Shaping futures

OverviewThe Vedanta Foundation is a multifaceted philanthropic initiative of London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, founded by Mr. Anil Agarwal. Sustainable Community development is always a priority for Vedanta Resources Plc, which is why, on September 15, 1992, Vedanta Foundation, was launched, under the guidance of Mr. D. P. Agarwal. Access to education, healthcare and employment is ensured by the Vedanta Foundation in the local communities across India to initiate sustainable livelihood opportunities.

Education:The 'Balchetna Anganwadis' and 'Vedanta Childcare Centers' offer preprimary school education, the 'Vedanta Gurukul Public School' caters to Secondary education, the 'Vedanta College of Management and Information Technology' offers graduate courses and the 'Vedanta Post Graduate Girl's College' offers post graduate courses for the underprivileged. Educational centers for the differently abled and mentally challenged children are run by the foundation as well.

'E-Shiksha@Schools', is an initiative by the Vedanta Foundation which provides government schools with Computers, projectors and other multimedia learning consumables.

Vedanta Foundation operates 'Computer Literacy Centers' for the underprivileged across urban and rural India. Under its program 'Umeed', the Computer Literacy Centers train prisoners as well.

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Empowerment of the Underprivileged: 'Rojgar Avsar' gives the underprivileged an oppor tun i t y to meet w i th rec ru i tment departments and work for national and international organizations. Call centers have been installed in the foundation's colleges to allow its students to 'Earn while you learn', and be economically self efficient. Women's empowerment is undertaken by the foundation, through initiatives such as 'Sakhi' which train women and provide them with employment opportunities. Community Welfare:The Vedanta foundation has organized several projects such as the 'Mass Marriage Ceremony' for the tribal communities to encourage the benefits of unity and harmony among the residents.

'Vedanta Charitable Hospital and Research Cen te r ' p rov ides med ica l a id fo r the underprivileged at subsidized rates while no charges are required for consultation.

The Vedanta Foundation is a Public Charitable Trust registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 and the Foreign Contributions Regulations Act, 1976 and approved under the U/S35AC, U/S 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Management Speaks

Mr. Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta Group of Industries

Founder Trustee, Vedanta Foundation

Mrs. Suman Didiwania, Trustee, Vedanta Foundation

Dr. Lona Nayak, CEO, Vedanta Foundation

Mr. D.P. Agarwal,

Mr. Madhukar H. Kania, (Former Chief Justice of India)

Trustee, Vedanta Foundation

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“Vedanta Foundation runs the socio-economic initiatives of our company. It was created to aid the organization's sustainable community development mission and further intensify and enhance the impact of our company's CSR activities”

“Leadership with the aim to embrace social responsibility through our welfare activities has always been an implicit part of our company's philosophy. We are keen to leverage the foundation's strength and vision for social causes.”

“I am pleased to be associated with the Vedanta Foundation, whose flagship program provides the underprivileged youth of India with basic computer education which enables them to work in this rising economy.”

“The Foundation regularly upgrades their programs and customizes them for its beneficiaries. We aspire to consistently work towards positively impacting the development of the communities.

“The Vedanta Foundation's highly successful scheme, benefits many underprivileged to realize their dreams. Development is our fundamental responsibility and it is a great opportunity to help the community realize their aspirations... V

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Established on August 2010, VCMIT, located in Ulhasnagar, Thane offers a range of degree courses in BMS, B.Com, B.Sc-IT, BBI, BAF, B.Sc-Com along with facilities like a library, laboratory and a gym. Livelihood training in Electronics, Mobile Repairing and Motor Driving is imparted to students which help them acquire the practical skills, necessary for employment in a particular occupation. “The college has an in-house BPO to facilitate financially underprivileged students under the Foundation's 'Earn while Learn' scheme.”- Dr. Milind Vaidya, Principal, VCMIT

Vedanta Post-Graduate Girl's CollegeVedanta Post-Graduate Girl's college, established in 1995 for the underprivileged women in Ringus, Rajasthan offers graduate and post graduate courses in Arts, Science, and Commerce. With more than 2300 students admitted, the college continues to maintain its graduation record with an outstanding success rate of 97 percent. A Sports center, Literacy society, Dramatics society, Meditation and Yoga center and hostel facilities are provided for the students.

“I am pleased to say that our girls have participated and won many national level tournaments in volleyball and hockey are successfully working through campus placements organized in the college,” - Dr. Alka Saxena, Principal, Vedanta Post Graduate Girl's College.

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sVedanta College of Management and Information Technology (VCMIT)

Vedanta Foundation has established a Gurukul Public School at Ringus, Rajasthan on 1st July 2008 with an aim to educate students from LKG to standard 12th. The school currently has strength of 1365 students. Special care is taken to impart education using various high-tech education aids such as China made play equipments, robots, interactive charts, etc. Besides, the Foundation also distributes school bags, uniforms, books and other variables to the students.

