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The sports question bank
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Tata Communications
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All of us love playing sports - it not only keeps us healthy but also keeps us entertained.
There are innumerable kinds of sports, some very well-known and some not so popular.
Volunteer developed a quiz for students to help them learn about sports, sports
persons and help enhance their interest in different kinds of sports and games.
About 4000 children were reached by the quiz.
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Stories of hope: Translate from Marathi to English
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Tata Communications
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Light of Life Trust works to transform the lives of underprivileged rural communities
and their holistic development. Established in 2005, the trust has transformed 2,45,657
lives so far. Among these numbers are, thousands of stories of success, hope and
dreams that needs to be told and showcased to create similar stories across the
country. Volunteers took up the stories of their success and translated them from
Marathi to English to make them available for all and touch more lives.
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Kitchen Gardening (Collaborative Activity)
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Tata Communications
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Growing your own food is relishing nature’s bounties within your home environment.
If you are lucky enough to live in an apartment/bungalow with a garden space or
balcony, you may be able to grow a garden in part of the space. Volunteers joined
us for this interesting workshop cum volunteering initiative to learn how to grow
a kitchen garden at their homes.
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Awareness on environment
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Tata Communications
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Environment education is a key part of children's basic education. It is imperative
that a sense of interest and caring is developed in children while they are in school.
Volunteer helped to create a question bank to assess the understanding about the
subject in a fun filled and innovative manner. Around 2000 beneficiaries were reached
by this interesting questionnaire.
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Game on!
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Tata Communications
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Creative learning can give educators a way to help students come up with creative
resolutions to problem. Volunteers helped to develop creative games to engage and
educate underserved children learn socio-emotional life skills. These games will
help build strong foundation to develop basic life skills like motivation, creativity,
integrity, teamwork etc. in the children.
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Hello India (For colleagues from Americas, Europe, APAC & MENA)
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Tata Communications
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Colleagues from Americas, Europe, APAC and MENA volunteered for Hello India. Volunteers
connected with a college student residing in India with whom they spoke for half
an hour for 5 days. Volunteers discussed about the city they live in, the culture,
education system, famous places etc to provide the students an understanding of
global culture.
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Tell a story (Hindi)
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Tata Communications
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Story telling is of the oldest art and each one of use at some point in our childhood
have heard stories from the grown ups. And later read books to build our knowledge,
learn and to enjoy our free time. Volunteers became storytellers for young children
from our CSR program with Idea Foundation. Volunteers narrated stories to the children
for 30 minutes for a week and teach them new things from the stories.
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Digital Teaching
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Tata Communications
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The lockdown has limited the learning options for students, more so for children
from underprivileged communities are hardly getting a chance to get education. Around
22 volunteers from Tata Communications created a pool of digital learning materials
to contribute and develop basic learning skills like reading, writing, speaking,
and listening amongst the children.
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Digital Education Cards
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Tata Communications
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Apart from the usual route of learning, activity-based or game-based learning methods
help students to grasp topics and concepts with ease and the retention of knowledge
is also better. Volunteer’s created digital educational cards to enable children
to learn in the fun-filled way. 2000 beneficiaries are reached by this activity.
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Mathematical Quiz for students
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Tata Communications
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Volunteers from Tata Communications used their mathematical proficiency to create
a question bank. Volunteers created a quiz with 20 math-based questions. These questions
will be added to a question bank repository to help underprivileged students enhance
their math skills.
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Connection Call with Students
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Tata Communications
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Female volunteers from Tata Communications connected with a female school or college
student and had a one on one conversation to motivate these young students and help
them think beyond their horizons.
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Thanksgiving to Front-line Workers
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Tata Communications
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The COVID-19 front-line workers have been tirelessly working to ensure safety and
well-being of the public. Volunteers expressed their gratitude through an e-card
for their selfless service. About 33 volunteers prepared beautiful e-cards and sent
them to 33 front-line workers.
