The CSR arm of HCL Technologies HCL Foundation announced the winning NGOs of the seventh edition of HCL Grant, a flagship program dedicated to supporting initiatives of NGOs for sustainable transformation of rural India. The NGOs were chosen after screening and review of applications by an eminent jury, monitored and audited by the governance partner Grant Thornton.
Established in 2015, HCL Grant has emerged as one of India’s biggest and most coveted institutionalized CSR grants recognizing the rise of the Fifth Estate – the NGOs. HCLF has so far committed 95.75 crores including this year’s Grant.
HCL Grant has reached over 840,000+ beneficiaries and it continues to transform the lives of at least 2.3 million people from 30,000+ villages from remote districts. HCL Foundation released the sixth volume of the compendium ‘Fifth Estate – NGOs Transforming Rural India in Environment, Health, and Education. It helps NGOs enhance and strengthen their organizations and institute governance structures to make them future-ready. The winning NGOs of HCL Grant 2022 are (1) Environment – Professional Assistance for Development Action, (2) Health -The Association for People with Disability, (3) Education – Language and Learning Foundation. They received 5 crores each for three to five-year projects. The remaining two finalists in each category will receive one-year grants of 25 lakhs each, making a total grant of 16.5 crores.
The Chairperson of the Jury, ESG & Diversity Board Committee Chair Board Committees Member – Nomination and Remuneration, Audit, Risk Management, HCL Technologies Ms. Robin Ann Abrams said, “In the last seven years, HCL Grant has helped us go beyond the limits of our capacities to extend our CSR work to the remotest corners of the country.”
