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  • Elpro ties up with Shiksha Seva Foundation to empower girl child

    Elpro ties up with Shiksha Seva Foundation to empower girl child

    Elpro International has partnered with Shiksha Seva Foundation for supporting education and well-being of underprivileged children, especially girls, as part of its CSR initiative. The initiative aims at donating funds to provide a safe and nurturing

    Elpro International has partnered with Shiksha Seva Foundation for supporting education and well-being of underprivileged children, especially girls, as part of its CSR initiative.

    The initiative aims at donating funds to provide a safe and nurturing environment where children can access education, nutrition and healthcare.

    Elpro will be educating around 50 girls under this initiative.

    Elpro International Chairman and Managing Director Deepak Kumar said: “As a responsible corporate, we have been continuously evolving at the CSR front and devising action-based solutions to bring in a societal change along with our customer-centric initiatives.”

    The company is delighted to partner with Shiksha Seva Foundation on this project to educate and empower the girl child.

    Elpro International has Elpro City Square Mall as well as Elpro International School under its umbrella.

  • TSC donates barcode printers to 20 hospitals in China to fight Cornovirus

    TSC donates barcode printers to 20 hospitals in China to fight Cornovirus

    Taiwan-based TSC Auto ID Technology (TSC) has donated 300 pieces of barcode printers to nearly 20 hospitals among different cities in China to fight the deadline disease Novel Coronavirus. The donation has been made as part of the CSR drive. It has been done along

    Taiwan-based TSC Auto ID Technology (TSC) has donated 300 pieces of barcode printers to nearly 20 hospitals among different cities in China to fight the deadline disease Novel Coronavirus.

    The donation has been made as part of the CSR drive. It has been done along with its Chinese partner, TSC said in a statement.

    TSC barcode printers will support healthcare frontline for varied application including patients ID tracking, hospital admission, hospital nursery, specimen/blood labeling, medication tracking, staff ID stamp, access control and healthcare materials management to enhance healthcare workforce and medical treatment efficiency.

    On this occasion, TSC president Sam Wang said: “We should all join hands to fight this epidemic and help the people in China suffering from this severe outbreak in whatever possible way we can.

    And we really hope this small gesture of lending a helping hand to the hospitals can help the authorities to facilitate the treatment facilities in a better and efficient way,” he said in a statement.

    TSC has three decades of experience dedicated to barcode and label printers, with more than five million installed in over 90 countries. The company is among the top five manufacturers of thermal label printers in the world.

  • Legrand begins tele-medical health centre in Haridwar & Jalgoan

    Legrand begins tele-medical health centre in Haridwar & Jalgoan

    French electrical equipment maker Legrand’s Indian subsidiary has kickstarted a tele-medical health centre for the people in Haridwar in Uttarkhand and Jalgaon in Maharashtra. The company has collaborated with Mumbai-based Nanavati Hospital for setting up of a tele-medicine centre as part

    French electrical equipment maker Legrand’s Indian subsidiary has kickstarted a tele-medical health centre for the people in Haridwar in Uttarkhand and Jalgaon in Maharashtra.

    The company has collaborated with Mumbai-based Nanavati Hospital for setting up of a tele-medicine centre as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative in India, an official statement said.

    The Centre will aid in free super-speciality tele-consulting for patients for whom specialist healthcare is difficult to reach, it said.

    The facility will enable patients to connect with the doctors on a real-time basis through audio/video technology.

    Patients can diagnose and submit their health data such as BP, blood test, X-Ray online which will be remotely made available to the doctor sitting at Nanavati Hospital with the help of paramedical staff available at the centre.

    Doctor and patient can then be connected real-time through audio-video. This technology also enables doctors to use a digital stethoscope to listen to the heart, lungs similar to a physical examination and subsequently prescribe relevant medicine.

    This CSR project is designed to be sustainable and scalable considering it can be replicated in other locations for Legrand.

    Mumbai-headquartered Legrand has three state-of-the-art manufacturing units, seven training centers and two R&D center in India. The group has manufacturing facilities in 90 countries and its products are sold in over 180 countries.

