June 2019

Foundation for CSR @ Redington REDINGTON CSR – CONNECT June 2019 The main hope of the nation lies in the proper education of its youth. “Desiderius Erasmus”

The new academic year has commenced and the next phase for the college final year students has began. Now its our duty to improve the students skills under our READ Project in our associate colleges. Our philosophy is that we should try all But we should not rest in past laurels. We the best approaches in all our initiatives are continuously striving hard to win in and see what we end up with. But, we new ways. We are improving on our also know it is a strenuous job. commitment to the students community by revamping our training program based Employability Skill Training is a major part on the corporate requirements. We of our skill training program. A 100 days work with several college managements program in the colleges to equip the final by bringing more transparent way of year students, brought good colour this regular meetings and sharing details. year by showing above average of our targeted placement success rate. We also propose to change our method of training into 10:20:70 ratio. Which Our trainers differentiate their efforts by means, 70% of our engagement with the quoting that “while college provide students, will enable them to practice academic knowledge, our skill training what they learn in a 10:20 method of programs enable student to apply such class room and reading sessions. knowledge”. The applied knowledge can bring wisdom over the years. We have assigned our Training and Development team to bring more Last year, before the campus interviews, in innovative and pertinent sessions in many places we could not conduct a training. Our project team is mandated proper pre-sessions. This did not deter to work on “Know Your Student” the interest among the students and result concept, to bring in the need based was better, when compared to the training. previous years. We target to help the students become corporate ready. Above all, our foundation wish to see the parents’ dream in the eyes of the students.

CONTENTS THE TIME FOR NEW CHAPTERS 1 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY 2 TRAINING FOR DRIVING PRODUCTIVITY 3 A WELFARE CONNECT FOR 4 SANITATION WORKERS 5 A FRESH START 6 TRIANGULAR CONCEPT BEST SUGGESTION REWARD 7 REDINGTON SAHYOG 8

THE TIME FOR NEW CHAPTERS Thanjavur Zone The new academic year has started and our teams at different locations are now involved in sourcing the candidates for the new programs of 2019 - 2020. Our Thanjavur Zone team members participated in an event which was organised by the Employment Exchange Office of Thanjavur District where the unemployed youth visited stalls of various organisations for the employment opportunities. We were also provided with a stall by the Employment Exchange where our team members counselled the students regarding the Employability Skill Development programs. More than 150 candidates from various educational stream visited our stall and collected the program details. Our Thanjavur RAMP Centre has moved into a new place. The honours of inauguration of the new centre was done by Mr. Ravi Shankar, Senior Vice President of Redington India Ltd, on 15th June 2019. The other members who had graced the occasion by their presence were Mr. Muthukumarasamy, Managing Trustee, Redington Foundation, Mr. G. Murugan, Regional Lead - South Region, Dr. Indira Kannan, Zonal Lead of Thanjavur and host of Thanjavur team. The CSR fund is deployed to structure the RAMP centre with an aim to conduct need based programs back to back and enable the beneficiaries to get their best from it.

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY A visit to associates with Mr. Ravi Shankar, Senior VP, RIL On 15th June 2019, Mr. Ravi Shankar, Senior Vice President of Redington India Limited and Mr. Muthukumarasamy, Managing Trustee of Redington Foundation along with Mr. Murugan, Regional Head and Ms. Indira Kannan, Zonal Lead paid a visit to Nalli Kuppusamy College - Thittai, Ishwar School for Intellectually Challenged Students - Kumbakonam and Sudar Academy and Charitable Trust – Thirucherai of Thanjavur Zone. All are newly associated with us in this academic year. The infrastructural requirements and feasibility for setting up the Meaningful Employment Centre at Nalli Kuppusamy College was discussed with the College Management team. A discussion was held with the Principal of Ishwar School on imparting Vocational Training for the intellectually challenged students. Last but not the least, the interaction with the Managing Trustee of Sudar Academy and the intellectually challenged students happened to be one of the pleasant experiences of the day. The smiles on the faces of the students and their warm greetings made the visit more meaningful.

TRAINING FOR DRIVING PRODUCTIVITY Foundation Employees Training Program A Training Program allows to strengthen the skills of the employees and facilitates them to better the best. One such good training program was conducted for the Staff of our foundation on 26th June, 2019. We utilised the services of Mr. Celestine Paulraj, our Training Lead for the conduct of the training. It was a 3 hours program on the topic “How To Communicate And Connect At All Levels” The three ways of learnings such as Classroom Learning, Experimental Learning and the Simulation Learning was explained to the participants by the resource person. It emphasised the acquiring of knowledge on types of learning and how to be proactive at different situations. An activity was conducted at the session involving all the participants, to convey the importance of two way communication and how it helps in building an organisation. He also explained the participants that, in communication the role played by WORDS is - 7%; TONE - 38 % and BODY LANGUAGE - 55 %. He highlighted that, a word’s meaning can be completely changed, when the tone and body language changes. The participants found the session very interesting and it also facilitated as an unwinding session for them.

