Reaffirming its strong commitment towards driving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion around the ecosystem, Schneider Electric India presented the 4th edition of the Prerna Awards. Institutionalized in 2015, Prerna Awards recognise and honour courageous women, who have challenged the status quo in society, faced all odds, and have made strong contributions to the society.
The global leader in energy management and automation, Schneider Electric has a strong commitment towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This is driven through a multi-pronged strategy towards education, enablement and action along key pillars of hiring, development, policies & processes, societal impact, and advocacy.
The awards were preceded by a thought-provoking conversation between Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS (Retd.), Former Lieutenant Governor, Puducherry and Rachna Mukherjee, CHRO India and South Asia, Schneider Electric India. The three recipients of the honour were: (a) Kriti Bharti, founder of Saarthi Trust that works to eradicate child marriage and provides social justice for women, (b) Sonal Kapoor, founder of Protsahan an NGO that fights against child sexual abuse, child mistreatment, child marriage and trafficking and (c) Hekani Jakhalu of YouthNet that helps youth by providing them training and development required in various jobs.
The winners of the Prerna Awards are selected after a rigorous assessment of the impactful work done by the nominees. Nominees are small to medium-scale women entrepreneurs who have done high impact work and have brought in a difference through sustained, far reaching and effective interventions.
