Large 10 CSR Projects in Gurugram (Gurgaon) for the Year 2020-21

Gurugram was traditionally an agricultural trade centre. By the last decades of the 20th century, however, manufacturing had become increasingly important. Industries include power-loom weaving and the manufacture of automobiles and farm implements. Many foreign companies in the technology, finance, and manufacturing sectors established operations there, often choosing to locate their national corporate headquarters in the city. Owing to such features, Gurugram has emerged as one of the major hubs for CSR investments. In order to map out the same for the FY 2020-21, below are the top 10 CSR projects implemented in Gurugram, India based on the CSR funds allocation of each company.

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1.     Name of the Company: HEG Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Education Programs, Education Infrastructure (Hostel, School Buildings, Benches, Desks)

Relevant SDG:SDG 4. Quality Education

Name of the Initiative: Education Promotion

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 24.8786Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 41.846 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 41.857Cr.

The company contributed to CSR by undertaking the following initiatives for promoting education.

• Contributed to local literacy requirement, the school decided to run two shifts for serving more than 1,250 students during the academic year.
• Established a new building to accommodate the additional students.
• Subsidized school fees for more than 200 BPL-category students.
• Renovated labs, libraries and equipped them with modern facilities.
• Got the school affiliated with the CBSE board.
• Started a computer centre at Tawa Nagar to provide basic computer education to disadvantaged students and completed two batches.
• Provided hostel fees, as well as books and uniforms to few hearing-impaired students at the Asha Niketan School for Deaf and Dumb, Bhopal.

Implementing Partner: LNJ Bhilwara, HEG Lok Nyas

Brief about the Company: HEG Ltd, a premier company of the LNJ Bhilwara group, is today India’s leading graphite electrode manufacturer. It has one of the largest integrated Graphite Electrode plants in the world, processing sophisticated UHP (Ultra High Power) Electrodes. The company exports over 70% of its production to more than 30 countries of the world. The position the company enjoys today in India and abroad is largely due to its commitment to constant upgradation of its product quality to match international standards and to meet new challenges to win and excel in all situations.

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2.     Name of the Company: Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation, Rural Development/Community Development, COVID work

Relevant SDG:SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Name of the Initiative: Healthcare Initiatives

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 8.757Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 140.9Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 140.941Cr.

Maruti Suzuki has been regularly assessing community health care needs, and has undertaken various projects to provide better facilities. The company has also donated four EECO Ambulances to the Civil Hospital in Gurgaon.The company provided infrastructure and equipment support to dispensaries. It also reduced the incidence of anaemia among women and children through its community awareness programs. COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented health crises and humanitarian challenges. To support the government in tackling the crises, the Company extended assistance in the production of ventilators, face masks and other protective equipment. Support was provided to AgVa Healthcare, an approved ventilator manufacturer, to rapidly scale up their production from 50 units per day to around 400 units per day, thereby reaching a volume of about 10,000 units per month. Additionally, face masks and medical protective clothing were produced, with the support of vendor partners Krishna Maruti Limited and Bharat Seats Limited.

Implementing Partner: Maruti Suzuki Foundation

Brief about the Company: Maruti Suzuki India Limited, commonly referred to as Maruti and formerly known as Maruti Udyog Limited, is an automobile manufacturer in India. It is a subsidiary of Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki. As of November 2012, it had a market share of 37% of the Indian passenger car markets. Maruti Suzuki manufactures sells a complete range of cars from the entry level Maruti 800 (discontinued), Alto, to the hatchback Ritz, Celerio, A-Star, Swift, Wagon R, Zen and sedans DeZire, Ciaz, Kizashi and SX4, in the 'C' segment Eeco, Omni, Multi-Purpose vehicle Suzuki Ertiga and Sports Utility vehicle Grand Vitara.

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Source: Bata India Limited

3.     Name of the Company: Bata India Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Empowerment of Economically Backward Groups

Relevant SDG: SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities

Name of the Initiative: Stride with Pride

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 6.3913Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 8.72Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR9.2220 Cr.

With setting in of the pandemic, Bata globally pledged to donate 1 million pair of footwear to the medical workers and their families as a ‘thank you’ gesture for their unflinching support during the difficult times. The company started the donation drive in May 2020 and till date donated +1.92 lac pairs of footwear to the medical workers and their families at the government & private hospitals, ASHA & Aaganwadi workers, small clinics, charitable hospitals, police, children, etc. across +30 cities. Bata saw excellent employee engagement, with some employees going out of the way to timely deliver the footwear at the hospitals. It received appreciation letters from renowned government & private hospitals and other institutions for shoe donation drives and engagement with the police and other frontline workers.

