CSR News

News Update/Press Release New Delhi, 29th June, 2021: Salasar Techno Engineering – one of the largest steel fabrication and infrastructure companies in India has successfully vaccinated its 970 employees and labour force against COVID-19. The company rolled out the vaccination drive in two phases on 12 June and 19 June at its factory and office premises.   The second wave of the pandemic had a devastating impact on human health. To be a part of India’s big vaccination strategy, citizens across all age groups are voluntarily coming forward to get vaccinated. As a response to the nationwide vaccination drive, Salasar Techno commenced its in-house vaccination drive after the government’s announcement on allowing the corporates to organize vaccination at the workplace. The company

News Update/Press Release New Delhi, India, 29 June 2021: Frontier Markets, HESA and 1Bridge has announced the formation of a coalition to address the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic in the rural sector. With a collective of 30 years of experience in rural India, the coalition aims to raise $8mn to ensure employment, awareness and accessibility to 1 million rural households in 6,000 villages across 4 states in India. The mission of the coalition is to support rural families to become Covid resilient, while contributing to job creation and economic resilience in rural India. The Rural Access Coalition for COVID-19 Resilience is composed of rural supply chain companies, grassroots organizations and ecosystem enablers in a joint coalition effort to uplift

News Update/ Press Release June 24th, 2021: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, ranked the 4th Best Overall University in India in the 2020 NIRF ranking, is hosting a four-day International Symposium on “Artificial Intelligence for Social Good.” The virtual event, which begins on June 30, 2021, would bring together 46 top academicians, researchers and industry experts from nine countries. Professor Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Bhilai, and Dr. Rajendra Kumar, IAS, Additional Secretary, MeitY are the keynote speakers. Both these institutions are leaders in artificial intelligence in India. Research, interest, and emerging opportunities in the field of Artificial Intelligence are on the rise globally. In 2020, about 6% of all technology-related patents filed in India related to AI. Given the increasing recognition and

News Update/ Press Release 23 June 2021, India: Standard Chartered has today announced its commitment to donate INR 20 crore to support the fight against the second wave of COVID-19 in India through several community initiatives. The Bank and its Global Business Services (GBS) unit in India will be working with multiple non-government organisations (NGO) partners and relevant governing authorities towards providing medical equipment, setting up dedicated COVID health centres and helping put up oxygen generator plants. Distribution of family essential kits to marginalised communities will also be taken up to help them during this challenging phase. Standard Chartered will be providing 9000 PPE kits, 33 ventilators, 600 oxygen concentrators, 250 pulse oximeters and 9000 N95 masks across the eight

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 New Delhi, 16th June 2021– To mark the 13th foundation day of the Company today, Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance initiated an exclusive CSR drive with their Defence channel network to plant 1,300 saplings across India. The initiative which commenced on 5th June 2021 targeted various Indian cities and was successfully culminated on 15th June 2021. The special plantation drive has been successfully organized by the alternate and emerging defence distribution channel of company in collaboration with different units of Indian Armed Forces – BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, BRO and MP Home Guards.  As a vocal advocate of a clean and green environment, the Company has conducted several CSR activities for women welfare, sanitation, child education and

News Update/ Press Release National, 22 June 2021: To further strengthen the ongoing fight against the pandemic, SRL Diagnostics – one of India’s leading diagnostic chains, has donated over INR 2.95cr to the Indian Council of Medical Research. As part of their CSR initiative, the cheque was presented by Anand K., CEO, SRL Diagnostics to Dr. Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR. Sharing details about the initiative, Mr. Anand K., CEO, SRL Diagnostics, mentioned, “Healthcare system has been tirelessly working round the clock to ensure continuous support to the nation since the beginning of the pandemic. Our team at SRL have ensured accurate and quick COVID and COVID allied tests since last April. In line with SRL’s strong commitment to Research

News Update/ Press Release June 23, Bengaluru: Youth for Seva (YFS), the India-wide volunteering movement, today announced the launch of a rehabilitation program for children who have lost either of their parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This Pan-India initiative is being launched as part of their Vidya Chetana project in association with Sewa International. While launched especially for children from the economically weaker sections of the society, the initiative will also provide support to a few middle-class families this year. Adding to this, YFS will extend its support to children who were orphaned during the pandemic by helping them get access to the benefits of the PM Care fund. YFS will make sure that their paperwork is done, and

News Update / Press Release Goa, June 19, 2021: 7 Frames, an early age creative startup, has announced an initiative titled ‘For a Better Tomorrow’ under which it’ll be providing free of cost services in content, design, social media and digital marketing to NGOs who are working for Covid relief. This comes at a time when a lot of non-profit organizations are ceaselessly helping people get back on their feet after a deadly pandemic, but themselves have been struggling with funds and resources due to a limited online exposure owing to a lack of proper social media presence. The initiative which was launched via a video (linked) on their social media platforms has garnered a lot of eyeballs and in

News Update/ Press Release Bengaluru, 17 June 2021: QNET, Asia’s leading direct selling company, through its CSR arm, RYTHM Foundation has joined hands with a group of young entrepreneurs in Bangalore to convert a non-operational hospital into a free Covid Care Health Centre through Project CoHeal. The funding from QNET has helped transform the disused Rajiv Gandhi Medical Hospital building in R.T Nagar into a 100-bed Covid Care facility that provides free, round-the-clock care to those who need it the most.  Project CoHeal is the brainchild of the young entrepreneurs behind Bangalore based technology firm Globals Inc who joined hands with the Rotary Club Manyata and Presidency University to launch this as a joint CSR initiative.  Amruta Desai, the Executive Director of Globals explains how the project came into being.