ADANI GROUP

Adani Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Ahmedabad,

Gujarat, India. Its diversified businesses include resources, logistics, agribusiness and energy
sectors.[1] The Group is the largest port developer and operator in India with Mundra being the
countrys largest commercial port. It owns Fortune, Indias largest edible oil brand through a
joint venture with Willmar in Singapore. The Flagship Company of the Adani group is Adani
Enterprises Limited. In April 2014, it added the 4th unit of 660 MW at its Tiroda Power plant,
making Adani power the largest private power producer of the country.
The company was founded in 1988 as a commodity trading business. First generation
entrepreneur Gautam Adani is the founder & chairman of Adani Group. According to Mr.
Gautam Adani, the Group was created with a vision of Nation Building by developing assets of
national economic significance. This reflects in the choice of businesses the group has entered
and developed over the years. The corporate headquarters of the company is situated in the city
of Ahmedabad.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

Adani Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Adani Group of
Companies implementing Corporate Social Responsibility activities. Adani Foundation with a
clear long term vision to improve lives of people at the bottom of the pyramid continuously
marches ahead with its developmental projects in core areas; with more focus on sustainability,
encompassing larger geographical coverage and introducing innovative projects. Our projects are
concentrated in four core sectors: l Primary Education l Primary Health Care l Sustainable
Livelihood Development l Rural Infrastructure Development We are a leading player in
education, health and creating employability & respectability with our vigorous, committed
efforts at grass root level; making a difference where it is needed the most. We also develop
replicable model for others to follow. All our energies are geared towards Igniting minds for
Nation Building. We will be introducing Rural Sport as an important sector to inculcate value

of team work, leadership, patriotism and for healthy lives. CSR projects for the year 2013-14
aimed at improving Quality of Life making it more sustainable. Our approach to CSR projects
has always been participatory, need based, bottom to top, inclusive and integrated. Adani
Foundation values are aligned with Adani Group values.
VISION
To accomplish passionate commitment to the social obligations towards communities, fostering
sustainable and integrated development, thus improving quality of life.
MISSION
To play the role of a facilitator for the benefit of people without distinction of caste or
community, sect or religion, class or creed - in the fields of education, community health and
promotion of social and economic welfare and upliftment of people in general.
Foundation Approach:
To synchronize its scope and activities with the projects and goals of Adani group
To adopt a pro people, bottom-up, participatory approach in rendering its services
To formulate work plan and activities which are indigenous in nature and bridge the gaps in
existing services delivered by the government, thereby avoiding duplication
To make programmes and initiatives process driven, transparent and replicable in order to
implement the same in all other sites to maximize public benefits
CSR AND GROUP VALUES

Courage: To embrace new and Innovative ideas for betterment of people.

Trust: Believe in all stakeholders.
Commitment: Stand by our promises and adhere to high standard of work in all CSR
activities.

CSR AND GROUP CULTURE (PRIDE)

Passion: Performing with Enthusiasm and Energy and true passion.

Results: Consistently achieve goals, Resourcefulness which brings desired results.
Integration: Working across sectors and businesses to create Synergy with integrity.


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Dedication: Working with commitment in the pursuit of our aim. Entrepreneurship:

Seizing opportunity with initiative and ownership while evolving replicable models.
PRIMARY EDUCATION
Primary Education Initiatives aim at enhancing the Quality of Education. We have
two pronged approach. We established and run Adani Vidya Mandir and Adani Vidyalaya. Adani
Vidya Mandir Ahmedabad (AVM-A) is a flagship school with a difference; for kids coming
from underprivileged background. AVM-A is providing complete cost free quality education,
preparing students for global competition. Currently, we are replicating this model at two other
places Bhadreshwar in Kutch and Surguja, Chhattisgarh transforming lives of more than 1,000
needy students and thereby their families too.
At AVM- Ahmedabad first batch 12th will pass out this year. Seven years of journey
has been very rewarding with each child representing one flower blooming experience. AVMBhadreshwar is completing second year and development in each child is drastically improved.
AVM- Surguja is at threshold of completing one year. Adani Vidyalaya model provides
subsidized Education at extremely remote rural locations. Adani DAV Public School at Mundra
is an example which has completed 13 years and can boast of many academic and extracurricular achievements.
Another prong is to extend support to the Government Schools to improve the Quality
of Education with special emphasis on Girl Child Education. These Education initiatives aim at
enhancing teachers effectiveness with
i)

Teacher support in terms of human resource, technology (e-learning soft & hard ware

ii)
iii)

support) and material (teaching learning material);