Implementing Partner: SHARP NGO, SEEDS, Swades Foundation, World Vision India, Earth Saviours Foundation, Ek Tara NGO, Sulabh International Centre for Action sociology

Brief about the Company: Bata India is the largest retailer and leading manufacturer of footwear in India and is a part of the Bata Shoe Organization.  Incorporated as Bata Shoe Company Private Limited in 1931, the company was set up initially as a small operation in Konnagar (near Calcutta) in 1932. In January 1934, the foundation stone for the first building of Bata’s operation - now called the Bata. In the years that followed, the overall site was doubled in area. This township is popularly known as Batanagar. It was also the first manufacturing facility in the Indian shoe industry to receive the ISO: 9001 certifications. The Company went public in 1973 when it changed its name to Bata India Limited. Today, Bata India has established itself as India’s largest footwear retailer. Its retail network of over 1200 stores give it a reach / coverage that no other footwear company can match. The stores are present in good locations and can be found in all the metros, mini-metros and towns.

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Source: KEC International Limited

4.     Name of the Company: KEC International Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Digital Education, Education Programs, Livelihood Programmes, Skill Development, Women Empowerment

Relevant SDG:SDG 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

Name of the Initiative: Employment enhancing vocational skills

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 2.96Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 11.81Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 7.54 Cr.

This program focuses on providing skills and employment opportunities to women and youth, and helping them with other livelihood opportunities with various programmes such as Swayam Health, Swayam Drive, Swayam Skills, Swayam Digital and Swayam Construction. Training is provided in the sectors of Healthcare (General Duty Assistant, Home Health Aide, Pharmacy Assistant etc), Driving (2 wheelers), Digital (Hardware and Networking, Digital Marketing) and Construction (Mason, Fitter etc) and a few others, and employment linkages are also provided. The program also promotes entrepreneurship development and creation of Self-Help Groups for women. This enables women and youth from marginalized communities to be financially independent.

Implementing Partner: RPG Foundation

Brief about the Company: KEC International Limited, the flagship company of RPG Group is a global infrastructure Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) major. It has presence in the verticals of Power Transmission & Distribution, Cables, Railways, Civil, Smart Infrastructure and Solar. The Company has powered infrastructure development in 100 countries across Africa, Americas, Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia.

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5.     Name of the Company:V-Guard Industries Limited

Sub Thematic Area: COVID work, Healthcare Donations (Ambulance, Equipments, Money Etc.), Hospital Infrastructure, Medical Camps, Surgeries, Healthcare Awareness & Rehabilitation

Relevant SDG:SDG 3. Good Health and Well Being

Name of the Initiative: V-Guard Health Care

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 2.8944Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 4.23Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR4.2582Cr.

The Company contributed to the CSR by contributing towards V-Guard Health Care where projects executed including Support extended to combat COVID-19 pandemic by distribution of ventilators, personnel protection equipment, food kits and Programs for accessibility of healthcare for economically backward classes. With the infrastructure development of our government hospitals in focus, V-Guard has undertaken a venture wherein the primary healthcare services of these health institutions are helped to be improved. These include the supply of hospital equipment, water heaters, furniture and all other similar amenities that would help their hospitals to serve the people better. V-Guard, in association with the Catholic Health Association of India has launched an awareness programme on Prevention and Control of Diabetes, with special focus on free diabetic check-up camps in the rural and semi-urban areas of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. This programme has directly benefited over 15,000 people residing in these regions.

Implementing Partner: V-Guard Foundation, Indian Cancer Society, Mumbai, Yugrishi Shriram Sharma Acharya Charitable Trust, Saran, Social Service Centre, Vijayawada, Help Age India, New Delhi, Catholic Health Association of India, Secunderabad

Brief about the Company: The origin dates back to 1977, when Mr. KochousephChittilappilly with a burning passion to make a difference set out to build a robust brand in the Indian electric and electronic goods panorama. With a small manufacturing unit for voltage stabilizers, a vision and a strong make-do belief, apart from a capital of Rs. 100,000 borrowed from his father and two workers to assist him, he set sail on his dream. V-Guard grew rapidly to become a name synonymous with voltage stabilizers across South India. The company soon extended their range of products to Voltage Stabilizer, Digital UPS, Inverter and Inverter Batteries, Electric Water Heaters, Solar Water Heaters, Domestic Pumps, Agricultural Pumps, Industrial Motors, Domestic Switch Gears, Distribution Boards, Wiring Cables, Industrial Cables, Induction Cooktops, Mixer Grinders, Fans, Rice Cooker, Gas Stoves & Solar Power Systems. The reputation has been built on sheer passion and a continuous quest to understand its consumer better. With stringent quality control measures, reliable products, talented people and a responsible approach to business, V-Guard continues to steadily capture the hearts of people across the country.

