ICICI Group of Companies
As one of the largest and oldest financial sector conglomerates in India, ICICI Group believes that its own long-term growth and profitability is linked to the balanced and sustainable growth of the Indian economy. In line with its commitment to fuelling equitable growth in all segments of society, ICICI Group of Companies' (www.icicigroupcompanies.com) CSR activities aim to more effectively direct human and financial resources towards the civil sector.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Programme: Flood rehabilitation
In 2008, India experienced massive flooding in the states of Bihar, Orissa, Assam and parts of West Bengal. These floods caused significant damage to human life, property and crops, affecting more than 2.5 million people in North Bihar alone.
ICICI Bank responded immediately, mobilising funds to help people affected by the floods by appealing to its Internet banking customers. Their spontaneous and overwhelming response was heartening. More than 55,000 individual customers responded, for a total contribution of Rs.30.2 millions.
In addition, nearly 63,000 employees of ICICI Group of Companies supported the cause by contributing a day's salary towards the effort. Several ICICI Group companies made a matching employer contribution, for a total of Rs.106.6 million.
LEADERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
Programme: ICICI Fellowship Programme
One of the biggest challenges the development sector faces is not being able to attract and develop talented individuals who can strengthen the efforts and impact of civil society organisations. In order to create a cadre of responsible leaders for India and to position the civil sector as a viable career option for Indian youth, ICICI Group is launching a fellowship program, a high-profile leadership program that will attract India's top emerging talent, provide them with a two-year intensive apprentice training with a credible CSO and equip them with leadership and management skills through training, dedicated coaching and mentoring.
Learn more about ICICI Foundation's work with strong civil society.
Programme: Flood rehabilitation
In 2008, India experienced massive flooding in the states of Bihar, Orissa, Assam and parts of West Bengal. These floods caused significant damage to human life, property and crops, affecting more than 2.5 million people in North Bihar alone.
ICICI Bank responded immediately, mobilising funds to help people affected by the floods by appealing to its Internet banking customers. Their spontaneous and overwhelming response was heartening. More than 55,000 individual customers responded, for a total contribution of Rs.30.2 millions.
In addition, nearly 63,000 employees of ICICI Group of Companies supported the cause by contributing a day's salary towards the effort. Several ICICI Group companies made a matching employer contribution, for a total of Rs.106.6 million.
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The amount mobilised is being utilised for the rehabilitation of flood victims in Orissa, Bihar and parts of West Bengal. The programme focuses on rehabilitation as most of the NGOs face resource crunch in this phase, and the initiatives undertaken has long term impact. A strategic decision to support organisations that are already engaged in the task of rehabilitation was taken to ensure optimum utilization of resources. The funds allocated to these NGOs will enable them to complement their existing rehabilitation initiatives, fill gaps in existing activities and scale up the programme to other geographic regions.
Advocacy is one of the components of the programme to ensure a macro level impact.
ICICI Group is working through CSO Partners, GiveIndia as well as Sphere India and its humanitarian partners for this initiative. The program complies with Sphere India's quality standards, in line with international standards for disaster management.
Thematic Focus Areas of Flood Rehabilitation Program
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Advocacy is one of the components of the programme to ensure a macro level impact.
ICICI Group is working through CSO Partners, GiveIndia as well as Sphere India and its humanitarian partners for this initiative. The program complies with Sphere India's quality standards, in line with international standards for disaster management.
Thematic Focus Areas of Flood Rehabilitation Program
Child resilience - Enabling children to face and cope with disaster can significantly and positively affect a community's long-term recovery from disaster. Save the Children is the anchoring partner for efforts to support children's resilience, which include training teachers and students on disaster preparedness and child protection in emergencies, and restoration of schools destroyed by floods.
Livelihood restoration - Restoring livelihoods is one of the most effective ways of ensuring that disaster-affected populations recover their self-reliance and improve their standard of living. Oxfam is the anchoring partner for efforts to support livelihood restoration, including training on livelihood options and provision of livelihood kits and other resources.
Learn more about the Flood Rehabilitation programme.
LEADERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
Programme: ICICI Fellowship Programme
One of the biggest challenges the development sector faces is not being able to attract and develop talented individuals who can strengthen the efforts and impact of civil society organisations. In order to create a cadre of responsible leaders for India and to position the civil sector as a viable career option for Indian youth, ICICI Group is launching a fellowship program, a high-profile leadership program that will attract India's top emerging talent, provide them with a two-year intensive apprentice training with a credible CSO and equip them with leadership and management skills through training, dedicated coaching and mentoring.
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The Fellows will be selected through a competitive process based upon assessment of candidates' leadership qualities, academic excellence and passion for nation building.
A pilot will be launched in 2010 with 25 ICICI Fellows. By 2015, the programme aims at training 6,000 ICICI Fellows each year, one fellow per block throughout India to catalyse nationwide grassroots development.
IVolunteer (an initiative of Mitra), IFMR Trust, and CSO Partners are collaborating on this program with ICICI Foundation.
The ICICI Fellowship Program includes capacity-building and leadership-development components, including:
IVolunteer (an initiative of Mitra), IFMR Trust, and CSO Partners are collaborating on this program with ICICI Foundation.
The ICICI Fellowship Program includes capacity-building and leadership-development components, including:
Development apprenticeship - The Fellow will be placed with a participating civil society organisation (CSO) for a total period of 21 months. At the CSO, the Fellow will gain experience on programme development, planning and implementation at the community and organisation level.
Management training and corporate exposure - The Fellow will be exposed to intensive Management Development Programmes (MDP) coupled with training programmes aimed at equipping the Fellows with relevant rural management knowledge and industry best practices.
Personal development and mentoring - Ongoing leadership mentoring will be provided for each Fellow by a senior professional drawn from the industry as well as a senior leader from their host organisation.
Learn more about ICICI Foundation's work with strong civil society.
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