  • Music industry ties up for national movement on water conservation

    Music industry ties up for national movement on water conservation

    ‘Panni ka Teeka’, an initiative of IdeaHive Media, has partnered with legends of advertising and music – Piyush Pandey and Louiz Banks – for a music based project to create awareness about water conservation. ‘Paani Ka Teeka’ project focuses on water, education and job creation

    ‘Panni ka Teeka’, an initiative of IdeaHive Media, has partnered with legends of advertising and music – Piyush Pandey and Louiz Banks – for a music based project to create awareness about water conservation.

    ‘Paani Ka Teeka’ project focuses on water, education and job creation.

    The music duo are reuniting after the iconic ‘Mile Sur’ anthem. They have garnered the support of musicians like Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Vishal Dadlani, Harshdeep Kaur, Neha Bhasin, Pankaj Udhas, Salim Merchant, Sivamani, Mame Khan, Rakesh Chaurasia, among others for a campaign on conserving water, an official statement said.

    “PaanikaTeeka is a great initiative and a step in the right direction to create long-term sustainable ways of preserving water and promoting water-protecting ecosystems,” said veteran musician Louis Banks.

    He said music has the capacity to bridge cultures and create a momentum unlike any other art form, he added.

    “The objective of the campaign is to make this project a citizens’ movement and work towards a water-secure India,” said Dilip Moorkoth, Founder PaaniKaTeeka and the Director of IdeaHive Media Pvt Ltd.

    PaaniKaTeeka has designed an integrated project, which will work at multiple levels of advocacy and impact at the grassroot level. It is aimed to bring support to over 1000 villages of India as one of its major impact mechanisms, besides working on bringing a behavioural change across the nation.

    PaaniKaTeeka has partnered with Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) as its knowledge partner, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) and Emergy Enviro (ASINE IIT Bombay Company) as its Advisory and Technical partners who will work closely to make this project into a national movement.

  • AirAsia earns high praise with its (RED) corporate social responsibility project on HIV/AIDS

    AirAsia earns high praise with its (RED) corporate social responsibility project on HIV/AIDS

    All things being equal. They are not. AIDS is the leading cause of death among young women worldwide. Yet it is treatable. Every two minutes, a teenager is infected with HIV. Yet it is preventable. Today 500 babies will be born with HIV. Same thing tomorrow. And the next day. AIDS no longer has

    “All things being equal. They are not. AIDS is the leading cause of death among young women worldwide. Yet it is treatable. Every two minutes, a teenager is infected with HIV. Yet it is preventable. Today 500 babies will be born with HIV. Same thing tomorrow. And the next day. AIDS no longer has to be a death sentence. One pill a day. For just 20 cents can stop mothers from passing on the virus to their babies. #EndAids.”

    The manifesto above comes from one of AirAsia’s global partners, (RED), a not-for-profit organisation based in the US, fighting for AIDS and HIV prevention around the world.

    Signing an agreement with the organisation at the end of 2018, AirAsia wanted to bring awareness to its message across the ASEAN region and develop products and activations to help raise and contribute funds to (RED) and the Global Fund.

    Using AirAsia’s reach and platform as an opportunity to raise funds for the cause, the company has dedicated the past year to designing key programmes; ensuring that all money raised goes towards supporting HIV/AIDS testing, counselling, treatment and prevention programmes.

    AirAsia’s year-long campaign included five potentially life-saving projects.

  • L&T Tech to give disaster resilient shelter homes to cyclone Fani hit people

    L&T Tech to give disaster resilient shelter homes to cyclone Fani hit people

    L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has launched a project ‘Neelachala’ a CSR program for providing disaster resilient shelter homes to those affected by cyclone Fani. As a part of the project Neelachala, LTTS will provide skill development programs for residents in various construction activities

    L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has launched a project ‘Neelachala’ a CSR program for providing disaster resilient shelter homes to those affected by cyclone Fani.

