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NEWSLETTER, June 2020

OUR FOUNDER

HUDDLE AT OUR HQ, MARCH 3, 2020

L to R, seated: Niyati Sareen, Hinduja Foundation; Paul Abraham, Hinduja Foundation; Sasi Kumar, Ashok Leyland; Dr Avinash Supe, Hinduja Hospital, Khar  L to R, standing: Manish Thirumalpad, Hinduja Global Services; Adwait Hebbar, IndusInd Bank; Rajdeep Rudra, IndusInd Media; Shilpa Harsh, Hinduja Global Services; GV Subramanyam, Hinduja Renewables; Srinivas Reddy, IndusInd-Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited; Dr Ashish Bondia, Hinduja Foundation; VA Durai, Hinduja Power; Joy Chakraborthy, PD Hinduja Hospital; Freddy Martis, Hinduja Foundation; Anju Palani, Hinduja Tech; Rajshri Mehta, Hinduja Group “I WORK SO I CAN GIVE” FROM OUR PRESIDENT ~ Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja

lived unsustainably. We have forgotten that this world is a community of citizens at its core, regardless of the Our Focus Areas boundaries of geography and history imposed on us. We need to protect Together, our projects deliver on and preserve our natural resources all 17 of the UN’s Sustainable because they are the essence of life. Development Goals (SDG) We need to develop a new paradigm in education because the knowledge WATER imparted by our current methods has Creating surplus obviously failed us and hasn’t taught for companies and RURAL communities us to understand and prioritise the DEVELOPMENT real issues confronting the planet. 1 Making measurable, The healthcare challenges facing sustainable impact 2 EDUCATION countries today is unprecendented, starkly exposing the fragility of our Strengthening educators, delivering We at the Foundation have been busy infrastructure, social responses and HEALTH results these past few months trying to do our planning mechanisms. Our handling Linking science of mass migration to and from villages 3 bit to mitigate the distress caused by to the people lays bare not only the inherent COVID-19. This quarterly newsletter HERITAGE comes to you in the midst of one of the inequities of the rural landscape but 4 Deepening appreciation most significant moments in the history also the terrible conditions in which for Indian art and history of humankind. Never before have we migrants to urban centres live. 5 seen the likes of this pandemic and We at the Foundation will continue its chilling impact on society. And to contribute meaningfully in the areas yet, never before have we been more of water, education, healthcare, rural convinced of the Foundation’s mission, development and appreciation of our which is core to the agenda as the heritage. I hope you will read with world deals with the aftermath of the empathy and join us in our journey. pandemic and charts our collective There is much to be done. This world path forward. is—and must remain—a beautiful place. COVID has taught us that we have ~ Paul Abraham CLEAN WATER FOR EVERYONE

Water stewardship is the 14 lakh lives impacted flagship theme of our We have recharged Foundation, recognised across 14 states and enough ground water by all Hinduja group 348 villages to fill3.8 million water companies. All water- tankers related activities are 15 lakes, 121 springs, carried out under the We have revived land for brand nameJal Jeevan. 8 rivers & 1 stepwell agriculture equivalent to restored & revived 3 lakh football fields

We have dispensed enough drinking water to fill 31 million cans

SECURING THE SOURCE

In 2018, Ashok Leyland initiated a project to improve water security in Uttarakhand. Together with Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG), the project aims to restore and rejuvenate springs, build rooftop water harvesting structures and provide safe drinking water to schools. The program has started showing results COUNTERING CLIMATE CHANGE in the areas of community mobilisation. Locals are now With most agriculture Development Programme result in higher incomes restoring springs themselves being rain-dependent, in 2018-19 in collaboration and social upliftment. and this has bolstered not just water availability becomes with WOTR (Watershed The program covers 63 their quality of life but their crucial for the economic Organisation Trust) to help villages across Madhya earning capacity as well. and social progress farmers transition to year- Pradesh, Jharkhand, of rural communities. round farming by adopting Odisha and Maharashtra, IndusInd Bank embarked sustainable farming benefitting over 43,430 on its Watershed practices, which will villagers.

Case Study: Thalambur Lake, Chennai

One year after the Jal Jeevan project started, the lake’s waterspread area went up nearly seven-fold, from 3.1 hectares to 21.1 hectares! This project was funded by Hinduja Leyland Finance and implemented by Care Earth Trust.

