To,Dr. Radha Krishna DasManaging DirectorISKCON Food Relief FoundationDear Sir,Greetings from ITM Business school.We are ITM Business School, a 17 year old institution, ranked 25th amongst the 1000 odd B- schools in India. We offer Post graduate courses in management with various areas of specialisation like Marketing, Finance & HR.We at ITM, build future managers and believe that it is our responsibility to mold them as responsible citizens of this country. In our endeavor to accomplish the same, we have included a 1 month project with a social organisation as a part of our curriculum.We believe that this project will give them an excellent platform to learn and understand the managerial skills required for effective functioning of a NGO/ Social Organisation. This would also give them an opportunity to interact with people who work for a social cause and sensitise them to the fact that they also need to contribute towards betterment of society.Association of ITM with your organisation started 2 years back when we started the NGO project for our students. Our students had a good learning experience with your NGO. We are now looking for placements for our next batch.This year the duration of this project would be 4 weeks & students will be working full time with your NGO during this period. The project will begin from 4th January 2010. As we did earlier, we have included this project as a part of the curriculum and students will be evaluated for 100 marks depending on the kind of work undertaken by them. Of this 100 marks, NGO will also have to evaluate them on the basis of parameters that will be sent to you in due course.We would be glad if you allow our students to take up their project with your NGO for the third consecutive year.Looking forward towards strengthening our association. In case of any clarifications, kindly send an e-mail to the undersigned.Thanking in anticipation,Prof. Richa BhandariITM Business School,Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
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The CEO of Thane Zilla Parishad, Mr H K Jawale visited our kitchen at Palghar. Thane ZP is the largest District in Maharashtra state, having 32 Talukas. ISKCON Food Relief Foundation has been implementing the Mid Day Meal project in the entire Palghar Taluka for the last three years.These are his remarks from the Guest Book.Today I have visited ISKCON Food Relief Foundation. This is an excellent community kitchen. ISKCON is doing an excellent work. The Shaley Poshan Aahar (Mid Day Meal) programme is being implemented very excellently. The quality of food is excellent. This experiment needs to be implemented in other blocks also.I wish this foundation a grand success.H K Jawale IASCEO Zilla ParishadThane24 / 11 / 09
Date: 16/11/09To,ISKCON FOOD RELIEF FOUNDATION19, Jaywant Industrial Estate63, Tardeo RoadMumbai - 400034IndiaDear Sir,Greetings from Lifebuoy!We would like to thank you for being a part and contributing to the success of the first everLifebuoy National Child Health Symposium and Awards 2009 held in Delhi on 4th September,2009.We received an overwhelming response from participants of Lifebuoy National Child HealthAwards 2009. Out of the hundreds of entries received our esteemed jury comprising of Dr. D.Nagaraja, Director & Vice Chancellor National Institute of Mental Health And Nuero-Sciences;Dr. B. Sesikeran, Director National Institute of Nutrition; Ms Ranjana Saikia, Associate Director,Social Transformation Division, TERI; Dr. Swati Y. Bhave, (Executive Director, Association ofAdolescent Child Care in India (AACCI) and Mr. Sudhanshu Vats, Vice President, Home Care &Personal Wash, Hindustan Unilever Limited had chosen ISKCON Food Relief Foundation as aleading organization in the sphere of child health with an outstanding contribution in the areaNutrition . We are delighted to herewith, attach a cheque of Rs.21,000/- (Prize money + taxes)for the same.Thank you once again and we hope you shall continue with your support to Lifebuoy'sendeavour in the area of health and Hygiene.Warm RegardsSudhanshu VatsVice President - Home Care & Personal WashHindustan Lever Limited
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Khichdi party for children at Red FMMUMBAI: Red FM is bajaaoing once again; this time it is for a noble cause. As part of the ‘Bajaao for a cause’ mission Red FM joined hands with ISKCON Food Relief Foundation (IFRF) to instrument School=Lunch, a project driven by the Government of India with the objective to liberate underprivileged children from the scourge of hunger and malnutrition. Through the on-air campaign Rs. 14 lakhs has already been collected till date from donors across Mumbai and the collections are expected to reach Rs. 20 Lakhs in the coming days! To celebrate the success of this campaign actor Vivek Oberoi visited the Red FM studio today.A special ‘Khichdi Party’ was organized where Vivek Oberoi and RJ Malishka served hot, nutritious and healthy khichdi to underprivileged children at the Red FM studio. Vivek Oberoi appreciated the efforts taken towards the School=Lunch programme through which Red FM and ISKCON Food Relief Foundation collected money as contribution towards a years supply of mid day meals for underprivileged children.Speaking about the success of the campaign, Anuj Singh, National Marketing Head said, “Red FM Bajaao for a Cause is our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative under which we have actioned many campaigns successfully making a difference to lives of people. Red FM has always believed in actioning activities that highlight the brand as being socially conscious. We believe that we are ‘the’ platform for people to express and speak their mind hence the initiatives. We are truly delighted with the generous contribution to the tune of 14 lakhs that we have received from the people towards this initiative and hope for the same kind of support in our future ventures.”