CSR News

Did you know that the pandemic affected over 32 crore of students in India according to a UNESCO report? Thanks to the shift to online learning during COVID-19, children are now spending more time online. The exponential rise in children’s use of the Internet has increased their vulnerability to risks/threats such as cyberbullying, online sexual abuse, access to harmful/explicit content, and trafficking. In an increasingly digital world, protecting children and young people is a pressing priority. With a mission to “Educate, Empower, Enrich” vulnerable children and youth, WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), the CSR arm of WNS, implements a wide spectrum of education-led initiatives. Cybersafety has been a dominant theme that cuts across the multiple programs that WCF conducts across the

Jamshedpur, February 14, 2022: Committed to safeguard the communities in and around its operations areas to fight Covid-19, Tata Motors has achieved a unique feat of vaccinating all school children aged 15-18 years studying at the Tata Motors supported schools in Jamshedpur. More than 7200 teenagers were vaccinated within a month. Tata Motors has led the preparedness to tackling Covid-19 response in Jamshedpur and respond to the pandemic in case of mass infections as well as take all preventative actions. The team at the Tata Motors hospital, district administration, and OHC (Occupational Health Centre) of the Jamshedpur Plant, and the residents of Jamshedpur have worked hand in hand to achieve 100% vaccination for these children. Launched on January 3rd, the

New Delhi, February 10, 2022: Vitamin Angels India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with OmniActive Health Technologies (OmniActive) to provide Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) in Buldhana, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nanded, Nagpur, Dhule and Parbhani district of Maharashtra. OmniActive has provided a grant to Vitamin Angels India to reach 50,000 children under the age of five over a period of four months. Vitamin Angels India will also undertake capacity building of 300 frontline workers for the distribution process. Despite the progress in recent years through POSHAN Abhiyaan, Vitamin A deficiency continues to pose a major public health challenge and remains a primary cause of childhood blindness and a contributor to malnutrition in India. The problem is particularly acute in hard to

National, February 10, 2022: Addressing the increasing need of financial literacy and supporting India’s vision of becoming a $5 trillion economy, Fintso, a B2B2C fintech platform has partnered with FinX, a leading ed-tech firm, focusing on employability and training in the BFSI space to create 10,000 new entrepreneurial Independent Financial Product Provider (IFPPs) by 2025. The program will embark the students on a journey to become financially independent with necessary support and assistance from industry leaders. The pilot program will commence with 500 students across the length and breadth of the country. With only 1 financial product provider for every 17,000 citizens in India, the program will aid the urgent need of bridging the gap and strengthening the IFPPs to

9th Feb 2022, Jaipur: The Anil Agarwal Foundation on Tuesday signed an MOU with the Government of Rajasthan to develop 25,000 Nand Ghars across 13 districts. The MOU signing ceremony was attended by Rajasthan Chief Minister, Shri Ashok Gehlot and the Founder & Chairman of Vedanta Mr. Anil Agarwal. The initiative to establish 25,000 Nand Ghars is aimed to impact more than 10 lakh children and 7.5 lakh women across the State of Rajasthan. This modernization and service provisioning will be done jointly by Anil Agarwal Foundation and ICDS under WCD Rajasthan. Project Nand Ghar began its journey in the year 2015 with the vision to transform the lives of 7 crore children and 2 crore women across the 13.7

Chennai, India – Friday, February 4, 2022 — Although India has generated leaders who create jobs, unemployment slightly persists at a higher side. In order to contribute their bit to the society, Lumina Datamatics® Limited, one of the largest service providers to global publishers and e-Commerce companies, has joined hands with Aaruthal Foundation, a non-governmental organization in Chennai, to help with skill development among youth. Aaruthal Foundation is working to help unemployed youth from underprivileged families find gainful employment and improve their socio-economic conditions. It partners with private organizations to organize training to develop specific skill sets. The Foundation designs this training based on their assessment of the education level of the target beneficiaries. It conducts these training sessions at

Bengaluru, January 28, 2022 – Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the philanthropic arm of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company, has established the Global Center of Excellence for Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE) at IIT Dharwad to boost research in affordable and clean energy (ACE), the backbone of the country’s development. This multi-year project seeks to establish physical infrastructure, incubate technologies, and identify avenues for adoption of clean energy solutions that are developed to improve the lives and livelihoods of rural Communities. “Honeywell is committed to creating solutions to help communities meet challenges in energy, water, and air. Our partnership with IIT Dharwad seeks to find affordable and sustainable technology-driven solutions in clean energy for the betterment of our rural