‘Encourages employees and business partners to volunteer for social causes’
Mumbai, 20th December 2018 – D-Link recognizes that its actions as a responsible corporate entity can lead to progressive change in the society that it operates in. In D-Link social welfare is an integral part of its value system. D-Link now further pledges its support to Self4Society – a CSR platform recently launched by our Hon. Prime Minster that encourages employees from IT sector to actively volunteer towards social causes, and help build a New India.
The Self4Society platform is a noble initiative by the present government that encourages corporate employees to engage and contribute in social welfare activities. Self4Society is an app based platform that acts as a workspace for Electronics and IT corporate to organize employee engagements (Initiatives) for social work. Organizations can create their own initiatives under the identified National Causes.
“Taking up social responsibility is an ethical obligation for both individuals and businesses. Self4society is a brilliant platform for employee-corporate collaboration towards social welfare. We at D-Link wholeheartedly support this innovative approach to CSR. We shall encourage our employees, partners to join us and collectively contribute to the nation building process.” said Mr. Tushar Sighat, Managing Director & CEO, D-Link (India) Ltd.
While D-Link continue with its effort to meet CSR goals, it has lately initiated programs that allow its employees to volunteer and contribute to social causes through Self4society platform. Recently the CSR team at D-Link (India) Ltd. initiated a beach cleanup drive at Khar Danda beach, Mumbai, which had over 40 enthusiastic D-Link volunteers participate. The outcome was that over 1.8 Ton of Garbage was picked and removed from the Beach. D-Link has so far played an active role by successfully initiating 7 events in a short Span of time, including grand celebration of International Volunteers Day on 5th Dec 2018 along with National Payment Corporation of India -NPCI Team in Mumbai.
Commenting on D-Link’s enthusiastic participation Shri Arvind Gupta, CEO, MyGov said “On behalf of the Self4Society initiative, we appreciate the efforts of D-Link and its volunteering team. It is heartening to see that D-Link, its employees and partners have taken up the call from PM Narendra Modi for contributing to societal causes by volunteering their time, effort and skills. Such contributions towards projects having national impact depict the true spirit of volunteering and convert these national causes into bottom up People’s movement.”
D-Link encourage all its employees to initiate/ take up social causes and offer voluntary assistance under its CSR campaigns through Self4society app. D-Link intends to involve not only its employees, but also encourage its partners and re-seller across the country to be part of its CSR initiative through Self4socitey platform.
Mr. Sudhanshu Ojha, AVP – Government Affairs, CSR and D-Link Academy commented, “We understand that the synergy with corporate & citizens is essential in solving India’s complex social development issues. In this endeavor, we urge our esteemed partners to be part of our D-Link CSR mission and volunteer for social causes through Self4society platform. Our partners have been our key business companions for years, and now we look forward to engaging with them on social causes.”
D-Link partners and re-seller can now be part of D-Link’s CSR initiative and volunteer for social causes. They simply have to download Self4society app on their phone and key in D-Link joinee code L-DS4153.
D-Link strongly believes technology is an enabler in building a sustainable society. Over the years its networking innovations have enabled individuals & enterprises with more opportunities, more productivity and more value. As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program D-Link has been working extensively on focused welfare projects in four major areas – child education, health care for families, skills training and livelihood for youth, and community engagement through women empowerment.
About D-Link: D-Link is a global leader in connecting people, businesses and cities with over 3 decades of experience. We aim to connect more homes, small businesses, medium to large-sized enterprises, and service providers. D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP surveillance, cloud-based network management, and structured cabling. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link has grown from a group of seven friends since its founding in 1986 in Taiwan for more than 2,000 employees worldwide.
D-Link (India) Limited is a part of D-Link Corporation and one of the largest networking company in India. The Company is engaged in Marketing and Distribution of Networking products in India and SAARC region. The Equities of D-Link (India) Limited are listed in NSE & BSE Stock exchanges. Today, D-Link (India) Limited is a key market player with a nationwide reach, robust product portfolio and superior services in India. The Company is firmly committed towards delivering high quality, efficient and reliable Networking products, solutions and services. D-Link India today has 17 branch offices with State of-the-art service support infrastructure present PAN India.