.Commenting on the experience RJ Malishka said, "Bajaao for a cause has been an initiative close to my heart. Every year on the occasion of my show's anniversary, we launch a special social project under this. This year we associated with the ISKCON FRF’s School=Lunch campaign, to provide funds for mid day meals for underprivileged children. I have personally visited the kitchen and seen the quality of khichdi being prepared. We are proud to be associated with this cause and hope our contribution helps in keeping these kids in school!"Vivek Oberoi handed over the 'cheque' of Rs 14 lacs to Radha Krishna Das, Managing Program Director, ISKCON Food Relief Foundation in the presence of R J Malishka.Read more…
Live Concert by Gazal Maestro Padmabhushan Jagjit Singh in aid of School=Lunch project of ISKCON Food Relief Foundation's Mid Day Meal programme.Read more…
ISKCON Food Relief Foundation celebrated Children’s Day on Saturday the 14th Nov 2009 at High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel, Mumbai. It was the finale ground event, a culmination of the School=Lunch awareness campaign and was hosted by High Street Phoenix free of cost. Students from 52 Municipal schools who performed exceptionally well during the year received the awards.Mr Abbhasaheb Jadhav, Education Officer of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai was the Chief Guest. The awards were distributed by Guests of Honour Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan, lead stars of the Hindi movie ‘Tum Mile’.HH Radhanath Swami graced the occasion. Also present were Dr. Narendra D Desai Managing Trustee IFRF, Beejal Meswani, Samir Somaiya, Archana and Amit Chandra, Kailash Biyani, Noopur and Kushal Desai, Rajeev Srivastava, Sanjiv Maheshwari, Smt. Geeta More Patil, Coordinator Public Private Partnership Cell MCGM, Mr. Anuj Singh (National Marketing Head and West Head, 93.5 Red FM) and Alex Coutinho (Marketing Head, High Street phoenix).During the awareness campaign for more than 10 days hoardings were displayed at prominent sites in the city. These sites were offered by the courtesy of our outdoor partners Bright & Laqshya.The Canter activity with a compere, project promoters and plasma video display made halts at Malls and Corporate complexes doing street shows and collecting donations. The route was from Bandra to Dahisar and Bandra to Mulund.Our Radio Partner 93.5 RED FM took up this project as their annual ‘Bajaao for a cause’ and their RJ Malishka broadcasted promos and information about the project with appeals for donations and interviews with celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, Amitabh Bacchan, Abhishek Bacchan and many others for ten days. Listners who wished to contribute would send SMS and our volunteers went to them and collected their donations. The gross collections from listners crossed Rs 22 lacs. A Khichdi party was arranged at the RED FM studio in which some donors and school students participated with Vivek Oberoi.Under the auspices of School=Lunch – a project of the Government of India being implemented by the ISKCON Food Relief Foundation (IFRF), nutritious healthy khichadi is being served to the underprivileged children to liberate them from the scourge of hunger and malnutrition. This is being rolled out in select schools in Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli.The program benefits over 6, 60,000 children (every day) in different parts of India and more than 2, 28,000 children in Maharashtra alone. The objective of the program is to feed 15, 00,000 children by 2011. ISKCON Food Relief Foundation thus fulfills its responsibility by sending out meals to the schools and hopes that the children benefit from this and educate themselves to become educated citizens of the Country.With a vision of “Enhancing Educational Experience,” on an average 251 khichadi meals are served every minute in India round the clock. Radha Krishna Das, Managing Program Director of IFRF says, “We firmly believe that only education can empower a child to explore his potential, earn a decent living and build a better future. It is our aim that each child receives education and it is towards this goal that we have been assisting the Government in the implementation of the Mid Day Meal Program since 2004.”Recently ISKCON Food Relief Foundation participated in the first ever Lifebuoy National Child Health Symposium and Awards. Out of the hundreds of entries received ISKCON Food Relief Foundation was awarded as a leading organization in the sphere of child health with an outstanding contribution in the area of Nutrition.The esteemed jury comprised of Dr. D.Nagaraja, Director & Vice Chancellor National Institute of Mental Health And Nuero-Sciences; Dr. B. Sesikeran, Director National Institute of Nutrition; Ms Ranjana Saikia, Associate Director, Social Transformation Division, TERI; Dr. Swati Y. Bhave, (Executive Director, Association of Adolescent Child Care in India (AACCI) and Mr. Sudhanshu Vats, Vice President, Home Care & Personal Wash, Hindustan Unilever Limited.
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