The Vedanta limited conferred its first Chairman’s CSR Award to the Subhalaxmi Cooperative, one of the largest women cooperatives in Odisha.
The Subhalaxmi Cooperative project is anchored by the Vedanta’s Jharsuguda CSR team and they were presented with the award last week by company Chairman Anil Agarwal for innovation, scalability and sustainability of the project, the impact and involvement of the community, employee engagement and governance and audit.
“The first Chairman’s CSR award is recognition of the contribution of the CSR teams in Odisha. The Subhalaxmi Cooperative has improved the economic dynamics of the villages by empowering women with entrepreneurship opportunities and direct market linkage without a middleman,” said Vedanta Jharsuguda CSR Head Nishant Kumar. The Subhalaxmi Cooperative is operating under the “Vedanta Integrated Jana Jeevika Yojana”, a livelihood project of the Vedanta, Jharsuguda. It has 3,226 women members across 63 villages in Jharsuguda district.