ET BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR 2012 - ANIL AGARWAL, CHAIRMAN - VEDANTA GROUP

Economic Times Business Leader of the Year 2012 - Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta Group

Anil Agarwal, Chairman - Vedanta Group has been honoured with the most coveted ‘Economic Times Business Leader of the Year 2012’ Award. The award was presented by the Dr. Manmohan Singh – Hon’ble Prime Minister of India in a glittering ceremony held in Mumbai on 10^th November, 2012 in the presence of distinguished gathering including Union Ministers and Industry leaders.

 

The Economic Times Business Leader of the Year Award Is a part of the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence, given annually by Economic Times, world’s second largest read financial daily. The Business Leader of the year award “seeks to honour a leader who has clearly demonstrated a strategic direction for success, and pursued a vision”

On receiving the honour, Mr. Anil Agarwal, said, “It is a great honour and I feel humbled for having been chosen to receive this recognition. I thank the jury and the Economic Times for giving me this award. This award is a recognition of the Indian entrepreneurial spirit which has delivered world class projects in infrastructure and resources. India has one of the largest deposits of natural resources in the world. Exploration and development of these resources in a sustainable manner has the potential of creating mass employment, eradicating poverty and making India a self sufficient economy.”

The Economic Times felicitated Mr. Agarwal for having driven “growth in trying times”. They also acknowledged that his “growth story is different from typical first-generation entrepreneurs” because he was able to “expand in India and overseas with money raised in global markets”. That set him apart from other Indian entrepreneurs who have expanded in India with domestic capital.

The ET Business Leader of the Year Award is yet another recognition of Mr. Agarwal’s achievements. He has also been felicitated with the prestigious E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2008, and Mining Journal’s coveted Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2009. He was featured by the Forbes Magazines as one of the “48 heroes of Philanthropy” in the world. We all join to congratulate him for achieving this excellence.

Vedanta - Empowering Communities in Rural India Through CSR

“CSR is close to my heart and we are working day and night for the benefit of the under-privileged children in the country. Through Computer education, mid-day meal and Vedanta Bal Chetna Anganwadi Project, we would be touching the lives of about 2.5 million under-privileged children in coming 3-4 years time.” Shri Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta Group.

The group is currently touching the lives of over 2.5 million people spread across more than 425 villages. With a mission to impact the lives of another 1.6 million under-privileged child; the Group has already strengthened its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes across all operating states in India and Zambia.

Our programmes on nutrition, mid-day meal, health & hygiene, women empowerment, livelihood, computer education, infrastructure development, mother and child care, agriculture development, water & electricity, to name a few, have become bench-mark in the States we operate, viz. Rajasthan, Orissa, Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Goa.

We are proud to serve rural community at large:-

2,050 Vedanta Bal Chetna Anganwadi Centres across India.

84,500 rural under-privileged children being provided nutrition value.

180,000 rural children being provided mid-day meal through 6 hi-tech kitchens.

100 Child Care Centres - Project 'Parvarish' - for pre-school, nutrition & health care.

540 Care Centres - Project ' Mamta' - for child care, care for adolescent girls, and expecting mothers.

350 bedded Vedanta Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, upcoming in Raipur, Chattisgarh.

53 villages covered by Mobile Health Units - covering 32,000 under-privileged families.

Vedanta Hindustan Zinc Heart Hospital in, Udaipur Rajasthan.

18 Company run hospitals and health posts - 300,000 rural people provided quality health.

200,000 children of 600 Government Schools covered under Computer Education.

500,000 beneficiaries of Computer Literacy Program spread across 320 Centres in India.

1,500 youth trained in livelihood programs for self employment.

27 company run schools and Post Graduate college for girls at Ringus, Rajasthan.

200,000 women trained through 12 Vocational Training Centres across India.

12,000 Jail inmates trained across India - 14 Jails covered including Tihar Jail, New Delhi.

1,825 Self Help Groups bringing socio-economic empowerment in 24,300 rural women.

1,050 farmers covered under micro-irrigation, cultivation,land improvement and water-shed.

75 villages under Integrated Village Development Program.

82 NGOs partners - regional, national and international.

Investment of over USD 65 million (Rupees 300 crore) in CSR by 2010.

On mission to touch the lives of another 1.6 million under-privileged children through nutrition program and computer education.

Vedanta group has an unparalleled vision not only for businesses but also for social change in India.