Anagha Mahajani, Ambuja Foundations General Manager (Research & Monitoring) shares key insights into how they achieved local involvement and ownership of 26 PIMs (Participatory Irrigation Management) in a 2 year period in Gujarat. Covering 30 villages and 12443 farmers across 13326 hectares of land, Ambuja Foundation had the role of facilitating and strengthening groups.

NABARD has played a critical role in promoting people's institutions across India as a key tool for sustainable rural development, and was the first to promote the concept of the Self Help Groups in India in the 1980's.

More than 50 different funders, companies, social organizations, governments and communities convened to explore collaborations to address water scarcity, at the recent Ambuja Foundation and Samhita event 'Investing in Water: For Today & The Future.'

Earlier this year, the Indian government inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Israel to enhance cooperation on water conservation in India - with wastage of water being the critical issue the MOU aims to address.

By 2030, India will face a 50% water deficit, and by 2020, 21 Indian cities will run out of water. It's a tough pill to swallow. Now, more than ever, we need to increase our investment in Water to help curb this looming national crisis.

How Ambuja Foundation overcame multiple adversities in building a large-scale tidal regulator in Gujarat.

Cement and other manufacturing companies often get a rap on their knuckles for being big consumers of water and are criticized for the negative impact they have on local community water resources.

All they wanted was water. And it completely revolutionised their lives!

According to an independent social impact measurement study, Ambuja Foundation's Daseran watershed project in Darlaghat has delivered a Social Return on Investment of Rs 8.44 for every Rs 1 invested.

Rajasthan's Public Health and Engineer Department (PHED) Minister, Shri Surendra Goyal and 'the waterman of India' Shri Rajendra Singh lauded the efforts of Ambuja Foundation in building water sufficient communities in the drought prone regions of Rajasthan at a recent event by Ambuja Foundation in Jaipur.

Today, Oghadbai K Dodiya is an important person in his village. Not only is he a forester in the Government Forest Department, but he gained additional trust and reputation when he helped solve the drinking water crisis in Dhamlej - his village.

Ambuja Cement Ltd was conferred with the prestigious 'CII National Water Award for Excellence in Water Management' on 5th September 2017.