IPE hosts national symposium

Hyderabad: HCL Foundation, the CSR arm of HCL Technologies hosted the first symposium in the series at Hyderabad at Institute of Public enterprise, Osmania University.

The day-long event was attended by eminent personalities such as, C Ramakrishna, Executive General, Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA), Prof. Narendranath Menon, Senior Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Prof. R R Prasad, Former Professor, National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) and Dipak Gala, Senior Editor.

Talking about the initiative Nidhi Pundhir, Director - CSR and Head - HCL Foundation, said, “Today’s event marks the beginning of our PAN India Symposiums.

We hope that through the symposiums we will be able to positively contribute to capacity building of our NGOs working in remote rural locations and share ideas and solutions. The objective of these nation-wide symposiums is to drive inclusive development models that are innovative, add equitable value and help NGOs gain better understanding of the sector.”

Institute of Public enterprise, Osmania University hosted the various sessions where - NGO’s working in the areas of health, environment, education etc attended the sessions and shared experiences and challenges.

Participants attended the event representing many parts of the state.The symposiums are part of capacity building initiatives that HCL Foundation started in 2017. In year one, 11 symposiums were held in cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna, Raipur, Guwahati, Chandigarh, Imphal, Jaipur, Vijayawada and Bhubhaneshwar amongst other.

As part of the capacity building initiatives, panel discussions and open house sessions were conducted with local NGO representatives and civil society experts on themes such as - Strategizing CSR to achieve Sustainable Development Goals: Global to Local and Challenges and Opportunities for local area development: Education, Health & Environment.
The Symposiums will also be held in 11 other locations namely - Jammu, Pune, Bhopal, Ranchi, Coimbatore, Udaipur, Vadodara, Dehradun, Bengaluru, New Delhi and Itanagar.