The Nabard Odisha Regional Office here organised a State-level conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Monday involving the CSR wings of public and private-sector companies working in the State.
The objective of the conclave was to identify the common areas of interest and collaboration with the corporates for holistic rural development in a sustainable manner. Nabard Chief General Manager SK Kale stressed the need of the Nabard and corporates working together for better utilisation of CSR funds which corporate houses intend to channel for developmental activities in core areas of their operations.
Since the Nabard has gained expertise over a period of 30 years in agriculture and rural development, this can be best utilised by corporates for expanding the horizon of the CSR activities, Kale said.
The conclave was attended by representatives of 13 corporates including Aditya Birla Group, BIlT, JSPl, Nalco, PPl, JSl, IMFA, JKPl and ACC who spoke about their CSR activities in the fields of health and sanitation, education, skill development, SHG promotion, agroforestry, etc. and expressed their interest to join hands with the NABARD for various sustainable interventions in the natural resource management and rural development of the State. The conclave laid down a roadmap for collaboration with the corporates for betterment of rural Odisha.