Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and CSR arm of Infosys, on Tuesday said a grant of Rs 39.6 crore has been extended to social organisations to bolster women empowerment through education and employment in the country. The Foundation has "signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in this financial year, with Avanti Fellows, Nirmaan Organization, and Shrimad Rajchandra Aatma Tatva Research Centre, to bolster women's empowerment in India," a company statement said. "These strategic collaborations are aimed at providing quality education and employment opportunities to women from underprivileged communities across the country." The Infosys Foundation's strategic collaboration for empowering women includes a grant of Rs 25.7 crore to Avanti Fellows to provide free engineering and medical test preparation for over 10,000 girl students in government schools across Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, North-East regions, and Delhi. A grant of Rs 4.
This initiative aims to provide quality maternity and childcare to help the underprivileged, advancing the Foundation's commitment towards rural development, and to provide better health infra
Infosys Foundation is the philanthropic and CSR arm of Infosys
The grants are for students to participate in academic activities abroad and forge partnerships with educational institutions the world over, it said
Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of software major Infosys, has signed a pact with Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore to offer a grant worth Rs 5 crore to strengthen research on infectious diseases. The objective of the memorandum understanding (MoU) is to enhance infrastructure and broaden research activities at the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR) at IISc, said the Foundation in a statement. "The grant of INR 5 crore will be used towards research, training and creating awareness about infectious diseases, benefiting 25 faculty members and 250 students at IISc."IISc Bangalore facilitates research and higher education in all science and engineering disciplines. This association will primarily focus on research about infectious diseases and aid the institution in development of new drug targets, drug delivery systems and diagnostic tools. "With this MoU, Infosys Foundation aims to set milestones in the area of research of infectious diseases. We will ..
The pact with IISc will primarily focus on research about infectious diseases and aid the institution in the development of new drug targets, drug delivery systems and diagnostic tools.
Corpus fund of Rs 5 crore will benefit a minimum of 50 students annually
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