    As a part of the project Neelachala, LTTS will provide skill development programs for residents in various construction activities, the company said in a statement.

    The training provided by LTTS will ensure the affected people have an additional means of livelihood in the longer run.

    The company’s CEO and Managing Director Keshab Panda laid a foundation stone along with Puri District collector Balwant Singh.

    Puri collector said: “The people of Odisha have shown immense strength and resilience in recovering from the after-effects of cyclone Fani. This initiative undertaken by L&T Technology Services is a welcome step since rebounding from such a massive natural calamity requires contribution from all including the business community.”

    What makes the project Neelachala an unique CSR initiative, LTTS MD and CEO said is that in addition to providing shelters to those in need, the training that the company imparts as a part of this program enables the beneficiaries to attain financial independence.

    LTTS is a listed subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited focused on Engineering and R&D services. It has over 16,700 employees spread across 17 global design centers, 28 global sales offices and 49 innovation labs.

  • Education sector receives maximum CSR spend during 2014-18

    Education sector receives maximum CSR spend during 2014-18

    The education sector received the maximum CSR funds to the tune of Rs 15,742.33 crore during financial year 2014-15 to 2017-18, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on December 10, Union Minister of State for Finance

    The education sector received the maximum CSR funds to the tune of Rs 15,742.33 crore during financial year 2014-15 to 2017-18, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday.

    In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on December 10, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur said the CSR spending on education has increased on a year-on-year basis since 2014-15 fiscal.

    The CSR spend stood at Rs 2,589.42 crore during 2014-15 fiscal, which rose to Rs 4,057.45 crore in 2015-16, Rs 4,500.82 in 2016-17, Rs 4,594.64 in 2017-18 and Rs 15,742.33 in 2018-19 financial lyear, he said.

    The Union Minister further said that that CSR is a Board driven process and the Board of the company is empowered to decide the activities to be undertaken as per Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 taking into consideration the recommendation of its CSR committee.

    The entire CSR architecture is a disclosure-based and CSR mandated companies are required to file details of CSR amount spent annually in Ministry of Corporate Affairs registry.

    The Minister also mentioned that the details of project undertaken by the company is not maintained separately by the government.

  • HERE Tech ties up with intl body to pack 3 lakh meals to fight malnutrition

    HERE Tech ties up with intl body to pack 3 lakh meals to fight malnutrition

    HERE Technologies, the global leader in mapping and location platform services, has partnered with an international hunger relief organization ‘Rise Against Hunger India’ for packing 3,00,000 meals for the undernourished and less fortunate. The partnership has also led to the development

    HERE Technologies, the global leader in mapping and location platform services, has partnered with an international hunger relief organization ‘Rise Against Hunger India’ for packing 3,00,000 meals for the undernourished and less fortunate.

    The partnership has also led to the development of a hunger map and tracking system that will enhance the organization’s evaluation process and monitoring of meal distribution to its partners, the company said in a statement.

    Part of the company’s Social Innovation efforts, the project was launched mid of 2019 and results will be launched in the new year.

    Commenting on the initiative, HERE Technologies Vice President (Global Content Operatons) Damandeep Kochhar said as per UNICEF’s 2019 report, malnutrition caused 69 per cent of deaths of children below the age of five in India.

    The unavailability of quality nutrition is one of the biggest life threats to a major chunk of India’s population, he said, and added that the ‘Rise Against Hunger’ is known for its continual commitment to eliminate hunger and they have taken commendable steps in providing wholesome meals to people in need.

    “This year, not only did we pack 3,00,000 meal packets within two hours, but we also achieved another key milestone – packing the millionth packet globally,” he said.

    In the days to come, the meal packets will be distributed to multiple beneficiaries across Maharashtra including children, HIV-positive individuals, women, patients of tuberculosis, and the elderly.

    Undernutrition is one of the key issues plaguing India today. In a country where 60 per cent of the population earns less than USD 3 a day, it is not surprising that according to Food and Agriculture Organization, around 195 million people go hungry daily in India with 1 in 4 children being malnourished.