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Mentoring Activity
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Tata Communications
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Young people who are on the verge of starting their journey as professionals need
support to create their resumes, connect with likeminded professionals and seek
potential employers. Volunteers from Tata Communications interacted with approximately
33 students who are about to start their careers. They helped building their resumes
and guided them on job search.
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Manuals on Soft Skills and Professional Development
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Tata Communications
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Volunteers from Tata Communications created manuals on soft skills and professional
development for young students which will be required for their professional journey.
Around 1500 students will benefit with these manuals.
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Create Videos on Selfcare
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Tata Communications
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Volunteers created simple videos on self-care for specially abled people. The objective
behind these videos are to help the specially abled people to independently undertake
some of their daily tasks. Volunteers created videos on- tying a shoelace, folding
napkins, how to greet people, etc.
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Let’s Talk Financial Management
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Tata Communications
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Volunteers from Tata Communications created simple videos on self-care for specially
abled people. The objective behind these videos are to help these specially abled
people to independently undertake some of their daily task. Volunteers created videos
on- tying a shoelace, folding napkins, how to greet people, etc.
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Mock Interviews
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Tata Communications
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Volunteers from Tata Communications helped youth prepare for interviews by conducting
mock interviews with them. This supported the young people to build their confidence
and enhance their skills while undergoing an interview.
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Workshop on Rainwater Harvesting
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Tata Communications
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It is difficult to imagine a day without water. However, today we are facing water
scarcity in some cities more than others. Rain water harvesting is a method of collecting,
storing and purifying run off water. Over 200 Volunteers from Tata Communications
joined for interesting workshop on wherein they learnt on the concept and technology
of rainwater harvesting for domestic use and how it fits into the overall picture
of appropriate rural and urban water supply in developing countries. Volunteers
got a hands-on experience in creating Rain Gauge and Rain Chain.
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Waste Management Workshop
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Tata Communications
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Volunteers prepared manuals on waste segregation and management at household level
to enable people to reduce the amount of waste generated daily in the houses. These
manuals will be reached to about 1500 beneficiaries.
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English Language Workshop
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Tata Communications
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Students can have various difficulties and problems in learning English. The most
common being in pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary usage. Volunteers from Tata
Communication helped young students learn English by preparing a document of 10
words with examples of 5 sentences for each word.
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Mock Interviews Session
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Tata Communications
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Tata Communications volunteers helped youth to prepare for interviews by conducting
mock interviews with them. This supported the young people to build their confidence
and enhance their skills while undergoing an interview.
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Mentoring Session
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Tata Communications
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Volunteers from Tata Communications organised a online mentoring session for Tata
Strive students. Volunteers spoke to them about positive thinking, building resilience
and managing stress during COVID-19. Thier guidance has provided courage and hope
to these students who are on the brink of starting their careers in these uncertain
times.
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Mock Interview Session
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Tata Communications
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Volunteer from Tata Communications helped youth prepare for interviews by conducting
mock interviews with them. This supported the young people to build their confidence
and enhance their skills while undergoing an interview. 28 beneficiaries were impacted
by this session.
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Share Your Story
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Tata Communications
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Volunteers shared their personal stories in form of video recordings. These stories
were developed with an aim to inspire someone dealing with similar struggles. Volunteers
shared stoties on how can they rescue animals, cancer survivoral stories, etc. These
life changing stories were shared with young students to help them overcome their
own struggles.
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Building a Nest
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Tata Consulting Engineers
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Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd., conducted an activity called “Chidiya Ka Ghosla”(Building
a Nest) for employees & their family members. The activity involved 46 volunteers.
Volunteers created nest from cardboard and available material. Volunteers enthusiastically
participated and they created the nest made up of cardboard box in their balconies.
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Career Counselling
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Tata Consulting Engineers
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Tata Consulting Engineers along with Volunteers from Tata Consultancy Services,
conducted Career Counselling session for night school students of ‘Masoom NGO’.
