By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF) received winner award as CSR Implementing partner for Health, Education and Livelihood in recognition of the work done for community development at the 13th CSR Leadership Summit 2022 held in New Delhi. Mr. Ashok Behera, VP-BIPF received the award in gracious presence of former MP Mr. R K Singh and Dr Shalini Rajnish, Additional Chief Secretary of Karnataka. India CSR awards are given by INDIA CSR network annually to the best contributors in various fields of community development and CSR activities.
BIPF is the CSR arm of IMFA but also been implementing projects for community in association with NABARD and with corporates like GECL as a CSR registered body.
Ashok Behera stated “the award establishes credential as a CSR partner to corporates and look forward to association with other corporates to help meet CSR obligations under mandatory compliance requirement in Odisha. Few more corporates and PSUs have also received awards on this occasion”.
Bansidhar and Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF), implements sustainable and scalable interventions in five verticals namely Arogyadhara (health), Adhyayan (education), Sakshyam (livelihood), Su-Swasthya (water & sanitation) and Samwaad Sammaan (advocacy & appreciation). BIPF is structured to partner and collaborate with the Central and State governments as well as local and international organisations to implement programs and drive results. Currently, the foundation’s geographic focus spans across the districts of Cuttack, Rayagada, Keonjhar, Jajpur and Angul. It serves 297 remote villages reaching out to more than 2, 85,000 beneficiaries.