02 QUALITY HEALTHCARE SHOULD BE UNIVERSAL

2 lakh patients We believe that quality healthcare is a human treated by our right and aim to make mini health clinics it accessible to people MEDICINE ON THE MOVE across all strata of Deployed in partnership with the society. From attending 425 Type 1 Diabetics PD Hinduja Hospital, our MMUs or to emergencies in mobile medical units travel into the enrolled in our remote villages to interior regions of the tribal belt of T1D program investing in research Jawhar taluka in Maharashtra, where for better outcomes in healthcare delivery is scarce. MMUs the long-run, we take a function as both clinic and ambulance, 75,000 patients holistic approach. depending on the need. Our goal is treated in remote to bridge the gap in health access, especially for women and children Maharashtra in rural areas. Over 75,000 citizens across 46 villages of Jawhar have been treated through this program. “My son was one-and-a-half years old when he was ~ GANESH GHULE diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. When I got the news, the ground slipped from under my feet; this is an expensive disease and we are poor. Then I found out about the THINK BIG, treatment at KEM Hospital, Pune. Today I am relaxed, all thanks to the Hinduja Foundation. My son gets treatment GO SMALL free of cost and we are also regularly updated on his treatment and health status.

FOR THE CHILDREN

We at the Foundation have identified and add to scientific knowledge. Our Type 1 or Juvenile Diabetes as a partners for the program are KEM Champion Cause, and are committed Hospital, Pune; Madras Diabetes to impacting it with our T1D Program, Research Foundation, Dr Mohan’s IndusInd Bank has supported the which seeks to improve the lives of Diabetes Specialities Centre, setting up and running of 280 underprivileged children suffering Chennai; and PD Hinduja Hospital & Mini Health Clinics (MHCs) in 24 from the disease, create awareness Medical Research Centre, Mumbai. backward districts across the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. These centres serve as temporary OPD clinics where all consultations are free of cost and the medicines are heavily subsidised. So far, over 2,00,000 patients have been treated at our MHCs and over 6,00,000 citizens have attended our preventive healthcare sessions.

03 EDUCATION LEVELS MAKING A START THE PLAYING FIELD The most secure 75,000 children reached investment we can through Road to School make is in India’s classrooms. For years, In Maharashtra’s Jawhar Hinduja Foundation 1 lakh students & taluka, our Foundation has been working with 7,000 teachers reached runs a project called educators, government through early learning Saksham. It consists of an bodies and private program in Haryana in-school program that partners to make a is currently supporting meaningful impact 2,493 students from 14 on the quality of 1,300+ scholarships schools over a period of education in India. awarded every year six years; an after-school program that covers 1542 children from 14 villages ON THE ROAD and 69 hamlets; and TOGETHER professional development and mentoring programs Road to School (RTS) and that work with over 100 Road to Livelihood are educators from 14 schools. broad-based programs The Foundation’s Gyan that reach thousands of Shakti program based in schools mainly through Worli, Mumbai works with primary-level interventions 11 schools, 783 students that build learning and and 43 teachers in six lifestyle skills. They are languages to develop supported by a healthy Odisha and Maharashtra. the requirements of digital literacy and aid sport and nutrition So far, 823 schools and all stakeholders who professional development. support mechanism, and 75,000 children have take risks and ensure offer guidance to the been reached through outcomes in the field — child’s community and RTS, which provides this intervention works ecosystem. Road to School holistic development on early learning literacy is supported by many opportunities for all and supports 100,000 Hinduja group companies, children, including both students and 7,000 including Ashok Leyland, slow and gifted students. teachers in seven districts “Now I feel closer to IndusInd Bank, Hinduja The group has also of Haryana. We believe my dream of becoming Leyland Finance, experimented with in building capacities for IndusInd-BFIL in Tamil new instruments like adults too, whether in the an IAS officer, thanks Nadu, Rajasthan, Andhra Development Bonds world of finance or through to Ashok Leyland" Pradesh, Karnataka, to try and address technical skills.

Farzana lives in Athipattu, a village in the outskirts of North Chennai. She studies at the Government High School in Minjur, 8km away from her home. Getting to school and back by train used to take over three hours every day. But thanks to the bicycles provided by Ashok Leyland to girls of 8th and 9th grades as part of its Road To School program, going to school is less of a chore for the 14-year-old. Farzana’s father is a daily wage-earner in Chennai and his family supports their daughter’s ambitions.