In continuation of last session conducted on 9th September 2020, this session focused
on how to face interviews, how to prepare a resume with basic details, various portals
wherein they can post their resumes. Communication skills plays very important role
and the students were briefed on the same. Language also matters – real experiences
were shared by students. We also discussed on Code of Conduct, mindful expenditure
and keeping a mindset for saving.
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Growing Micro Green
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Tata Consulting Engineers
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Poshan Abhiyaan is a multi-ministerial convergence mission with the vision to ensure
attainment of malnutrition-free India by 2022. Its aim is to ensure holistic development
and adequate nutrition for pregnant women, mothers and children. Volunteers displayed
growing of micro greens which are rich in several nutrients to the caregivers and
teachers of differently abled students. Approximately 22 participants benefited
from this activity.
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Facilitating Job opportunities during and post COVID-19
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session for awareness on job opportunities during and post COVID-19 era
was organised by Tata Power Delhi Distribution colleagues. The session was conducted
for 21 students from Anudip Foundation. Participants learnt about LinkedIn platform
and had a training about signing up on LinkedIn as well as searching on various
job opportunities.
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Career Motivation
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Tata Advanced Systems
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An online session on “Career Motivation” was conducted for High School students
with a focus to prepare the young minds to have a goal in their career and make
them work towards it. The session stressed upon why career motivation is important
for students, how to set up a goal in life by following passion, short term goals,
motivation & inspiration and contributing towards achieving the goal, mentorship
and how to choose a correct mentor and finally career opportunities.
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Session on Google tools
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Tata Consulting Engineers
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An online Session on Google tools was conducted for High School students. Students
were introduced to Google Search, how to search a particular file – doc/xls./pdf/jpeg,
pages related to search, how to use google as a calculator, unit conversion, how
to identify secure pages in the browser and simple techniques for effective search
results.
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Session on COVID-19
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Tata Advanced Systems
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An online session on “COVID 19 - Pandemic” was conducted for High School students
The students were explained about COVID-19 virus, symptoms, effects, preventive
measures, PPEs, social distancing at public places, during travel etc.
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Personal Finance Session
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Tata Advanced Systems
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An online session on “Personal Finance” was conducted for students of Naandi Foundation,
an NGO engaged in improving the livelihoods of underprivileged communities. The
session was aimed to create awareness on Personal Finance and Managing Crisis. COVID-19
has affected economic conditions globally, personal Finance is the need of the hour,
small things and changes can make our lives and impact our future. Concepts of saving,
investing, budgeting and short & long term financial goals were also discussed.
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Awareness Session on Safe Use of Pesticides
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Rallis India
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Volunteers from Rallis have organized an awareness session on precautions to follow
while spraying pesticides on crop. Volunteers shared the information through presentations
and video wherein actual spraying of pesticides on crop was demonstrated for better
understanding. Volunteers also shared important tips to avoid harmful practices
of spraying pesticides.
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Awareness session on improved fruit cultivation
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Rallis India
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Rallis volunteers organized an awareness session on improving quality of fruit cultivation
and generation of income from the same. Volunteers shared important information
about various deceases of crop, how to save the crops, increase the quality of crop
and increase in sale of fruits and vegetables. 75 farmers benefitted by this activity.
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Enterprise Development Program
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Tata Steel Long Products
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Jharkhand Enterprises (Jharkhand SHG), a group enterprise in Jamalpur works for
making hand gloves as one of the key Personal Protective Equipment and as an alternate
source of income. Focussed Group Discussion (FGD) was organised by Tata Steel Long
Products on Income Generation Programmes (IGP) with women members of Jai Ganga Ajivika
Sakhi Mandal (SHG) of Chota Gamharia.
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Conservation of Medicinal plants
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Tata Chemicals
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought local medicinal plants and herbs into focus to
boost the immunity. One such plant in demand is "Gilroy" (Tinospora cordifolia).
Volunteers from Tata Chemicals launched a campaign to create awareness on this medicinal
plant and have also initiated a drive to promote plantation of this plant in and
around Mithapur.
