The seventh edition of The CSR Journal Excellence Awards is all set to be held on September 30 at the Lotus Ballroom, Gate – 18, Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. 

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will attend the event as Chief Guests this year.

The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2024 honours innovative and best practices in the sphere of Corporate Social Responsibility, recognising the best practices in six categories. The categories are Education & Skill Training, Women Empowerment & Child Welfare, Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development, Health & Sanitation and Sports.

The finalists for this year include, HDFC Bank Ltd. for its project HDFC Skill Development Program for Persons with Disability, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. for Kashmir Super 50, Amazon India for Amazon Future Engineer Program, Dabur India Limited for Herbal Kingdom and JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited for Integrated Village Development Project.

Some of the other finalists include: IndusInd Bank Ltd. for Jawhar – Integrated Development Project, Coca-Cola India Foundation for Project Jaldhara VI, Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd. for Water Resource Development Project, VFS Global for Forest Conservation through Efficient Cook Stoves, Mindspace Business Parks REIT for Durgam Chevu Lake Transformation and Maruti Suzuki India Limited for Health Care Project Multi-Specialty Hospital. 

This year, the CSR Journal received a record number of applications in each categories. However, a shortlisting was done by the Centre for Excellence in CSR, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, which is the Knowledge Partner for The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2024.

Several prominent personalities, including Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha, footballer Sunil Chhetri, Aditya Birla Education Trust Chairperson Neerja Birla, Actors Dia Mirza and Ayushmann Khurrana will be present. 

This year the event will be hosted by Emcee Shaina Khan. A musical rendition will be delivered by Annkur Pathakk to enthral the audience for the evening.

The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2024 is presented by The CSR Journal, India’s leading print and digital news organisation in the Corporate Social Responsibility domain in association with Dr. Shrikant Shinde Foundation, Principal Partner Reliance Industries Limited and is Powered by the Aakshya Infra Projects Private Limited.