Legrand India wins 'The Most Innovative COVID-19 Response' award

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Legrand India, a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructure has been awarded the 'Most innovative COVID-19 Response Award' at the recently held IFCCI CSR Conclave and Awards 2020.

The Award aims to recognize the CSR activities and projects of French and Indian companies and recognize their efforts done in 2020.

The company provided the frontline warriors with Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) - the Doctors, Nurses, Health workers, Police Officers, Journalists, Electricians, Drivers, the local municipal corporation workers through the Government agencies.

Legrand India worked with Health Departments of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, New Delhi to provide PPE's to the frontline warriors ensuring their safety as they served our nation. They provided medical consumables and infrastructure support to various COVID CARE centers in aim to be part of the on-going solidarity efforts to contain the pandemic. They partnered with State Governments and NGOs to extend support to guest workers at Chennai, Bhiwandi, Rohad and Haridwar.

"We are delighted to be recognized by IFCCI for most innovative COVID-19 Response. This award is particularly noteworthy given our own efforts towards driving the minor change towards the nation by supporting the frontline warriors with Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and infrastructure support to the COVID care centers. We continue to extend our support where required on a need basis, to overcome this pandemic. Together let us take pride in being a socially responsible organization and the recognition won," said Tony Berland, Managing Director and CEO, Group Legrand India.

One of the key focus areas of Legrand India is healthcare when it comes to giving back to the society. Legrand India supported govt. hospitalsquarantine centres with 600 plus disposable isolation beds; 40 plus ICU beds, pulse oxymeters, oxygen masks to COVID care centres as a proactive step to facilitate to accommodate the migrant returns in the respective districts' quarantine facility.

The team enabled support through its electrical products such as protection devices, wiring devices and UPS for hospitals and healthcare facilities countrywide which will house over 2000 beds and intensive care facilities for COVID-19 patients.

The company worked with the State Health Departments of Tamilnadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, New Delhi to provide PPE's to the frontline professionals ensuring their safety as they served our nation. They provided 2 Lacs masks to Govt. hospitals; 15K plus protection gears to Doctors; 550 plus protection gears to police force; 700 plus PPE kits to NGO medical teams; 300 plus PPE kits to journalists. They partnered with State GovernmentsNGOs to extend our support to guest workers at Chennai, Bhiwandi, Rohad and Haridwar.

A global specialist in the electrical and digital building infrastructure, Legrand is a Euro 6.0 billion group based in Limoges, France. The group has manufacturing facilities in 90 countries and its products are sold in over 180 countries. Globally, Legrand is a leader in wiring devices and cable management with a global market share of over 20 per cent and 14 per cent respectively.

Legrand also enjoys leadership positions in at least one of its major business areas in a number of countries including France, Italy, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, China, and of course India.

Legrand India offers a wide range of products in the categories of Energy distribution, Wiring devices, Home Automation, Structured Cabling, Lighting Management Solutions, Cable Management, and Industrial application products. It is an undisputed leader in MCBs, RCDs and DBs and a strong No. 2 in wiring devices Apart from this, the company also holds a leading position in Home Automation, MCCBs and Cable management systems.

The company's geographical reach, across market segments, caters to new requirements of customers with smart solutions that make Legrand a multipolar group. And this multipolar nature, and the global philosophy of Listen, Design, Make and Support has enabled it to provide innovative and smart solutions. Legrand's products are amongst the top in the market and have undisputable brand equity.

Legrand products and services comply with the three criteria of simplicity - simplicity of use, simplicity of installation and simplicity of distribution - which enable the company to quickly penetrate new markets. With an employee base of over 1000 in India, the company is fast emerging as a leader in its core business by extending products and services that suit every segment in the local market.

Headquartered in Mumbai, Legrand operates across India through 26 offices, 600 stockiest, 11500 retail outlets with three state-of-the-art manufacturing units, seven training centers and two RD centers. Technological innovations, simple and rapid product combinations to form communicating systems, clever installation ideas etc. are the focus of the RD team at Legrand.

This story is provided by NewsVoir. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/NewsVoir)New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI/Digpu): Siddhi, a philanthropic foundation, led by Dr. Meena Mahajan, started an initiative of distributing food and goodies to poor people in Rs 5 during lockdown.

For this purpose, Dr Meena installed many HOPE (Help Other People Eat) Food Carts in different areas of Delhi. She served food, fruits, sweets and goodies to poor people. She also made them aware about personal hygiene, the importance of wearing masks and using sanitizers and even organized a small yoga workshop to help them fight Corona virus.

"Under the leadership of our Prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi, people are getting opportunity to promote Indian culture by being 'Vocal for Local'. After the announcement of Janta Curfew, we took an initiative in which we started distributing food and goodies to poor people in Delhi. We having been serving over 1,000 people daily since then. Through these stalls, we are trying to reduce unemployment, hunger and poverty as well as promote dignity of labour, health, personal hygiene and women empowerment," said Dr Meena Mahajan, the founder of Siddhi Foundation.

The employees working in HOPE Carts are the ones who lost their jobs during lockdown or the ones who are poor and below poverty line. These people were trained about how to live a quality life and how to maintain cleanliness around them. They were given free masks, sanitizers and clothes. One stall gives employment to four such people. Siddhi Foundation has also given employment to the people who live in nearby villages. The things used in these carts like disposable plates, glasses, etc. are manufactured by these villagers. The profit earned by this foundation is then given back to them in the form of wages.

Siddhi Foundation has started getting sponsorship from its supporters in the form of food items and food carts. The motive of this foundation is helping other people with whatever they have, without disturbing the nature.

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