Film production designer Sabu Cyril and Mohammed Ibrahim Al Qahtani, Senior Advisor of Saudi Aramco honoured the winners of Indywood CSR Excellence Awards 2017 in Hyderabad on December 3.
Indywood CSR Excellence Awards 2017 concluded at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad on December 3, 2017. The award was organised to recognise and facilitate efforts made by the hospitality industry professionals towards the development of their sector.
Mohammed Ibrahim Al Qahtani, Senior Advisor of Saudi Aramco and Sabu Cyril, Indian film production designer were the chief guests at this award ceremony and they distributed the awards to the winners.
Several prominent personalities were honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award, Special CSR Excellence Awards and other awards on this occasion. Here is the list of winners of Indywood CSR Excellence Awards 2017.
| No | Award | Winner |
| 1 | Lifetime Achievement Award | BalaWarrier, Mentor for Sambhav Foundation |
| 2 | Special CSR Excellence Awards – Hall of Fame | GMR Group; Reliance India Limited and GVK group |
| 3 | Excellence in Water management | Godrej Agrovet Limited |
| 4 | Best CSR award for encouragement of sports | ITM Group Of Institutions |
| 5 | Best CSR practices in Education | Capgemini – India |
| 6 | Excellence in Social and Community Initiatives | Phoenix Group |
| 7 | Excellence in Tribal Community welfare | Hindustan Power Projects Private Limited |
| 8 | Best CSR practices in Natural Resource development | Suzlon Energy Ltd |
| 9 | Excellence in Healthcare | Mission Of Mercy Hospital And Research Centre |
| 10 | Best CSR campaign for sustainable Safe Drinking water project | Honeywell India |
| 11 | Best CSR practices in Waste management | Bharathi Cement Corporation Pvt. Ltd |
| 12 | Excellence in Women Empowerment | Tube Investments of India Ltd - Murugappagroup |
| 13 | Best campaign for Disaster mitigation | True Value Homes (I) Pvt Ltd., Chennai |
| 14 | Best CSR practices in Community Support | V Guard Industries Ltd |
| 15 | Best CSR campaign in affordable Housing | Kitex Garments Ltd |
| 16 | Best CSR campaign preventive healthcare | Transport Corporation of India |
| 17 | Best CSR practices for engaging and empowering Youth | Yes Bank |
| 18 | Best CSR practices in Sanitation and Hygiene | Kajaria ceramics Ltd |
| 19 | Excellence in Rural Upliftment programmes | 7Cs Group |
| 20 | Best CSR campaign for Farm Animal Welfare | Indian Immunologicals Limited |
| 21 | Excellence in Sustainable Social Development | HCL Technologies |
| 22 | Best CSR campaign for Biodiversity and Climate Change | Apollo Tyres Ltd |
A panel discussion on 'Using Remote and portable interactive techniques for rural education in India' was also conducted during the ceremony. The panel discussed quality education can be made available at rural places.
Panelists for the Session were Meena Raghunathan, Director of GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, Sohan Roy, Founder & Director of Indywood, Ms Pallavi Magoo, Head of CSR Initiatives &International Relations at ITM Group of Institutions and Kumar Anurag Pratap, CSR Leader, Capgemini. The session was moderated by Prasann Thatte, Head, Monitoring & Evaluation, Reliance Foundation.
Indywood CSR Excellence Awards 2017 was organized as a part of Project Indywood, a US$10 Billion Project to be initiated by a consortium of 2000 Indian corporate and Multi-Millionaires.
