Piramal Foundation

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Piramal Foundation is the

health center. Piramal Swasthya in association with National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Assam has set up a call centre for pregnant women in Assam. The efforts are focused towards reducing the Maternity Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) through this initiative.^[3]

patents for this technological innovation has been filed – one for the RFID based remote sensing & quality control and the second for the ATM dispensing system. Sarvajal presently operates in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.^[5][6]

US in a wide array of services.^[7]

Piramal Fellowship programme is run by Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership, in parallel, where over 100 young students from the best colleges and B-schools of India develop on-ground leadership skills as they get a hands-on experience for 2 years in the remote villages of India. These students are attached to school headmasters to assist them in formulating and executing programmes to bring about a positive and measurable impact on the school’s performance. It is imperative to train school headmasters on how to lead teachers, manage a school and participate effectively within the community they operate in.[8]^[9][10]

Leadership school

Piramal School of Leadership (PSL) was inaugurated in December 2013 at Bagar in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.^[11] The aim is to build a world class university for education in Rajasthan.^[12] The Piramal School of Leadership (PSL) offers a three-year Principal Leadership Development Program for government school headmasters to develop leadership skills and relevant knowledge to impact the quality of education in the schools.

Their vision is to provide a master's degree in innovative new disciplines for the first time in India like Education Leadership, District Education Management, Coaching for School Improvement, Instructional Design, Educational Assessment and Policy Design. This is a 3-year part-time program for Head Masters of schools, with the programme co-created with the foremost management college in India.^[13]

Supported Projects

Piramal Foundation is actively supporting the Annamrita initiative of

Piramal Foundation promotes Education Leadership through the Piramal School of Leadership (PSL) at Bagar, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan. Mr. B.L Joshi, Honourable Governor of Uttar Pradesh inaugurated the school in the presence of Mr. Ajay Piramal – Chairman, Piramal Enterprises, Dr. Swati Piramal – Vice Chairperson, Piramal Enterprises and over 500 headmasters & headmistress.[16]

Piramal Foundation’s primary healthcare initiative, Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) and Dr. Raman Singh, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh inaugurated the 104 Health Information Helpline in Raipur. The 30 seat helpline would operate on 24 x7, throughout the year and would handle a call volume of 2,500 calls a day. ^[17]

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