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\"Faceinews<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW DELHI \/ Chennai, 4th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2017:\u00a0 National Stock Exchange of India Limited was awarded the FICCI CSR Award for Exemplary Innovation at the prestigious\u00a016th<\/sup>\u00a0FICCI CSR Awards\u00a0<\/strong>on 30th<\/sup>\u00a0November in New Delhi\u00a0on Thursday<\/span>\u00a0at the FICCI CSR Summit and Awards. An eminent jury, chaired by former SEBI Chairman,\u00a0Mr. U. K. Sinha<\/strong>\u00a0determined the top awardees.<\/p>\n

Project Chunauti is a model project currently implemented by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in the MDC Home, Mankhurd under supervision of the Hon\u2019ble Bombay High Court. This programme benefits 103 differently abled children. It started in response to the abuse and exploitation of mentally challenged orphan children in Mentally Deficient Children’s (MDC) Homes in Thane and Panvel. These children are one of the most vulnerable groups,having neither family nor protection and been subject to abuse, trauma, malnutrition and neglect. The objective of the project is to rehabilitate the mentally challenged children through integrated and intensive counselling, education and basic life skills sessions.<\/p>\n

Currently 3 children from the MDC Home are going through training in Hospitality skills.<\/p>\n

The theme for the year was \u2018CSR: Investing in Generation Next\u2019<\/strong>.\u00a0Inaugurating\u00a0the conference,\u00a0Shri P. P. Chaudhary,Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, Law & Justice, Government of India<\/strong>\u00a0said, \u201cwhile most of the developed countries face the risk of an ageing work force, India has a very favourable demographic profile and Government believes that engaging young people in policy dialogues and decision making processes are chief determinants in the socio-economic empowerment of the youth. Business chambers like FICCI hold a prime force in this movement, bringing all relevant stakeholders together to one platform for shared learning, cooperation and for creating a conducive environment for empowerment of our youth<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also added \u201cIndia Inc. is not only providing expertise and management skills but also through their CSR programmes, investing in capacity building of youth and designing market oriented skills. Companies through their CSR initiatives are working on various issues plaguing today\u2019s youth such as health, water, environment, drug abuse, livelihood etc<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr. VikramLimaye, MD & CEO, NSE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0added, \u201cAs part of the \u00a0Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, NSE is committed to providing long term support to \u00a0programmes such as \u201cChunauti\u201d which \u00a0are model reformatory programmes \u00a0that will positively \u00a0impact the lives of the \u00a0most vulnerable stakeholders. I am deeply honoured that this approach to rehabilitation, reformation and education along with strengthening systems and protocols has\u00a0 been recognized and \u00a0NSE has been awarded the FICCI CSR Award for Exemplary Innovation for Project Chunauti.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ms. Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, FICCI Aditya Birla CSR Centre of Excellence<\/strong>\u00a0shared that from over 20% BPL Indians, India as a nation could be free from poverty over next 5 years. Ms. Birla highlighted the need to accelerate rural entrepreneurship for Generation next. More support and resources need to be provided. Agri-processing is a huge untapped opportunity that must be leveraged for Gen Next.<\/p>\n

The summit deliberated on Strategies to Educate, Engage and Empower Gen Next through strategic CSR, entrepreneurship and driving change through media.<\/p>\n

The summit also had special talks by\u00a0TedX<\/strong>speakers on Stories of Change.\u00a0 Speakers included\u00a0Mr.NawneetRanjan<\/strong>-Recipient of the Google Rise Award,Mr. GautamKarajgi<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013Leader of the Anandwan Smart Village, and\u00a0Mr.PankajDixit<\/strong>\u00a0– Co-founder of Liter of Light<\/p>\n

An exclusive highlight of the conference was the\u00a07th Korea-India CSR Forum<\/strong>. The forum covered dialogue exchange between Korean Companies and Ministry of Corporate Affairs about ground realities of CSR implementation and showcase of\u00a0how the Korean Companies in India are promoting, supporting and leveraging the youth initiatives in India through CSR.<\/p>\n

The Award and summit was attended by CEOs, CSR Heads, NGO heads, Government officials and Academia.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Category 6\u00a0<\/strong>– Exemplary Innovation<\/p>\n