The CSR Impact Awards – a CSRBOX initiative supported by Dalmia Bharat Foundation encourages companies, CSR Foundations, and CSR implementing agencies to deliver high impact through CSR projects and adopt a multi-stakeholder approach, leading to excellence in project outcomes.
After receiving an overwhelming response in the form of 220 awards nominations across 16 categories, 31 awards were conferred upon the recipients.
Dr. Bhagwat Karad Ji, Honourable State Minister of Finance, Government of India graced the award ceremony with his presence. The other dignitaries present at the award ceremony included Shri. Bhubaneswar Kalita Ji- Honourable Vice Chairman-Rajya Sabha, The Parliament of India; Chairman, Committee on Health and Family Welfare; Former Minister for Industry & Commerce, Government of Assam, Mr. Pankaj Rastogi, CEO, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Limited, Trustee, Dalmia Bharat Foundation, Ms. Veena Reddy, Mission Director, USAID India, Major General Amit Loomba, Additional Director General, Ceremonials and Welfare, Army Headquarters; CSR Committee Member, India Army, and Ms. Debashree Mukherjee (IAS), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India.
“I am glad to be here at the 9th edition of the India CSR Summit. Happy to see various stakeholders in development sector, like CSR providers, nonprofits, public and private institutions and all the participants who have come from far,” said Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita Ji.
“CSR is a new concept. It should not be limited only to 2%. It can go up to 3% and 4 % depending on the capacity of the company,” he added.
Speaking at the Inaugural session Dr. Bhagwat Karad Ji, Honourable State Minister of Finance, Government of India states, ‘One of the many dreams of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation, was to develop a trusteeship. It is necessary to work for the nation and with the combined efforts of all of us, working through CSR as a medium is a huge step forward ‘.
Highlighting the award winners at the 8th CSR Impact Awards, Adani Wilmar Limited (Adani Foundation) won the esteemed CSR Project of the Year in the large category for its project ‘Fortune SuPoshan’ while Birlasoft Limited was honoured with the award for ‘CSR Project of the Year in the small category’ and Bharti Foundation along with WPP India CSR Foundation won the ‘CSR Foundation of the Year’ title.
Maruti Suzuki India Limited won the laurels for being the ‘Company with Best CSR Impacts’ and Odisha Mining Corporation Limited won the ‘PSU with Best CSR Impacts’.
Tech Mahindra Foundation, for its project ‘All Round Improvement in School Education for Children with Disabilities (ARISE+)’ won under Special Categories (Large).
Under COVID Response (Large) category, Amazon India took home the award for its COVID relief project ‘Mission Vayu’.
For the Women Empowerment category winner under the large category is- Cohesion Foundation Trust, for its groundbreaking project on 'Strengthening identity of Women as Farmers through improving their access to productive resources’, and in the small category- Ramboll India Pvt. Ltd. for its project UPASANA - A Certificate program in Multiple Intelligence training for Primary School.
PNB Housing Finance Limited won the WASH campaign award in the large category for its Drinking Water project and The Ramco Cements Limited, Govindapuram Unit in the small category for its accessible and sustainable sanitation facilities program.
Under Healthcare, ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth bagged the award under the large category, while Sanofi India Ltd and Cognizant Foundation emerged as the winners under the small category.
A detailed list of award categories of the award and the winners are as follows:
| S.No. | Category Name | Corporate Partner | Implementation Partner | Project Name |
| 1 | Healthcare (Large) | ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth | Fairfax India Charitable Foundation | Dialysis – Reaching to the under privileged with affordable treatment |
| 2 | Healthcare (Small) | Sanofi India Ltd | Conexus Social Responsibility Foundation | KiDS (Kids and Diabetes in Schools) |
| 3 | Healthcare (Small) | Cognizant Foundation | Committed Communities Development Trust |
Promoting Women and Child Health |
| 4 | Education (Large) | Buddy4Study | COVID Crisis Support Scholarship | |
| 5 | Education (Small) | Quess Corp Limited | Makkala Jagriti | Enhancing early education across Anganwadis |
| 6 | Skill Development (Large) | Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd. | Institute of Driving Training and Research, Pune | Project Sarthi – Providing Commercial Driving training, enhancing employability skills in driving sector |
| 7 | Skill Development (Small) | Dassault Systemes Foundation | Made in 3D - Seed the Future EntrepreneursProgram | |
| 8 | Livelihoods (Large) | American India Foundation | Entre-Prerana: Rebuilding livelihoods of street vendors in a post-COVID era. | |
| 9 | Livelihoods (Small) | BASF | Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives | Reviving Smallholders’ Agriculture towards Meeting their Aspirations |
| 10 | Environment (Large) | Dharampal Satyapal Limited | Arpan Seva Sansthan | Creation of Water Economic Zone |
| 11 | Environment (Small) | IBM India Pvt. Ltd. | Inhana Organic Research Foundation | Adoption of a Cluster of Villages for Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security through Clean Food Program |
| 12 | WASH | PNB Housing Finance Limited | Manjari Foundation | Drinking Water project |
| 13 | WASH | The Ramco Cements Limited, Govindapuram Unit | Gramalaya – Tiruchirappalli | Accessible and sustainable sanitation facilities (SMART toilets) for prevention of open defecation |
| 14 | Women Empowerment (Large) | Azim Premji Foundation | Cohesion Foundation Trust | Strengthening identity of Women as Farmers through improving their access to productive resources |
| 15 | Women Empowerment (Small) | Ramboll India Pvt. Ltd. | Shraddha Maanu Foundation | UPASANA - A Certificate program in Multiple Intelligence training for Primary School |
| 16 | Rural Development and Infrastructure (Large) | Schaeffler India | BAIF Development Research Foundation | Jal Sahara |
| 17 | Rural Development and Infrastructure (Small) | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited | Sri Sri Rural Development Programme Trust |
Border Village Development in Arunachal |
| 18 | Special Categories (Large) |
Tech Mahindra Foundation | All Round Improvement in School Education for Children with Disabilities (ARISE+) | |
| 19 | Employee Volunteering Initiative | LTIMindtree | eVidyaloka Trust | Volunteer as Virtual Teacher for Rural India |
| 20 | Employee Volunteering Initiative | The Ramco Cements Limited, Ramasamy Raja Nagar | Health care and Education activities for the nearby village people | |
| 21 | CSR Project of the Year (Large) | Adani Wilmar Limited | Adani Foundation | Fortune SuPoshan |
| 22 | CSR Project of the Year (Large) | HT Parekh Foundation | The Antara Foundation | The Antara Foundations ‘Akshita’ |
| 23 | CSR Project of the Year (Small) | Birlasoft Ltd. | Project Shodhan | |
| 24 | CSR Foundation of the Year | Bharti Foundation | ||
| 25 | CSR Foundation of the Year | WPP India CSR Foundation | ||
| 26 | Company with Best CSR Impacts | Odisha Mining Corporation Limited | ||
| 27 | Company with Best CSR Impacts | Maruti Suzuki India Limited | ||
| 28 | CSR Implementing Agency of the Year | - | Tata Steel Nest-In | |
| 29 | CSR Implementing Agency of the Year | - | Learning Links Foundation | |
| 30 | COVID-19 Response Category (Large) | Amazon India | COVID 19 Relief – Mission Vayu | |
| 31 | COVID-19 Response Category (Small) | IJCP Group | Heart Care Foundation of India | #DefeatCovid |