04 SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT CREATES SMARTER VILLAGES

We strive to bring education and free 950+ families positive change to the healthcare. We work supported in floriculture most under-served with partners to of communities and enrich livelihoods 3 lakh trees planted for the regions by improving through 360° farm- access to fundamental based interventions Wadi program in Jawhar human rights, like and infrastructure clean water, quality development. 1,300+ kitchen gardens set up

program. It combines horticulture and forestry plantation and is typically carried out on one- acre plots, bringing in sustainable income from the sale of fruits, crops vegetables and rabi crops. and timber ensuring food SPOTLIGHT: JAWHAR We have also encouraged security for the whole floriculture for families family. Wadis are planted Jawhar is a taluka in potential of Jawhar’s with small land holdings on degraded wasteland Maharashtra comprising agrarian communities. One so they have cash for their or slopes so these lands several small and far-flung of the main goals of our everyday needs. Farmers can turn productive with villages. Our goal here is a Jawhar project is to create are given technical inputs the addition of biomass 360-degree transformation livelihood opportunities through demonstrations and development of water in the lives of the poor and improve the standard conducted on their plots resources. A win-win! and landless citizens. of living of the citizens. and encouraged to Besides interventions This has been achieved by market their produce in water, healthcare introducing practices like as a collective. and education, we are composting and providing Another successful committed to enhancing support for the cultivation intervention in Jawhar the income-generation of paddy, millets, has been the Wadi

OUR HERITAGE IS PRECIOUS Our Foundation owns a and regular workshops. We substantive collection of aim to house our priceless historical artefacts, most antiquities in a museum and notably a world-class research facility one day, selection of ancient Indian so they can be available numismatics. Also known as to students, historians and the Lance Dane bequest, this scholars who will advance treasure trove is being brought our understanding of India’s

From a medieval coins workshop conducted to the public domain through glorious, multicultural in association with the Indian Numismatic, Historical and Cultural Research Foundation publications, exhibitions heritage.

05 COVID-19: WARRIORS IN OUR TEAMS

Our teams showed us the true meaning of a fighting spirit by braving all odds and proving their enduring commitment — presenting our very own COVID warriors

VS Haribaskar is Deputy Manager, CSR at Ashok Leyland and when he realised how many migrant laborers were stranded in his town of Hosur after the national During the lockdown, he swung into action. lockdown, Pallove With the help of the city’s officials Raj, who is part of and the canteen staff at Ashok the IndusInd Bank Leyland’s Hosur plant, Haribaskar CSR team, travelled worked around the clock to deliver 230 km every day to fresh food and provisions to the provide lunch and homeless, those affected in the dinner to citizens in fisherman community and immuno- the tribal villages of compromised patients. Vasind, Maharashtra. She and her group supplied cooked meals to around 500 people of the Katkeri tribe, among the most underprivileged of those living in this remote location. Venkat and VR Balu work in the CSR and HR departments at Ashok Leyland in Hosur. They are both registered under the Tamil Nadu Police Traffic Warden Scheme and were called up for Seeing the duty when the pandemic broke increased load out. Together, they assisted the placed by the town’s police and government pandemic on bodies, organised the delivery government health of relief material and life-saving services like the medicines, made sure that 104 helpline, medical equipment including PPE IndusInd-Bharat reached doctors on the frontlines. Financial Inclusion Limited stepped in and offered Kailash Topale is an attendant in our mobile medical unit or MMU. During their call centre the COVID lockdown, these trusty vehicles have been delivering essentials services in Madhya Pradesh. They to disadvantaged communities in Palghar, Maharashtra. Kailash travelled have handled 25,892 calls helping in the MMU to deliver people report suspected cases of food rations, as well as COVID-19, access relief material the cleaning supplies and rations through the PDS that are so essential to scheme, request an ambulance pandemic preparedness. and seek help, in the case of migrants and others unable to return home.

3 million PROUD PARTNERS: 6 lakh+ Families reached through our IN SERVICE TO PPEs supplied to COVID awareness programs in OUR NATION health and Calls attended 12 Indian languages frontline workers by our COVID-19 helplines 1 million+ 80,000 Meals served to the 210 tonnes needy for COVID relief Dry rations distributed

06 COVID-19: IN SERVICE TO OUR NATION

From creating low-cost ventilators for hospitals to safeguarding frontline workers to bringing comfort to the needy in the form of a hot meal, here’s a overview of COVID relief efforts.

