Women and Children

News Update/Press Release 18 August 2021, Mumbai: The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s 58th kitchen, sponsored by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), was inaugurated by Shri R. Madhavan, the Chairman and Managing Director of HAL, in Jalahalli in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The new kitchen is sponsored by HAL as a part of its CSR project. Through this kitchen, Akshaya Patra will reach out mid-day meals to 7,500 children every day. The Chief Guest for the event was Shri R. Madhavan – Chairman and Managing Director, HAL and it was presided by Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa – Vice Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation. The Guests of Honour were: Shri C.B. Ananthakrishnan – Director (Finance), HAL Shri Alok Verma – Director (HR), HAL and Shri M.S. Velpari,

news Update/Press Release Mumbai, August 9, 2021: GO FIRST (formerly known as GoAir) today introduced a range of sweets and savouries as part of the in-flight menu in association with Raj Uphaar, an initiative by Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur (SRMD). GO FIRST has added rice chakri, masala wafers, almond thins and waffle chips to its in-flight menu on the domestic and international network. These products are made by tribal women of Raj Uphaar, women empowerment programme of Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care, an initiative under SRMD. This initiative is part of GO FIRST’s commitment to the upliftment and empowerment of the marginalized sections of society. As part of the introductory offer, GO FIRST is offering a 20% discount for online and

News Update / Press Release 13th July 2021 & New Delhi: Dangal Games, India’s booming skill and tech based online gaming platform that secured 1 Million Dollars in ‘Series A’ funding in January 2021, collaborates with an NGO – Wishes and Blessings to provide aid and support to the needy and underprivileged children. Under the partnership, the gaming company will be supporting the NGO’s projects namely ‘Street to School Programme’ which aims at providing quality education to the children as well as ‘Daily Meals Programme’ supporting the nutritional needs of the children by sponsoring 3 meals on a daily basis. According to a statistical report by CRY, less than50% of Indian children aged 6-18 do not go to school. More than 50% of India’s children are malnourished. Addressing the pressing issues, Dangal

News Update/ Press Release Mumbai, July 13, 2021: Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) towards its social responsibility for the society has teamed up with ‘Room to Read’ an NGO to help underprivileged children to improve literacy and inculcate reading habits during the lockdown. Through this partnership, the company reached out to 12 schools in Maharashtra and distributed 3089 literacy kits to children of grade 1-5.       The kits distributed contained storybooks, writing sheets, stationery and activity cards that helped children learn better amidst COVID-19. The literacy kits were also customized according to the need on-ground and were distributed in Hindi and Marathi language for ease of understanding.      Ms. Ruchika Varma, Chief Marketing Officer, Future Generali India Insurance said, “We firmly

News Update/ Press Release Mumbai, June 23, 2021: Procter & Gamble Health Limited announced today a 3-year collaboration with Tata Trusts for ‘YES To POSHAN’ a new program which aims to advance the nutritional status of women and children in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, under its flagship corporate social responsibility initiative SEHAT (meaning Health). Malnutrition is a complex public health problem which has inter-generational repercussions. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 conducted in 2019[1], 16 out of the 22 states surveyed reported an increase in children below 5 years of age being underweight and severely wasted (low weight-for-height). Similarly, 13 states recorded a surge in the percentage of stunted (short for their age) children under 5

News Update/ Press Release India,  26th may, 2021-Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi addressed delegates today at the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly virtually and called on countries to take urgent action for the millions of children living in extreme poverty, whose families are suffering devastating impacts of COVID-19. The event was attended by global leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres among others. This included support for COVAX and intellectual property waivers on vaccines, as well as targeted international and national action plans to protect children directly and indirectly, affected by the pandemic. Thanking healthcare and frontline professionals, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and World Health Organization for their tireless work, Mr Satyarthi

News Update/ Press Release New Delhi, 1 April 2021: Sirvodem SC emerged as the Champion of 4th Edition of Vedanta Women’s League, while FC Goa secured Runners Up position and Futebol club YFA secured 3rd place. The winners, Runners up and all the successful players of the league were felicitated during the action packed closing ceremony at Duler Football Ground in Mapusa, in the distinguished presence of Dr. Pramod Sawant, Hon’ble Goa CM, Mr. Churchill Alemao, President, GFA & MLA Benaulim constituency, Mr. Joshua D’Souza, MLA, Mapusa constituency, Mr. Annanya Agarwal, President, Vedanta Sports, Mr. Sauvick Mazumdar, CEO- Iron and Ferro Alloys Business, Vedanta Limited along with GFA & Vedanta Officials, Women players and team management. The closing ceremony was organized in

News Update/ Press Release New Delhi, 10th March , 2021 – The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge. In line with the theme, Rise Against Hunger India chose to challenge preconceived notions associated with farming and the role of women farmers in India. On this occasion, RAHI has launched projects aimed at eradication of malnutrition through farm-based micro-projects in hunger hotspots of India, as part of its SAMBAL initiative launched on World Food Day 2020. The projects shall work exclusively with women farmers to improve food security and food diversity in chosen areas of Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabrangpur districts of Odisha. These districts are one of the most severely malnourished districts of India. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

News Update/ Press Release New Delhi, 7th March, 2021: On Women’s Day, NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated power company announces plans for recruiting only women executives as a special recruitment drive across its areas of operations. This will further strengthen women power in India’s largest power generation company. Such recruitment drive will further enhance gender diversity as parameter for NTPC.  NTPC has been working at improving its gender ratio wherever possible. To attract more woman applicants, number of innovative initiatives have been taken.  The application fee at the time of recruitment is completely waived-off for women employees. To support women workforce, NTPC adheres to policies like Child Care Leave with Pay, Maternity Leave, Sabbatical leave and NTPC Special Child Care Leave on