The Tata culture of giving back flows from the tradition of nation and community building sowed more than a century back by Jamsetji Tata, the Founder of the group. Tata companies are involved in a wide variety of community development projects, which relate to skills training and entrepreneurship, livelihoods and women empowerment.
Tata companies work towards empowering people by helping them develop the skills they need to succeed in a global economy. The group equips communities with information, technology and the capacity to achieve improved health, education and livelihood outcomes.
Initiatives
Okhai
Set up by Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD), Okhai is determined to be a brand that symbolises empowerment of rural and semi-urban women while promoting traditional handicraft techniques. Self-help groups (SHGs) have been formed in the villages of Okhamandal with the goal to empower 5,000 rural artisans over the next five years.
Tata Steel Samvaad — A Tribal Conclave
Samvaad is a four-day conclave that celebrates the tribal community. The event commemorates the birth anniversary of iconic tribal leader Birsa Munda, as well as the Foundation Day of the State of Jharkhand. It is part of Tata Steel's continuing efforts to revive, preserve and promote tribal culture.
Lakhpati Kisan
Through their ‘Lakhpati Kisan - Smart Villages’ initiative, the Tata Trusts work in 17 remote blocks in Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra and Gujarat over a five-year programme. The aim is to bring 101,000 families out of poverty by the year 2020 by raising their income levels to over Rs. 1.2 lakh annually.
Data Governance
Tata Trusts helped build a data-based micro-development plan for 290 villages. With it, government officials could identify which households had no grid connectivity, ration cards, LPG connections, toilets or access to processed tap water, and which ones were eligible for skills-training or subsidised insurance programmes.
Tata STRIVE
Skill building is a key focus area for national development. The Tata STRIVE mission is to build capacity to train youth for employment, entrepreneurship and community enterprise. It reaches out to communities, develops skills of people from financially challenged backgrounds and acclimatises them with the changing work environment.
