Finolex Industries Ltd Bags BT-CSR Excellence awards 2016

Chandigarh, July 15, 2016:Finolex Industries Ltd, India’s largest PVC Pipes manufacturer and their CSR partner Mukul Madhav Foundation,was honored with BT-CSR Excellence Awards 2016 in New Delhi. Finolex Industries Ltd and their CSR partner Mukul Madhav Foundation (MMF) received the award for their work in Satara district in improvingthe standard of living for children suffering with Cerebral Palsy. Mr. Nitin Kulkarni, President of Sales & Marketing, Finolex Industries Ltd was present to receive the award from Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Department of Public Enterprises, Shri AnantGeete.This was the first ever recognition been conferred to Corporate India on such a huge platform for their contribution in uplifting the weaker sections of the society as well as working towards environment sustainability. The event drew together most influential personalities in the Government, including Union Minister, senior Union Government Secretaries, MPs, Diplomats, Corporate honchos, top bureaucrats and the CMDs of top public sector undertakings.
Bureaucracy Today, a leader in governance readership which hosted the first edition of the BT- CSR Excellence awards this year, recognized exemplary work in 35 categories, some of them being Best CSR Projects -Swaach Bharat, CSR Projects for Improving Air Quality, CSR Project for Work in Pollution Avoidance etc. The nominations were judged by illustrious six member jury team comprising of members from Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, ONGC, FICCI, CII and ASSOCHAM, who reviewed each entry based on their merit and impact. Some of the other winners of today’s awards were Canon India, Cairn India Limited (CIL), Mahanagar Gas Ltd., Capgemini, HUDCO, Hindustan Petroleum among others.
Finolex Industries Ltd and their CSR partner MukulMadhav Foundation (MMF) received the award for their work in Satara district in improving the standard of living for children suffering with Cerebral Palsy. Finolex Industries and MMF’s journey to help children with Cerebral Palsy in Satara began in Nov 2015, when they were approached by the ZilaParishad of Satara district after a survey conducted by themidentified 314 children diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy in that region. The company decided to donate special chairs to children suffering with this condition and committed itself to providing 100 Cerebral Palsy Chairs. However, when the MMF team began door-to-door verifications of these cases, they noticed the need of these children to be comfortable at their homes, where they spent most hours of the day and promised to donate314 Cerebral Palsy Wheelchairs and portable commodes to childrenwho would benefit from its use, in consultation with specialists.
Going further, MMF then realized that most of these children were not receiving any therapy and were confined mostly to their homes. So what started out as a simple donation drive,snowballed into an all-round rehabilitation programme to provide medical assistance, counseling and emotional wellbeing for the children. MMF then followed this up with conducting 3 assessment camps in a short duration of 3 months and screened 309 children with Cerebral Palsy across 10 taluka’s of Satara, when they discovered there are over 450 affected children, many of whom are not registered with the Government.
‘Healthcare has been an area of continuous work done at Mukul Madhav Foundation. We understand the difficulties associated with being a special child and also parenting one. Both are special journeys which needs extra attention and care, both physically and mentally. When we learnt about this issue in Sataradistrict, we were worried that the unavailability of proper facilities for these children could worsen their situation. Our efforts were to provide comfort to these children in Satara and improve quality of lives for these families. We also want to spread awareness on Cerebral Palsy in India.’ said Mr. Nitin Kulkarni, President of Sales and Marketing, Finolex Industries Ltd.He added, “It is an honor to be recognized for our contribution towards CSR. Health is a basic need and we understand the importance of ground work in this area which still needs a lot of infusion of investment and commitment. We will continue to work with local communities in various regions as we have been doing for the last 25 years. A partnership between Corporates such as Finolex, who are working for the society through their CSR and Government bodies, will definitely bring much more success in each project.”
Finolex Industries Ltd in collaboration with Mukul Madhav Foundation has initiated many CSR activities in rural parts of the nation focusing on the areas of Education, Child Health and Women Empowerment. Working in and around the villages of Maharashtra, the company sees a crying need for rural upliftment focusing on health issues of children and has concentrated its efforts on the same.