FOOD HOSPITALS We have arranged At PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, we have Hinduja Global for over 1 million nutritious dedicated an entire building to Solutions (HGS) meals for the needy at locations house an exclusive COVID-19 donated over across India. This includes packaged treatment facility. Hinduja Hospital 30,000 reusable meals served to health workers by Khar is managing a COVID centre face masks to the canteens of our manufacturing free of charge for the Municipal the Bengaluru facilities and plants and also dry rations Corporation of Greater Mumbai. In City Police who amounting to 210 tonnes. Thane, following a request from the Municipal have been providing round- Commissioner, Ashok Leyland’s team converted the-clock services to keep ten Stag buses into ambulances and deployed the city safe. them in COVID hotspots. Companies across the group have donated personal protective FRONTLINES equipment (PPE) kits, rapid testing kits, masks and sanitisers, generators and disinfectant- mounted vehicles to government hospitals HGS has been working with the and care-workers in Maharashtra, Haryana, Government of Karnataka to operate Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. a 24/7 COVID-19 helpline center in

HELPLINES Bengaluru; between March and May, they clocked nearly 14,000 hours In England, the Hinduja Foundation and attended to over 70,000 calls. has donated funds towards the HGS also accommodated 50 workers COVID-19 vaccine development of the government-run Apthamitra VACCINE program at the Imperial College helpline at one of their offices in Bengaluru. In Madhya of London, and is arranging Pradesh, IndusInd-BFIL with implementation partner Apollo thousands of meals for NHS staff. Telemedicine supported the government’s helpline for non-COVID health concerns, serving over 8,000 patients.

JOBS TRANSPORT

IndusInd-BFIL started soil We shared access to our vehicles and fleet of water conservation works in drivers with state authorities, including disinfectant- Karnataka’s Kalaburgi region, mounted vehicles to fumigate and sanitise areas. working with MYRADA and Ashok Leyland tied-up with HPCL and various local government officials. transport associations to reach out to over 10,000 Over 1800 labourers were drivers stranded due to the lockdown. All vehicle Ashok Leyland was employed across 10 villages, warranties were extended for two months and Gulf approached by the generating a total of ₹ 92.54 Oil Lubricants conducted a free oil change camp governments of India and lakh in in Mumbai for all Tamil Nadu to work with and economic vehicles delivering support ventilator-makers and support essential services. help them improve supply during the chain and output capacity. A lockdown. team of 50 of our engineers worked on the project from COVID AWARENESS end-March to May, readying a simple yet intelligent ventilator, Awareness on preventing the spread of Coronavirus priced at a low cost but with all was created and disseminated by IndusInd Media, the essential features. ONE Broadband and IndusInd Bank. Information about COVID hygiene from sanitising to social VENTILATORS distancing was spread through our 77 Water ATMs across the country.

07 A bird’s-eye view of MAPPING IMPACT interventions led by companies in the ON THE COVID CRISIS Hinduja group during the lockdown in India

08 While all the Hinduja companies HINDUJA GROUP : came together to offer COVID relief across the country, our teams UNITED working from home too wanted to lend their support. Through iCare, a unique new volunteering program, AGAINST COVID they were able to do just that

iCare: Volunteer From Home was coordinating all the on-field a unique initiative for all Hinduja volunteering activities. PROGRAM UPDATE Group employees to give them an Volunteers across the companies opportunity to interact with students carried out diverse activities with With the inception of iCare, of government schools and their children that ranged from learning the Hinduja Group Companies families across the country and about subject content to building collectively demonstrated their engage them in a wide range of awareness about the current keenness and commitment activities through technology based pandemic situation. As children to become a part of this online and offline interactive modes. remained confined within their unique initiative. A total of 608 Learning Links Foundation extended homes, these activities provided a employees from 11 companies its support to the iCare program by source of engagement and learning volunteered for this program, for them, especially with respect to some of whom chose to do building crucial skills. online sessions while others Some of the activities conducted recorded their sessions to be included subjects like ‘Covid-19 sent through Whatsapp. awareness’, ‘Fun with math’, ‘Storytelling’, ‘Teach a poem’, The program sessions were ‘Physical exercise’, ‘S.P.E.C.I.A.L. undertaken across 8 states in education’, ‘Introducing the country, with 8 different personalities’, etc. language preferences (Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, The volunteers shared their positive experience of engaging with Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and children and conveyed interest in continuing with the activities in future. English) to interact with All the target beneficiaries, the parents and especially the children the students. expressed their satisfaction with all the sessions.

