PankhAffirmative Action

Tata Group Affirmative Action Program

EMPLOYABILITY

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The Tata AA Program (TAAP) is aligned with the framework on AA prepared by the Confederation of Indian Industry, which focuses on four areas of development: employment, employability, entrepreneurship and education.

We are committed exercising positive discrimination in creating livelihoods for personnel from historically disadvantaged communities and in employing and engaging them as business partners, without sacrificing merit or quality.

Tata Capital Affirmative Action PolicyTata Capital believes in social equity.

The Company adheres to the principle of equal opportunity, irrespective of caste, whether in recruitment or career advancement within the organization.

The Company is also committed to directly conducting or supporting initiatives to ensure an equal footing for socially and economically disadvantaged sections in the country at large, and specifically the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.

Towards the ultimate goal of enhancing their employability and entrepreneurship abilities, Tata Capital is committed to creating and promoting access to quality education and technical skills and competencies for members of the SC/ST communities.

To enable these communities to overcome the social discrimination that has prevented them from realizing their potential, Tata Capital will assist members from these communities for employment opportunities and as business associates, with merit, cost and quality being equal. 

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Governance Structure

Sr. No.

Review Forum Periodicity Participants

1. CS & AA Committee Quarterly •MD & CEO•MANCOM Members•Head – Brand & Corporate Communications•Head – Corporate Sustainability

2. CS Review Monthly •Head - Human Resources•BU and Subsidiary HR Heads•Head – L&D•Head - Corporate Sustainability

3. AA Champions Meet Yearly •AA Champions•Head - Corporate Sustainability

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AA Focus Areas

Bring them at parBring them at parInvestment in Human CapitalInvestment in Human Capital

Funding, Partnering, VolunteeringFunding, Partnering, Volunteering

• Educate

• Employability

• Employ

• Entrepreneurship

• Educate

• Employability

• Employ

• Entrepreneurship

• Sponsorship of education•Sponsorship of special skills (vocational training, soft skills)•Financial literacy•Centres of excellence

• Sponsorship of education•Sponsorship of special skills (vocational training, soft skills)•Financial literacy•Centres of excellence

Investments related to fundamental

needs such as education to offset the historical disadvantages faced by the AA communities

Investments related to fundamental

needs such as education to offset the historical disadvantages faced by the AA communities

Soft-skills development and training to

bring AA communities at par with the mainstream

Soft-skills development and training to

bring AA communities at par with the mainstream

Financial and Social InclusionFinancial and

Social Inclusion

• Employment in industry•Employment at Tata Capital

•Vendors for Tata Capital•Special finance offering from Tata Capital

• Employment in industry•Employment at Tata Capital

•Vendors for Tata Capital•Special finance offering from Tata Capital

Financial independence and sustainable livelihoodsFinancial independence and sustainable livelihoods

Positive DiscriminationPositive Discrimination

AA Initiatives

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Focus Area:

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1. Education

2. Employability

3. Employment

4. Entrepreneurship

Focus Area | Education

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Location: We will focus our education effort on Adivasi Ashramshalas(1st-12th Standard)

Why: Because, the Adivasi Ashramshalas is a perfect setting that caters to both our CS and the Tata group AA effort. Because AA communities are historically socially disadvantaged, therefore our effort is to bring them at par, enabling them to compete better

Areas of Intervention:

i. Basic Education (1st – 12th Standard)ii. Financial literacyiii. Infrastructure support iv. Health & Hygienev. Capacity Building (Soft skills, Computer skills, English reading and writing)

Cluster Development Model

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Magic Bus:

Overall development through

sports

CERE:Solar powered

Computer Labs

Ashramshalas

(Cluster)

Pratham:

Learning level

English through local language

Basic Computer course

Vocational training

Marathi Vidnyan

Parishad:

Science Lab

Toybank:

Learning through play

Vocational

Training

Higher

Education

Education

Loans

Personal/

Business

Loans

Financial

Independence

Professiona

l Courses

Employment

Empowered

Students

1. We will adopt clusters in proximity to our business starting with Maharashtra2. The students from these clusters will fulfill our Employment requirement

Cluster Development of Adivasi Ashramshalas:

1. Making Vatsalya Ashramshala a pilot project, we propose to adopt 2 more educational institutes and assist them in holistic development for their students

2. Our interventions will include: providing infrastructure, soft skills and all round development of the students

3. Proposed Associations:

a) Pragati Pratishthan (School for Hearing and Speech impaired children and Ashramshala)

b) Toybank (learning through play and setting up Toy library)

c) Magic Bus (All round personality development through sports)

d) Pratham (Assessment of learning levels, introducing English through the local language and Financial literacy)

e) Marathi Vidnyan Parishad (setting up science labs)

f) CERE (Setting up solar powered computer labs)

g) Employment based vocational training projects at Tata Group level post 10+2

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Focus Area | Education

Vatsalya Prathamik Ashramshala

• The Vatsalya Prathamic Ashramshala is a residential school for tribal students in Chabke Talawali village, Vikramgadh district.

• Our partner NGO in this project is the Rotary Club of Bombay Sea Face

• The school has 600 students (Std.I to Std.X)

• We started our support to this school by building a science lab for them

• Subsequently, we extended support to teaching and career counselling

• The first batch of students appeared for the Std. X examination in 2012.

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Year Total no. of students

No. passed Highest %

2012 41 34 66%

2013 31 25 74%

2017 Vision for Vatsalya Ashramshala

• Successful vocational training / career options for all students

• 100% Result in Std. X

• In house vocational training facility

• Centre of Excellence

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Vatsalya Ashramshala, 2013

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Focus Area | Education (Financial Literacy)

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Definition: Financial literacy is the ability to understand how money works in the world, how someone manages to earn or make it, how that person manages it, how he/she invests it (turn it into more) and how that person donates it to help others. (Source: Wikipedia)

Location: All Adivasi Ashramshalas

Areas of Intervention: Financial literacy

Partnership with: Pratham

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Pankh ScholarshipsThe Pankh Scholarships are given to students nominated by employees

Tata Capital sponsors deserving students from the AA Communities

who have:

•Secured admission to a professional course, based on merit

• Are financially deserving

• Have a valid caste certificate (or can get one made asap)

Employees are invited to nominate any deserving candidate they

know of who requires a sponsorship, through an e-mail

The sponsorship is only for course and exam fees – in case any

other funding is required (text books etc.), it is looked at on a case to

case basis

The cases are presented to the CS&AA committee for final approval

The employee nominating the student is the mentor.

The students are tracked for results in their exams and for final

placements as well, once they successfully complete their course.

7 students sponsored so far.

Thank You