Piramal Foundation
| Founded | 2006 |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Key people
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Ajay Piramal, Swati Piramal |
| Website | www |
Piramal Foundation is a philanthropic arm of Piramal Group. The foundation undertakes projects under the four broad areas – healthcare, education, livelihood creation and youth empowerment. These projects are rolled out in partnership with various communities, corporate citizens, NGO’s and government bodies.
Piramal | Swasthya
Piramal Swasthya earlier known as Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) is a non-profit organization supported by Piramal Foundation. The project has signed deal with the Karnataka government to provide a Health Information Help Line Services in the state through 104 BSNL telephone number. This service is called “Arogya Vani”. The helpline service works towards providing basic medical information, advice, counseling without visiting a doctor, pharmacist or a 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.
Piramal | Sarvajal
Sarvajal is a social enterprise that provides clean water through Water ATM’s. The Water ATM is in essence a modular RFID controlled standalone water dispensing unit. It is very simple to use, and like any usual ATM the customer swipes a prepaid card on the screen and chooses the amount of water one wishes to dispense. The RFID device sends a GPRS message to the SEMS server (Sarvajal Enterprise Management System) which authorizes the transaction instantly. This server keeps a record of the user’s transaction and deducts the amount used on the card. The plant works on a reverse osmosis and UV based filtration technology. The water is filtered through 5 stages and the quality is in accordance with the international drinking water quality standard, IS 10500. Two 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.
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