New Delhi / Mumbai, December 10, 2021: Vedanta Group was conferred with two prestigious awards at the 7th CSR Impact awards by CSRBox at the virtual India CSR Summit 2021 held on 9th December 2021. These awards recognize Vedanta’s CSR flagship project Nand Ghar as the CSR Project of the Year under `Large’ category and e-Kaksha, the digital education initiative of Vedanta group company Cairn Oil & Gas, as the CSR Project of the Year under `Small’ category.
The awards acknowledge Vedanta’s contribution towards child welfare and education, ensuring the last mile connect with communities by leveraging technology.
The Nand Ghar program, in partnership with the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD), aims to provide critical access to nutrition, healthcare, education to children and women empowerment. Around 2800 Nand Ghars have been set up across 12 states in India with the vision of transforming the lives of 7 crore children and 2 crore women across 13.7 lakh anganwadis in India.
The e-Kaksha project was implemented in collaboration with the Department of Education, Government of Rajasthan, with the intent of providing free and quality education to students of Class 6th to 12th in Hindi medium schools of Rajasthan through digital platforms and offline desktop applications. As many as 66,221 Govt schools and 87,13,460 children across 33 districts of Rajasthan have benefitted from the e-kaksha project.
Speaking on the occasion, CEO, Anil Agarwal Foundation, Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee said: “We are honored to receive these awards. Over the years, Vedanta has built some of the most impactful CSR programs in India but this time, we went beyond our scope of conventional activities with a stronger focus on supporting lives during the pandemic and making sure every child gets the opportunity he/she deserves”
Earlier this year, Vedanta announced the social development roadmap through the Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF) and pledged Rs 5,000 crore as part of their Give Back towards its rural upliftment programs. AAF’s ‘Swasth Gaon Abhiyaan’, will provide end-to-end healthcare services across 1,000 villages in 12 states, impacting the lives of more than 2 million people.
As part of its many interventions, Vedanta also extended significant support towards helping battle the Covid-19 pandemic. Vedanta committed Rs 250 crore in the battle against Covid-19, including Rs 101 crore donation to PM-CARES Fund and an additional Rs 150 crore corpus for supporting communities, daily wage workers, preventive healthcare and welfare of employees, contract partners or business partners. As many as 15 lakh have benefitted from Vedanta’s Covid Care initiatives.
