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An education centre for underprivileged girls has been opened in Pune,
near Mumbai, by National Grid, Britain’s biggest utility company, and
its three main information technology suppliers in India.
The centre, named Muskaan, which is the Hindi word for smile, is offering education to 60 girls every year.
National Grid, which is one of the world’s largest utility companies, combined two years ago with the suppliers – Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and Zensar Technologies – to create Global Spirit, a project to promote education in India. So far the project, under which the new centre has been set up, has raised £90,000 ($175,000), including contributions from employees and suppliers and £40,000 donated by National Grid.
Global Spirit is part of National Grid’s corporate responsibility activities and its policy of building relationships with its main suppliers. It is thought that a British company has never previously supported an Indian school in this way.
The school is being run by Akanksha, a non-profit Indian group dedicated to providing education for less privileged children and enabling them to improve their prospects.
Denise Wilson, National Grid’s director of shared services, said: ‘Working together with our key IT suppliers to this end has helped to make our already strong relationship even stronger, and – who knows? – maybe one day a child educated at this centre could end up working for National Grid through one of these suppliers.’
The centre, named Muskaan, which is the Hindi word for smile, is offering education to 60 girls every year.
National Grid, which is one of the world’s largest utility companies, combined two years ago with the suppliers – Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and Zensar Technologies – to create Global Spirit, a project to promote education in India. So far the project, under which the new centre has been set up, has raised £90,000 ($175,000), including contributions from employees and suppliers and £40,000 donated by National Grid.
Global Spirit is part of National Grid’s corporate responsibility activities and its policy of building relationships with its main suppliers. It is thought that a British company has never previously supported an Indian school in this way.
The school is being run by Akanksha, a non-profit Indian group dedicated to providing education for less privileged children and enabling them to improve their prospects.
Denise Wilson, National Grid’s director of shared services, said: ‘Working together with our key IT suppliers to this end has helped to make our already strong relationship even stronger, and – who knows? – maybe one day a child educated at this centre could end up working for National Grid through one of these suppliers.’
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