By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: IMFA received Corporate Social Responsibility Award in recognition of the commendable work done as a socially responsible company for their contribution under ‘Sakshyam’. Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation, the CSR arm of IMFA is responsible for implementation of all CSR projects including Sakshyam comprising of several livelihood and skill development projects ‘Unnati’ and ‘Yuva Sakshyam’ for rural women and youth respectively, for which the Award of Appreciation is received.
Sri Ashok Behera Vice President BIPF received the award from Hon’ble Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda at the FICCI CSR Summit held on this 12th December in New Delhi.
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.
