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INITIATIVE Money can give people a lot of opportunities and privilege. In order for an underprivileged person to have all of those things, they have to work hard to get to get the luxuries of nice houses, cars, and jewelry. As far as education goes, the underprivileged might not go to the best schools but they get an education that will prove to be more valuable in life. I am Ujjal Nath and I belong to a middle class family. Throughout my life I studied in government aided institutions in Guwahati. My father is an advocate and was the sole bread earner and my mother is a housewife. I started my schooling in a local medium vernacular medium school and

PRESS RELEASE Infosys and cook-stove company Envirofit have come together to create a project that will deliver 37,200 stoves in Maharashtra and offset 1,50,000 tons of CO2. Targeting families in hard-to-access rural communities, this project aims to reduce carbon emissions from rural households and improve livelihoods. The project is in line with Infosys’s overall sustainability strategy and their commitment to RE100, a global platform for major corporations committed to operating on 100 per cent renewable power. In the next five years, Infosys will work with Envirofit to identify families in Maharashtra and Odisha through its CSR programme. Envirofit will employ an innovative mobile app to track cook-stove usage, encourage behavioural change and provide a real-time snapshot of impact for Infosys.

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PRESS RELEASE Nidhi Pundhir, Director, CSR Head, HCL Foundation The HCL Grant: Pan India Symposiums” is visiting 10 cities. The objective of the nationwide symposiums is to drive inclusive development models that are innovative, add equitable value and help NGOs gain better understanding on the CSR law and CSR. The second in the series was held on May 22, 2017, at Mumbai with eminent panelists such as Dr Bhaskar Chatterjee, former Director General & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs; Dr Meena Galliara, Director, Centre for Sustainability Management and Social Entrepreneurship, NMIMS; Dr Hiren Desai and Mayuri Misra. The finale of first and second edition of HCL Grant in the year 2015 and 2016 witnessed the presence of President of

PRESS RELEASE Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has partnered with Shivganga Samagra Gramvikas Parishad, a NGO working for development solutions of rural India, to work for the sustainable development of tribal villages of Jhabua- Alirajpur districts of Madhya Pradesh. The grant provided by The Foundation, aimed at benefitting 5,00,000 villagers over a period five years, will facilitate a planned, holistic development programme. Some of the intended milestones of the programme include running a skill development program to empower tribal youth, establishing a training centre at Dharampuri village, and creating awareness and training of village youths for prosperity through conservation and enrichment of natural resources. Technical training, establishment of village libraries and investments in energy solutions are some of

PRESS RELEASE Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth on his first official tour after assuming office in January 2017 visited India on May 26. On his three-day visit to India, he met President Pranab Mukherjee and held delegation-level talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. President Mukherjee said India would like to cement its close historic ties with Mauritius and will continue to extend all assistance and support to Mauritius. He said cooperation in important areas like joint EEZ surveillance; anti-piracy patrolling and hydrography will help maintain peace and security in the Indian Ocean region. As frontline states of the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Jugnauth and PM Modi agreed that effective management of conventional and non-conventional threats in the Indian

PRESS RELEASE SBI Foundation and Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (AYJNISHD), Mumbai, brought smiles in the faces of 50 children born with profound hearing loss. SBI Foundation provided the cost of Cochlear Implants and post-operative rehabilitation under their CSR Project SBI-Shravan Shakti to AYJNISHD. During an event organised on May 18, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman of State Bank of India presented an amount of Rs 2.65 crore to Dr A.K. Sinha, Director of AYJNISHD, for providing Cochlear implants to 50 children from West Bengal. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sinha appreciated the SBI for coming forward to enable the children with disability to live a normal life with new rays of hope. The Ministry of Social

PRESS RELEASE Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, accompanied by Dinesh K. Sarraf CMD, ONGC dedicated the ONGC multispecialty hospital Chaolung Sukaphaa to the people of Assam, with an investment of Rs 313 crore by ONGC. Endorsing the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ‘build modern infrastructure in Northeast’ and to unlock its potential, ONGC under its CSR initiative is spearheading the multi-specialty hospital in the region. The hospital is dedicated to the people of Assam to ensure quality and affordable health care. Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said the state government is committed to the development of Assam and exhorted the people of Assam to actively participate in the