Category: NGO

Intelenet Global Services has announced the launch of yet another CSR initiative “Project Empower” with an objective to enhance and upgrade the skills of the youth. As part of this initiative, Intelenet Global Services has partnered with Ek Pehel, an NGO in Agra to skill, teach and groom the underprivileged youth in the region and enhance their employability.   With strong focus on technical education, personality development, communication and social skills, our objective is to create job-ready, productive and well-rounded individuals.  Alongside, we will also focus on training the teachers who…

A social organisation from Bhikangaon town in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district has got its name registered in the Golden Book of World Records by conducting blood tests on as many as 2,501 people within a period of six hours.   The organisation, Lakshya Parivar broke the previous record set at California in the USA, where blood tests were conducted on 1,460 people in six hours, Asia head of Golden Book of World Records, Manish Vishnoi, said.   Lakshya Parivar set the record on Wednesday.   “In a period of six hours,…

 PTC Foundation Trust (PFT) and Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) have signed a MoU on 5th February in New Delhi for Rs. 50 Lakhs for Distribution of Aids and Assistive Devices to Persons with Disabilities at Gautam Budha Nagar District under the CSR initiative in the presence of Shri Amar Prasad, Head (CSR) & Shri D.R. Sarin, CMD, ALIMCO.   PTC Foundation Trust (PFT) is a Trust established to carry out CSR Activities of PTC India Limited and its group companies.   ALIMCO is a “Not ForProfit” Central Public…

Tally Education has joined hands with Win Over Cancer, a not-for-profit organization which provides support to cancer patients. The initiative is aimed to mitigate the aftermath of socioeconomic impact on the cancer survivors and their family members, by providing skill development and helping them attain financial stability.   Cancer is a deadly disease that not only drains out an individual mentally and physically, but oftentimes leaves the patient financially exhausted with the majority of the savings spent in funding the treatment. Being cognizant of this harsh reality, Win Over Cancer…

In a one-of-its-kind campaign to “make Mumbai disability free”, BEST buses will now have posters in collaboration with google.org grantee Ratna Nidhi Trust – “if you know any polio or accident-affected victim, you can call 7498989292. They will get Jaipur foot or polio callipers, absolutely free of charge from Ratna Nidhi Trust.”   This is a continuation of the programme launched by Hon. Mayor of Mumbai, in association with Ratna Nidhi Trust, called the Make Mumbai Disability Free Campaign. The BEST (Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking), the civic transport and electricity provider public body…

Supertron Foundation and We Can Cancer Cannot, a cancer awareness society jointly organized a walk in Kolkata for cancer awareness called “colourwalk”. This is the second year Supertron has organized the walk for a social cause as a CSR activity. Supertron Foundation is focusing on major areas of the society such as Health, Education and disability for underprivileged children. There were more than 250 children, the parents of whom too joined the walk.   SEPL has founded Supertron Foundation in 2016 to focus on its CSR activities in a structured…

Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF) has marked its Silver Jubilee year with a grand celebration at its mother plant in Ambujanagar (Kodinar district), from where it embarked on an incredible journey that has empowered and transformed over two millions lives through holistic initiatives, thus spurring a radical change in the landscape of various regions.   The recently held event was graced by Ambuja Cement’s Founder and Chairman Narotam Sekhsaria whose single-minded visionary approach with a strong sense of social commitment was instrumental in the creation of ACF.   Sekhsaria said, “Twenty-seven…

NASSCOM Foundation, at its flagship event, CSR Leadership Conference (CLC), has announced that the industry has widely accepted the 2% CSR rule with a trend of more companies coming out openly to declare 100%+ utilization of their CSR money for 2016-17.   This year, CLC went beyond discussing basic intervention areas, to talk about new developments, innovative tools and disruptive ways of making the ecosystem better, more impactful and efficient. In this process, the CLC will deep dive into Re-calibrating Employability through CSR, Social Impact Investing, Leveraging Big Data for Impact,…

NASSCOM Foundation has recently announced that it will organize India’s largest IT-BPM industry-specific CSR Conference “The CSR Leadership Conference 2017” in Bangalore on 29th November, 2017 at The Leela Palace Hotel.   The event will see over 300 CXOs and CSR heads of the topmost companies from across the industry with the NGO Leads, Government officials, Tech4Good champions, social innovators come under one roof to discuss innovative approaches to CSR in the wake of the fast-growing economy and shifting demographical needs and help create a roadmap to a new, developed India.   This year, the CSR…

Aricent and NASSCOM Foundation have jointly announced the culmination of the first edition of “Arise by Aricent” programme in Hyderabad with 900+ students successfully trained and certified from tier-2 and tier-3 colleges in and around Hyderabad.   Delivered through India’s leading vocational training provider MindMap LLP and governed by NASSCOM Foundation, this On-Campus program equipped students from select colleges with skills ranging from basics like SDLC methodologies, to programming languages like JAVA, database management languages like SQL, API creation through Jdbc, project designing and software testing.   This program also…