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Women In Engineering
Women in Engineering is a multiyear
program for 250 girl students from
underprivileged families and hailing
from tier 2/3 towns, pursuing their
UG course in core engineering are
adapted under this program. The
students are spread across seven
states and one union territory,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,
Delhi, Haryana, Telangana, Andhra
Pradesh and Maharashtra. These
students are provided with several
trainings on soft skills, technical,
mentoring for career planning and
preparing for employability. The
students are provided industry
visits, sponsored resident training
programs, internship and potential
employment opportunities.
The students also receive
annual scholarship and laptop
with backpack.
Education
Developed five smart classes at
two government schools in Mysuru
and provided 8 kW of solar power
electricity at each school and rain
water harvesting as an educational
model for the students.
Sustainable energy at healthcare
Provided 28 kW of sustainable
power at four Public Health centers
and 30 kW of sustainable power
with inverter and battery backup
for operation theater and maternity
section at district government
hospital at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu.
Environment and sustainability
Developed and continue to
maintain traffic circle with
greenery with 2,500 saplings
and water body fountain at
Varodara. Developed dry area at
three locations in Vadodara city
with greenery, by planting about
10,700 saplings with automated
drip irrigation and continuing to
maintain. Designed and developed
dry area at fire department campus
in Bengaluru by planting over
5,000 saplings with automated
drip irrigation, creating play area
and rain water harvesting and
maintenance. Also planted 19,300
sapling on National Highway
median in Bangalore. Planting of
over 200 saplings and maintenance
at government schools, universities
such as NIT Warangal and BVM
engineering college, Anand,
Gujarat and at government office
campus at Vadodara.
In all, planted and continuing to
maintain 37,500 saplings across
various locations in FY 2024-25
contributing to the Company's
ambition of planting 75,000 by
FY 2025-26.
Developed access road and
installed 20 Solar powered
street lights for local villagers
at Mysuru near the Company
business location.
Smart infrastructure
At NIT Warangal, provided green
mobility e-carts and supporting
operations including charging
stations for use by students and
staff thereby reducing the use of
personal vehicles at the campus
and reduce the carbon emissions.
Funding four PhD scholars for
continuous development of “Smart
Electric Grid (SEG) Lab” and
mentoring other scholars. The SEG
lab has been designed and
developed by Hitachi Energy India
Limited in previous years under CSR.
Conducted 30 hours Innovation
contest INNOTHON 2.0 at NIT
Warangal campus, wherein 120
students participated. The Company
funded the participants to develop
working models at the event. The
winners received cash prizes and
certificates and all others received
participation certificates. Further,
the Company will fund the winning
ideas for implementation. Provided
internship opportunities for Masters
and PhD scholars eventually
resulting in employment.
Academia
Technology Colloquiums were
conducted at IIT Delhi, NIT Warangal
and BVM engineering college.
There were participants from 44
Institutions including students, PhD
scholars and academia.
Conducting “Academia Industry
Interactive sessions” at the Company
facilities in Chennai, including
technical interactive sessions,
laboratory and factory visits for
academicians from NIT Warangal,
IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur, Anna
University and BVMEC.
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