Category: Corporate

Celebrating decades of creative collaborations through art, Pernod Ricard India has introduced the second limited edition of Absolut India. With this edition the brand pays homage to India’s national animal – The Tiger. The bottle designed by artist Ajay Boga celebrates conscious conservation efforts that have made India home to 70 per cent of the world’s tiger population.   Through a crowd sourced campaign, the brand reached out to artists and the creative community to design the ‘Limited Edition’. Ajay Boga’s intricate tiger motif was selected out of twenty three…

Computer Association of Eastern India (COMPASS) and Supertron Electronics Pvt. Ltd (SUPERTRON) organized Blood Donation Camp as their CSR project on the World Blood Donors Day with the support of Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, West Bengal at BNCI Auditorium.   14th June, 2018 is observed as World Blood Donors Day 2018 and this year the hosting country was Greece, with the theme “Blood Connects Us All”. The day has the slogan ‘Share Life, Give Blood’, referring to the caring and cohesion that giving blood and caring for others involves.…

Tech Mahindra has announced its collaboration with the Permanent Mission of India (PMI) to the United Nations (UN) to support the International Day of Yoga.   As a testimony of their commitment towards wellness through Yoga, Tech Mahindra and PMI to the UN organized an event in Geneva. Dr Francis Gurry, Director General of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) would be the chief guest and will inaugurate the event. Ambassador Rajiv Kumar Chander, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, would give the welcome address. The keynote speaker at the event…

KPIT Technologies was awarded the FKCCI CSR Awards 2018 by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI). The award for CSR Excellence in the Basic Education category for KPIT’s contribution via the Chhote Scientists project was presented by Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, G. Parameshwara, at the FKCCI CSR Conference and Awards – 2018 held in Bengaluru.   FKCCI, a pivotal organization promoting and motivating industry and trade in Karnataka, bestows the CSR Awards every year to corporates and recognizes the best, innovative CSR projects. KPIT won…

Ericsson has announced its support to the WFP Trust for India to further their work on developing customized ICT solutions that will bring efficiencies across the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in Odisha. TPDS scheme involves procurement, allocation, and transportation of food-grains as well as distribution amongst eligible beneficiaries. Operated jointly by Central and the State governments, it also includes issuance of ration cards and monitoring of Fair Price Shops. The main aim of this partnership is to improve efficiencies in food-based safety nets for nearly 30 million food insecure…

HackerEarth has been chosen by Enzen, a global professional knowledge practice that focuses on gaining, refining and sharing expertise in the energy and utilities sector, to host their first global programme in the field of energy conservation and environment protection called the Sustainability Programme. The programme is aimed at finding solutions to support the company’s vision for a sustainable environment.   Affordability, accessibility and availability of power and water are amongst the major concerns for governments, utilities and corporations across the globe. According to the UN, 52% of the projected 9.7 billion people will live in water-stressed areas…

On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, Facebook has launched Blood Donations on Facebook, a new centre where people in India can find opportunities to donate nearby. It also announced that it is partnering with organizations across India, including the National Blood Transfusion Council, a division of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and Giants Welfare Foundation, to set up over 2,000 blood donation events on Facebook this month, which will be featured in the new Blood Donation center.    Dr Shobhini Rajan, Assistant Director General at Ministry of Health…

Procter & Gamble (P&G) India along with its partner WEConnect International has recently concluded the Women Business Empowerment Program in India. 20 women entrepreneurs, who were selected via an application process graduated from the four-week program aimed at developing capability of women entrepreneurs. As part of the program, P&G conducted training and workshops with real-time case studies covering various aspects of building a sustainable business including professional skills like consumer engagement, digital marketing, legal and tax system, effective communication etc.   Taking this a step further, the holistic program also…

InstaCash has launched its first mobile e-waste kiosk in collaboration with Pollution Control Board on world environment day, 5th June 2018. A three-day campaign was inaugurated by Minister of environment and forest, Shri Gajendra Khinsver at 7:00 AM at IOC petrol pump, Jaipur. As a part of the drive, mobile e-waste collection kiosks are placed across prominent petrol pumps of Jaipur.   India is the world’s second-largest smartphone market and the mobile usage keeps on increasing. According to study done by IIM Bangalore & research form Counterpoint Research, India will be have…

M-tech Mobile’s CSR arm, SUIT has embarked on a mission to provide basic education to 1000 underprivileged children in the next 2 years. To achieve this goal, it plans to open 30 sanskarshalas or informal education centres and expand its footprint to more states in addition to the current states of UP, Bihar and Odisha.   SUIT which stands for – Societal Upliftment Initiative Trust, was established in the year 2010 with the objective of playing a constructive role in the upliftment of society through basic education which is an effective catalyst for betterment of underprivileged…