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Child Care Centers and Balchetna Anganwadis

For improving the health status of over lakh children, Vedanta Foundation has established more than 75 Vedanta Child Care Centers across Chhattisgarh, Lanjigarh, Udaipur and Tamil Nadu. The Foundation in association with the State Governments and approval of Ministry of Women and Child Development has setup more than 3613 Balchetna Anganwadis for underprivileged children in the age group of 3-6 years in Karnataka, Odisha and Rajasthan.

The Vedanta Foundation established two schools for the differently abled, the Shivganga School- RSK, at Tamil Nadu and Bharatpur center at Bharatpur, in the years 2013 and 2011 respectively. Through these schools, the foundation serves over 200 beneficiaries. On 15th September 1996, Vedanta foundation launched an MR school for the mentally challenged at Vitthalwadi, Mumbai. The school offers mid-day meals and provides a conducive environment that is necessary for the child's psychological growth.

“More than 200 children have graduated till date becoming financially independent and are supporting the family,” – Mrs. Kesari Paradkar, principal, Vedanta MR School.

Vedanta Special School

Specially Gifted Yashraj's Story

From 2007, Yashraj Chaturvedi, an autistic child, has been a student of the Foundation's Special school for the Mentally Challenged. He is gifted with a unique talent of preparing clay models. On receiving constant support and encouragement from his school teachers and parents, Yashraj participated in an Inter-school competition organized in Ulhasnagar in 2013 and won 1st prize for his bicycle model. This achievement has tremendously triggered the confidence of Yashraj along and his friends.

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National Super 100The Foundation's 'Super 30' project is a 10 month intensive residential course that provides professional coaching for underprivileged meritorious students for securing admissions into leading IIT/Medical institution. Mr. Abhayanand (IPS, Gold medalist in physics, DGP – Bihar), the founder of SUPER 30 concept supported two of Vedanta SUPER 30 centers. Vedanta's National SUPER 100 center in Jaipur was inaugurated on 18th July 2012 by former Hon'ble minister, Higher Education, Mr. O.P Sharma. Later, in October 2012, another center was established at Noida, New Delhi in which a total of 190 students were selected through a

process of examination and interviews from the 1700 applications received. A provision was also made for sponsoring selected students as many of them could not afford the course fees for admission into these premier institutes.

CA Classes In the hope of securing high grades at competitive exams in Chartered accountancy, a widely chosen profession, most of these students get enrolled at prestigious institutes. The Foundation, in continuation of its pursuit for education has joined hands with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to support the underprivileged students aspiring to become Chartered Accountants. By facilitating their coaching, hostel needs, a fully equipped reading room, required study material and counseling, these students would be trained at centers across India.

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ts E – Shiksha @ SchoolsThe E-Shiksha programme aims at bridging the digital gap for children studying at government schools by providing multimedia e-content to the schools. In 2012. The program runs in over 4500 schools educating more than 5 lakh students spread across the regions of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Karnataka and Odisha.

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Call Center- Earn While Learn Program

Vedanta's Sakhi, empowers women by training them in Make-up artistry, Tailoring and Mehendi design creations with its centers established at various locations in rural and semi-urban areas including jails like Tihar. To provide women with a suitable platform to showcase their

creations, many departmental stores and hyper markets support this initiative. Over 2.5 lakh women have benefitted from this training programme.

Vicky Dethe, a student of VCMIT, could not complete his education due to his financial limitations and

was unable to find a suitable job. In September 2013, he enrolled for a 4 month course under the 'Earn

while you Learn' scheme and now earns around Rs 3500- 4000 per month. With this opportunity he is

now able to self-finance his studies as well as support his family.

'Earn while you Learn' is a unique scheme in which students pay their educational expenses by working after study hours, for the call centers available at Ringus, Rajasthan and Vitthalwadi college premises. Each call center houses over 200 workstations and our college faculty in association with Enser Communications provides students with the necessary support and training.

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“The Call Centers set up by Vedanta Foundation in association with Enser Communications Pvt. Ltd. offers an opportunity for “Earn while you Learn”. It is reassuring to know that the entire team of the Vedanta Foundation is keen to help underprivileged students in carving their careers.”

Rajnish Sarna - Managing Director, Enser Communications Private Limited.

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Vedanta Foundation has imparted basic computer training to over a million students through its Computer Training centers located Pan India. For over 250 centers, the Foundation provides all the required hardware, software, course material, teachers and certificates, however, local associations and NGO's often provide assistance with space and students enrollment.

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Computer Training Centers

Sushil Kumar, coming from a small town of Motihari in Bihar, is among Vedanta's alumni

who successfully completed a 6 month Diploma course in Computer Application in 2003

and later worked as a computer operator with a salary of Rs. 6000/- pm. Today, Sushil

Kumar is known as the first winner of Rs 5 crores on KBC season 5 and Vedanta

Foundation is proud to be a part of his journey.

