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Winners announced for TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Awards 2021! ONGC Foundation, Akshaya Patra, Swades Foundation, Tech Mahindra Foundation among 21 winners

By TheCSRUniverse Team Published 19 Sep 2021

The much-awaited ‘TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Awards 2021’ has been announced with a total of 21 social sector organisations & corporates chosen for the ‘Award of Excellence’ for creating significant impact through their COVID Response initiatives.

The list of winners includes ONGC Foundation, Akshaya Patra, Swades Foundation, Tech Mahindra Foundation for conceptualizing and executing projects and initiatives to meet the emerging social needs after the outbreak of COVID.

Following a rigorous 3-month process, "TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Awards 2021" were announced on Friday; September 10, 2021. The award announcement was done during a virtual conference where eminent social sector leaders and top academicians deliberated on finding short-term and long-term models to fight such crisis.

TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Awards 2021 - Jury Members

The power-packed jury for selecting the best social projects for "TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Awards 2021" included Dr Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) Bangalore; Dr Himanshu Rai, Director, Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) Indore; Dr Umakant Dash, Director, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA); and Prof Shalini Bharat, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.

In addition to the top academicians, the renowned social sector experts in the jury panel included Mr Nixon Joseph, Ex-President & Chief Operating Officer, SBI Foundation; and Mr Sanjay Sinha, Managing Director, M-CRIL.

Link below for more details on TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Awards 2021.

https://thecsruniverse.com/covid-response-csr-impact-awards-2021

A three-month rigorous process:

The process for TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Awards 2021 began in the month of July 2021 with nominations invited from social sector stakeholders for their COVID Response Initiatives.

While Team TheCSRUniverse received 90+ nominations for the Award, the editorial team also independently nominated a few COVID-specific social initiatives which created significant impact on ground.

For complete details of selection procedure followed to find the best social projects and initiatives, please refer to Video 1 below.

The Awards were announced on September 10 at a virtual award ceremony held with ‘TheCSRUniverse COVID Impact Conference 2021’. This conference brought insights from thought leaders towards creating sustainable models for social challenges that emerged after the COVID 19 outbreak.

TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Awards - List of Winners

Name of Organisation/Individual	Category	Award of Excellence for
United Way Delhi	Education	For reducing the digital divide by ensuring that children belonging to the vulnerable backgrounds have access to digital devices and functional internet connection and are able to continue their education through it during the Covid-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown.
Temenos India Private Limited	Education	For its Education Support Programme for disadvantaged local communities
Teach for India	Education	For taking timely measures towards helping children from marginalized sections of society to continue their education through blended learning mode during COVID
Himachal Pradesh Government	Education	Har Ghar Pathshala - for quick response towards creating online educational platform so that students can continue their studies in virtual mode
The Akshaya Patra Foundation	Food & Nutrition	For massive food assistance programme for distressed families, poor and migrant labourers during the pandemic
HDFC Limited	Food & Nutrition	For bringing immediate relief to COVID affected migrant labourers and poor people by providing them dry ration and cooked meals at a huge scale
Swades Foundation	Health	For supporting with urgent medical aid for government health facilities, community health workers, medical officers and paramedical staff
ONGC Foundation	Health	For providing immediate relief to the underprivileged sections of the society; Provide necessary support and equipment to the frontline workers; and contribution to build robust medical infrastructure to overcome the shortage of at the time of urgent healthcare needs.
Yara Fertilisers India Private Limited	Health	For supporting the Government functionaries and Community in managing COVID-19 pandemic in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh.
American India Foundation	Health	For augmenting the health infrastructure under COVID-19 relief by partnering with corporates/ institutions, healthcare providers, state and district administration as an immediate response to the government’s appeal to aid ‘Covid 19 interventions in India
Maruti Suzuki India Limited	Health	For providing short-term COVID relief and building health infrastructure that can help healthcare system in long-run
GiveIndia	Health	For gathering huge funds to provide support for emerging healthcare needs with a short and long-term perspective
Vedanta Limited	Health	For Undertaking special project to create additional capacity of 1,000 critical care beds in 10 cities pan-India
Wipro Limited	Health	For the initiative towards COVID-19 medical infrastructure & health related relief including preventive health care
Action COVID-19 Team (ACT)	Health	For taking COVID support measures by raising Rs 100+ crore from corporate leaders and strategic partners
IndusInd Bank Limited	Promoting Sports	For continued support to national and international sportspersons to compete at national and international platforms across several disciplines
Tech Mahindra Foundation	Skill Development & Livelihood	For creating most vulnerable population segments in the quickest possible time by building and nurturing skilled paramedical and allied healthcare workforce for the healthcare sector
Sonu Sood	Skill Development & Livelihood	Pravasi Rojgar (GoodWorker) -for providing employment opportunities to job seekers in the skill-based work sector, linking youth to companies for entry-level job
ICICI Bank Limited	Skill Development & Livelihood	For taking up Livelihood training programmes in rural areas during COVID Times 'to bring livelihood opportunities for youth in rural areas on emerging market needs
Samhita Social Ventures	Skill Development & Livelihood	For REVIVE- 'to support and restore the livelihoods of informal workers, nano and micro-entrepreneurs, artisans and women collectives who have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Google India Private Limited	Spreading Awareness	For creating COVID-19 Awareness, to help combat the sharing of misinformation, with the right information at the right time

Below are the links of different panel discussions and award announcement during TheCSRUniverse COVID Response Impact Conference and Awards 2021 held on September 10: