Bharti Foundation wins Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility

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New Delhi, January 18

Bharti Foundation has been awarded the coveted Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for the year 2006 in the NGO category. The award has been instituted to encourage initiatives in CSR by the Centre for Social Responsibility supported by Institute of Directors (IOD), Centre for Corporate Governance (CFCG) and the World Council For Corporate Governance (WCFCG), UK. Bharti Foundation was chosen as the winner by an eminent jury chaired by Justice P N Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India and Member, UN Human Rights Commission. The award was given away by Sri Swami Ramdevji.

Expressing happiness on receiving the award, Mr. Badri Agarwal, President, Bharti Foundation said, “We are extremely delighted to be recognized for our initiatives aimed at providing quality education to underprivileged children. Our vision is to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential and this award will spur us to broaden and deepen the reach of our activities in the days to come”.

The award recognises the initiatives undertaken by Bharti Foundation, primarily in the area of education. The Satya Bharti School Program with an objective to provide quality primary education to the needy at low cost; Bharti Computer Centres and Bharti Library program for underprivileged children; Bharti Scholarships for higher education and Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management at IIT-Delhi to develop young Telecom Leaders were some of the initiatives considered by the eminent jury.

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