Mumbai,
September 2024: The 7th edition of The CSR Journal
Excellence Awards is all set to be held on the 30th of September
2024, at the Lotus Ballroom, Gate – 18, Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai.
The Honourable Speaker, 18th
Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla and the Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri
Eknath Shinde will be gracing the event as our Chief Guests for this year.
The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2024 aims
to honour innovative and best practices in the sphere of Corporate Social
Responsibility, recognising the best practices the categories of Education
& Skill Training, Women Empowerment & Child Welfare, Environment,
Agriculture & Rural Development, Health & Sanitation and Sports.
Following
is the list of our finalists for this year:
|
Organisation |
Project
Name |
|
HDFC Bank Ltd. |
HDFC Skill Development
Program for Persons with Disability |
|
Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd. |
Kashmir Super 50 |
|
Amazon India |
Amazon Future
Engineer Program |
|
Dabur India Limited |
Herbal Kingdom |
|
JM Financial
Institutional Securities Limited |
Integrated Village
Development Project |
|
Marico Limited |
Jalashay (Watershed
Programme) |
|
IndusInd Bank
Ltd. |
Jawhar – Integrated
Development Project |
|
Coca-Cola India
Foundation, wholly owned subsidy of Coca-Cola India Private Limited. |
Project Jaldhara VI |
|
Sudarshan Chemical
Industries Ltd. |
Water Resource
Development Project |
|
VFS Global |
Forest Conservation
through Efficient Cook Stoves |
|
Mindspace Business
Parks REIT |
Durgam Chevu Lake
Transformation |
|
Maruti Suzuki India
Limited |
Health Care Project
Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sitapur, Gujarat |
|
Sankara Eye
Foundation India |
Gift of Vision
Program |
|
SBI Foundation |
Swasth Mahila, Swasth
Goa (Phase 1st , Phase 2nd) |
|
Total Health |
Total Health |
|
Bharat Aluminium
Company Ltd. |
Project Unnati (Phase
2) |
|
NMDC Limited |
Balika Shiksha Yojana |
|
Central Coalfields
Limited |
Handloom Cluster
Development Program and Promoting |
|
Hyundai Motor India
Limited |
Sports Lab |
|
Jindal Steel and
Power |
Sports |
|
SBI Foundation |
SBIF Ace: Para
Athlete Grant Program |
|
Novartis India Ltd |
Sustainable
Livelihoods for People at High Risk of Unemployment and the Community |
|
Vizag General Cargo
Berth Private Limited, (VGCB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Vedanta Limited. |
Project Aarogya |
|
Friends Union for
Energising Lives (FUEL) |
|
Evaluation
and Jury:
This year, The CSR Journal received a
record number of applications in each of these categories, out of which the
above nominations were shortlisted by the
Centre for Excellence in CSR, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai,
which is our Knowledge Partner for
The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2024.
For the final round, the esteemed Jury Members responsible for examining
and declaring the winners are –
●
Dr. Arti
Singh, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Mumbai
●
Shri. Gopal
Shetty, Former Member of Parliament, Mumbai North & Former Member,
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
●
Manuj
Jindal, Joint Managing Director, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation
(MSRDC)
●
Nidhi
Choudhari, IAS, Director, National Gallery of Modern Arts
●
Praveen
Pardeshi, IAS, Chief Executive Officer, Maharashtra Institution for
Transformation, Government of Maharashtra
●
Upma Dada
Chawdhry, IAS (Retd.), Former Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie & Former Additional Chief Secretary,
Government of Himachal Pradesh
The
CSR Journal is pleased to announce a special category of awardees:
|
Name |
Award
Title |
|
PT Usha, Member of
Parliament, Rajya Sabha and President, Indian Olympic Association |
The CSR Journal
Lifetime Achievement Award |
|
Sunil Chhetri, Indian
Footballer |
The CSR Journal Pride
of India Award |
|
Neerja Birla, Founder
and Chairperson, Aditya Birla Education Trust |
The CSR Journal Woman
Entrepreneur of the Year Award |
|
Upasana Kamineni
Konidela, Founder, URLife and Vice Chairperson CSR, Apollo Hospital |
The CSR Journal
EmpowerHER Champion Award |
|
Dia Mirza, Actor,
Producer, UN Secretary General’s Advocate for Sustainable Development Goals |
The CSR Journal
Sustainability & Climate Advocate of the Year Award |
|
Ayushmann Khurrana,
Bollywood Superstar and National Ambassador of Child Rights, UNICEF India |
The CSR Journal
Ambassador for India’s Youth Award |
|
Revant Himatsingka
aka Food Pharmer, Influencer |
The CSR Journal
Social Influencer of the Year Award |
|
Navdeep Singh, Indian
Paralympic Athlete |
The CSR Journal
National Hero (Sports) Award |
|
Sheetal Devi, Indian
Paralympic Athlete |
The CSR Journal
National Hero (Sports) Award |
|
Avani Lekhara, Indian
Paralympic Athlete |
The CSR Journal
National Hero (Sports) Award |
This year the event
will be hosted by Emcee Shaina Khan. A musical rendition will be delivered by
Annkur Pathakk to enthral the audience for the evening.
“I congratulate The CSR
Journal for hosting the 7th edition of The CSR Journal Excellence
Awards 2024 in the city of Mumbai. In the past ten years, Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) has become a critical field for leading and supporting
welfare and social work programs at all levels. Maharashtra has fulfilled its
objectives of fostering prosperity and keeping its promises, and it has formed
several notable alliances. I applaud The CSR Journal for launching the
Excellence Awards, which offer a fantastic framework and venue for recognising
and rewarding the top citizen and CSR initiatives,” shared Shri.
Eknath Shinde, Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
“The
record applicants and projects that we received this year for The CSR Journal
Excellence Awards are a testament to India Inc.'s commitment to compliment
economic growth with social trust. I congratulate everyone associated with the
CSR domain to have embraced the mandate in its true spirit of being responsible
individual and corporate citizens. The 10 years of CSR mandate in India has
shown that corporate India is fully committed to building and maintaining this
trust through partnerships at all levels. I welcome everyone to join us for the
celebrations at the Excellence Awards this year with the hope to further these
partnerships and trust for knowledge dissemination and recognition of
capacities and gaps,” expressed Amit
Upadhyay, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The CSR Journal.
The CSR Journal
Excellence Awards 2024 is presented by The CSR Journal, India’s leading print
and digital news organisation in the Corporate Social Responsibility domain in
association with Dr. Shrikant Shinde
Foundation, our Principal Partner Reliance
Industries Limited and is Powered by the Aakshya Infra Projects Private Limited.
We are grateful to our esteemed partners:
Official Partners: Ashoka Buildcon Ltd., Maharashtra State Power Generation
Co. Ltd., MSRDC, Paradigm Realty, MMRDA, MIDC, SLUM Rehabilitation Authority
Brihanmumbai
Venue Partner: Jio World Center
TV Partners:
ABP News and ABP Majha
Knowledge Partners: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
PR Partner:
AdFactors PR
Gift Partner:
Karma Art Gallery and MiRa Gifting Solutions
Travel Partner: Tibro Tours Pvt Ltd
Design Partner: Pixburg
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