Category: NGO

Lumina Datamatics Limited has had a highly productive year for its businesses and from the point of view of its commitment to corporate social responsibility. During FY 2021-22, the organisation has successfully addressed all the three focus areas under its corporate responsibility plan – health, education, and economic empowerment of youth through vocational training. The company undertook a slew of community initiatives during the year through partnerships with various established NGOs. ·         Economic empowerment – Lumina Datamatics worked with Aaruthal Foundation in Chennai to train women from economically underprivileged sections of the society…

HCL Technologies (HCL) has stepped up its climate commitments. In a continued effort to reduce the climate impact of the company and as part of a focused drive to integrate sustainability initiatives, HCL Technologies has signed The Climate Pledge, received validation from the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), and is formally a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). These three initiatives are in addition to membership of the United Nations Global Compact. At HCL Technologies, the overall sustainability strategy is based on the philosophy of ‘Act, Pact…

Best Power Equipments (BPE) India has deployed the ‘Mini Data Centre Integrated Solution’ at WATCO India Pvt. Ltd. It is an all-in-one integrated system that allows sync between various IT Infrastructures management and automation systems. Empowered by this, WATCO launched the 1st Indian RO water project at Jagannath Dham Puri. Sujal – drink from tap mission will make Puri the first Indian city to get round-the-clock piped pure drinking water.  While deploying their flagship innovation at WATCO India, a three-tier approach was incorporated by BPE covering aspects – Remove, Raise and…

Recykal Foundation has unveiled its plans to transform the lives of 1 million Safai Mitras by 2025. By redefining the title to “Safai Mitras”, the Foundation has initiated a narrative change to recognize and dignify the contribution of ‘waste workers’ across the country. The Foundation’s Unnati SETU initiative aims to drive social and economic upliftment of Safai Mitras in India. The Indian waste management system is highly fragmented and unorganized with a varied range of players. At the bottom of this entire value chain, are the ‘Safai Mitras’ —waste pickers,…

o9 Solutions has launched a computer learning centre for the underprivileged children in Bengaluru. o9 Solutions partnered with India Cares Foundation (ICF) to set up this centre with 14 desktop computers and allied infrastructure for the children of an urban slum community with a population of over 700,000.  The initiative aims to provide access to basic and advanced computer education to the children belonging to low-income group families. o9 Solutions and India Cares Foundation worked with other social sector organizations such as Swabhimaan and Vidya India for the implementation of the project. o9 Solutions…

Stepping ahead to create a sustainable society for all, Mitsubishi Electric Intensified its CSR Initiatives across 10 cities in India. The CSR strategy of the company is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Government of India’s initiatives to create a better world for future generations. Bengaluru is the fastest growing city in India. The company extends support to bring development to the technologically driven capital of the country through its products, solutions and CSR Activities. The efforts of Mitsubishi Electric India have positively impacted the important areas…

Newgen Software has successfully conducted the CSR Week 2022 in the last week of April.   The week-long event witnessed a great participation from the company’s volunteers. The event started with students of Newgen Digital Discovery Paathshala (NDDP). Major highlights included a debate session on Russia-Ukraine War and Declamation on Role Model. Furthermore, Newgen’s CSR team conducted interactive quiz sessions on varied themes during the week. “I am super excited about the success of our CSR week. We conduct this every year to encourage our NDDP students and showcase their research, presentation, and…

Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, partnered with Avaya for support towards setting up eight Digital Classrooms in Satya Bharti Schools in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The objective is to empower students by developing future-ready skills to help them become responsible digital citizens, innovators, communicators, and global collaborators. The concept is to use TV and high-quality content apps to support quality teaching sessions in schools across rural areas. This set up will help improve the learning experience of students, using smart TV along with a mobile/ tablet for chrome casting for ease in…

As many as 150 trained Khadi artisans including 100 women artisans in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are associated with various self-employment activities of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). KVIC Chairman Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena distributed turn wood craft machines to 50 artisans in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and 50 agarbatti making machines and 50 pickle making machines to the artisans at Guwahati in Assam.  This is for the first time that KVIC has begun the turn wood training program for local youths in Arunachal Pradesh which aims at creating…

Samsung has inaugurated its flagship global citizenship program Samsung Smart School at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) school in Varanasi. Through this initiative, Samsung will provide digital learning opportunities to students and help improve their learning abilities. Samsung is also training teachers of the school to enhance their interactive teaching methods. The Samsung Smart School program aims to create young leaders of tomorrow by giving less-privileged students in India access to the benefits of digital education and its own transformative innovations under Samsung’s vision of ‘Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People’.…