Ambuja Foundation was privileged to participate in the India CSR Summit 2018, organized by NGOBOX on the 24th and 25th of September in New Delhi.

Ambuja Foundation was conferred with the Best CSR & Sustainability Practices Award 2017, by the Asia Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability - a reputed, independent institution working to bring about qualitative improvements in corporate governance and sustainability practices of Asian companies.

Read about our growth and journey through the past 25 years in Ambuja Foundation's latest Annual report, released in September at our Annual General Meeting.

2015 - It was a time of pushing boundaries to get equality for women, and there was a focus to bring greater 'gender diversity' into male dominated courses like electronics and welding.

Fifteen differently-abled youth are today earning an average of Rs. 1500 per month, thanks to their new vocational skills and home based enterprises. The first batch of 17 students graduated from Ambuja Manovikas Kendra's Skill Development Centre in August 2018 -- showcasing the potential for differently-abled youth to learn and earn.

Skill Training is the need of the hour in rural India, but at every turn there are hurdles to overcome in tackling youth unemployment and meeting the recruitment needs of industry.

As India edges closer to several serious water deadlines, corporate community, NGOs and governments are working diligently to help curb the national problem by increasing their investment in community water projects.

Dinesh Patodiya was feeling homesick. He felt lost in the city of Jodhpur and whilst he loved his new job, he was struggling outside of work. Within 3 months, he quit and headed for home.

Entrepreneurship is giving young men, women and the disabled from rural communities, lucrative, flexible careers, and status in the community - thanks to the work of SEDI who actively promotes the establishment of new businesses among trainees.

Farmers are the backbone of this nation, yet earnings from farming have been dwindling with time. The recently released Financial Inclusion Survey by NABARD concludes that in rural India, less than a quarter of income today is derived from agriculture.

Economic empowerment leads to social empowerment; this has never been truer than in the case of women. Research shows that when a woman has the means to earn money, she can be an able partner in decision making for the family and is more prudent than men at taking decisions that can take the family out of poverty.

Sagunatai, Sunita & Joshila's faces are some of the many that acquaint you with the women of rural India. Their eyes, however, reveal a missionary zeal that sets them apart. They are, in fact, 3 of the 350 plus women who have taken the onus of securing the health of their villages.