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Building a Nest
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Tata Consulting Engineers
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Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd., conducted an activity called “Chidiya Ka Ghosla”(Building
a Nest) for employees & their family members. The activity involved 46 volunteers.
Volunteers created nest from cardboard and available material. Volunteers enthusiastically
participated and they created the nest made up of cardboard box in their balconies.
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Menstrual Health and Hygiene Session
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Tata Motors
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Volunteers from Tata Motors conducted an online session on Menstrual Health and
Hygiene with the women and adolescent girls from Sanand and Mumbai. 23 women volunteers
participated and were glad to share the knowledge.
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Session on Virtual Platforms for teachers
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Tata Motors
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Tata Motors’ volunteers helped to create videos and presentations for an NGO. Volunteers
made a presentation on steps to use virtual platform like MS Teams, Zoom, Google
Meet, etc and forms to take the feedback. This presentation will be useful for school
teachers who are learning such tools for the first time due to pandemic.
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Session on Environment-friendly Lifestyle
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Tata Motors
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2 volunteers from Tata Motors conducted a session on eco-friendly lifestyle with
the school students. They explained them how such lifestyle can be beneficial for
themselves and environment and for the entire ecosystem.
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Mask Distribution Drive
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Ginger Hotels
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A group of volunteers from Ginger Vapi, undertook mask distribution drive and created
awareness about COVID-19. Total 13 volunteers participated in activity.
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Celebration of International Peace Day
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on International Peace Day was organised for beneficiaries of
Vocational Training Centers (VTCs). The session witnessed participation from around
30 beneficiaries and was facilitated by 12 volunteers.
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Session on Digital Payment
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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As we are all in the digital age, learning digital tools has a lot of significance.
To spread awareness about digital payment, an online session was organised for beneficiaries
of Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) by Tata Power Delhi Distribution. 40 beneficiaries
actively participated and learnt new digital payment tools.
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Session on Water Conservation
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on Water Conservation was organised for beneficiaries of Vocational
Training Centers (VTCs) – M2K, Sector-3, Rohini & Badli, Delhi. The session witnessed
participation from around 55 beneficiaries and was facilitated by SIG team members
and NGO partners along with the volunteers.
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Facilitating Water Services in the Community
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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Volunteers from Tata Power-DDL has handed over a Commercial RO Plant to the students
of Govt. Boys Sr. Secondary School, Alipur. The RO Plant installed by Tata Power-DDL
has a purifying capacity of 500 litre water per hour (LPH) and will directly benefit
7000 students, teachers and staff of the school every day. The RO plant was inaugurated
by Tata Power-DDL SLT members and the MLA (Narela) in the presence of other officials
of Tata Power-DDL, principal, teachers, staff members and the School Management
Committee members (SMC). Representatives of Tata Power-DDL also generated awareness
on the importance of water conservation during the program. The event concluded
with a plantation drive in the school
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Being Positive During COVID
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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Theme based Session: Being Positive During COVID-19 An online session on ‘Being
Positive During COVID-19’ was organized for beneficiaries of Vocational Training
Centers (VTCs) – Sector-11, Rohini and M2K, Sector-3, Rohini, Delhi. The session
was conducted by Ms. Neha Malik from TPTCL and was facilitated by SIG team members
and NGO partners.
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Awareness Session on Staying Safe During COVID-19
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on ‘Staying Safe During COVID-19’ was organised for beneficiaries
of Vocational Training Centers (VTCs). The session was organized by volunteers from
the TOPPPG department and facilitated by SIG team members and NGO partners. Volunteers
displayed safety precautions such as wearing mask, washing hands, maintaining social
distance, etc.
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Awareness Session on Immunity Booster
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online awareness session on Immunity Boosters was organised for beneficiaries
of Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) –Netaji Subhash Place (NSP) and CSA Colony,
Delhi. The session was conducted by Ms. Neha Malik from Tata power Trading Company
Limited and was facilitated by SIG team members and NGO partners.
