A district levels sports meet was organized for women and men at the Ambuja Pvt. ITI supported by Ambuja Cements in Darlaghat, Himachal Pradesh which was spread across 4 days involving all students studying at all the ITIs across the district aimed to promote sportsmanship, cultural exchange, and confidence-building among male and female ITI trainees.

Continuing a successful partnership that has already impacted over 8,00,000 beneficiaries across 22 districts since 2018, Ambuja Foundation and HDFC Bank Parivartan have launched a new phase of the Holistic Rural Development Program (HRDP) in Charkhi Dadri, Haryana.

March 2025 became a landmark month for water awareness and grassroots action as Ambuja Foundation led World Water Day celebrations across locations with community engagements, grassroots innovations and cultural expression. The Foundation mobilized thousands of farmers, women, school children, and community leaders across rural India to spotlight the urgent need for water conservation through education, symbolic acts, and sustainable practices.

Ambuja Foundation witnessed multiple launches and expansion of projects last month along with HDFC Bank Parivartan across locations.

SBI Funds Managment (SBIFM) partners with Ambuja Foundation to establish new skill training centres in Gandhinagar and Sanand in Guajrat, and Una in Himachal Pradesh. This collaboration aims to train and equip over 3,600 youth from these regions with essential skills over the next three years, thereby enhancing their employability across various industries.

Sun Pharma, a pharmaceutical company in India, in collaboration with Ambuja Foundation, launched an Integrated Water Resources Development and Management Program (IWRDMP) in Dhari taluka of Amreli district, Gujarat. This four-year initiative aims to address the critical water and agricultural challenges faced by farmers and their families across 40 water-scarce villages in Dhari. This initiative is part of Sun Pharma’s broader climate action efforts under its CSR projects.

Ambuja Foundation celebrated Independence Day with gusto this year, and was lauded in a number of locations for its work and impact:

All 37 Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (SEDI) at Ambuja Foundation that provide skill training and entrepreneurship opportunities to rural youth made efforts to celebrate the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, which is celebrated on 15th July every year, recognizing the important role that skilled youth play in promoting peace and development. SEDI students took part in morning parades in the community, rallies, tool-kit distribution, experience sharing, career counseling, expert guidance, health check-up camps, blood donation drives, traditional crafts, poster-making competitions, and face painting.

Whilst the fourth WHO global tobacco trends report highlighted a reduction in global tobacco users, low and middle-income countries remain at the forefront of the problem. Home to around 80% of the 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide, countries like India are massive markets and opportunities for tobacco companies to recruit new tobacco users.

Ambuja Foundation was named in the Top 20 of India’s Best NGOs to Work for in 2023, thanks to a study by Great Place to Work. The study recognized organisations that have created a High-Trust, High Performance Culture for their employees. All nominated organisations went through a rigorous assessment and were evaluated through 2 lenses. The first lens measured the quality of employee experience through a globally validated survey instrument, Trust Index Survey. The survey helps seek anonymous feedback from employees and carries 75% weightage.

Ambuja Foundation was invited by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to showcase its work on Women Empowerment at the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women Empowerment, held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 2-4th August 2023.