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PRESS RELEASE Being a socially responsible organization, Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of twowheeler manufacturer, Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan; always considers the opportunity to contribute to the overall good of humanity and how to pay back to the common good of society under the aegis of CSR. Suzuki has planned CSR under 3 top heads/initiatives: Health, Environment, and Education. On 11th January 2018, under the leadership and guidance of Managing Director- Mr. Satoshi Uchida, a Basketball court was inaugurated for the children of Govt. Senior Secondary School at Darbaripur. This school caters to the education of children of villages of Darbaripur, Hasanpur, Palra and other nearby villages. The basketball court was inaugurated by SMIPL Director – Yasuhide Kamo

INITIATIVE MGL Muskaan is an initiative designed by Mahanagar Gas Limited to bring smiles and happiness in the lives of slum residents As quoted by Geoffrey West “Slums could be thought of as the development of a special organ, or they could be thought of as a tumor that’s grown, and in some ways is unhealthy and could ultimately lead to the city’s destruction. My own feeling is that slums are probably a bit of both.” Slums are often an offshoot of development characterized with substandard dwellings, extremely dirty, unpleasant, unwelcoming and inhumane. Slums grow for a combination of demographic, social, economic and political reasons. Some reasons include migration, poor urban planning, poverty, high unemployment, etc. They are often regarded

PRESS RELEASE Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) is proud to be sponsoring the 2nd edition of the National Inclusion Cup (NIC), which is the only national football tournament of its kind for underprivileged youth. The NIC is being held from 20th-23rd February’18 at Tiger Play, Lokhandwala, Mumbai and is organised in partnership with the NGO, Krida Vikas Sanstha (Slum Soccer). The first edition of the NIC in Feb 2017, saw participation of 40 teams (24 men and 16 women) from different states of India and a team from Nepal. The best performing players from the NIC were selected to represent India in the Homeless World Cup 2017, in Oslo, Norway. A portable pitch along with sidings was also imported from

PRESS RELEASE Monsanto India Limited (MIL) in partnership with United Way of Mumbai (UWM) will establish 20 “Mini Science Centres” (MSC) in government schools across Maharashtra’s Marathwada region. The project is planned to be executed over a period of two years between 2017 – 2019 and will benefit over 10,000 school children. This year, 11 MSCs have already been established and the remaining 9 will be inaugurated in the coming year. Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, CSR & Sustainability Lead, Monsanto India said, “Science is a fascinating subject. The concepts taught using text books often limit students’ understanding and consequently reduce their interest to learn more. Setting up of MSCs will enable children explore concepts and also provide a better understanding of Science

PRESS RELEASE The college’s Tilonia campus now has access to reliable off-grid energy with a 116 KW solar system provided by Philips Foundation Philips Lighting (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced that it has powered the Tilonia campus of Barefoot College in Rajasthan with a 116KW solar system, thereby enabling the college to have access to reliable offgrid energy. A grant from Philips Foundation replaced a thirty-year-old, aged-out solar equipment, more than tripling the kilowattage in parts of the historic campus that empowers rural women to earn their livelihoods. In a world where 1.06 billion people have no reliable access to power, electric light is a distant dream for many. One in seven people across the globe

PRESS RELEASE Story Weaver, an initiative of Pratham Books, a not-for-profit publisher, announced the creation of hyperlocal libraries for children to promote and preserve children’s literature in Konkani, Bhoti and Haryanvi, in observance of International Mother Language Day. World over, around half of the seven thousand spoken languages are feared to die by the end of the present century. In India alone, 197 languages are classified as vulnerable or endangered. Cognizant of the threat of extinction looming large on many leading languages, International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity, and promote multilingualism.  

PRESS RELEASE India is performing poorly on education indicators. With the Right of Children to ‘Free’ and ‘Compulsory’ Education (RTE) Act, 2009 coming in, there has been definite improvement in the enrollment of children in schools at all levels across the country. However, most of the provisions guaranteed in the Act are yet to be fulfilled like availability of trained teachers, high student pupil ratio, books/ stationary not coming in time, lack of basic infrastructural facilities like functional toilets with water facility, safe drinking water, library, laboratories etc. These gaps leads to many children, especially girls to drop out of school as they grow up. Recognizing all these challenges, Relaxo Foundation has decided to adopt Government schools and transform them

PRESS RELEASE Reaffirming its commitment to providing clean drinking water, Nestlé India in association with the Government of Rajasthan inaugurated clean drinking water facilities in Badnagar. A total of 12 water purification units have been installed in Manjri Kala, Chandoli, Bhaisroardgarh, Umand, Abdulpur, Angai, Langra, Panchodi, Panota, Sirohi, Badnagar and Khadin since 2017, as a part of Nestlé India’s clean drinking water project in the primary health centers of rural Rajasthan. The projects are being implemented by Nestlé India’s NGO partner Piramal Sarvajal, who will be constructing single phase bore-wells and water tanks with water filtration and delivery mechanism. Commenting on the partnership, Hon. Minister of State (IC) for Sports and Youth Affairs, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, said, “Access to