NGOBox’s actions are deeply unethical, as they have used the ‘India CSR’ brand name without permission to promote their event, misleading stakeholders and participants.

NEW DELHI (India CSR): Founded in 2009, India CSR, a leading media group in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices in India, has issued a strong condemnation of the unauthorized and unethical use of its brand by NGOBox in the promotion of their upcoming summit. The event, scheduled for October 17 and 18 in New Delhi, has come under scrutiny for misrepresenting an association with India CSR without prior consent.

Every day, thousands of readers visit India CSR for the latest updates on Corporate Social Responsibility. The India CSR brand is widely recognized and respected among CSR professionals across India.

India CSR has organized over 100 CSR forums under its brand name, making a significant impact in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility.

“NGOBox’s actions are deeply unethical, as they have used the ‘India CSR’ brand name without permission to promote their event, misleading stakeholders and participants. This misuse not only shows a lack of respect for intellectual property but also violates the basic principles of transparency and integrity expected in the CSR community. Such behavior raises serious doubts about their commitment to ethical standards and undermines trust within the sector.”, India CSR said.

Misuse of Brand Identity Raises Concerns

The issue came to light as NGOBox began promoting the “11th India CSR and ESG Summit” with claims and representations that implied a partnership or endorsement from India CSR. This move, according to India CSR, is misleading and could create confusion among stakeholders, partners, and participants who trust the India CSR brand for its credibility and adherence to ethical standards.

India CSR said, “It is truly surprising that NGOBox, which presents itself as an event organizer, lacks basic understanding of CSR principles. They seem unaware of how unethical it is to organize an event by imitating someone else’s brand name. This act reflects a disregard for the fundamental ethics of the CSR sector, raising concerns about their integrity and commitment to fair practices.”

India CSR, expressed his disappointment, stating, “We have built a reputation over years of dedication to transparency and accountability in the CSR sector. The misuse of our brand not only undermines our values but also misguides the broader community that looks up to India CSR for authentic and credible information.”

India CSR has played a crucial role in advocating for Corporate Social Responsibility in India since the inception of the CSR law, guiding the sector’s growth and fostering best practices.

Call for Rectification and Ethical Accountability

India CSR has called on NGOBox to immediately cease any activities that falsely imply a partnership or association with India CSR. They urge the organizers to rectify their promotional materials and to refrain from using India CSR’s name without authorization in any future initiatives.

The organization highlighted the importance of ethical practices within the CSR community, emphasizing that integrity and transparency are the foundation upon which the sector operates. “Unethical practices like these not only damage reputations but also erode the trust that the CSR community and stakeholders place in organizations that promote social and environmental well-being,” Rusen Kumar added.

Protecting the Integrity of the CSR Community

India CSR has reassured its stakeholders that it remains committed to protecting the integrity of the CSR ecosystem. It called on all participants, partners, and stakeholders to verify the authenticity of events and collaborations, ensuring they align with the values and principles that India CSR upholds.

The organization is also considering legal action to prevent further misuse of its brand and to protect its reputation as a leading authority in the field of CSR and ESG practices in India.

A Legacy of Trust and Transparency

Since its inception, India CSR has been a trusted platform for disseminating information, insights, and knowledge on CSR and ESG initiatives. It has consistently advocated for ethical practices in the sector, supporting initiatives that drive genuine social impact. The organization’s leadership in this field has made it a go-to resource for CSR professionals, policymakers, and businesses across the country.

India CSR’s stand against the unethical actions of NGOBox serves as a reminder to the entire sector that maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and integrity is essential for the growth and credibility of CSR and ESG practices in India. The organization remains steadfast in its mission to promote a culture of transparency and accountability, ensuring that the true essence of CSR is upheld.

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Prominent Leaders Participating in Unethical CSR Event in India: A Growing Concern

The below-mentioned leaders and esteemed speakers, who play a crucial role in the field of CSR and ESG in India, are participating in an event that fails to meet ethical standards. This event, organized by NGOBox, is using the name ‘India CSR’ without authorization, which is clearly an improper and unlawful imitation of the brand name.

The situation becomes even more concerning as these leaders and experts, who themselves advocate for social responsibility and transparency, are participating in this event despite being aware that ‘India CSR‘ is a distinct and respected brand. Their involvement in such an event raises serious questions about their commitment to ethical practices and creates confusion within the entire CSR community. Such incidents not only harm the brand’s credibility but also put a question mark on the commitment to transparency and trust within the CSR sector.

