NEC India representative received the award from Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at the 12th CSR Leadership Summit held in Bengaluru.
MUMBAI: NEC India has won the coveted India CSR Leadership Award 2021 for “Holistic Development Project in Villages around Vrindavan (Rural Development)” at India CSR Leadership Summit & Awards.
“We are pleased to inform you that NEC India has won India CSR Leadership Award for “Holistic Development Project in Villages around Vrindavan (Rural Development)” at India CSR Leadership Summit & Awards.”, the company said.
Kazuyuki Takayama, Associate Vice President – Head of Corporate Strategy & Planning was felicitated with the award by Karnataka Chief Minister in a grand ceremony at RITZ CARLTON, Bangaluru on December 10, 2021.
India CSR Founder Rusen Kumar, Accel Partner Chief Prashanth Prakash, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Niti Aayog Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar presented the Award.
This award is in recognition of our CSR initiatives at the grass-root level for Holistc Rural Development in the villages around Vrindavan through a wide spectrum of activities, the company said.
The project targets Women’s Empowerment through the provision of Education and Nutrition, Environment Conservation and Rural Livelihood Creation and Digitalization of villages through the provision of Digital Infrastructure and Digital Literacy. The objective is to constantly endeavour to make a real difference to society.
NEC India received the award from Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in a gathering of more than 400 participants, more than 300 organizations, and more than 50 speakers from corporate, civil society, venture capital sector, start-ups, social enterprises, academia, and media.
The company believes in taking an innovative approach to address social issues by developing a self-sustained program for communities.
Project Summary the benefiting the community:
Women empowerment through the adoption of 2 schools in the interiors supporting the holistic development of 300 girl students through the provision of regular and vocational education along with nutrition
Round the year support for nutritional supplementation and health care of 450 Underprivileged and Old age females
Two-pronged approach for Environment conservation by clubbing the plantations with Rural Livelihood Creation program for poor farmers. Planted 3000 fruit-bearing trees to provide for an alternate source of livelihood when the regular harvest gets spoiled.
Provision of Hardware for enabling digitalization of villages that facilitates one-point access to G2C and B2C services namely Pension Schemes, Saving Schemes, Life Insurance, etc.
Environment and Biodiversity conservation through the restoration of Flora and Fauna around Ancient Mansarovar lake, thereby making it a haven for migratory birds again.
Funding for concrete construction of Old Age Home run by the NGO Maitri for Old and destitute widows.
Rusen Kumar, Founder of India CSR shared, “We are happy to conduct the 12th India CSR Leadership Summit and 10th India CSR Awards. After a rigorous assessment carried out by a highly credible jury, we are happy to announce the India CSR Award for empowering community’ to MPL Sports Foundation, for its exemplary work and vision to serve the community providing noble services, with a clear vision and planning.”
India CSR is a leading media organisation on Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability, and related issues in India. The media house offers insights on Corporate Governance, Business Responsibility, Human Rights, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Workplace Safety, Industry 4.0, CSR 2.0 and other Socio-Economic issues. Founded in 2009, the organisation aspires to become a globally admired media that offers valuable information to its readers through responsible reporting. India CSR organises flagship forum India CSR Leadership Summit and annual award show India CSR Awards. This year India CSR organised the 12th India CSR Leadership Summit and 10th India CSR Awards at Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka.
At the summit, Basavaraj Bommai the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka and Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog; Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education for Govt. of Karnataka; Padma Shri Mohan Das Pai, Chairman Manipal Global Education; Mrs. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson Biocon; Prashanth Prakash, Partner Accel and Advisor (Policy & Strategy) and Rusen Kumar, Founder of India CSR delivered the keynote address and honoured corporates and leaders for their noble services to the society and nation at large. Over 500 Corporate, CSR, Ngo leaders and entrepreneurs, innovators, venture capitalists participated in the prestigious forum.
The theme for this year’s summit was Resurgent India – Leapfrogging Development through Innovation & Entrepreneurship. “The CSR flagship forum aimed at deliberating on ways to leverage entrepreneurship and innovation to solve critical issues in Health, Education, Livelihoods and Environment space to make a Resurgent India.”, said Rusen Kumar, Founder and Managing Editor of India CSR.
