Category: Corporate

As a part of its CSR programs, Aricent has chosen ‘promoting education’, including ‘special education and employment-enhancing vocational skills especially among children, women, elderly and the differently-abled, and livelihood enhancement projects. Ashwani Lal, Chairman – CSR Board – Aricent tells SPOI of how the company has been working holistically for promoting quality Engineering education and about its initiatives it has undertaken with NASSCOM Foundation –   What are Aricent’s views and vision for CSR and Sustainability, and how will the CSR mandate of the Company Act, 2013 impact the way…

L&T Technology Services announced the formal establishment of an engineering solutions delivery center in Chennai, India that is focused on supporting a key customer. The center strengthens collaboration with Vestas the world leader in the development, manufacturing, sale and maintenance of wind power plants.    The dedicated development center will facilitate cost-effective engineering solutions and focus on solutions in areas like Energy Storage, Hybrid Energy and Smart products.   “Vestas works with long-term partners like L&T Technology to help develop solutions that lower the cost of energy, ensure flexibility in product development and…

In a bid to reinvent and reshape its workplace to provide greater flexibility and career satisfaction to women employees, Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic (HSMC) has announced the launch of a new talent management programme with a slew of innovative women-centric policies. The company said it aims to recruit up to 300 women employees in the next five years; and that women employees are expected to make up a third of its workforce in the next five years.   Under the new programme, HSMC will extend benefits like cab facility, flexi-working…

CropIn Technologies are the chosen technology partners in a public private partnership project of the Government of India and World Bank for Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaption to Climate Change (SLACC) Project. The intent of the SLACC project is to improve the capability of the farming community to adapt to the climatic changes & unpredictability, thus making a difference to their lives which depend on farming.   CropIn’s digital solutions have been validated after scaling the pilots which were implemented in four chosen districts of Bihar & Madhya Pradesh. Here the…

Canon India has marched forward with its social endeavours. Started in 2012, Canon India’s flagship CSR programme, “Adopt a Village”, incorporates four adopted villages at present. Adopted in 2015, 40 kms from Kolkata, Canon’s fourth village, “Sol Gohalia” denotes its second commemoration of adoption.   This is yet another milestone in the journey of the “Adopt a Village” programme, which focusses on comprehensive advancement of communities dwelling in these villages. Home to more than 4,500 people earning their employment from daily labour, irrigation and small businesses, Sol Gohalia in the past two years witnessed noteworthy improvements in the…

H&R Johnson (India) has launched the second phase of their “Red Ramp Project” to spread awareness in order to make India accessible for the visually impaired with the use of tactiles in public spaces. This Campaign is a second initiative of the “Red Ramp Project” executed in 2015 by Johnson Tiles.    Conceptualized by Soho Square, the campaign features Adwait Marathe, a person who is blind since birth yet is an established actor, singer and a theatre personality in real life. He portrays how tactiles help him commute independently in his daily life. The campaign is about instilling…

HireMee, a digital portal and mobile application has joined hands with All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to connect thousands of recruiters with tens of thousands of students spread across mini metros and deep interiors of the country with the first of its kind skill testing recruitment platform. Under the agreement HireMee will provide its unique placement solution to students of colleges and institutions affiliated to AICTE. The Council will, in turn, support HireMee to expand the scope of its portal and app by helping expand its reach among…

Wipro has announced that it will partner with Rebuild Texas Fund to help in the recovery and rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Harvey, which left a trail of destruction across Texas. In order to support affected communities, Wipro will contribute $250,000 towards the Rebuild Texas Fund set up by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in collaboration with the OneStar Foundation.   Wipro has also initiated a voluntary donation program encouraging contributions from employees. Wipro will match employee contributions dollar for dollar and this amount will also be donated to the Rebuild Texas Fund.…

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) and Verizon Data Services India have come together to take solar technology to rural Telangana. IIT Madras, in collaboration with Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSSPDCL) and Rural Electrification Corporation, has taken up this project to provide uninterrupted power using solar technology to 300 households spread across four hamlets in rural Telangana.    IIT Madras developed this Solar Technology, which was technology transferred to and commercialized by Cygni Energy Private limited, an IIT Madras-incubated firm, which also carried out the installations.…

All India Council of Technical Education, under which more than 10,300 technical institutions & about 80 Lac students are regulated, signed an MOU with Youth4work.com that has over 21 Lac Youth across India tested and profiled for their skills. The aim of the MOU is to get all students under AICTE to get access to Youth4work’s Skill based test online for Building their skill profiles and get Internship & Job opportunities.   All AICTE approved institutes & students studying in 1st years to Final year will benefit from this collaboration.…