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Source: Tata Communications Limited

6.     Name of the Company: Tata Communications Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Teacher's Training Program

Relevant SDG: SDG 4. Quality Education

Name of the Initiative: Project ANEW

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 2.5039Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 9.1725Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 9.2169Cr.

A New Education Worldview (ANEW) facilitates holistic school reformation in 110 government schools across Gurugram District (Haryana) by equipping teachers with evolved teaching practices, integrating technology into the curriculum of first-generation learners, improving learning levels of students, reducing dropout rates, and enhancing community ownership. The study adopted Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) framework and mixed methods approach to understanding the relevance, effectiveness and impact of the programme both quantitatively and qualitatively.

Implementing Partners: Kaivalya Education Foundation

Brief about the Company: Tata Communications is operating at a pivotal moment in the evolution of human activity – the so-called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’. As a leading provider of global digital infrastructure services, the company provides the integrated, globally managed tech solutions that underpin the fast-growing digital economy. Always an agile, challenger brand, the company’s journey – first from India-based public sector agency to global telco and now to digital infrastructure solutions – has given it intimate and intricate knowledge and know-how to uniquely advise and enable organisations around the world in their own voyage of digital transformation. For thousands of customers across the globe, Tata Communications sparks an infinite universe of connections in the cloud and under the seas. Its 150-year Tata heritage grounded in social responsibility, humility and impeccable integrity, coupled with its creative, keen, challenge to win mindset makes Tata Communications uniquely positioned to provide digital infrastructure services for enterprises, partners and service providers everywhere. Tata Communications enables its customers’ digital future today while also partnering with them, with governments and with society, to build a better tomorrow.

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7.     Name of the Company: AU Small Finance Bank Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Digital Education, Financial Literacy

Relevant SDG: SDG 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

Name of the Initiative: Skilling and Employability program

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR2.1Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 12.24Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 12.5Cr.

As a Small Finance Bank, while catering to the rural and even urban population, AU noticed that the formal education doesn’t completely educate people on financial literacy and that people mostly rely on someone else to take their financial decisions. So, simply making the banking services available to the public wasn’t enough. We realised that there is an urgent need for financial literacy among the audience for them to truly understand the banking services and then use them for their financial prosperity. Financial literacy needs to start from the very basics of how money is made, spent, and saved. AU foundation organises financial and digital literacy camps, targeting both rural and urban areas. We seek our audience’s by using alternate strategies wherein instead of inviting them to directly learn about banking, we first invite them to participate in interactive activities, making it a fun learning process. What makes us different is the delivery mechanism and unique curriculum designed specifically to target people in the demography. Creative and infotainment elements keep our camps interesting and the audience engaged throughout. We make them aware about banking products and also help in building trust for banking systems using simple and easy terminology and local dialects.

Implementing Partner: Direct Implementation

Brief about the Company: AU is a dream that was started two decades ago as AU Financiers by Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, a merit holder Chartered Accountant and a first-generation entrepreneur. He, along with his dexterous team, embarked on a journey of excellence while enriching lives along the way. They are redefining what a bank should be. They enable a convenient banking experience. They make banking simple for you. As they grow, they continue to be farsighted and align the interest of their community at large. Throughout their journey they have focused on solutions, completely based on their customers’ needs.

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8. Name of the Company: Akzo Nobel India Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Education Programs, Skill Development

Relevant SDG: SDG 4. Quality Education

Name of the Initiative: ProjectParivartan

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 1.227Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 5.89Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 5.896Cr.

AkzoNobel is committed towards all round educational development of under privileged children in India. The flagship education project of AkzoNobel is ‘Parivartan’ which is being implemented in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka. Parivartan is transforming the lives of more than 5,000 children through using education as a medium and therefore we have named it ‘Parivartan’. In this project we offer early childhood education to children from 2-6 years, non-formal education to out of school children to bring them back to the school and remedial education to under privileged children to improve their grades and stop them from dropping out of school. Due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the classes were conducted through digital mediums and home visits by the teachers. In order to bridge the digital divide and ensure continuity of education for underprivileged children your company provided digital tabs to the children this year.Apart we also promote sports and life skill sessions in schools to ensure all round psychosocial and physical development of children.

