Table 1 CSR projects at THDCL
From: CSR should contribute to the national agenda in emerging economies - the ‘Chatterjee Model’
CSR project | CSR project description | Project partners |
|---|---|---|
TATA AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMME (TAAP) | - attempts to address the prevailing social inequities in India by encouraging positive discrimination for the SC/STa communities - aligned with the framework on affirmative action (AA) prepared by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), which focuses on four areas of development: employment, employability, entrepreneurship and education, ie the four Es | Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Institutions such as Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Jay Bharati Foundation, Udyogwardhini, Shikshan Sanstha, NIIT Foundation and Sambhav Foundation etc. |
SAMARTH | - provides skill development training to the people other than SC/ST, thereby ‘Enhancing employability, Enabling people’. - Most of the people trained are in construction related trades and thereby the company is also nurturing the construction ecosystem with this project. | civil societies/NGOs like the Pipal Tree, Labournet and Udyogvardhini |
SRIJAN | - undertakes several educational development initiatives, thereby ‘Enlightening minds, Empowering masses’. - not only provides Remedial Coaching to students; but also helps in up gradation of school infrastructure of schools in and around project sites. | various Schools |
SPARSH | - provides community care by taking care of the development in and around project sites in terms of repair, renovation, reconstruction and development of roads, community halls, play grounds etc. and addresses basic survival needs including relief and rehabilitation, addressing developmental disorders among children etc., thereby ‘Enriching lives, Expanding avenues.’ | Nil |
SWACHH | - aims to create an integrated approach of behavioural change by raising Health and sanitation awareness, construction of clean toilets etc. in the Schools and Neighbourhoods of the project area. | Environmental Sanitation Institute (Ahmedabad), Habitat for Humanity India, and Innovations Unlimited, Gurgaon |