List of Speakers

Shri. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ji, Hon’ble Minister of Culture and Minister of Tourism, Government of India.
Shri. Vijay Sharma Ji, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Hon’ble Minister of Home and Jail, Panchayat and Rural Development, Technical Education and Employment, and Science and Technology, Government of Chhattisgarh.
Shri. Ajitabh Sharma Ji (IAS), Principal Secretary Industries, Government of Rajasthan; Chairman, Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation.
Mr. Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India Private Limited.
Sarika Minda, Chairperson, Spark Minda Foundation.
Smt. Savitri Thakur Ji, Hon’ble Union Minister of State, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
Shri. Dinesh Gundu Rao Ji, Hon’ble Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka.
Naveen Kumar (IAS), Revenue Secretary / Relief Commissioner, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
S.D Shibulal, Co-Founder, Infosys Founder, Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives.
Dr. Duru Shah, Founder Chair, Metropolis Foundation.
Shri. Anurag Thakur Ji, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha – Hamirpur), Government of India.
Padma Shri Savji Dholakia Ji, Founder and Chairman, Hare Krishna Exports & Dholakia Foundation.
Shri. Manvendra Pratap Singh Ji (IAS), Managing Director, AIDC Ltd, ASIDC Ltd. & AIIDC (Government of Assam Undertakings).
Hina Nagarajan, Member Diageo Global Executive Committee, MD & CEO, Diageo India.
Shaifalika Panda, Trustee & Founder CEO, Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF); Chief of CSR (Special Initiative – Indian Metal & Ferro Alloys).
Shri. Pramod Sawant Ji, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa.
Shri. M K Shanmuga Sundaram Ji (IAS), Principal Secretary, Basic Education Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Shri. Mukesh Sinha Ji, Chairman, Godavari River Management Board.
Mr. Sumit Joshi, CEO & MD – Signify, Greater India.
Kshitija Krishnaswamy, Director-Corporate Citizenship, India, Accenture.
Archish Gupta, Venture Philanthropy, LGT Wealth India.
Meera Rajeevan, COO, Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives.
Namita Dandekar, Chief Operating Officer, Raintree Foundation.
Shilpa Sinha Harsh, Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Communications, CSR, D&I, and ESG, Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS).
Hisham Mundol, Director, Environmental Defense India Foundation.
Dr. Sapna Poti, Director Strategic Alliances, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
Gayatri Nair Lobo, Chief Executive Officer, A.T.E. Chandra Foundation.
Shriya Sethi, Senior Expert and Director of Center for Social Impact, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Pratima Harite, Head, AP Corporate Citizenship, Lenovo Corporate Marketing Group, Lenovo India.
Archana Suresh, Director, Telangana-Social Impact Group, Department of Industries, Government of Telangana.
Ashwini Saxena, CEO, JSW Foundation.
Bhavya Sharma, Director – Communications & ESG, Urban Company.
Himanshu Priyadarshi, Vice President and Chief Public Affairs, Communications, Sustainability Officer, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.
RCM Reddy, MD & CEO, Schoolnet India Ltd.
Dr. Swaminathan R, Director, Consulting, Deloitte.
Arnav Kapur, Deputy Director – Policy, Communications & Philanthropic Partnerships, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Dr. Abhishek Lakhtakia, CEO, Adani Foundation.
Dr. Binita Verdia, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Zydus Lifesciences.
Chetan Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Tech Mahindra Foundation.
Subrato Roy, SVP: Corporate Communications, PR, CSR & ESG, HDFC Life.
Seema Pawaskar, Deputy General Manager CSR and ESG | Head CSR, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited.
Ashok Karania, Vice President – Global Alliances & Strategic Accounts, Apexon.
