Cairn India wins Blue Dart

GlobaL CSR Awards 2012:

Cairn India, the country's leading upstream oil and gas company, won the Blue Dart Global CSR Award for 'Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practice Overall' at a glittering ceremony on February 18 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The Union Minister of Corporate Affairs Dr. M. Veerappa Moily presented the global CSR awards, which was part of the first World CSR Day.

Cairn Lanka which is a subsidiary of Cairn India is currently engaged in oil exploration at Mannar basin and was successful in drilling operations where discovery of oil and gas including natural gas was made. It is in the process of ascertaining the commercial viability of the findings.

With the theme of CSR - 'A way forward and public-private partnership for a greener planet', the Global CSR Awards recognized the organizations that have made a significant and positive impact on the lives of people around them.

The global CSR award aims at assessing the extent of integration of CSR concerns with corporate functioning, responsiveness to the needs of different stakeholders and development of innovative models to fulfill social responsibilities.

Cairn India, dedicated to the highest standards of corporate social responsibility, bagged the award for its sustained contribution in India towards community development initiatives across its operations in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, that has impacted lives of thousands of people.

Some of the successful community programmes of Cairn India includes the Cairn Enterprise Centre, Cairn India Dairy Development programme, Room to Read (Library Programme), Science on Wheel, Theatre in Education, Mobile Health Vans, General Health Awareness Camps and Micro Vendor Programme.

SJ