Implementing Partner: Deepalaya, Sakshi, Sambhav Social Services, HumaraBachpan Trust, APSA, Pride India, American India Foundation, Yuva, Parivarikee, SOS Children’s Village

Brief about the Company: Akzo Nobel N.V., trading as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational company, which creates everyday essentials. AkzoNobel is a leading global paints and performance coatings company and major producer of speciality chemicals, supplying essential ingredients, essential protection and essential colour to industries and consumers worldwide. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 46,000 people. Sales in 2016 were EUR 14.2 billion. Following the acquisition of ICI, the company restructured on 2 January 2008, and rebranded itself on 25 April of the same year.

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9. Name of the Company: DLF Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Animal Welfare

Relevant SDG: SDG 15. Life on Land

Name of the Initiative: Animal Welfare Project

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 0.99 Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 10.56 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 10.56 Cr.

The CGS Hospital provides a complete health care solution for dogs and cats in Delhi NCR. The 24x7 hospital provided quality veterinary treatment under one roof for companion animals with a footfall of around 25,000 cases in 2020-21, of which 20 percent were stray cats and dogs at the ‘Pasha Wing’ – for destitute dogs and cats. This dedicated unit provided concessional out-patient treatment and free/ concessional surgeries for stray dogs and cats. Highly discounted vaccination and sterilization projects for stray dogs and cats were performed during the year. Apart from pro bono treatment, general awareness of zoonotic diseases, pet care and management information were imparted to pet parents and visiting high school children while practicing COVID-19 protocols.During the lockdown period in 2020 as a result of the ongoing pandemic, we took care of street animals by providing fresh food to around 500 stray dogs twice a day across the city. We also launched a Free Tele OPD for pet lovers to help them with vital information during medical emergencies.

Implementing Partner: DLF Foundation

Brief about the Company: DLF takes pride in their uncompromising integrity in customer engagement and quality assurance, and throughout their 73 years legacy they have made it their core mission to provide real-estate development, management, and investment services of the highest calibre. Founded in 1946 by Chaudhary Raghavendra Singh, DLF started with the creation of 22 urban colonies in Delhi. In 1985, the company expanded into the then-unknown region of Gurugram, creating exceptional living and working spaces for the new Indian global professionals. Today, DLF is the largest publicly listed real estate company in India, with residential, commercial, and retail properties in 15 states and 24 cities.

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10. Name of the Company:Info Edge (India) Limited

Sub Thematic Area: Skill Development Infrastructure

Relevant SDG: SDG 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

Name of the Initiative: Sustainable model of youth entrepreneurship for the underprivileged

Total Expenditure on the Project: INR 0.23Cr.

Total Prescribed CSR in 2020-21: INR 8.032 Cr.

Actual CSR spent in 2020-21: INR 8.032 Cr.

The contribution by your Company has been deployed at Bhartiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) having an objective to empower young dynamic entrepreneurs, who are disadvantaged and integrate them into the economic mainstream. BYST fosters the entrepreneurial dreams of underprivileged youth between the ages of 18-35 years in India, thereby, turning job seekers into job creators. It provides total assistance to disadvantaged youths who have no alternative means of funding or assistance by providing a package of complete assistance including counselling, training, financial assistance and other business-related services which help in the sustainability of their businesses. A unique feature of the BYST programme is that each entrepreneur is assigned a mentor, drawn from the industry, who gives voluntary personalized advice and support.

The objective of the project is to reach youths in NCR at a large scale to raise awareness and train them for entrepreneurship to create a sustainable model of youth entrepreneurship for the underprivileged including to fund and mentor youth businesses and to ensure creation of wealth, and employment. In continuation to add more Grampreneurs we encouraged BYST to increase their reach and more areas around Gurgaon in this project.

Implementing Partner: BharatiyaYuva Shakti Trust (BYST)

Brief about the Company: Info Edge has an in-depth understanding of the Indian consumer internet domain. With years of experience in the domain, strong cash flow generation and a diversified business portfolio, it one of the very few profitable pure play internet companies in the country. The Company was incorporated on May 1, 1995 under the Companies Act, 1956 as Info Edge (India) Private Limited and became a public limited company on April 27, 2006. Starting with a classified recruitment online business, naukri.com, Info Edge has grown and diversified rapidly, setting benchmarks as a pioneer for others to follow. Driven by innovation, creativity, an experienced and talented leadership team and a strong culture of entrepreneurship, today, it is India’s premier online classifieds company in recruitment, matrimony, real estate, education and related services.

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