Megha Vaid, Director of Corporate Affairs, Concord Biotech.
Tarun Cherukuri, CEO, Indus Action.
Satyajit Gupta, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Head of India Legal & CSR, EXL.
Abhishek Dole, Lead – ESG & Sustainability, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.
Charu Malhotra, Co-Founder, Managing Director, & CHRO, Primus Partners India.
Sujana Krishnamoorthy, Executive Director, Under The Mango Tree Society.
Swapan Mehra, Founder, IORA Ecological Services.
Abida Aneez, Vice President – CSR & Sustainability, Legrand India.
Atul Satija, Founder 2.0 and CEO, Give.
Ramakrishnan M, Managing Director – Agriculture and Climate Practice, Primus Partners India.
Sutanuka Ghosh, Senior Director, Genpact.
Shilpashree Muniswamappa, Director – ESG & Communications, Colgate-Palmolive India.
Dr. Sarika Kulkarni, Founder – Chief Executive, Raah Foundation.
Jaideep Bansal, CEO, GHE.
Usha Rani, Director – Programmes, Cognizant Foundation.
Surendran, Manager, CSR and ESG, CGI.
Aman Pannu, President, DCM Shriram Foundation; Head- Corporate Communications & CSR Custodian, DCM Shriram Ltd.
Sumit Tayal, CEO, Give Grants.
Murli Dhar, Director, Sustainable Agriculture Program, WWF India.
Siddharth Iyer, Corporate Social Responsibility Leader, ASK Asset & Wealth Management (ASK Foundation).
Nikhil Gupta, Head of Marketing, Strategy, Govt. Affairs & CSR, Signify.
Anshul Tiwari, Founder, Youth Ki Awaaz.
Anu Mehta, Head- HR, Planning & Strategy, Administration and CSR, Honda India.
Aman Bhaiya, Vice President, SBI Foundation.
Munish Bhatia, Co-Founder, India Accelerator.
Vijay Shukla, Director, PW Foundation.
Shipra Sharma, CSR Leader India/South Asia, IBM.
Tarun Mapara, General Manager – CSR, KCT Group.
Manish Dabkara, Chairman & Managing Director, EKI Energy Services Limited.
Gajendra Dixit, Vice President – CSR, Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Sanjeeta Agnihotri, Director, Center for Communication and Change.
Charu Mishra, Chief Operating Officer, Dholakia Foundation.
Mr. Arun Prakash M, Founder & CEO, GUVI.
Sneha Arora, CEO, Atma.
Amol Bhalerao, Senior Vice President – Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, SMFG India Credit.
Garima Dutt, President, CSR – YES BANK; CEO – YES Foundation.
Navdeep Singh Mehram, Vice President- CSR & Sustainability, DIAGEO India.
Erica Arya, Country Head, Project Tech4Dev.
Vineeta Hariharan, Regional Director, TSC Global.
Soujanya Veguru, Head CSR, Cummins.
Ashwin Kak, Strategic Advisor for Sustainability & ESG, Amplo Global.
Chetna Kaura, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Publicis Sapient.
Dr. Richa Gautam, Sustainability & CSR Leader, Schneider Electric.
Manvi Bansal, Senior Manager CSR, TESCO.
Arshiya Mecklai, Lead-CSR & Employee Engagement, Trent Ltd.
Archana Sahay, APJ CSR Head, Dell.
Ravi Arora, Head of Marketing and CSR, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
Puja Trisal, Director, Flipkart Foundation.
Sanchita Vaish, Company Secretary and CSR Lead, Baker Hughes.
Dr. Dhinesh Raj KS, Senior Manager Government Affairs & CSR Lead, Flex.
Joyeeta Das, Subject Matter Expert.
Raju Sharma, Director, CSR, IndiGo.
Girija Mukund, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG, India, Kyndryl.
Pushpa Goswami, CSR Lead, ITL Group.
Shilpa Jaiswal, Head CSR, JK Cement.
Jibby Matthew, Lead – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Ford Motor Company.
Rama Iyer, Director General, WPP India Foundation.
Rumi Mallick Mitra, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, EY GDS.
Gauri Bahulkar, Director Mktg, Global CSR & India EBC, NTT DATA Services.
Vineet Bhandari, Associate Partner, Dalberg.
Betsy Vincent, Associate Vice President – ESG, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts.
Niyati Sareen, Project Director – Water and Education, Hinduja Foundation.
Hitesh Sharma, South Asia Lead- Sustainable Impact Operations & Compliance, HP Inc, HP.