Teachers' training, motivation and exposure;
Increase community participation through parents meet, mothers' meet and empowering

iv)

School Management Committees;

Make school environment child centric and conducive to learning through Infrastructure

v)

and material support and

Offer wide range of activities such as BAL Melas, science & maths fair, various
competitions, talent hunt, education & vocation guidance fair etc. These supports range
in three categories. The programme support e.g. Gyan Mitra supports to upgrade quality
of education as well as grading of the schools, take remedial classes and work with

parents. Second form is material support which includes e-learning software support
uniforms, child friendly furniture reading corners and libraries etc. Third form is
infrastructure support. This year major focus was on converting schools to more children
friendly and conducive to learning with use of Building as Learning Aid (BaLA)
concept. This initiative helps us to ignite minds of large number of students coming from
very humble back ground supporting more than 250 schools. All together we have
touched lives of 1, 29,000 students from 1,400 schools/educational institutes.
Udaan project have inspired more than 41,000 young minds this year to start dreaming and
envisioning about their careers. This is a unique project where students get an opportunity to
visit and explore Adani Businesses in all three areas Logistics, Resources, Energy at Mundra via
meticulously planned exposure tour. The department of Education of the State initiates the
request, the schools get scheduled for the exposure visits, all necessary approvals are sought; airconditioned comfortable bus picks up students from the school, taken to Mundra where State of
the art lodging boarding is provided to top the guided tours to Adani Port, Adani Wilmar edible
oil Refinery and Adani Power Plant.
From the inception of the project in December 2010, more than 1, 00,000 students from 1,200
plus education institutions from Ahmedabad, Kutch, Anand, Kheda districts have been
benefitted. This project has attracted equal appreciation from students, teachers as well as
parents. We will be extending this project to other districts too. There is always a waiting list of
two to three months for these visits.
2.

COMMUNITY HEALTH
Community Health Initiatives aim at taking basic health care and preventive
services to unreached population. This is achieved through Mobile Health Care Units, Rural
Clinics and general and specialty camps. Currently, Adani Foundation runs five Mobile Health
Care Units reaching to 1.28 Lac patients a year. We are running eight Rural Clinics to bridge the
gap in Public Health Care services. Our need based innovative projects include Health card to
Senior Citizens and Kidney stone Awareness and Care projects in Mundra, Anemia Reduction
Programme at Tiroda and Curbing Malnutrition amongst children and mothers at all sites.
Supporting patients coming from marginalized family for health is one way we show care and
respect very silently. Adani Foundation very humbly contributed to more than two Lac lives to

live healthy. Health Card to Senior Citizens Project at Mundra needs a special mention as we are
completing the pilot phase of three years.
The objective of this project was not only to provide much needed health care
services but to make them aware about the preventive aspects of health and be proactive. It is a
great pride that we bestowed in our team that their committed efforts could cover more than 85%
of senior citizens in this project. Learning from this pilot project, project has been modified
strategically to make it a universally replicable model.
Our Anemia Reduction Programme at Tiroda is noteworthy too. When we started
the programme more than 85% women were anemic while 30% were severely anemic. This is a
multi-layered programme with series of interventions. Ongoing awareness creation, counselling
for getting Hemoglobin (Hb) checked, supplementary nutrition, kitchen garden support at
individual and group level, counselling and demonstrations for healthy food/cooking,
empowering of women to use nutritive food themselves and special counselling to women
diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia.
All together more than 1,100 women have benefitted from these interventions. On
an average 50% women/adolescent girls have moved to higher bracket of Hb and 25% women
also have maintained their higher Hb level. These interventions were also aimed at and have
achieved financial freedom amongst women by selling extra vegetables and improved position
in decision making of the family.
3. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable Livelihood Development Initiatives range from fodder distribution
and fodder cultivation, support encompassing entire life cycle approach to Fisher Folk
community for improving Livelihood, Skill & Entrepreneurial Development initiatives such as
Crane Operators, checkers, computer plus trainings, Natural Resource Management through bio
gas, LPG support and vermi-compost, Cow Based livelihood activities etc.
Here beneficiary/community participation and contribution at every step of the
process is a key to make it sustainable. We have our own Adani Skill Development center as
well as are on Institutional Management Committee (IMC) of numbers of Industrial Training
Institutes. During the year, we have been successful in transforming more than 17,725 lives by

