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The Company launched MargDarshak it donated furniture and installed water
app, a holistic pedestrian safety solution. It cooler at the schools. It contributed a
created a stall at the Kullu Dussehra event generator for a local hall in Bharuch. During the financial
that conducted awareness activities like The Company distributed wheelchairs year under review,
quizzes on road safety, pledge boards for to soldiers who retired from service due the Company
visitors to sign and demonstration of the to spinal cord injuries while serving the invested H1.86 crores
MargDarshak app.
nation. in CSR initiatives. The
Fermenta has been associated with It signed a tripartite Memorandum of Company focused on
National Association for the Blind (NAB) Understanding (MoU) with Jupiter Hospital
for more than three years. During the year and the Rotary Club of Thane Premium, initiatives in the areas
under review, the Company contributed for contributing towards paediatric of promoting health,
towards 236 keratoplasty surgeries cardiac surgeries of patients belonging e-learning, rural
(corneal transplants), 295 educational to underprivileged and financially weak
Braille kits, 22 squint correction surgeries, backgrounds. development, animal
grant for diploma in Special Education protection and social
and establishment of the NAB-DVK Music The Company signed a Memorandum of welfare.
Academy in memory of Late Mr. Datla Understanding (MoU) with Sanjay Gandhi
Vasant Kumar. National Park (SGNP), Mumbai, ensuring
environmental sustainability, flora and
The Company also collaborated with fauna protection, animal welfare and the
Sitapur Eye Hospital, contributing towards conservation of natural resources.
keratoplasty surgeries for 258 beneficiaries.
Fermenta contributed towards an
e-learning initiative for implementation in
schools at Lakhigram, Vagra and Bharuch
and commenced a similar project in Kullu.
It donated computers to Visually Impaired
School, Kullu, and Sahayog School for
special children, Nagchala. It installed solar
lights for environmental sustainability in
and around its manufacturing facilities.
It distributed sweaters and school bags;

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