Abhishek Ranjan, Senior Director and Global Head – ESG, Brillio.
Dr. Kavita Chaudhari, Deputy Director – CSR, Sanofi.
Upahar Pramanik, Assistant Vice President, CSR, SAR Group.
Dr. Anupama Shetty, Mission Director, Biocon Foundation.
Bijay Chowdhury, Group Head – CSR and Philanthropy (Asia Pacific), Synopsys.
Ashish Srivastava, Associate Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, EY Foundation.
Abhishek Gupta, Chief Operating Officer – YuWaah (Generation Unlimited), UNICEF.
Anagha Poojari, Assistant Vice President – CSR, Kalpataru Projects International Limited.
Kanta Singh, Deputy Country Representative, UN Women India.
Praveen Karn, Group Head Sustainability and CSR, Spark Minda Group.
Jishnu Gandhi, Associate Director – Sustainability & Agro, AB InBev India.
Kumar Anurag Pratap, Vice President & Head, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Capgemini India.
Ria Vaidya, Associate Vice President & Global Lead – Corporate Communications & CSR, VFS Global.
Sapna Bhawnani, Vice President Communications & CSR APAC, Alstom.
Niraj Lal, Group CSR Head, Arvind Ltd.
Yogesh Kapse, Deputy General Manager – CSR, Schaeffler India.
Keshav Singhal, Head- Environment & Sustainability, Noida International Airport.
Anurag Srivastava, CSR Lead- India and South Asia, Digital Impact Office, CISCO.
Monika Walia, Head CSR, GlobalLogic, A Hitachi Group Company.
Gauri Bhure, Head of CSR, DXC Technology.
Shruti Goyal, Partner, Dalberg.
Mohd Asim Khan, CSR Head, Cadence.
Sankara Mahalingam, Global Lead – Community, Outreach, Firstsource.
Parthasarathi Changdar, Lead CSR, Akzonobel.
Madhusree Vemuru, Chief Sustainability Officer & General Counsel, Indosol Solar Private Limited.
Akshita Shukla, Sustainability, ESG, Climate Action, Circular Economic & Corporate Social Responsibility, L’Oreal.
Gambhir Agarwal, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Relaxo Footwears Limited.
Sakina Baker, Head CSR Bosch Limited & Bosch India Foundation, Bosch India.
Ms. Vibha Kothari, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager, Zomato.
Rachana Iyer, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, IDFC FIRST Bank.
Anupam Nidhi, Group Head CSR-Vednata Head CSR, Hindustan Zinc.
Tushara Shankar, Head CSR, Lupin Ltd.
Tanu Kathuria, HRBP and CSR Leader, Birlasoft Ltd.
Vikas Bhatia, Dy. General Manager – Corporate Social Responsibility (Head – CSR), Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited.
Mandar Kulkarni, Lead Sustainability, Praj Industries.
Anisha Narula, CSR Lead, MakeMyTrip.
Robin Dhanwani, Founder and CEO, Parallel.
Bandana Jha, Head of Philanthropy and Community Impacts for India and Philippines, Wells Fargo.
Anushri Alva, CEO, Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation.
Sarita Bahl, Strategic CSR Expert and Advisor.
Pratyush Panda, Head ESG, LTIMindtree.
Dhaval Udani, Founder & CEO, danamojo.
Robin Sarkar, Project Director-Shiksha Initiative, Shiv Nadar Foundation.
Shanu Saksena, Chief Compliance Officer, Asia Pacific, Haleon.
Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan, Chief Impact Officer and Trustee, Sambhav Foundation.
Sunil Kumar, Head Sustainability and CSR, ACG World.
Swapnil Agarwal, Director, Dhwani Rural Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Purvash Jha, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, First American.
Sohini Mookherjee, Lead, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).
Sandeep Kapur, CEO, Hans Foundation.
Pratul Narayan, Manager, Consulting, Deloitte.
Dr. Charu Jain, Sustainability Lead – Asia Pacific, TUV Reinland Group.
Dhanalakshmi R, CSRBP-Strategic Projects & Stakeholder Engagement, Bayer.
Richa Malik, Senior Project Manager, Dalberg.
Ketan Deshpande, Founder Chairman, FUEL (Friends Union for Energizing Lives).
Mamta Carroll, Senior Vice President and Regional Director, Asia, Smile Train.
Manoviraj Singh, Vice President- CSR & Government Practice, CSRBOX Group.
Dr. Smita Ghosh, Senior Manager CSR Programs, CSRBOX Group.