Happy Anniversary

Redington CSR Team

Foundation for CSR @ Redington

REDINGTON CSR – CONNECT

March 2019

On 6th March 2019, Foundation for CSR @ Redington

completed its fourth Anniversary.

It is the great momentum to receive the best wishes from Mr. Raj Shankar, Managing Director

of Redington Group.

“Congratulations on Redington Trust completing the fourth anniversary! Lot of good work has been done in

the last 4 years which has brought pride to you, to the CSR team and to Redington. I wish you roll out many

more CSR programs which can help to uplift the economically challenged and differently abled people to find

new meaning in their lives.”

Another good momentum is the CSR partnership with HP. HP, the first brand for Redington’s

business, has become the first CSR partner outside Redington Group! We are glad to share

that HP has provided a grant of Rs. 62.75 Lakhs towards implementing their World On Wheels

(WOW) project. The trust has recently initiated to collaborate with Redington’s Vendors and

like minded corporates to serve the society better.

“HP-WOW offers a mobility solution to digital divide by bringing the world of information and knowledge over wheels

to isolated and disadvantaged groups in rural areas whereby they can not only ne linked to the various Govt programs

and initiatives but also gain computer E – Literacy and IT enabled education for rural youth, school children, farmers

group and others.”

During the last three years, the trust has associated with more than 100 schools and it wishes

to take this opportunity to reach the digital literacy to southern Tamil Nadu. HP and Lenovo

has communicated that they have sanctioned Rs. 10 lakhs towards computer support. We

take this opportunity to thank HP, Lenovo and other vendors who have reposed the trust in

Redington by partnering their CSR activities.

We thank the business team, especially Mr. Neogi and BU Heads for enabling us for

connecting to vendors for our CSR collaboration activities. We are also thankful to Mr. Salil

Kurian and his team for bringing HP as first choice. We are confident that our association in

CSR activities with others will bring more value and reach to the underprivileged and aspiring

youth.

With Best Wishes!

Muthukumarasamy

From Trustee’s Desk

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Parents Meet

Glimpses Of Thanjavur Zone

Placement drive

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At the end of every academic year, before conducting the Placement Drive at the

Elite Centres located in the associated colleges, we conduct Parents Meet. This is

organized for the parents to understand about our skill development program

conducted throughout the year and how it would help their children to grab a

placement opportunity.

Indian parents play a vital role in their child’s academic and career choices.

Therefore it is very important to make the parents be aware of the number of

opportunities available out there for their children and how the wise choice of one’s

career can change their life. A LinkedIn study shows that 82 % of the Indian

parents are involved in deciding their child’s career.

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In this 4 years of CSR journey with the students from rural places, we are able to

understand the reason for the parents being hesitant to send their children out of

the town for work. The career counselling is not only necessary for the students but

also for the parents who restrict their children to work out of stations and indirectly

avoid them from exploring the opportunities.

The Project Team of Redington Foundation conducted the parents meet at all the

Elite Centres in the colleges to bring a change in the parent’s mind set by

explaining how the over coddling can be the biggest barrier for their child’s career

growth.

Our team also explained about the companies that are going to participate in the

placement drive and the preparations required to face an interview. The parents

also gave their feedback about the skill development program and about the

career counselling provided by our team

Sometimes to make a change in someone’s life, an

extra effort to make a change in someone’s mind set

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In the Coimbatore Zone, the Parents meet

was conducted at the Elite Colleges - AG Arts

and Science College, Tiruppur, Sengundhar

Arts and Science College, Thiruchengodu and

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of

Arts and Science, Coimbatore on 06th, 07th and

8th March 2019 respectively .

College Representatives: Mr. T.S. Vadivel (Placement Coordinator). Mr. P. Nallasivam (Director of MBA). Mr. Prabhu (HOD of BBA).

Redington Representatives: Mr. D. Subramaniam (Regional Head). Ms. K. Kalaivani (Zonal Head). Ms. R. Thaniska (Elite Enabler).

In Thanjavur Zone, the Parents Meet was

conducted at AVVM Sri Pushpam College,

Thanjavur and Annai Women’s College,

Karur in March 2019.

The Parents Meet was conducted

in Sri Sarada College for Women,

Tirunelveli on 06th March 2019.

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The Review meeting of Thanjavur Zone

was conducted at the RAMP Centre, on

16th March 2019.This Meeting was

handled by the Managing Trustee and

the Regional Lead-South.

Excellence Project Review meeting was

conducted at Redington House, Chennai

on 21st March 2019. Project Coordinator

of Excellence and Smart champs

participated in the meet. The Meeting

was handled by our Managing Trustee.

The discussion was about previous year

activities and action plan for the next

academic year.

The E- Waste awareness programs were

conducted in March 2019 at Kalaivani

Matriculation School and Sri

Vivekananda Matriculation School of

Thanjavur zone

Zonal Lead of Thanjavur, Project Coordinators of READ & EXCELLENCE and Centre

Coordinator of RAMP centre were also present in the meeting. The discussion was about

the current progress of ESLC, SLC, Excellence and REACH activities and its future plans.

