EdelGive Foundation is an initiative of Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd., one of India’s leading financial services firms. It provides strategic direction to the philanthropic activities of Edelweiss, its employees, clients and associates.
Its key priority is to focus on the areas of education, livelihoods and supporting women’s empowerment. It achieves this by bringing an investment banking and venture capital approach to the social sector. By using the human, financial and intellectual resources from its parent company, Edelweiss, it seeks to enrich and broaden the impact of entrepreneurial activities of non-profits in India.
The 4th EdelGive Social Innovation Honours 2012, is a national awards programme instituted by the EdelGive Foundation, to reward innovative work in the social sector in India.
The objective for the EdelGive Social Innovation Honours is to identify and reward organisations that are innovating to empower women in India.
This awards programme is looking for organizations that have
- Innovated either in idea and/or action to impact the lives of women in India
- Direct social impact and
- Sustainability of the innovation
Award Categories
- Health and well being: Awarding an innovation which promotes women’s health and overall well-being
- Education: Awarding an innovation which provides women with access to education and/or improved quality of education
- Economic Security & Livelihoods: Awarding an innovation which helps women increase their income, and / or provides them with employment opportunities
- Rights and Representation: Awarding an innovation which helps women overcome social and cultural challenges and also those which empower women to participate in available legislative positions
Eligibility
- You are eligible to apply in the corresponding categories if you work on the above issues.
- Applicants applying for the Awards should satisfy the following criteria:
- The Applicant should not be barred from conducting any activities by any court of India.
- The Applicant should not propagate political or religious doctrines.
- The Applicant should be a registered organization in India, under the Trusts, Societies, or u/s 25 of the Companies Act.
- The previous three years’ winners and runners-up will not be able to participate in the award process.
The window for applications will close on September 23, 2011. Short listing for each category will be based on scores assigned by the internal jury and verification conducted by an Independent Agency. The Award Management’s decision on the short listed entities will be final and binding.
For verification of the application forms, an Independent Agency will be appointed to conduct field visits to the locations of the Short Listed Entities.
After field visits, the nominees for the final round will be invited for an interaction with the Final Jury. The Final Jury will score the nominees and one winner will be selected from each category.
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