The Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (HYSEA) organized the Fourth CSR Summit in Hyderabad on January 21 with a theme “Volunteer to make a difference” and explored volunteering opportunities for corporate employees in three key areas of Education, Environment and Health and Well-being.

While many corporate employees want to contribute to society, they often do not know where or how to start or are concerned about balancing work, home and society. The summit helped them to understand the different avenues available to volunteer was also an excellent opportunity to interact with several participating NGOs in the EXPO.

Paul Raddon, Head of Operations, Global Service Centers, HSBC delivering the Keynote address said, “Giving back to the society is at the core of HSBC corporate philosophy and a way of life at GSC India”. He also added, “HSBC has launched more than 70 projects benefiting over 2.94M people, and HSBC Skills for Life, an INR 100 crore flagship initiative is benefitting 1.3 M. Over 21400 beneficiaries have got access to WASH facilities across 17 villages in India and more than 3100 youths trained and employed in the last year, despite the pandemic”, he said.

Delivering the mentor note Venkatesh Murthy, Founder and Chief Mentor, Youth for Seva, said, “I truly appreciate HYSEA’s decision to take ‘Volunteering’ as the theme for this conference. Employee volunteering programs, if well designed, can be very impactful. I hope HYSEA will provide a model for collaboration and co-creation of effective volunteering programs in Telangana”.

Bharani K Aroll, President, HYSEA welcomed the participants to the summit and said “HYSEA has been committed to CSR for more than a decade and a half now, with our focus primarily on Education and Environment. Our education initiative DDI (Disruptive Digital Intervention) has now reached more than 12000 students in 30 schools statewide. HYSEA has had tree plantation drives in HITEC City and Gachibowli regularly since 2009 and has been an active partner for Haritha Haram”.

Manisha Saboo, AVP and DC Head, Infosys Pocharam Campus and HYSEA CSR Forum Leader, said, “We aspire to make volunteering as a way to build a cohesive society”. She invited all NGOs, Corporates and Volunteers to make use of HYSEA Volunteering platform https://volunteer.hysea.in, an end-to-end solution for volunteering.