HCCB Donates Uniforms & Educational Kits To 128 Students At Nemam village In Tamil Nadu
Thiruvallur, September 18, 2019: In line with its commitment to promoting education and skill building, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) – one amongst India’s premier FMCG companies, donated uniforms and educational kits to 128 students in Andersonpet School and Nemam Village School at Nemam, near Chennai. As part of this commitment, HCCB also set up a dedicated smart classroom at Andersonpet School equipped with an interactive intelligent digital touch board, a short-throw projector and an audio system.
Present at the inauguration of the smart classroom, District Educational Officer P. Paamaa, Block Educational Officer P. Gurunathan, Zonal Commercial Head HCCB, P. Srinivas Kalyan, HCCB’s Nemam Factory Manager S. Dinesh Ratnam, and others distributed the uniforms and educational kits to the students.
P Srinivas Kalyan, Zonal Commercial Head, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “Taking a significant step towards creating an environment that is conducive to learning, HCCB is mobilising the next generation to grow. The future of our students is a shared responsibility. What makes HCCB proud is that we have continued with this tradition of being able to provide tools, equipments or modules that helps education in these villages.”
With a strong commitment to uplifting communities, HCCB set up two smart classrooms in Nemam village school last year. Reconstruction of school buildings both at Nemam and Andersonpet was celebrated and students were provided with uniforms and school kits last year. Through these initiatives, we want to continue to equip students with interactive learning techniques to keep up with the technological advancements in classrooms.
P Paamaa, District Educational Officer, said, “When large organisations such as HCCB provide opportunities to enhance the educational system for the future generation, they are paving the way for similar organizations to come forward and help in building a viable educational ecosystem. We are confident that students will benefit by using the equipment optimally and create a secure future for themselves.”
HCCB has a long-standing emphasis on imparting basic education to children in local communities where it operates. The company is an ardent believer in education being accessible to all and that it is imperative in shaping a child’s future to a more holistic life.
About HCCB
HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 60 different products in 9 different categories.
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