Sep 24: Tata Power Company Ltd, India’s leading integrated power company, on Monday announced its first win at a recently held seminar by Odisha CSR Forum in Bhubaneswar under the category of ‘Livelihood & Employability.’
According to the company, the award recognised Tata Power’s vision and commitment to empower communities in India.
“Under ‘Livelihood & Employability’, Tata Power provides employability training to unemployed B.A/B.Sc./B.Com Graduates in association with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and providing employment opportunities in TCS through the TCS HR team at the end of the training. It is first of its kind convergence programme of Tata Group in Odisha and imparted training to 1705 Candidates in Odisha only and out of which 309 candidates have been selected by the TCS HR Team and offered job in the Company. Additionally, it also provides coaching for qualifying in Bank PO/Clerk/SSB/CSSB/RRB etc. and also Company formulated Village Development Committee (VDC) in different locations for providing livelihood opportunities to Farmers, SHG members and economically poor families,” .
Speaking on the achievement, Vijayant Ranjan, Chief – Kalinganagar & CEO – Industrial Energy Ltd (IEL) said, “It is an honour to be awarded the Best CSR Community Initiative Award in Odisha CSR forum. It gives us immense pleasure to be recognised for our efforts to holistically transform and empower the communities. This award will only boost us to work harder towards achieving our goal of creating independent and self-sustaining individuals.”
The Odisha CSR Forum is a leading non-profit organization which has been engaged in promoting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Article Source: Corporate Ethos