Piramal Foundation is the

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arm of Piramal Group. The foundation undertakes projects under the four broad areas – healthcare,

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, livelihood creation and

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. These projects are rolled out in partnership with various communities, corporate citizens, NGO’s and

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bodies.

Projects

Swasthya

Piramal Swasthya earlier known as Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) is a

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supported by Piramal Foundation. The project has signed deal with the

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

government to provide a Health Information Help Line Services in the state through 104 BSNL telephone number. This service is called "Arogya Vani". The helpline service works towards providing basic medical information, advice, counseling without visiting a

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or a

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. Piramal Swasthya in association with National Rural Health Mission (NRHM),

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

has set up a

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for pregnant women in

. The efforts are focused towards reducing the Maternity Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) through this initiative. HMRI

Sarvajal

Sarvajal is a social enterprise that provides clean water through Water

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’s. The Water ATM is in essence a modular RFID controlled standalone water dispensing unit. It is very simple to use, and like any usual ATM the customer swipes a prepaid card on the screen and chooses the amount of water one wishes to dispense. The RFID device sends a GPRS message to the SEMS server (Sarvajal Enterprise Management System) which authorizes the transaction instantly. This server keeps a record of the user’s transaction and deducts the amount used on the card. The plant works on a

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and UV based filtration technology. The water is filtered through 5 stages and the quality is in accordance with the international drinking water quality standard, IS 10500. Two

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for this technological innovation has been filed – one for the RFID based remote sensing & quality control and the second for the ATM dispensing system
Sarvajal
presently operates in

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the nin ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

and

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Udgam

Source for Change is a rural BPO which provides employment opportunities to rural youth from

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. The

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trains the youth of which 70 percent are rural women through a comprehensive and rigorous training. Over the last four years of its existence, Source for Change has worked with clients such as India's leading education NGO

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, India's largest private corporate group (with their Telecom arm), and leading

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in the US in a wide array of services. Source for Change

Fellowship

Piramal Fellowship programme is run by Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership, in parallel, where over 100 young students from the best colleges and B-schools of India develop on-ground leadership skills as they get a hands-on experience for 2 years in the remote villages of India. These students are attached to school headmasters to assist them in formulating and executing programmes to bring about a positive and measurable impact on the school’s performance. It is imperative to train school headmasters on how to lead teachers, manage a school and participate effectively within the community they operate in.

Leadership school

Piramal School of Leadership (PSL) was inaugurated in December 2013 at Bagar in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. The aim is to build a world class university for education in Rajasthan. Their inspiration derives from the likes of Harvard Graduate School for Education and National College of School Leadership set up by Tony Blair. The Piramal School of Leadership (PSL) offers a three-year Principal Leadership Development Program for government school headmasters to develop leadership skills and relevant knowledge to impact the quality of education in the schools. Their vision is to provide a master's degree in innovative new disciplines for the first time in India like Education Leadership, District Education Management, Coaching for School Improvement, Instructional Design, Educational Assessment and Policy Design. This is a 3-year part-time program for Head Masters of schools, with the programme co-created with the foremost management college in India.

Supported Projects

Piramal Foundation is actively supporting the Annamrita initiative of ISKON Food Relief Foundation in providing midday meals to students daily in various cities. Piramal Foundation promotes Education Leadership through the Piramal School of Leadership (PSL) at Bagar, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan. Mr. B.L Joshi, Honourable Governor of Uttar Pradesh inaugurated the school in the presence of Mr. Ajay Piramal – Chairman, Piramal Enterprises, Dr. Swati Piramal – Vice Chairperson, Piramal Enterprises and over 500 headmasters & headmistress. Piramal Foundation’s primary healthcare initiative, Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) and Dr. Raman Singh, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh inaugurated the 104 Health Information Helpline in Raipur. The 30 seat helpline would operate on 24 x7, throughout the year and would handle a call volume of 2,500 calls a day.

References

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