A WELFARE CONNECT FOR SANITATION WORKERS Tirunelveli & Tuticorin As a part of the ongoing wellness programme being conducted at Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts for the Sanitation Workers, an event was conducted at Tuticorin Corporation office under their New Wings project. As a welfare measure, the children of the Sanitation Workers were provided with school bag. The novelty of the bag is such that it also opens as desk and was the talk of the event. In fact the district collector himself was fascinated by seeing the bag and requested a bag kept open for the people to understand its importance as to how to unfold and fold it. The purpose of our act is to create an interest among children to go to school. The honorable collector Mr. Sandeep Nanduri presented the school bags to 150 children at the event. Dr. N. Chandrasekaran, Independent Director – ProConnect, Mr. Muthukumarasamy, Managing Trustee, Mr. Lakshminarasimhan, CSR Lead, Ms. Shanmuga Vadivoo, Zonal Lead - Tirunelveli and Dr. Vinoth Raja, Chief Health Officer of Tuticorin Corporation participated in the event. Later Mr. Sandeep Nanduri, addressed the gathering and asked them to utilize all the support provided by the Government and Foundations like Redington for their progression. He also appreciated the efforts taken by our foundation for the well-being of the Sanitation Workers and their Children. At the end of the event Ms. Shanmuga Vadivoo too, familiarized the crowed on the usage of the school bag. The second Healthcare Camp for the Sanitation Workers was held at Tirunelveli on 10th June 2019. Our honorable Commissioner, Ms. Vijayalakshmi, Chief Health Officer, Mr. Sathish Kumar and other Sanitary Officers along with our team, participated in the camp. Around 120 Sanitation Workers attended and got benefitted through this camp. Dentist, Opthalmologist and General Physician from Shifa Hospital, Tirunelveli participated in the camp and provided consultation to the Sanitation Workers.

@ Madurai Zone ADMIN & ACCOUNTS TRAINING program for 31 unemployed arts & science graduates was started on 03rd June 2019 at Madurai SLC 1. The trainees are from Madurai and its outskirts and some are from the outstations as well. It is the 15th batch of the centre. On 29th June 2019, we conducted the Parents Orientation Meet, where the trainees shared about their experiences and learnings and the parents shared about the changes that they noticed in their ward’s communication, behaviour and grooming. On 03rd June 2019 our Madurai SLC 2 started the 05th batch, enrolling 29 trainees for MONTESSORI TEACHER TRAINING programme. Apart from the Montessori Method of Teaching, the trainees are equipped with the English Communication and Soft Skills that will assist them to acquire a job. On completion of second batch of COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING SKILLS TRAINING in the month of April 2019, the third batch was mobilised during April and May 2019. The program for third batch commenced on 06th June 2019. Most of the candidates were referred by the previous batch trainees. It is noteworthy that out of 19 students 17 were placed in different IT companies from the second batch and we are aiming to achieve 100 % placement this time.

TRIANGULAR CONCEPT Shaping The Trainees Article by Mr. Murugan G, Regional Head, South We believe that, continuous patting and motivation activities carried out by our trainers and the parents, brings in the desired result to shape the students for the necessary skill sets. Such strong belief has brought out results in shaping the trainees. The word of mouth on our services spread by the parents has positively impacted the admission in to our SLCs with least efforts put in by us compared to previous occasions. The tireless Parents Meet programs conducted by us has brought in values to our programs and outcomes as expected. The meet helps us to: a) Communicate about RIL (Redington India Ltd) & RF (Redington Foundation) activities to the parents. b) Win the parents support in order to guide their wards about the importance of the skill training by conveying where their wards lack in. c) Obtain the parents consent to place their ward in any entry level job. d) Make use of the opportunity to exhibit the skill level of their wards on one to one basis. e) Introduce the expert trainers who train their wards in different area of skills. f) Avail opportunity to invite alumni for testimony, which motivates the students and create confidence among the parents about our training activities. Always during the parents meet, the importance of Triangular concept is emphasised, i.e. a single dot will bring no shape, double dots will bring nothing other than a line, whereas, three dots can create a shape of the triangle and the each corner of triangle represents the equal contribution of Trainers, Parents and the candidates themselves to shape their skills.

BEST SUGGESTION REWARD A brain storming session was conducted for the Foundation Team members on 31st May 2019 by Mr. S. V. Krishnan, CFO & Whole Time Director of Redington (India) Ltd. The written suggestions were invited from around 25 participants assembled for a meeting at Trust Office on the topic “Ideas to create oneness among foundation employees”. Quick 10 minutes time was allotted to air their ideas / suggestions in writing. Among all the suggestions, two were adjudged the best and both the winners were rewarded. Ms. Indira Kannan, Mr. Madhukarthick, Zonal Lead, Thanjavur Project Accountant

REDINGTON SAHYOG The SAHYOG Scholarship application is available in our website www.redingtonfoundation.org. Please click on the SAHYOG SCHOLARSHIP form link and apply for the scholarship online. If you want to apply offline, select your city from the drop down options and download the application form from website, fill the form and attach the necessary documents and send the documents to the address that is displayed. The students who meet the following criteria can apply for the scholarship. Qualification:  Candidate must be economically backward i.e. Annual Income should be less than 2 lakh per annum.  Only 10th standard and above are eligible for the scholarship.  Candidate must have at least 80% in their academics to be eligible for the scholarship.  Relaxation is available in rule/norms of scholarship for children of Widow / Divorcee women or for the students from remote / girl child. Eligible candidates may apply with the following enclosures:  Complete Application Form  One passport size photo  Latest attested copy of school and college mark sheet whichever is applicable  Annual family income proof  Salary slip of parents if employed in a firm  Copy of ration card and proof of residence.  Copy of death certificate in case of widow or single parent. Letter from the home for parentless child.  Copy of previous year fee receipt.  Bonafide Certificate from the institution and fee structure for the current academic year.

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