Newgen CSR is celebrating 10 years of its journey towards bringing sustainable growth aimed towards nation building.
Newgen initiated its flagship CSR initiative – Newgen Digital Discovery Paathshala (NDDP) in 2016 based on the idea of the company’s MD that digital empowerment is the need of the hour and it will open various doors of opportunities for the less privileged children.
“NDDP started as an initiative to bridge the digital gap and empower the government schoolgirl students digitally and over the years it has branched to many more interventions aiming towards holistic development of the girls and skill development of the women. Over the decade, we have gradually scaled up the programs and reached out to the remotest corners of the nation through implementation partners through remedial education, holistic development, computer literacy and nutrition program. As we move ahead, we are focused on continuing creating a cycle of curiosity and changing lives.” – Ms. Priyadarshini Nigam, CSR Head & Whole-Time Director, Newgen
Under the umbrella of NDDP, we adopted two government girls senior secondary school in the vicinity and developed state-of-the art digital labs where daily sessions helped the students gain knowledge and develop a self-learning habit through fun teaching methods. Every year, we worked with approx. 3000 girls from class 6th-8th and over the course of ten years, we have reached 26,000+ girl students.
As COVID struck, the program mode switched to online, and I-pads and tabs were provided to ensure continuity of studies for the students. Realizing the need of mental health management, online sessions on balancing emotions were also conducted.
Post COVID, we continued distributing tabs and till date, we have provided over 3000 devices. The NDDP program adopted a hybrid model allowing us to reach larger number of students and expand the thematic areas of the sessions. The NDDP students graduating from class 6th become a part of NDDP Alumni with whom we included career mentoring, peer leadership training, STEM sessions to support aspects of holistic growth. Personality development sessions scaled up, and English Communication was included for all the NDDP grades, focusing on confidence-building and life skills. Educational scholarship support has been organised for over 150 NDDP students passing class 12th and going for higher education.
In 2023, we initiated the community involvement vertical and launched the Samarth Saarthi Samuh with the mothers of the NDDP students. In 2024, the establishment of a Skill Development Centre in Okhla expanded the program’s horizon to women empowerment through vocational training, digital literacy, financial management, and mental well-being. Currently, nearly 100 mothers are being trained at the Centre and over 800 mothers are a part of the Samuh.
The strategic partnerships to expand the reach with NGOs namely KHUSHII, KK Academy, Computer Shiksha and The Akshaya Patra Foundation supports the implementation of projects on remedial education, computer literacy, and nutrition respectively. Over the decade, the partner projects have benefited 52,000+ students through remedial and holistic education, reached 5lac+ students through computer literacy and provided 85lac+ mid-day meals.
Further, professionals from IAm have helped provide support around mental health well-being, and personality development to over 14,000 women and students. Trainers from Each One Feed One supports the vocational training of 100 women at the Skill Development Centre.
As we complete a decade and move ahead, we are committed to continue making an impact.
