At the Tata group, we welcome volunteering efforts of employees, outside the framework of the company’s employee volunteering programmes, provided it has been enabled by some element of support from the company. This Employees Own Initiative (EOI) avenue for volunteering was initiated during the pandemic, when government imposed restrictions that prevented employees from convening for mass scale activities organised by the company. The popularity of EOI as an avenue for volunteering has continued post the pandemic. It successfully democratizes volunteering, by empowering employees to volunteer at their convenience, for causes or communities they are passionate about including those in geographies in their proximity, with the company playing some role as an enabler.

One very impactful, flexible, and easy to use EOI opportunity that every Tata Group employee can explore is “Each One Empower One” – TCS’s intuitive digital literacy platform for the people, by the people. In addition to functional literacy, the online platform enables any individual to empower another by providing financial and digital literacy, while unlocking citizen entitlements - social safety nets offered by the Indian Government. The platform is accessible in 9 Indian languages and offers an engaging experience with trainings, videos, assessments and digital certificates for the volunteer and their beneficiary.

“How can you participate?”
Become a TCS literacy champion: Sign up (using your official Tata email id) to volunteer for ‘Each one Empowers one’. This portal will help you enable an illiterate individual with financial, digital, functional literacy and entitlements, enhancing their dignity, confidence, and self-reliance.

“Who can participate?”
Any Tata Group employee can register using their official Tata email id as a volunteer and enroll one or more beneficiaries.

“Whom can you empower?”
Any adult (age >=15 years), women or marginalized youth, who had never been to school or are partially literate, those who don't have financial/digital literacy and aren't aware about entitlements. This could include your cook, driver, security guard, gardener, house keeping staff etc.