Tata Chemicals to provide educational
support to girl children
Business Standard —
March 17, 2006
Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) will be extending educational
support to 1,500 underprivileged girl children in the current
year under the Tata Salt's 'Desh Ko Arpan Programme' (DKAP)
2006. The company would also adopt a municipal school in Mumbai
under the programme.
According to TCL's food additive business chief operating
officer, Satish Sohoni, DKAP was launched in 2002 to champion
socially relevant causes and the company contributes 10 paise
for every kilo of Tata Salt sold for the programme.
The money raised for this year will be used for providing
educational support to 500 girl children in Andhra Pradesh,
400 girls in Madhya Pradesh, 100 girls in Chattisgarh and
500 girls in Mumbai. The girl children are part of the 'Nanhi
Kali', a special project, which is jointly managed by K C
Mahindra Education Trust and Naandi Foundation.
Sohoni told mediapersons here on Thursday that DKAP was part
of TCL's ongoing social and community development initiatives.
In the last three years, the programme had contributed over
Rs 1 crore, which had helped educate over 30,000 children
across the country.
He handed over a cheque for Rs 29 lakh to Sheetal Mehta of
the Nanhi Kali project as the company's contribution for a
period of one month from January 26 to February 25, 2006.
Speaking on the occasion, Sheetal Mehta said TCL was not
only contributing the money but was also actively involved
in the project.
With a turnover of over Rs 3,000 crore, TCL is India's leading
manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, fertilisers and food
additives. Sohoni said Tata Salt had nearly 47 per cent share
in the branded edible salt market in the country.
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