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From: Mikhail D'Souza
To: Dolphy Dsouza
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 7:19 PM
Subject: Invitation to attend 'CSR in Education - Ensuring Impact' - 20/2/2014
- Samhita Social Ventures
Samhita Social Ventures, the UK Government's Department for International
Development and Central Square Foundation would like to invite you to attend
'CSR in Education - Ensuring Impact' on Thursday, February 20, 2014. The event
aims to shed light on some of the pressing issues in the education sector while
offering approaches and models on how the private sector can intervene.
The involvement of the private sector is crucial as we approach a watershed
moment in the Indian education sector. The recently passed Companies Act
mandates companies to spend 2% of their profits on CSR. At the same time, the
Right To Education Act seeks to ensure quality education for all. Strategic
private sector involvement will not only address funding issues in the
implementation of the RTE but will also identify and address structural gaps
thus ensuring sustainable and quality education for the intended beneficiaries.
The keynote speech highlighting some of the major issues in education in India
will be delivered by Luis Miranda, Chairman, Board of Advisors, Centre For
Civil Society (Founder and ex-President, IDFC Private Equity). The 3 panel
discussions that follow are focused on specific issues in the education sector
namely remedial education initiatives, school transformational models and
models addressing critical gaps. The panel of speakers will have renowned
experts such as Elizabeth Mehta from Muktangan, Usha Rane from Pratham,
Vrishali Pispati from Mumbai Mobile Creches and professionals from the
corporate world such as M.N. Sanyal from Thermax, Puja Dave from L&T Finance
Holdings and Siddharth Ramalingam from IDFC.
The event will bring together various stakeholders such as companies,
foundations, experts, NGOs, social enterprises, beneficiaries and the
government offering insights on developing actionable ideas for CSR
initiatives. The audience will consist of senior management from companies such
as ICICI Securities, the Tata Group, Accenture, and Deloitte, representatives
from corporate foundations such as Essar and Swades, leaders of NGOs such as
Magic Bus India, Make A Difference, Educate Girls and Prerana and other experts
from the field of education.
Attached is a detailed concept note with the purpose, goals, speaker list and
agenda for the event. However, please feel free to contact us in case you
require more information about the event.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: February 20, 2014
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Venue: Edelweiss House, Off C.S.T. Road, Kalina, Mumbai - 400 098
About Samhita Social Ventures
Samhita Social Ventures bring together companies, donor organizations and high
net-worth individuals to collaborate with non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
and social enterprises. Samhita is supported by the Nadathur Group, an
initiative of Mr. N.S. Raghavan, a co-founder of Infosys.
Our CSR consulting practice has worked with several leading companies to shape
their CSR strategy, facilitate program implementation, run cause-related
marketing campaigns and assess impact created. Some of our clients are ANZ
Bank, Johnson & Johnson, Vodafone, Sun Pharma, Sandvik Asia, A.P. Moller -
Maersk Group, Piramal Group, Powerica and Pantaloons. We have worked across the
spectrum of sectors and industries - including heavy manufacturing, shipping,
financial services, energy and software, among others.
More than 3,000 NGOs and 150 social enterprises converge at our portal -
Samhita.org. We have access to a network of 20,000 NGOs nationwide. This
results in a deep understanding of and strong relationships with social
organizations that lead to effectively managing implementation projects for our
clients.
Best Regards,
Mikhail Fidel D'souza
Associate, Communications
+91 9819155529 | mikh...@samhita.org
Samhita Social Ventures | The Nadathur Group
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