ASSIGNMENT :A REPORT ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY (CSR) OF BHARTI AIRTEL

SUBMITTED TO:Prof. Dr. Neha Pandey Mam

SUBMITTED BY:AFROZ ANSARI3RD SEM 2ND YEARMCCM

ABOUT BHARTI AIRTEL:

BhartiAirtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa.

Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers.

In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G wireless services and mobile commerce.

BhartiAirtel had over 260 million customers across its operations at the end of December 2012.

VISION Our vision is to enrich the lives of

our customers. Our obsession is to win customers for life through exceptional experience.

OBJECTIVES Grow market share profitably.

Accelerate non-mobile businesses. VALUES Alive. Inclusive. Respectful.

We Believe the above aspects

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS   Bharti Airtel ranked first in a listing of 100 emerging market

multinational companies by Transparency International on corporate transparency and reporting. According to the study, the Company topped the list with a cumulative score of 7.3 out of 10.

Bharti Airtel was positioned among the top eight companies in the listing of top BSE 100 listed companies in FTI Consulting’s ‘India Disclosure Index 2016’ Report with a composite score of 10 out of 10.

Bharti Airtel was recognised as the ‘Firm of the Year – Telecom’ at the 3rd edition of ICICI Lombard & CNBC-TV18 India Risk Management Awards.

Bharti Airtel secured the second position in Interbrand’s ‘Best Indian Brands Report 2016’.

Bharti Airtel has been declared winner of ‘Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance’ for the year 2016.

AIRTEL BHARTI ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:

MD & CEO(India and South Asia)

Gopal Vittal

Director Consumer Business Srinivasan Gopalan

Director & CEO, Global Voice & Data Business Ajay Chitkara

Global CHRO

B. Srikanth

Director-Global Supply ChainMoti Gyamlani

Director, Market OperationsAjai Puri

Director & Head – Strategic Ventures Manish Prakash 

CTO

AbhaySavargaonkar

Global CFO

Nilanjan Roy

Director Customer Experience Sarang Kanade

CEO- DTH

Director Legal Sameer Chugh 

Global CIOHarmeen Mehta

CHIEF REGULATORY OFFICERRavi Gandhi

CEO – Airtel Payments BankShashi Arora

Director & CEO - Airtel Business Ashok Ganapathy

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR), POLICY

1. Preamble At Bharti Airtel, business success is not just about profits and

shareholder returns. We believe in pursuing wider socio-economic and cultural objectives and have always endeavored to not just live up to it, but to try and exceed the expectations of the communities in which we operate.

Quality education is the most powerful tool for socio-economic transformation of a country. It not only eradicates poverty but also ensures equity among people. Therefore, Bharti Airtel’s CSR and welfare activities will be committed to create and support programs that bring about sustainable changes through education and use of technology and ensure:

Accessibility and quality of education for all, in particular for underprivileged children from disadvantaged and marginalized communities.

Education and training opportunities to the youth of our country in order to make them employable.

2. Focus areas

Bharti Airtel’s CSR and welfare activities will center on the following areas:

I. Promoting education including special education, employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children and livelihood enhancement projects

II. Eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, promoting preventive health care and sanitation and making available safe drinking water;

III. Contributions or funds provided to technology incubators located within academic institutions which are approved by the Central Government.

IV. Promoting gender equality, empowering women, setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans, setting up old age homes, day care centers and such other facilities for senior citizens and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups.

However, the Company may, subject to the approval of the CSR Committee, undertake any CSR project specified in Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 from time to time.

3. CSR Committee

The Board of Directors of the Company shall constitute / re-constitute the CSR Committee from time to time in compliance with statutory requirements. The CSR Committee shall comprise of a minimum of three directors, at least one of whom, shall be an independent director. The composition and terms of reference of the Committee is available in the Investor Section of Company’s website i.e. www.airtel.in.

The CSR Committee may invite members of senior management, representatives of Bharti Foundation and other persons as it deems necessary to the committee meetings.

4. Undertaking CSR Activities

Bharti Foundation is the philanthropic and developmental arm of the Bharti Group. Bharti Foundation currently runs 254 Schools to deliver free quality education to underprivileged children across rural pockets in India and lays special emphasis on education for the girl child.

Bharti Airtel will primarily support the CSR activities, permitted under the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under, undertaken by the Bharti Foundation. However, if required, it may also undertake CSR activities through any other entity / organization in compliance with the provisions of applicable laws.

5. Selection and Implementation of CSR Activities and Projects

The CSR Committee shall consider CSR proposals from Bharti Foundation or through any other eligible entity. In order to be considered by the CSR Committee, such proposals must inter-alia contain details of projects / programs to be undertaken, proposed amount, timelines and a confirmation that such projects / programs are eligible under the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under.

The CSR Committee will evaluate the projects / programs and may, at its sole discretion, approve certain projects / programs for implementation. While approving projects / programs, the Committee shall ensure that those are covered under the ambit of activities listed in Clause 2 above.

The CSR Committee may also decide to contribute towards the Corpus Fund, as permitted under the law.

