Year: 2017

Vodafone India has announced a first of its kind initiative in association with the Kerala State Police to ensure a safe and worry free spiritual experience for lakhs of pilgrims visiting Sabarimala during the 2017-18 Mandalam/Makara Vilakku season.  In line with Vodafone’s long-term commitment to achieve highest standards of health, safety and well-being in and around the communities that it operates, all children under 14 years of age will stay protected with Vodafone RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags that will be hung on their neck at Pamba, ensuring their movements and…

Huawei Technologies India has announced the launch of a wellness centre – iHealth Centre for its employees, in its sprawling campus in Bangalore. The iHealth wellness centre is an initiative of Huawei globally to promote employee’s well-being and provide immediate healthcare facilities for its employees around the world.   Huawei Technologies India has tied up with Columbia Asia Hospital to run the wellness centre, which is staffed with a doctor and a nurse, and will provide consultation, first-aid treatment, and medical emergency management for Huawei’s employees. The wellness centre is…

Cognizant has recently announced that its employee volunteering program, “Outreach”, has completed ten years and impacted 4,50,000 lives through its work in the areas of education, community welfare and environment. During this period, over 100,000 Cognizant employees clocked in two million hours of volunteering across twenty countries, making Outreach one of the largest corporate volunteering efforts.     Outreach is entirely driven by the passionate employees of Cognizant, with financial and administrative support from Cognizant. It is inspired by Cognizant’s commitment to alleviating disparities in educational access and equity, and…

Capgemini employees around the globe got active to help celebrate the company’s 50th Anniversary and raise €100,000 to support three impactful educational projects through “MoveFifty”, the special birthday challenge with a purpose.   MoveFifty brought colleagues together in movement and engagement to raise money for three education-focussed charitable initiatives such as Ciudad Quetzal, Enlight and Cap Sur Le Code. Capgemini employees moved a total of 415,696 kilometres, not only to reach the moon, but complete almost three moonwalks around it as well.   Over five months from June to October, Capgemini employees participated in MoveFifty to help…

GlobalLogic has recently hosted “GlobalLogic Foundation Sports Meet” for their partner schools supported by GL Foundation, the CSR arm of GlobalLogic. The sports day initiative aims to encourage kids to participate in athletics and games which play a vital role in their holistic growth via this event the foundation aims at fostering the kids’ physical, social and emotional health. The activity was kicked off by Sumit Sood, Managing Director, GlobalLogic India at the Commonwealth Sports Complex. The occasion symbolizes company’s commitment to providing basic and remedial education to underprivileged children.  …

In support of the country’s Armed Forces and their families, Ola, India’s most popular app for transportation, launched an awareness campaign to raise funds on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day, observed on December 7 of every year.   This week-long fundraising campaign was kick-started by the Defence Ministry of India from December 1 and will run until December 7, 2017. The contributions from the fund will be used by the Ministry to ensure rehabilitation and welfare of the dependants of our brave martyrs and disabled personnel.   Ola is spreading…

UST Global has partnered with “Adarsh Palm Retreat” (APR) Charitable Trust for its annual APR Marathon 2017. Held on December 3, the event raised Rs.50 lakh, including kind which will be used for social causes in the area of education and women empowerment.   The 7th edition of its flagship fundraising event, The APR Annual Marathon 2017, witnessed participation from over 2,000 residents of Adarsh Palm Retreat near Bellandur, and runners from all over Bengaluru. The amount raised will be used to improve the quality of life of underprivileged people in…