COLLABORATION
Collaboration is one of HCL’s key differentiator. The organisation has proudly been a part of numerous partnerships and joint ventures. These partnerships have helped the company grow and have surely benefitted the industry by paving the path for innovations as well as multi-faceted development models.
Imbibing ideals of the parent organisation, HCL Samuday not only values long-term mutually beneficial partnerships but also strives hard to nurture such commitments for the overall benefit of development sector.
HCL Samuday has partnered with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for
A premier research institute based in New Delhi, TERI conducts research work in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development.
Shiv Nadar Foundation and HCL Samuday work together for implementation of interventions focussed on improving primary education and eradicating illiteracy from India.
More than two decades old, The Shiv Nadar Foundation is committed to creation of a more equitable, merit-based society by empowering individuals through transformational education to bridge the socio-economic divide. Pursuing philosophy of ‘Creative Philanthropy,’ the Foundation works on a powerful model which envisages creation of institutions that go beyond the lifetime of its founders and continue to impact future generations for many centuries to come.
The scope of HCl Samuday’s partnership with Schneider Electric India Foundation (SEIF) includes
Established in 2008, SEIF is a trust working with the mission of helping people change their lives through ‘Access to Energy’.
Established in 2006 with the aim of enhancing capacity of public health professionals in the country, the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) assists HCL Samuday through
PHFI carries out its work by establishing a network of new institutes of public health in India; establishing strong national networks and international partnerships for research; generating policy recommendations and developing vigorous advocacy platform; facilitating the establishment of an independent accreditation body for degrees in public health which are awarded by training institutions across India; and assisting the growth of existing public health training institutions.
National Agro Foundation (NAF), a Public Charitable Trust, collaborates with HCL Samuday in designing interventions for agriculture development. It also lends support in external monitoring and management advisory for the interventions.
Realising India’s need for a second green revolution, which can create a self-sustaining agri-cycle in rural India; and for increasing the food output and availability to masses, without affecting the environmental sustainability, NAF was founded in 2000. It applies and propagates a multi-pronged rural development strategy encompassing agricultural development, infusion of technology, comprehensive soil health management, efficient farm and water management, lean farming, livestock development, functional literacy, rural sanitation & public health, human resource development, establishment of self-help groups particularly among women, self-employment opportunities, farmers’ federations, farmers’ club and facilitating institutional credit.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), an apex development financial institution in India, works with HCL Samuday on technical cooperation and capacity building for livelihood-related interventions.
NABARD engages with matters concerning policy, planning and operations in the field of credit for agriculture and other economic activities in rural areas in India. Over the last four decades, it has been instrumental in driving social innovations and enterprises in the rural hinterland.
Almost one and a half century old, Johns Hopkins University holds a premier place in the fields of research, education, and development. The university helps us with
HCL Samuday consciously decided to not build a parallel system of governance and instead strengthen what already exists. Considering this, the program entered into a partnership with the Government of Uttar Pradesh (GoUP) with an MoU, making the Rural Development department as nodal department for implementation of our rural development initiatives under the umbrella of HCL Samuday.
Our differentiating approach is to bring the efficiency of a private not-for-profit institution to fund research, innovate and customize solutions; that would run inside the public sector framework.