6. CSR Budget

The Board shall approve overall limits for CSR Activities to be undertaken by the Company. Within the overall limits approved by the Board, the CSR Committee shall approve individual projects / programs including contribution towards the Corpus Fund. Any surplus arising out of the CSR projects, programs or activities will not form part of the business profit of Airtel

7. Location   All CSR projects / programs under this policy shall be

undertaken in India. The CSR Committee shall decide on locations for implementation of the CSR projects / programs.

8. Monitoring and Disclosure

The CSR Committee shall endeavor to: Devise a robust monitoring mechanism to ensure that the CSR

projects / programs are undertaken effectively in accordance with the approval granted and are fully in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Monitoring of CSR activities could be done through:

Periodic third party assessment of key projects Impact assessment with key indicators in our areas of

operations Regular review by CSR committee Ensure that appropriate disclosures are made to the

shareholders in the company’s annual reports.   The Contents of the CSR Policy shall be disclosed in the Board’s

report and displayed at the Airtel Website.

Airtel CSR Initiatives

On Dec 19, 2015: Times of India published an article E-shakti: empowering rural women through digital literacy

E-Shakti - A digital literacy mission In line with Government’s initiative of Digital India, Bharti Airtel, in

association with Madhya Pradesh Agency for Promotion of Information Technology, organised its E-shakti initiative. This initiative, aimed at building internet literacy and access among the women of Madhya Pradesh. The initiative benefitted over 120,000 women employed in various government departments like Health, Anganwadi, Gram Panchayat, Women and Child Development, Agriculture, Education etc. and girl students of Government Schools and Colleges, across 20 districts of Madhya Pradesh. The 90 minute training session, conducted by quality trainers appointed by Airtel, focused on the basics of internet and its uses, awareness of various government portals, introduction to apps and to social media. A similar initiative was replicated by Airtel’s Andhra Pradesh (AP) circle in partnership with Government of Andhra Pradesh, to build mobile internet awareness and literacy among the women of Andhra Pradesh. The trainings were actively spearheaded voluntarily by Airtel zonal employees. The trainings benefitted over100,000 Self Help Group women in all 13 districts of AP.

Bharti Foundation signs MoU with Magic Bus India Infoline News Service | Mumbai | June 17, 2016 09:52 ISTThe aim of the joint initiative is to empower them to secure a livelihood of their choice and succeed in it, giving them a fair chance of moving out of poverty by the time they turn 18 years of age. Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator will provide financial assistance to this initiative.Speaking on the occasion, Ashok Ganapathy, CEO (Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa) Bharti Airtel, said, "We are excited to partner with Magic Bus and Bharti Foundation. Airtel remains committed to creating long-term and sustainable value for its stakeholders across all sections of the society. Quality education and social inclusion are an integral of our CSR plan.”

Airtel Bihar and Jharkhand Circles donated Rs.958, 735 to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund on behalf of Bharti Airtel for the rehabilitation of victims of Nepal’s earthquake. Airtel also initiated 48 hours of free network usage for all calls made to Nepal, to facilitate relief work and communication in the disaster hit area.Gujarat suffered heavy rains and flood in July 2015. At areas like Banaskantha, Patan, Kutch, Mehsana, Sabarkanta and Morbi, the network was significantly impacted with power outages in over 2,900 villages. Team Airtel Gujarat, Indus Towers and NSN worked diligently in this hour of need. Over 50% network was restored within just 48 hours. Airtel was among the few first to restore connectivity, when many locations were drowned under water.Airtel NESA launched a flood relief campaign in North East India. The team volunteered one day for flood relief campaign at adversely affected Ampati district in South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. The campaign was conducted, along with government officials.

On Aug, 18, 2014; The Economics Times published: Bharti Foundation to spend 100 crores on rural sanitation in Ludhiyana Bharti Foundation launched the Satya Bharti Abhiyan in August 2014, to improve

sanitation facilities in rural Ludhiana. The Foundation aims to cover every village across Ludhiana under the initiative by constructing toilets free of cost in all households lacking such facilities. At the end of this program, Ludhiana will be left with no household without a toilet. The initiative is being supported by Bharti Airtel and Bharti Infratel.

Satya Bharti AbhiyanBharti Foundation launched the Satya Bharti Abhiyan to improve sanitation facilities in rural Ludhiana district and support the Government’s agenda of Swachh Bharat Mission. Through this initiative, it provides individual toilets in households lacking such facilities, across 900+ villages.

In addition, the aim is to improve sanitation facilities in government schools of rural Ludhiana by building separate toilets for girls, where no such amenities exist.

Program Objectives* Provide an individual toilet in every household in rural Ludhiana which is without a

toilet. Provide a girl’s toilet in every Government School of rural Ludhiana that does not

have a separate toilet for girls.

Conclusion:

At Bharti Airtel, our agenda is to support inclusive socio-economic progress for the development of our country. Our focus areas comprise education, employment generation, sanitation, healthcare, disaster management and environment protection, among others. We believe every small step in this direction counts; and several initiatives on the community front together can bring about enduring social change. We are building a replicable, scalable and sustainable model of development for the communities we work with.

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