The CSR Journal

HCL Foundation (HCLF) today announced that it has enhanced COVID-19 care facilities at the Lok Nayak Hospital (LNH) and Deen Dayan Upadhyay (DDU) Hospitals in Delhi, in partnership with the Govt. of Delhi and Doctors for You (HCL Foundation’s NGO partner). HCLF’s support is aimed at complementing the State’s efforts to increase and enhance...

It is becoming clear that communities, states and countries recovering faster are those that have overturned the old economic order of ‘growth first, people and environment after.’ Of course, economic growth is important to grow the pie for all. However, the data, science and evidence tell us that there are greener pathways that provide...

Indian multinational group Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT Tires) has distributed 50000 Masks, 15000 bedsheets and 5000 PPE Kits in Punjab in order to equip the region in its fight against the COVID-19 virus. BKT distributed to the frontline workers in a bid to prevent the spread of the disease. BKT Tires CSR has been providing...

Balco Medical Centre (BMC), part of the Vedanta Medical Research Foundation, has achieved a breakthrough in treating patients suffering from rare cancers. BMC's Surgical Oncology team has successfully performed two HIPEC procedures on patients suffering from Pseudomyxoma peritonei and ovary cancer. Both the patients are successfully recovering post this critical 12-hour long and complex...

Covid India Campaign, a non-profit, volunteer-driven, disaster support task force is collaborating with Applied Materials India Private Limited to help support medical communities during the Covid-19 crisis. Leveraging such collaborative efforts, Covid India Campaign has engaged with specialists, including 3D printers, critical care experts, designers and engineers, under one roof to better gauge ventilator splitting...

Extending its support to combat COVID-19, internet service provider ACT Fibernet today joined hands with the Government of Telangana for a CSR distribution. The company has donated 25,000 rapid antigen testing kits to the Medical Infrastructure Division, Department of Health, Government of Telangana to provide hospitals with necessary resources to test and correctly determine patients...

Content company Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEE) in line with its national level CSR drive against COVID-19, officially handed over critical healthcare equipment to the state of Karnataka. In the presence of Chief Minister, B. S. Yediyurappa, the healthcare equipment was handed over to the Karnataka Government. The Company will be utilizing the sanctioned CSR...

Proteon Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company and leader in bacteriophage technology for livestock farming, the parent company of Vetphage Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, announced a strategic partnership with DuPont Animal Nutrition in distribution of Proteon’s innovative bacteriophage solutions. The aim of the partnership is to bring Proteon’s bacteriophage technology to poultry producers in selected countries, with the...

For many filmmakers, COVID-19 has derailed their projects. But for the Canadian co-directors of The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, it actually added to their themes, and the two worked feverishly to incorporate the pandemic in time for the Toronto International Film Festival. Premiering at TIFF, the up-to-the-minute documentary by Joel Bakan and Jennifer...

Hypothesising a spike in mental health-related issues, Suicide Prevention India Foundation (SPIF) a Bangalore-based, Section-8 not-for-profit, reached out to mental health professionals (MHPs), that included psychotherapists and psychiatrists, across the country. The survey COVID-19 Blues explored common concerns people seeking therapy have been facing, the changes in help-seeking and how the pandemic is affecting...

Welspun Foundation for Health & Knowledge, the CSR arm of Welspun Group has been providing essential medical equipment to Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) as a part of its effort to combat Covid-19 in Vapi. With an objective of providing better health care facility, under the ‘Village Connect’ project Welspun Foundation reached out to five...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the face of the Indian workforce. About 40 million workers in India lost their jobs due to the lockdown, impacting the livelihood of a large part of the Indian population. As the lockdown eases and worksites open up, many migrant labourers and daily wage workers are struggling to find the...