    As part of its CSR tenet, HERE Technologies strongly believes in giving back to the society and providing less fortunate communities with necessary resources and welfare measures to help them grow and flourish.

    Rise Against Hunger India Executive Director Dola Mohapatra said, “With partners like HERE, every year we come even closer to our vision of eradicating hunger by 2030.”

  • RB aims to bring awareness around sexual wellbeing among different communities

    RB aims to bring awareness around sexual wellbeing among different communities

    RB, a consumer Health and Hygiene Company, under its flagship Dettol Banega Swasth India aims at bringing awareness around sexual wellbeing among children and the LGBTQ community with two collaboration programs. The collaboration with ADRA, Love Matters and Itv foundation, is aimed at introducing

    RB, a consumer Health and Hygiene Company, under its flagship Dettol Banega Swasth India aims at bringing awareness around sexual wellbeing among children and the LGBTQ community with two collaboration programs.

    The collaboration with ADRA, Love Matters and Itv foundation, is aimed at introducing a comprehensive sexual health curriculum for children. The program will reach out to 20,000,000 children above the age group of 10 years across 10,000 schools in seven North Eastern States of India.

    The goal of this project is to provide lifesaving, critical information on SRHR (Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights) that empowers adolescents, promotes healthy behaviour, encourages community engagement and inclusion, and helps adolescents develop into healthy, responsible adults.

    Banega Swasth LGBTQ India program in partnership with The Humsafar Trust aims at impacting lives of more than 1 million LGBTQ people in India. The holistic program will strengthen and bring together an Integrated Network for Sexual Minorities (INFOSEM).

    The program will work in partnership to ensure inclusion and mainstreaming of the LGBTQ community in India through strengthening community network and capacity development of the community-based organization (CBOs).

    The project will provide capacity-building workshops, training and funding support to conduct activities in their region. To support this project, a range of Durex condoms, lubricants will be provided with a message of safe sex among younger LGBTQ communities.

    According to the Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, HIV and AIDS prevalence rates in Manipur and Nagaland are 1.57 and 1.2 per cent respectively and well above the national average of 0.34 per cent. Despite the North Eastern region being less populated, there are close to 100,000 people who live with HIV and AIDS in the eight northeastern states in comparison to other states in India.

    The factors responsible for the epidemic are complex and can be contrasting for different regions, restricting the use of a single approach for HIV control nationally. Therefore, continuous monitoring for prevalence and causes of disease at the district level is necessary for making control programs more effective.

    Addressing the issue, a group of thought-leading organizations, including RB, ADRA, Love Matters and Itv foundation, have come together and designed a comprehensive curriculum aimed at improving knowledge, awareness and behaviour among children:

  • Barco helps kids meet with God on Children’s day

    Barco helps kids meet with God on Children’s day

    Barco Electronic Systems celebrated a vibrant Children’s Day at the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in New Delhi by hosting a day-out for 30 children aged 6-12 years from Sakshi NGO. Celebrated across the country, Children’s Day is an occasion to increase awareness of the rights, care and education

    Barco Electronic Systems celebrated a vibrant Children’s Day at the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in New Delhi by hosting a day-out for 30 children aged 6-12 years from Sakshi NGO.

    Celebrated across the country, Children’s Day is an occasion to increase awareness of the rights, care and education of children.

    The children received a guided tour of the temple and enjoyed interactive exhibitions during the visit, the company said in a statement.

    During their three-hour visit, the children enjoyed the shows at Sahajanand Darshan – Hall of Values; Neelkanth Darshan – Large Format Film aired on Barco’s latest installation at Akshardham, the XDL 60K true RGB laser projector and Sanskruti Darshan – Cultural Boat Ride.

    The fourth major attraction at Akshardham, the Sahaj Anand multi-media water show is also powered by Barco, through the UDX 30K laser phosphor projector.

    Commenting on the occasion, Electronics Systems Managing Director Rajiv Bhalla said this initiative not only supports the company’s CSR efforts but also reinforces the Barco’s cultural building block ‘we care, we grow’.