Event Affairs

A confluence of engaging view points on Achieving SDGs through CSR indeveloping economies – Role of G20 Nations. The invigorating Summit was further enhanced with intellectual stimulation, nuggets of wisdom, information, and a priceless exchange of viewpoints between experts in a powerful panel discussion featuring luminaries and was skillfully moderated by widely acclaimed and distinguished professional, Dr Shabnam Asthana- Managing Editor, CSR Times.  The invited experts on the panel were Dr Somnath Singh, Deputy Director, UN Global Compact Network India (UN GCNI). With the UN Global Compact Network India being a custodian of the successful implementation and achievement of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) he was asked to share his overview of the organization and strategies of UN GCNI in

5th September, 2023: Vision Foundation of India (VFI), India, founded in 1993 by Dr. Kulin Kothari is an NGO working with the aim of providing affordable medical aid and accessible eye care to those in need. A specially curated event “Let’s Empower “was successfully concluded on the 4th of September. This event marked VFI’s commitment to empowering the lives of the visually challenged. With an innovative appeal, the“Let’s Empower’’ includes the visually challenged. This program enables confidence building and empowers those seeking medical aid. The process of transforming lives includes bolstering self confidence and enhancing the skillsets among individuals suffering from visual impairments. Motivational speaker, Avinash Ananda conducted a 1.5 hour session during the event. Dr. Kulin Kothari, Founder, VFI, speaking

                                                              30 June, 2023: In a bid to support the Government of India’s ambitious mission of eradicating TB (Tuberculosis) by the year 2025, FUJIFILM India launched the Never Stop Screening to Reduce Diagnostic Delays campaign in 2021. The First phase of this project covered the Northern belt and included over 1 million individuals. The screening results revealed 12,000 people with TB symptoms. FUJIFILM India, conducted door-door- TB awareness and screening jointly with its’ partners. This was done via the mobile TB Detection machine and focused on educating the populations in the targeted regions that were hard to reach, on TB symptom recognition and the importance of early detection. Continuing this endeavour, FUJIFILM India, in the second phase of this project

10th National CSR Summit and Awards 2023 19 June,2023: The AbbVie Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) foundation impacts needy local communities around the world through its commitment to building effective educational programs and sustainable health care systems. Recently, the AbbVie employees in Mumbai participated in their eighth annual week of possibilities. This program with a single purpose of giving back to the local communities through volunteering, unites employees from all over the world. Thousands of AbbVie employees working in more than 50 countries will collaborate with trusted community and nonprofit partners across the globe from June 26th to the 30th to complete hands on projects that will benefit the local communities and affect tens of thousands of people. Suresh Pattathil, Managing

12 June, 2023:In a bid to make Pondicherry one of the cleanest coastal cities in the country, an initiative KEEP has been implemented by Recity Network and supported by Godrej Consumer Products. The development of contextualized, inclusive and resilient models for solid waste management in Pondicherry is undertaken. This World Ocean Day, project KEEP Namma Pondy Clean and Pondicherry Municipality successfully completed 75 events to coincide with the 75th anniversary of India. Last year on the 15th of August the campaign to conduct 75 events in the upcoming span of 12 years was launched. The objective was to foster collective action in the waste ecosystem management of Pondicherry. On June 9 the early completion of 75 events was celebrated at

The Indian Achievers’ Forum (IAF) organized the 48th India-International Business Summit 2019 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on June 14, 2019. The focus of the event was on the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in national and international sphere. On the occasion, presentations and panel discussions were held and Achievers’ Awards were given away to corporates for their excellence in their respective fields. Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Parliamentary Affairs, Coal & Mines, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, was the Chief Guest, while Professor K.V. Thomas, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Union Minister, H.E. Archil Dzuliashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to India, H.E. Desire Koumba, Ambassador

Awarding Good Corporate Citizens Out of the target to construct 65 lakh individual household toilets by October 2019, 95 per cent, that is, 63 lakhs have already been built; and the target to construct 5 lakh community toilets has already been achieved, informed Minister Hardeep Singh Puri during the National Swachhata Summit 2019 organized recently by CSR Times and CAAG. CSR Times in association with Clean Action and Assessment Group (CAAG) India organized the National Swachhata Summit 2019 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on February 19, 2019. On the occasion, awards were given to corporates who have been contributing in the Central Government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan since its launch in October 2014. Union Minister of State (Independent

EVENT The 44th Indian Achievers’ Seminar was held in New Delhi on February 20, 2018 at India Habitat Centre. The topic of deliberations was “Make in India: Creating & Enabling Environment For Entrepreneurs”. The invigorating panel discussion was moderated by Prof S Parshuraman, former Director, TISS and had participants like Dr Darlie Koshy, DG & CEO, Apparel Training & Design Centre, Stuti Kacker, Chairperson, NCPCR, Dr Rabi Narayan Kar, Principal, Shyamlal College, and representative from Sri Chaitanya. The discussion was followed by a presentation made by Dr Yaroslav Tarasyuk, the Trade Commissioner of Russia in India, following which Indian Achievers Award were distributed by IAF president Mr Sunil Shastri, Dr Tarasyuk and Mr Ninong Eering, Member, Lok Sabha from Arunachal