicate Food Wastage in India. This campaign is inviting the whole nation to come forward and take pledge to avoid food wastage and thus, help eradicate hunger.   LG has always taken a lead in initiating unique means of connecting with consumers and giving back to the society in which it operates. This time it has gone a notch ahead with the introduction of a noble campaign ‘’Hunger Free India’’. The campaign is a renewed extension of the previously launched ‘’Mute…

To recognise the efforts of individuals and organisations working towards the cause of accessibility for persons with disabilities, Anand Mathur, Director General Ministry of Railways and Srikanth Karra, Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at Mphasis gave away the 8th NCPEDP-MPHASIS UNIVERSAL DESIGN AWARDS (UDA).   Chief Guest Anand Mathur, Director General (Personnel) Ministry of Railways said, “The railways carry 2.3 crore passengers every day. Post the Act on Rights of Persons with   Disabilities passed in Dec 2016, the Govt is committed to ensure a favourable environment, with respect to transport, media and information accessible…