Education forms a cornerstone of VISL’s CSR strategy, with interventions spanning school education, digital learning, employability, and youth development and aimed at promoting an inclusive and supportive educational ecosystem. Projects Vriddhi ensures delivery of these key objectives , playing a vital role in improving access to quality education in remote and far flung areas, where resources are often limited, and dropout rates are high – thus contributing to addressing the gap in infrastructure, inadequate resources, limited digital access and high dropout rates.
Project Vriddhi offers vital support through the Vedanta Utkarsh Scholarships, renovation and upgradation of school infrastructure such as classrooms/ sanitation blocks and labs, supply of learning material, establishment of computer labs, assistance for competitive exam through classes, , and upgrading anganwadis with solar power and digital learning tools. Additionally, it also includes providing bus facilities, competitive exam coaching assistance, remedial learning programs, educational awareness campaigns etc. By integrating technology, early learning, academic support and community engagement, VISL’s educational initiatives are elevating academic outcomes, as also helping shape confident, capable individuals with the tools to build a brighter future. In FY25, the educational initiatives have powered the dreams of over 15000 students across states.
Furthering the objectives, The ‘PRERNA’ initiative by Vedanta ESL opens educational pathways for students from remote socio-economically disadvantaged groups by enabling access through the setting up of 15 Remedial/ Coaching Centres. These centres focus on students from elementary school to those aspiring for government vacancies. The Vedanta ESL Excel 30 provides valuable support to aspirants for competitive exams such as, SSC, Bank PO, Railways etc with nine candidates clearing polytechnic exams, eight joined various uniformed services (Army/CISF/BSF) & 26 cleared written exams for SSC-GD and railways.
Complementing these efforts, VISL has also been making concerted efforts to bridge the ‘digital divide, fostering inclusive progress through the setting up of the Vedanta Computer Centres in villages, the Vedanta Computer Labs in schools and colleges across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa.
The Vedanta AAS Vidyalaya in Jharkhand, a digital learning initiative targeting students from classes 6th to 10th.With the help of the app EduChamp, students can access the entire course curriculum & other engagement content on mobile handsets, and also at the four ‘education cafes’ set up for the purpose. These ‘cafes’ are equipped with laptops and other requisite infrastructure to support the learning journeys of the students with ~1000 students having availed of the facilities.
