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  9 August, 2023: An announcement for the application process of the 2023-24 “Legrand Empowering Scholarship Program’’ was made recently.  Initiated by Group Legrand India, a known name as a provider of electrical and digital building infrastructure, this scholarship is focused on deserving girl students, transgender students, and differently abled students from all across India. It encourages applications from these categories. The organization is certified by GEEIS (International Certificate for D&I Commitment) and as a socially responsible company has been active in the area of gender equality. This scholarship was established in 2018 with a view to supporting the educational initiatives for girl empowerment. Ever since it was initiated, this program has supported more than 400 + girl students including

7 August, 2023: A first of its kind, Care conference to dispel myths and stigmas on cancer, was held by Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) India in Mumbai. RMHC India, operates the Family room of the outpatient department of the Pediatric Haematology-Oncology of Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children. Crucial care and comfort to families of the kids who are suffering from cancer is provided there. The Care conference saw a turnout of notable speakers like -Officer in Charge, ImPaCCT Foundation, Tata Memorial Hospital and Director & Board Member, RMHC India Shalini Jatia; Sr. Counselor at St Jude Childcare Centre; a Senior Pediatric Oncologist Mrunal Marathe, and parents of children who were fighting against the dreaded disease and those who

28 th July, 2023:Mahanagar Gas Limited recently inaugurated medical facilities and upgraded new centres under its CSR initiative “MGL Aarogya.”  This initiative which focusses on healthcare saw the inauguration of the new Digital Dental Centre and Dental Implantology Centre at the Nair Hospital Dental College of BMC. The Cardiac Stress Testing Laboratory of the Cardiology Department at Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital were also inaugurated. These Centres were then upgraded. Both these centres were jointly inaugurated by Chairperson CSR Committee- MGL- Ms. Malvika Sinha, Director M.E & M.H BMC – Dr. Neelam Andrade, and Member CSR Committee-MGL- Shri Syed Shahzad Hussain. The inauguration event for both the centres was graced by the presence of noted personalities

                                        25 July, 2023:FUJIFILM India Pvt. Ltd, established in 2008, present in the Healthcare, Materials, and Imaging sectors has announced the successful impact of its latest CSR educational infrastructure transformational initiative. As part of this activity, the company has renovated two schools. FUJIFILM India has refurbished and remodeled the Government Primary School which is located in the heart of Sushant Lok, Gurugram, Haryana into the FUJIFILM India Model School to accomplish this. This is transformed into a modern and inspiring place for the students to thrive. The Government Middle School of the village Jairu in Faridabad has also been revamped.  Thus had been reimagined as the FUJIFILM India Model Village, and has given access to enhanced educational resources to

24th July, 2023:WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, focuses on working towards a low carbon economy and building sustainable and liveable cities. WRI India launched its initiative, ACAAS or the Accelerator for Clean Air Action. The launch took place at the flagship event of WRI India – Connect Karo 2023. This initiative is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Open Philanthropy and Clean Air Fund. The air quality management practices of ten cities will receive technical support from this accelerator.  ACAAS will help the participating cities of Mumbai, Jalandhar, Pune, Agra, Gorakhpur, Vadodara, Indore, Surat, Ahmedabad and Chennai through this program. The technical support will go towards helping the cities build data based understanding, local capacity

 21 July, 2023: HDB Financial Services (HDBFS) a non-banking financial institution incorporated in 2007 undertook the complete restoration of four waterbodies in Gurugram as an eco-restoration initiative. The four waterbodies – Sanpka, Kharkari, Tatarpur, and Alipur ponds were revitalised and renewed by HDB as a collaborative effort, along with its CSR Partner Environmentalist Foundation of India. The following key activities constituted the restoration work- Removal of 13.5 tonnes of garbage from the periphery of the lake. Removal of invasive weeds through a manual and mechanical process Excavation of sediment deposited over the years, use of the excavation silt for strengthening the bunds and nesting islands to attract birds Channelizing the flow of water by clearing clocked inlet and outlet channels

  20 July, 2023:Luminous Power Technologies, a 35-year-old company offering products in the power backup and residential solar segment, including inverters Batteries & Solar solutions recently announced the continuation of LAMP its transformative Luminous Advanced Mentoring program in Haridwar. This announcement was made in association with a non-profit organization Happy Horizon Trust. This will mark the beginning of the second batch of the program which is dedicated to the empowerment of children from poor and financially weak families. Luminous will provide the essential educational assistance and nurture their potential. This will help in creating a brighter and more promising future for the young individuals. The program will start from July 19th, 2023. Girls will form a majority of a significant

The top 10 teams of the National education and innovation competition “Solve for Tomorrow “of Samsung India was recently announced.  This celebrates the spirit of innovation, social responsibility and enterprise amongst the Gen Z of India. Ideas to solve real world problems as diverse as converting seawater into potable water, food wastage, cleaning beaches, identifying pests and diseases in crops, providing a more sustainable leather tanning process or benefitting individuals with hearing loss by providing more accessibility were put forth by these 10 teams. Bridging the communication gap with sign language users, helping in finding missing children, helping individuals stay cool in summers or helping the visually impaired to read were also put across by them. The cities that the