In India, women-led nano enterprises are quietly reshaping the business landscape. Despite facing challenges like limited resources and navigating a dynamic market, these ventures, primarily run from homes, are thriving, with the majority operating outside the traditional brick-and-mortar model. Efforts to promote self-employment among women, particularly through home-based businesses, have intensified, with government and private initiatives offering schemes for credit, training, and incubation programs tailored to women, leading to an increase in nano enterprises.

Ambuja Foundation convened a pivotal event titled "Sustainable Watershed Management for Climate Resilience" in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in March 2024. This one-day gathering served as a significant platform to illuminate the prevailing water dynamics in the region, the challenges faced, and underscores the critical nexus between water management and climate change impact.

Ambuja Manovikas Kendra (AMK) a school for specially-abled children recently claimed the ultimate triumph, ‘Overall Championship Trophy’ at the North Zone cultural competition for specially-abled children – Umang season 6. Not only this, students from AMK have now won this honour at the event for the sixth time in row.

It’s not very often you get to speak with the CEO at the helm of a global organization driving sustainability around cotton farming! In these trying times, where issues like climate change, and the ubiquitous rural poverty can feel so overwhelming and grim, a talk with Alan McClay, CEO of Better Cotton, based in Geneva, is like a breath of fresh air! His optimism, passion and insight give us all hope that if we continue to chip away, a better world awaits us all …

Unpaid care and domestic work is highlighted by the United Nations as one of the many hindrances to women’s right and ability to access decent and productive work. Did you know that in India, women spend up to 352 minutes per day on unpaid domestic work – 577% more than men who spend approximately 52 minutes. This means that 3 out of every 4 Indian women are not working outside the home and many have aspirations to do so!

The name’s ‘Ajay Kapur’ and ‘Ambuja’ are synonymous with one another. Cutting his teeth in the cement business as the Executive Assistant to Narotam Sekhsaria, over a period of 19 years Ajay Kapur worked his way up to the position of MD & CEO – leading Ambuja Cements Ltd to become a major player in the Indian Cement market. Today he leads the cement business of the Adani Group, and Ambuja Foundation is fortunate to still have him as a Director – harnessing his extensive experience and business savvy to help grow our work.

Ambuja Foundation congratulates 14 students from the Upparwahi Zilla Parishad School, Chandrapur for participating in the 2nd International Championship 2024 on Karate, organized by ‘World Nakayama Shotokan Association’ at Hyderabad – bringing home 1 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze medals in the process!

In an innovative endeavor to address the pressing issue of water scarcity and to fortify the community's resilience against water-related vulnerabilities, as a part of its CSR initiative, Prince Pipes and Fittings Limited along with Ambuja Foundation has taken a significant stride by launching a comprehensive water harvesting project in Chomu district of Rajasthan. The initiative in association with Prince Pipes and Fittings Limited aims at reviving the non-functional, redundant water bodies, creating new water facilities and rejuvenating groundwater across the location.

Ambuja Foundation, known for its various efficient water management programs, today announced its partnership with IndusInd Bank to launch the integrated Water Resource Management Program (IWRMP) in the Mahad area of Raigad district in Maharashtra. The collaborative initiative aims to confront and address the various challenges concerning water and agriculture that prevail in nine different villages of the Gandhari Catchments Cluster in the region.

Aiming to bridge the skill gap among rural youth using modern learning systems, Ambuja Foundation has joined hands with Skill Development Network (SDN) to jointly use Wadhwani Operation Foundation’s curricula as an additional support to the existing curriculum for its assessments and soft skill training at its Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (SEDI) pan India. Under the joint endeavor, a new online ‘Learning Management System’ developed by Wadhwani Operation Foundation will be introduced as an additional support to offer a hybrid learning methodology that can foster relevant soft and vocational skills and assessment experience among young aspirants - providing them with a strong edge in the employment market.

Intending to improve the socio-economic condition of the local population in the region, Ambuja Foundation and HDFC Bank Parivartan came together to open a new skill training centre in Delhi NCR

Climate change is here. Beyond doing everything we can to slow the pace of global warming, there is a need to adapt to, so that we can protect ourselves, our livelihoods, and our communities. While the case for adaptation is clear, many communities who are most vulnerable to climate change are actually the least able to adapt - they are poor and in developing countries already struggling to provide the basics, like healthcare and education!