providing better opportunities to create self-reliant future. A pilot Project was taken up under
Natural Resource Management at Tiroda site i.e. introduction of Bio-Gas in lieu of Fire wood.
The major occupation of this area is agriculture and animal husbandry. 50 households are
benefitted. Ownership of Bio-Gas plants are given to a lady of the house. Each household has
contributed in terms of financial and in kind.
We have tie up with Khadi Village Industry Commission for this project for
financial subsidy and technical & after service support. On an average two hours' time and
energy saved/drudgery is reduced. Five tons fire wood would be saved every year per household
and so is smoke produced influencing health of women adversely. 2-3 hours drudgery; that is
toil to collect, cut, segregate & clean vessels after cooking is reduced for each woman who
participated in this programme leading to their empowerment.
Besides all these benefits Bio-Gas slurry is used as manure in agriculture. Skill
Development Initiative of Crane Operator Training and Checkers' Training are appreciated a lot
and has almost 80% placement ratio. 1,000 man fodder support was extended every day for
more than 22,800 cattle covering 24 villages in and around Mundra block. 53 farmers' livelihood
was strengthened as fodder was directly purchased from them.
4.

INITIATIVES FOR FISHER FOLK COMMUNITIES A SPECIAL PROJECT

Interventions to support Fisher Folk Communities have 360 degree approach.
Interventions range from facilitating immunizations of pregnant women and infants, Early
Childhood Education/School preparedness Programme, Primary and High school Education
support, Skill Development of youth, Income Generation activities, Equipment support for
making fishing more productive, improvement in living condition, potable drinking water,
sanitation, electrification/solar lights, Mobile Health Care units, Health card to senior Citizens
etc. Innovative Project of getting Mangrove Nursery Developed and plantation through
Fishermen & women has yield very positive results.
In order to upgrade the living condition of Fisherman families to provide
them assistance for all season dwelling was initiated in the year 2012 and 121 dwellings
were completed with community sanitation facility at Old Mundra Port. The habitation was

provided with facilities like all-weather road connectivity, water supply, building for Balwadi,
fish landing platforms. This benefited more than 600 fisher folks.
5.

RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Rural Infrastructure Development: Rural Infrastructure Development projects aim
at bridging the Gap in existing infrastructure needs without duplicating the Government efforts
and thus creating better living conditions. This includes projects in areas of Water
conservation/recharge, Drinking Water availability, Education, Health & Hygiene and
Community Development related infrastructures in Rural India.
In Water Conservation Efforts total eleven more ponds were deepened increasing
water storage capacity by more than 2.60 Lac cubic meter and constructed seven farm ponds
benefitting 43 farmers at Tiroda site for improving accessibility of drinking water 19 bore wells
and a water tank were added this year benefitting 65,000 plus beneficiaries.
Three Primary Health Care Centers were constructed at three different sites catering
to 32,500 plus people. As a part of Education initiative construction of school building
measuring 2,180 sq. mt. area in 8,000 sq. mt. land area was completed for Adani Vidya Mandir
at Bhadreshwar to facilitate quality education to under privileged children of fisher folks and
rural area of Mundra Taluka. Similarly school building for Village School at Tunda (Taluka
Mundra) measuring 436 sq. mt. and school building at Tiroda were completed during the year.
Under other Education related infrastructure, we constructed two more Anganwadis, 10 class
rooms at various schools and added/improved need based infrastructure at 21 education
institutions.

Other community Infrastructure includes five community halls/prayer halls, three Gram Panchayat
offices, internal village roads, minor bridges, ghats, shradhdhanjali sheds etc.
Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management (AIIM) caters to the real time need for
preparing well equipped professionals for country's Infrastructure Development needs. During
July 2013, fifth batch of PGPIM with 19 participants is underway. Adani Foundation is
expanding its base with a vision to include AIIM with its future plans.

 Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS) is a unique and first of its kind PPP
model in a Health Care Education. The main purpose is to avail State of the art Health Care
facility to underprivileged population of Kutch district. Some of the salient features are:
Only Medical College in Kutch District
Number of students in the college - 750
First Batch pass out in February, 2014
150 doctors will attend internship program in rural areas of Kutch District.
GAIMS also conducts medical and specialty camps for rural population of Kutch district and has
benefitted thousands of poor patients. More than 100 patients were operated free of cost following
these camps. A new Medical College and State of the art Hospital is envisaged which will admit first
batch of students in 2017. This will be an ultimate benchmark in health care education reaching out to
needy populous. In all Adani Foundation's spread has augmented now across seven states, more than
1,400 villages/towns/city touching lives of approximately 2, 75,000 families.

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