CoRPoRAtE PERSPECtIvE
december 2017 | dl.eletsonline.com
digitalLEARNING @dl_magazine digitallearningonlineVedanta ProViding
emPloyability,
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foR StudENtS vIA CSR
Employability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship can be best realised through sustained
efforts and investments in education. At vedanta, we believe in the importance of
focusing on entire spectrum in education, says neelima Khetan, Group CSR Head, vedanta
Resources Plc & vice President, CSR, Hindustan Zinc Limited, in conversation with elets
news network (enn).Employability,
innovation and
entrepreneurship
can be best
realised through
sustained efforts
and investments
in education.“
”
Vedanta has initiated a signature
CSR project “Nand Ghar”. Tell us
how it has been contributing towards
nation building?
the Government of India, as part of fulfilling its
Sustainable development Goals (SdGs) has been
running Integrated Child development Scheme
(ICdS) with the objective to promote preschool
education, eradicate child malnourishment and
promote safe birth practices among mothers. the
government delivers these services through a
network of 13.7 lakh Anganwadis reaching over
8.5 crore infants and nearly 2 crore pregnant
and lactating women across India.
As part of our commitment to nation building,
vedanta signed a Mou with the Government of
India to modernise this network. the Nandghar
Project is committed to the Prime Minister’s
national vision of eradicating child malnutrition,
providing education, healthcare and empowering
women with skill development.
As part of our pilot for Project Nand Ghar,
the team has rolled out nearly 100 modern
Anganwadis “Nand Ghars” equipped with
solar panels, tvs, toilets and a stimulating
environment in four States. Special focus has
been laid on improving learning outcomes for
children and improving capacities of the last
mile government workers for ensuring long term
sustenance of the results.
In a unique addition to the Anganwadi idea,
local women are being provided end-to-endsupport for promoting entrepreneurship at each
Nand Ghar. More than 1,600 women benefited
from the training programme in this fY and 158
of them have started their micro enterprises.Education is one of the CSR
activities of Vedanta. Tell us how
the organisation’s CSR activities
are contributing towards enhancing
students’ employability, innovation
and entrepreneurship?
Employability, innovation and entrepreneurship
can be best realised through sustained efforts
and investments in education. Working with
the objective to reduce the widespread gap
for education and employment in rural and
urban areas, vedanta has rolled out targeted
interventions in education and entrepreneurship.
At vedanta, we believe in the importance of
focusing on the entire spectrum in education.
Accordingly, we are working on preschool,
secondary school, college education, and skilling.
some data reflecting on our reach is –
• Impacting lives of almost 2,60,000 children
through our school programmes and over
1,00,000 children below 6 years through our
preschool initiatives.
• In fY 2016-17, vedanta trained a total of
1,7091 youth under different trades, ranging
from electrician, data entry to highly skilled
vocations like jumbo drill operators. We
are working closely with the National Skills