AMCHAM, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy, launched Together for Good: A Photo Exhibition of CSR Activities of U.S. Industry in India on November 3rd at a reception at the American Center, New Delhi. The exhibition was inaugurated by Ambassador Eric Garcetti, Honorary President of AMCHAM and attended by U.S. Embassy and USAID officials. Ms. Ranjana Khanna, Director General CEO, AMCHAM, introduced the Ambassador and welcomed guests. Ambassador Garcetti delivered the keynote address. Remarks were made by Mr. Som Satsangi, Chairman, AMCHAM and SVP and MD, India, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. For the exhibition, AMCHAM received 104 submissions from member organizations on their CSR activities across a variety of focus areas such as climate and environment, education, healthcare, nutrition, skill development, water and sanitation and women’s empowerment, among others.

For the physical exhibition 40 photos were randomly selected to be displayed from the following member organizations: ACA Global Capability Center (India) Private Limited, ADM Agro Industries, Bank of America, BD India, Boston Scientific India, Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) Private Limited, Cargill India Pvt. Ltd., Caterpillar India Private Limited, Cisco Systems India Private Limited, Cloud Software Group India Private Limited, Cushman & Wakefield, DCG Data Core Systems India Pvt. Ltd., Dell Technologies India, Endo India Par Formulations Private Limited, ExxonMobil, FedEx Express Transportation and Supply Chain Services (India) Private Limited, First American (India) Private Limited, Ford Motor Private Limited, Genpact, Goodyear India Ltd., Hackett Group (India) Limited, Herbalife, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., HP Inc., Inteva Products India Automotive Private Limited, Johnson and Johnson Private Limited, Kellogg India Pvt. Ltd., Kyndryl, Lions Clubs International Foundation India, Mylan Laboratories Limited, Owens-Corning (India) Private Limited, PepsiCo India, Pyxera Global, S&P Global, Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project, Signode India Limited, Tecumseh Products India Private Limited, Textron India Private Limited, UPS and Zimmer Biomet India.

The CSR initiatives described in the 104 photos have made an incredible impact:

• Rural healthcare services to 350,000+
• Provided healthcare technology with 50 health ATMs
• 1,000+ cleft lip/palate surgeries
• Clean drinking water in homes of 11,000+ people
• In 1 year, 2 million children received vision screenings
• Served 73,27,500+ nutritious meals to students
• 10,000 students from government schools provided with free web & mobile app platform
• School supplies to 888 children
• Renovating & tech-enabling classrooms benefitting 6,000+ students
• Empowered students from 5,500 schools to think sustainably for climate goals
• Bicycles to 300 girls so they can get to school
• English Literacy Program benefitting 3,674 students
• Mentoring 2,500 underprivileged children to pursue education
• Sponsored education of 5 blind students
• Empowered 2,694+ people to set up micro/small businesses
• Provided returnable grants to 4,000+ women entrepreneurs at 0% interest
• Employability skills to 2,700+ youth
• Trained 1,000+ differently abled persons
• Climate action initiative benefitting 20 villages
• Planted 31,382 trees across India
• Solar lighting in schools and homes benefiting 11,000+ people, 1,200+ households and 3,000+ students
• 2,000+ women can grow their own vegetables and other nutritious foods
• Trained 1,300 farmers in organic farming
• 23 farmer families benefitting from a dam repair with storage capacity of 27,000,000 litres
• 354+ employees volunteering 6,000+ volunteering hours annually