The tie up will furnish a fresh boost to CSR initiatives in India and will pave the way for creating more awareness among enterprises towards social responsibility.
India CSR Network
NEW DELHI: In a strategic business tie up, the CEO of ATD Group, Manoranjan Mohanty has joined hands with Professor Ranjan Mohapatra to elevate the CSR activities and promote sustainable movement in India.
The newly amended companies Act 2013 has many new provisions, a key amendment is about mandatory CSR provision, where a set of companies qualifying few parameters are mandated to spend 2 % of their profit in activities to benefit the society and the environment.
After, the law was passed and became effective from 1st April, 2014 awareness about CSR has grown. The growth in awareness has increased also due to the pronouncements of the PM, in his very first Independence Day speech from the Red Fort.
However, all the awareness about CSR is limited to 2% of profit. The CSR eligible companies are concerned about spending or managing the CSR fund and comply with the law. The NGOs and other CSR implementing agencies are concerned about, how to get a piece of the CSR cake / CSR budget.
Prof. Ranjan Mohapatra has been promoting CSR through his publication CSR VISION a magazine. As a Change Management Expert, he comments, “CSR promotion in India is a challenge of change, which the corporate leaders have to address to benefit them”.
ATD established in 2002 under Companies Act, 1956 with an object of providing complete range of IT enabled services, System Integration & Maintenance solutions, web enabled services, Internet & Intranet solutions, IT Consultancy services, E-commerce solutions and Business Process Outsourcing using all the major technologies available and total commitment towards QUALITY and CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. An ISO9001-2008 certified company diversified into other areas like Telecom, Real Estate, Education, and Finance. The group also involved in make in India movement, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti bachao Beti Padhao and Save The Girl Child etc. under its NGO Samudayik Vikas Samiti.
