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Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Limited (EOGEPL) has always been an organisation that is as much caring about the people living near its areas of operations, as it is about its employees. EOGEPL has therefore taken proactive steps to ensure the development of all sections of the society, especially children, youth, women and […]

According to the data released by Odisha State AIDS Control Society, around 40% of new infections recorded in the state (since December 2019) fall within the 15-35 year age group. This is an increase from the 32% share of youth in new cases recorded in 2018-19, clearly indicating the criticality of the issue and the […]

It has been taking small but meaningful steps towards achieving its goal of inclusiveness. The umbrella of diversity encompasses many different kinds of individuals and communities. While gender diversity has been accepted as a common agenda for most corporations, it is the rest of the diverse talent that ends up yearning for recognition in the […]

Essar Foundation’s mission is to empower students by bringing quality and experiential education to remote rural areas in India. With learning being the primary objective, Essar Power Mahan invited tenth-grade students of Saraswasti Shishu Mandir school, Nagwa, Madhya Pradesh to observe its plant operations. Students got the opportunity to witness the plant functioning from workflow […]

With climate change and environment conservation the primary concern world over, it is critical that each one of us aims at reducing our carbon footprint. Essar recently encouraged the young minds at Nav Jagruti Vidhya Vihar School to don their thinking caps, and come up with innovative and effective clean energy solutions. Essar Bulk Terminal […]

As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect what year 2019 was all about for Essar Foundation and the communities it served. With a dominant focus on diversity and inclusion, we launched many initiatives that also extended health, environment, education and livelihood support to local communities in remote areas. Watch […]

Essar Bulk Terminals Limited (Hazira), with help of STEM Learning Pvt Ltd, has set up a Science Lab at Hazira village to support the local community school. The lab will help promote experiential learning that supplements textbooks. With 75 different types of modules, the aim of the lab is to make learning more experiment-based and […]

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas! Essar Foundation dedicates this Christmas to the underprivileged girl children of Asha Sadan Orphanage (Mumbai). Through the ‘Hope and Health’, Essar’s flagship initiative for women’s holistic development, Essarites raised donations and sponsorships to buy necessities that would improve the health […]

Two-thirds of Gujarat’s Dang district live below the poverty line, and nearly 95% of the inhabitants are tribals. Dang experiences extreme climatic conditions characterised by hot daytime temperature and chilly nights. To help the Dangs see through the harsh winters, Essarites of Essar Power Hazira conducted a winter donation drive as part of the ‘Sattar […]

Rural India’s adolescent girls have the potential of being young change makers, who can help disadvantaged sections of our society break the shackles of poverty, inequality and gender discrimination. Under Essar Foundation’s ‘Hope and Health’ initiative, we aim to help these girls achieve their potential and contribute to the nation’s development. In a series of […]