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Session on Health and Nutrition
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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A training session on Health and Nutrition was organised for Women Literacy Centers’
instructors, coordinators and other staff under POSHAN Abhiyan. The session was
organized in collaboration with IMPACT4Nutrition and UNICEF. Around 110 beneficiaries
participated in the session.
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Session on Building Aspirations
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on Building Aspirations was organised for beneficiaries of Vocational
Training Centers (VTCs) – Badli, Delhi. The session was conducted by Ms. Neha Malik
from Tata power Trading Company Limited and was facilitated by SIG team members
and NGO partners.
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Education Series with ABHAs
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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Volunteers from Tata Power Delhi Distribution, Corporate Communications department
organised the first online session under the ‘Consumer Education Series’ for the
ABHAs, the brand ambassadors of the company in the JJ clusters. The volunteers talked
about various features implemented by the Company for customer support and satisfaction
pertaining to meter readings, bills, digitization etc. information that are important
and will be passed on to the customers by the ABHAs in the communities.
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COVID-19 Safety and Prevention Tips
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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Volunteers from Tata Power Delhi Distribution, IT department conducted an online
awareness session for beneficiaries of Vocational Training Center (VTCs) – Lal Bagh,
Delhi. The session focused on COVID-19 safety and prevention tips and was facilitated
by 11 volunteers. More than 40 students participated in session.
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Dry Ration Distribution
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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During this pandemic, several people are in dire need of ration and other essentials.
Around 14 volunteers from Tata Power Delhi Distribution, Security Department, provided
self-contributory grocery items for the afflicted citizens living in “Apna Ghar
Ashram” at Bawana Road, Pooth, Delhi.
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Health and Hygiene Session
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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Volunteers of Tata Power-DDL organised an online awareness session, in association
with Eduquest (NGO Partner) for beneficiaries and staff of Women Literacy Centers
(WLCs). The session focused on Health and other issues, with a special focus on
COVID-19 related problems, prevention and precautionary tips and essential ‘Dos
and Don’ts’.
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Digital Lockers
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on Digital Lockers was organised for beneficiaries of Vocational
Training Centers (VTCs) – Netaji Subhash Place (NSP) and CSA Colony, Delhi. The
session was conducted by Ms. Neha Malik from TPTCL and was facilitated by SIG team
members and NGO partners.
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Staying Fit and Healthy during COVID-19
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on Staying fit & Healthy during COVID-19 was organised for Vocational
Training Centers’ (VTCs) beneficiaries. The session was taken by senior leadership
team member, Mr. Amit Kumar Garg (Head - Business Development, Tata Power-DDL).
The session was highly informative and interesting and was facilitated by volunteers
from the SIG department and NGO partner.
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Time Management
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on Time Management and Useful Applications during COVID-19 was
organised for ABHA Coordinators. The session was organised by volunteers from the
HR – Talent Development department and facilitated by SIG team members.
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Digitalisation and Safe Practices during COVID-19
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on Digitization and Safe practices during COVID-19 was organised
for ABHAs and ABHA Coordinators. The session was taken by Mr. Dwijadas Basak (Chief
– Commercial, Tata Power-DDL. The session was highly informative and interesting
and was facilitated by volunteers from the SIG department and NGO partners.
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Women Empowerment Session
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Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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An online session on Women Empowerment was organised for Women Literacy Centers’
instructors, coordinators and other staff. The session was conducted by Mr. Bharat
Kumar Bhadawat (Head - Regulatory, Legal & Power, Tata Power-DDL). The session was
highly informative, interesting and interactive, wherein the speaker spoke about
the legal rights of women and the support that they are rightfully entitled to.
The session was facilitated by volunteers from the SIG department.
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An Educational Workshop on Aarogya setu
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VOLTAS
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An educational live workshop on aarogya setu app to the group of NGO workers who
daily move in the field for covid-19 relief work.
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*This update covers only some of the activities undertaken by companies.
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