Redington Foundation’s 4th Anniversary

was celebrated at the Ramp Centre. It

was a joy, to celebrate the occasion with

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Inaugural Function of the Computer Lab

was conducted at Sri Bharathi Vidyalaya

Matric High School, Mannargudi on 09th

March 2019 at 4.30 pm. Our Admin Lead

Mr. Jeyashankar and our Thanjavur Zonal

Lead, Dr. Indira Kannan, inaugurated the

lab. As mentioned in the previous

magazines the school was affected due to

Gaja Cyclone. Thus we supported them

for revamping the school and one among

the activities is the Computer Lab

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It is March month, the time for placement drive parades. Employers with

expectations and students with preparations, the outcome is the fruitful

achievement for Redington Foundation. Our team’s energy in conducting the

placement drive is multiplying every year and this year as well, they have entered

into high spirits.

The various companies from variety of industries were contacted by our CSR Team

for conducting Placement drive at our Elite Colleges. The companies who are

looking for the fresh graduates, for filling their organisation’s positions,

participated in the drive which was organised by us and supported by the

respective College Management.

In the last year Placement drive we achieved 50 % of successful placement and this

year so far it has turned to 75 % with the guidance and support of our Managing

Trustee and with the commitment of our CSR Team members.

A campus drive was conducted on 11th March 2019 in Sengunthar Arts and Science

College, Tiruchengodu. Our students from other associated colleges, A.G Arts and

Science College, Tiruppur and Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Arts and Science

college, Coimbatore also participated in the job fair. The recruiters from

CAPGEMINI, APOLLO GROUP, ICICI BANK(TVSTS), HDB BANK, KOTAK MAHINDRA

BANK and 12 more reputed companies participated in the drive with over 900+ job

openings available for different profiles and roles. Totally 172 students got

shortlisted through this drive.

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GVK EMRI (Emergency Management and

Research Institute), a pioneer Emergency

Management Services company in India

visited the RAMP Centre, Thanjavur on 08th

March 2019 for recruiting suitable candidates

for the EROs (Emergency Response

Officers) and EMTs (Emergency Medical

Technicians) positions. After several

rounds of interviews 70 students had been

selected for the posts and to be joined in the

month of May.

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In a Placement Drive organised at Sri

Sarada College for Women, Tirunelveli, HR

Managers from Raetna Solutions and

Apollo Groups participated and conducted

the interview for our Elite students for

different positions of their company. Nearly

Fifty students participated in the interview

process, out of which 9 students had been

shortlisted by Raetna Solutions and 30 by

Apollo Groups.

In a job interview conducted by IndusInd

Bank, Apollo Pharmacy and Parle Agro at

Tiruvalluvar College, Papanasam, 24

students have got selected for various

positions. The selected students will be

joining in jobs after their final examination.

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A Placement Drive was conducted at Bhai Paramanand Institute of Business

Studies, Delhi Zone, on 26th March 2019. RNF Technologies participated in the

placement drive and interviewed students for the Business Development

Executives position. Seventeen students had been shortlisted at the first level of

screening. The final interview was conducted on 04th April 2019 at their premises

and we are awaiting to receive the list of selected candidates.

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In Theni Kammavar Sangam College for Arts & Science, Theni, the placement drive

was conducted on the 14th and 18th of March 2019. Winways systems Pvt Ltd, HDB

Financial services. IDBI Federal Insurance company. TVS Logistics limited and SSM

Mills, Batlagundu took part in the drive. Nearly 200 students participated

enthusiastically and attended the interview confidently.

On the 20th of March the recruiters from Winways Systems Pvt. Ltd, Incline Trainers,

CLR Foundation for Rising Star, HDB Financial services and MS CHOLA General

Insurance - Murugappa group conducted recruitment at G.T.N. Arts & Science

College, Dindigul. Nearly 175 students participated in the drive and 46 students

were provided with offer letters on the spot by CLR foundation and other corporates

are yet to announce the results.

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Syed Hameedha College, Kilakkarai, ESLC one of the remote, rural college in

Ramnad District invited us to conduct the recruitment process on 2nd April 2019.

Nearly 150 students eagerly attended the interviews conducted by 3 corporates,

for both local and outstation placements. 23 students got the spot offer letters

from CLR Foundation, Chennai and the students who opted for local job have

completed their online test and are awaiting the results. We are glad to inform

that 145 students of VHNSN college have got offer letters from different

placement drive conducted by the college in this academic year

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Not only ESLCs but also SLCs job hunt

started in March. HDB Financial services,

Desktop Computers and Thangamayil

Jewellery conducted Placement drive in

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Internship makes a candidate much

stronger. To become an expert, one has to

become a beginner. Our 4th batch trainees of

Montessori Teacher Training program got an

opportunity to experience the internship

training at two schools of Madurai in March

2019.

Each trainee acquired exposure in their

Montessori teaching profession by

undergoing internship at N.M.R Subbaraman

Memorial Residential Primary School in the

evenings from 4 pm to 5 pm between 11th

March 2019 and 23rd March 2019. Our

trainees mingled with the children and

involved in internship activities by teaching

various subjects to the students.

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In addition to that they also visited to Kids Garage Montessori Play School

between 12th March 2019 and 15th March 2019 in the forenoons and acquired

good experience in teaching rhymes, story telling, etc., The trainees were very

happy and thankful for arranging these exposure programs and requested us to

provide such programs at the initial stage of the course as well.

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CONTACT US

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