Spandan Mahila Samiti gifts winter clothes to students of Girl’s RBC

Spandan Mahila Samiti gifts winter clothes to students of Girl’s RBC

Joda, December 15, 2021: With an aim to provide relief from winter related hardships faced by the students of Girl’s Residential Bridge Course Centre at Joda, Spandan Mahila Samiti donated winter clothes to the children on Tuesday.

Ms Vinita Singh, Vice President, Spandan Mahila Samiti along with Ms Debolina Sarkar, Secretary, Spandan Mahila Samiti, Mr Ravindra Kumar, Unit Head, Tata Steel Foundation (Joda) and other members of the Samiti distributed winter clothes to the 80 students who are currently residing in the centre. Among others present on the occasion were officials of Tata Steel Foundation and Aspire, a Delhi-based NGO with whom Tata Steel has partnered to run these centers.

On the occasion, while abiding all social distancing norms for the current pandemic, the students organized cultural programmes that was appreciated by the guests.

It may be noted here that RBC centers have been set by Tata Steel with an objective to cater to the children who have dropped out of schools or never been to schools for varied reasons. RBC fills their education deficit and equips them with knowledge and skill to re-enter government schools.

Similar support is also being extended by Tata Steel Foundation to the needy people of Kalmang and Ghodabudhani villages under Malda Gram Panchayat. Under this initiative, more than 250 blankets have been distributed in the villages so far.

About Tata Steel

Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 33 million tonnes per annum. It is one of the world's most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world. The group recorded a consolidated turnover of US $21.06 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2021.

A Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM organisation, Tata Steel Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 65,000.

Tata Steel has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked amongst top 5 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016. Besides being a member of ResponsibleSteelTM and worldsteel’s Climate Action Programme, Tata Steel has won several awards and recognitions including the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar and IJmuiden Plants, and Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17. The Company, ranked as India’s most valuable Metals & Mining brand by Brand Finance, featured amongst CII Top 25 innovative Indian Companies in 2020, received rating of ‘A-‘ (leadership band) from CDP for its Climate Change disclosure and Supply Chain disclosure, Steel Sustainability Champion 2020 recognition from worldsteel, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, Best Risk Management Framework & Systems Award (2020) from CNBC TV-18, and Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.

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