news years: 2017

21 January 2017, Mumbai Essar Foundation was adjudged the winner for ‘CSR Leadership Award’ at the ‘7th National Conference and Game Changer Awards’ on January 21, 2017 at an event held in Mumbai. The award was received by Mr Deepak Arora, CEO, Essar Foundation. The CSR Leadership award recognizes organizations in CSR leadership that have not only made a […]

Becomes the first Indian Steel Producer to offer Special grade steel to a wide range of application in land and naval Defence system. Hazira and Mumbai, 2 March 2017: Essar Steel has forayed into the high growth Defence manufacturing sector by developing steel grades which find application in Land and Naval Defence. The estimated expenditure […]

The award was conferred as an acknowledgement of his continual efforts in shaping the CSR programmes of Essar. 17th February, 2017, MumbaiMr Deepak Arora, CEO of Essar Foundation, was conferred the CSR Leadership Award at the ABP News CSR Leadership Awards, at an event held on 17th February, 2017 in Mumbai. The award was conferred […]

17th February, 2016, New DelhiEssar Foundation won the Platinum Category award at the Energy and Environment Foundation Global CSR Awards, held on 17th February, 2017, in New Delhi. The award was given by a group of dignitaries comprising, Mr SK Srivastava, Former Secretary, Coal, Government of India, Dr VK Garg, Former CMD, Power Finance Corporation […]

Essar Foundation Odisha, as a contribution to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, launched the ‘Clean Hands Campaign’ on 26th November, 2016, to promote cleanliness through the practice of washing hands. The campaign, which ended in January recently, has a multipronged outreach, with Government Anganwadi centres, Primary and Middle schools in the surrounding villages of Essar Steel […]

Hazira, 3rd Feb 2017 The Essar Freedom Cup 2017 was held at Nand Niketan Stadium, within Essar’s Nand Niketan Township, from 1st to 3rd February 2017. This year, the tournament was held at the zonal level, where six teams from the zone belonging to the state of Gujarat and Maharashtra participated in the three-day tournament. […]

Essar Foundation has partnered with Gujarat Council for Education, Research, and Training (GCERT) to develop a rich repository of more than 10,000 educational innovations by teachers on pedagogical tools, learning and management processes. Once established, the cell will be reaching out to as many as 33,000 schools in the entire state. GCERT is a pivotal […]

A milestone in our journey, 2016 was a year of many firsts. Expecting 2017 to be a year of greater strides, stronger ties, new opportunities and path-breaking interventions, as it presents before us a panorama of possibilities! A milestone in our journey, 2016 was a year of many firsts. While initiatives like the Health ATM […]

Pune, 07 January 2017: Unmukt is Essar Foundation’s national programme, aimed at outreach and strategic inclusion for the differently abled. As part of the initiative, the Foundation screened the audio-described version of popular Hindi film, ‘PK’ for 160 children from 3 schools for the visually impaired in the city. The technology of audio-description has been […]

Parvati came from challenging circumstances, but she defied the odds to pursue her education and then build a career for herself from it. Parvati Kandhar has proved to her community in Singach village, that determination can translate into achievement. A young woman from a six-member family, Parvati is one of the many recipients of Essar […]