The HCL Foundation, the CSR arm of the HCL Technologies, hosted the HCL Grant Symposium at the KIMS auditorium here on Friday.
Training was provided to non-Government organisations. Such symposiums would be held in Pondicherry, Jaipur/Kanpur, Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bangalore and Delhi soon said organisers.
The day-long event was attended by former administrator Dr Aurobindo Behera, OSDMA MD and ACS PK Jena Unicef’s Nutrition Specialit Sourav Bhattacharjee, retired IFS Jitasatru Mohanty, KISS Director Prof Anurag Das and Shia Nadar Foundation project director Robin Sarkar.
The sessions were hosted by Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS).
As many as 115 NGOs with 169 delegates from across Odisha attended and participated in a panel discussion.