While talking at the CSR summit organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Odisha State Chapter at Bhubaneswar, Principal Secretary, Child and Women Development Department, Subha Sharma said that if both the Government and corporate sector work together on welfare programme, then available resources will be utilised prudently and there will be lesser chance of duplication.
Talking about the importance of CSR, Chairman of CII Odisha State Chapter and CMD of Nalco Sridhar Patra said, “For me CSR means Come, See and Realise to change lives.”
Chairman of Odisha Building and Other Construction Worker’s Welfare Board, Shreemayee Mishra said that every parent should teach their kids about what is social responsibility. Convenor of CII Odisha CSR Panel Prashant Hota said that Arthasatra written by Kautilya clearly defined how a business should be a friend for people.
The event primarily focused on maternal health and adolescent health under the broad sectoral themes of good health and wellbeing (SDG Goal-3). Two plenary sessions in themes ‘Investing in reproductive and maternal health and rights’ and ‘Investing in adolescent and young people’s health’ were organised.