09 IN GOOD COMPANY

By working with and supporting companies across the Hinduja Group, we’re able to broaden the scope of our own operations as well as benefit from learnings across the board. Here are some innovative programs offered by our group companies that made us proud.

FARMERS' BEST FRIENDS

For small and marginal farmers, livestock is their greatest asset and major source of livelihood, while animal care can be expensive and difficult to access. IndusInd-Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd tackled HEADS UP! this with Sanjeevani, its Gulf Oil has initiated a Helmet Drive to raise awareness about the importance of flagship CSR initiative helmets for children. The project makes children's helmets widely and easily which provides veterinary accessible, with distribution at specific locations like schools and malls. treatment at the farmers’ doorstep in rural areas. usage of fossil fuels and simply make Sanjeevani’s toll-free call centre uses BFIL- our roads a safer place. Annually, built technology support around 1,80,000 drivers are trained at in Madhya Pradesh, 10 institutes operated by Ashok Leyland Jharkhand and Uttar across the country. Pradesh. It lets veterinary And finally, December 2019 saw the doctors undertake well- inauguration of a healthcare centre planned services and for drivers in Namakkal, spread over route optimization through a massive 2500 sq ft space with their 12-13 hour days, diagnostic equipment, pharmacy and to meet high demand counselling rooms as well as a full team among farmers. The DRIVING TOWARDS that includes doctors, lab technicians, success of this project optometrists and social workers. has been applauded by HEALTH Facilities include health education, the Ministry of Corporate Since 1994, with the establishment eye care, screening of drivers for Affairs, with the “National of the Driver Training Institute at hypertension, diabetes, TB and AIDS CSR Award in Challenging Namakkal, Ashok Leyland has been Circumstances for East” awareness, as well as general health focused on educating drivers on good in 2019 by the President and well being. A nominal registration driving practices in order to reduce of India. fee of Rs 20 is all that is required to give accidents, improve efficiencies on the drivers access to these facilities.

10 WORK IN PROGRESS

In 2018-19, IndusInd Bank partnered with Ambuja Cement Foundation to set up a Skill Development centre in Rajasthan, resulting in creating livelihoods for 450 young people from 18 villages as microfinance executives, customer relations executives and unarmed security guards. The youth were selected through a rigorous process of counselling and one-on- one discussions to assess the right fit for the right trade. The training is based on National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) guidelines, and also boosts interpersonal, technical and critical thinking skills to make young people workplace-ready. This program offers guaranteed employment for 90 per cent of TRUE CHAMPIONS participants, with an average salary of Rs 12,000 per month, and those who A pioneering initiative by IndusInd science, living expenses, equipment don't want a job are encouraged to set Bank, the Para Champions program and gear, apparel and mentorship. up their own enterprise. strives to improve the lives of Indian The program also helps differently- para-athletes, many of whom abled athletes break through both come from low-income homes. psychological and physical barriers, In partnership with the GoSports inspiring others in their condition Foundation, this initiative was and changing social perceptions as launched in 2016 in Karnataka and well. Para-athletes from this program has since supported 45 athletes with have won 170 gold, 82 silver and 59 nutrition, fitness and conditioning, bronze medals in various national medical support, domestic and and international competitions, with international training stints, coaching 20 athletes expected to qualify for fees, competition expenses, sports the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Building The UN estimates that by 2030, over 40% of our population will live Green Cities in urban centres, but as the urban jungle grows rapidly, what happens of healthy ecosystems. to our green cover? With the It is also one more step in the strong belief that ‘Good Ecology is fight against climate change Good Economics’, IndusInd Bank through the mitigation of has partnered with the Centre greenhouse gases (GHG). Finally, for Environmental Research it’s a great way to promote and Education (CERE) to plant awareness on the importance of 1,00,000 trees of native species planting trees, by encouraging In January, Hinduja Global in 40 locations across 13 cities IndusInd Bank employees, local Solutions Bengaluru organised in Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, schoolchildren and the local an event called ‘Pals with Paws’ Rajasthan, Telangana, Gujarat, UP, community to get involved. Over where children from government West Bengal and Karnataka. The the last year, this initiative has seen schools and those with autism project will restore and promote wonderful employee engagement, and Downs Syndrome could local biodiversity in urban spaces generating over 3,700 volunteering interact safely and playfully with by planting only indigenous tree hours from almost 700 IndusInd therapy dogs. species as they support the growth Bank employees.

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