HCLFoundation, which drives the corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda of global technology company HCLTech in India, has announced the names of winning NGOs of the 2024 edition of its flagship programme HCLTech Grant.

HCLTech Grant supports pioneering projects in sustainable rural development in India across the themes of environment, health and education. So far, Rs146.95 crore (appx. $18 million) has been committed by the HCLFoundation through HCLTech Grant. The programme has helped transform nearly 2 million lives in over 27, 500 villages in India. T

This year, three NGOs — The Corbett Foundation (environment), Sangath (health) and Makkala Jagriti (education) — will receive Rs 5 crore (appx. $609,000) each for their projects of four-year duration. Sangath’s project EMPOWER is to address perinatal depression and malnutrition in villages across three districts of Madhya Pradesh.

In addition, six NGOs will receive grants of Rs 25 lakh (appx. $30,500) each for their projects of one-year duration:

• Environment: Lokpanchayat and MUKTI
• Health: ECHO India (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) and
  Social Revival Group of Urban Rural and Tribal – Korba
• Education: Shishu Sarothi Centre for Rehabilitation and Training for Multiple Disability and Sri Aurobindo Society

HCLTech Grant, in its 9th edition this year, received nearly 17,000 registrations from NGOs across India.