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To rehabilitate and equip the jail inmates with a skill set that will enable them to get respectable jobs on their release, the Vedanta Foundation offers computer training at its centers located across 43 jails all over India that includes central jails like Tihar where more than 15,000 inmates have been placed with a suitable employment thereafter.

Umeed - Prison Programme

Behind bars since 8th April 2010 for a murder case, Mohan Singh found the first few months of his imprisonment very depressing.He express his sincere gratitude to the Foundation for providing him a platform to learn computers through its Computer Training Program and hopes to start a better life by finding a respectable job upon release.

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Many couples in rural India are unable to afford the cost of a marriage ceremony, which is why they do not get married o ffic ia l l y. L ikewise , the couples' children are also deprived of admission due to lack of parent's identity. Vedanta Foundation often

organizes Mass Marriage Programs and ensures to issue an authentic marriage certificate to the couples, thus safeguarding them from being subject to social exclusion. The 1st event was organized by the Foundation on 25th May 2013 where Mr. Baliram Jadhav, Palghar MP blessed 101 tribal couples at Mokhada Taluka in Thane district, Maharashtra. Similar events were later organized at various other locations like Jawhar in Thane, Kumudabali village at Muniguda block in Odisha and many others. Chief Guest like Mrs. Reema Lagoo and G. R. Khairnar have attended the occasion to bless these couples. The marriage is solemnized in a traditional fashion without any exchange of dowry or ostentation and all the marriage necessities like mundavlya, mangalsutra, other pooja samagri along with gifts like cycles, silver ornaments, basic utensil set, rajai's, sarees, watch, goggles, sewing machines, mobile phones and a fixed deposit of Rs 5000/- at the Post Office are distributed to each of the tribal couples. This initiative envisions helping the tribal couples to join the mainstreams.

Mass Marriages

Vedanta Foundation initiated several employment drives for over 30,000 underprivileged unemployed youth across states where companies like Mc Donald's, Eureka Forbes, Pantaloons Retail, Cinemax, CCD and many others participated..

“Vedanta Foundation's unconditional support in fulfilling our national manpower needs, speaks of their strong social and moral commitment towards addressing unemployment in India.” -Tata Trent

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With an aim to provide free medical services to the needy in R i n g u s , R a j a s t h a n , t h e Foundation, on 8th December 2010 inaugurated the Vedanta C h a r i t a b l e H o s p i t a l a n d Research Center that has outpatients departments, and X-Ray, pathology, physiotherapy

departments along with a maternity ward and often organizes many free health camps that benefits scores of people.

With a noble intention to protect the underprivileged section from the severity of cold, Vedanta Foundation donated Rajais to the respective municipalities of the cold-struck areas like Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and many others who in turn distributed the Rajais to the below poverty line sufferers.

Rajai Distribution

To provide accommodation and basic amenities to lakhs of devotees, the Foundation has built Dharmashalas at various religious places in India like Kedarnath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, etc. The Vedanta Bhakt Nivas, near Vitthal- Rukmini temple in Pandharpur at a time houses over 400 underprivileged devotees called warkaris.

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In 2014, The Foundation is proud recipient of the 1st Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya award for best CSR practices in Education for its Computer training and Employment.

In 2012, the Foundation's E-shiksha project was given the 'Best Initiative in CSR' award, by the All India Council of Technical Education for a path breaking contribution in e-learning.

Vedanta Foundation is a proud recipient of the Navjyoti Award in 2013 for its continued and committed support in strengthening the Skill Upgradation Program.

The Foundation received an appreciation award in 2011 for its contribution in Skill Development during the Skills for Future-The Industry Institute partnership symposium.

For the year 2002-03, Vedanta Foundation was awarded for its excellent work in Community Services that was hosted by the Rotary Club of Bombay Peninsula.

The Foundation was appreciated for Quality excellence by the National Center for Quality Management for the institutions philanthropic initiatives.

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Head Office

Opp Niranjan Bldg,

Corner of 'E' Road,

Marine Drive, Mumbai 400 002

Tel.: 022-22826005 / 22810418

E-mail: info@vedantafoundation.org

Zonal Office (N)

205-206 Dohil Chambers,

46, Nehru Place,

New Delhi 110019. Tel.: 011 41306268

Zonal Office (E)th20 floor, flat no 9, Opp HZL,

Chatterjee International Center

33A Jawaharlal Nehru Road

Kolkata 700071, Tel.: 033-40031234

Zonal Office (W)

Vedanta College, Opp Udyog Vihar,

Vitthalwadi station (W),

Ulhasnagar 421003,

Tel.: 02512705864 / 65

Zonal Office (S)

Unit No.31, MahgaduSwamy Street,

Nungambakkam, Chennai 600034

Tel.: 044-32550830 / 28204807

www.vedantafoundation.org

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