Rotaractors bag CSR Grant
RID 3170 DRR Nikhil Chindak has been instrumental in bagging a CSR grant of ₹25 lakh from Ayu Foundation, the CSR wing of Vijaykant Food and Dairy in Belgaum. “The funds will be used to provide cervical cancer vaccines to 1,000 young girls in schools,” says Chindak, a member of RAC Belgaum South. “We had decided on the project last year before beginning my term as DRR and the costs worked out to ₹20-25 lakh for 1,000 vaccines,” he adds. Serum Institute will provide the vaccines for the project.

The CSR partner was introduced to him by his mother who is the president of the Karnataka Rollball Association. Chindak is a champion skater having won national level awards, including the Asian Championship Trophy recently at Goa. His next plan includes enlisting CSR support to set up a blood bank in the city. “It would cost at least ₹1 crore. We are in the process of identifying a partner,” he says.
To promote literacy in rural regions, the DRR has encouraged the district Rotaract clubs to distribute schoolbags to students under the project, ‘One Club, One School’. Each club will be sponsoring bags for a school. Chindak has personally sponsored 10,000 bags which were distributed by the zonal representatives to various schools.