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influence the development and expression of asthma include genes, obesity, indoor (e.g. furred
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GSK in India

GSK in India employs more than 3500 people. We are a dominant player in the Indian pharma
space having held this position for several decades. We are driven by the passion to help people
do more, feel better and live longer.

Our Culture and values is summed up in the GSK spirit that defines the qualities we expect all
our employees to embrace:

• performance with integrity

• entrepreneurial spirit
• focus on innovation
• a sense of urgency
• passion for achievement

Career Development and Growth

We lay emphasis on growing our own resources and most opportunites are first offered to
internal candidates through internal job postings and those who are identified as key talent
through our talent management process. We provide a range of resources to help you determine
and meet your development needs such as:

Training and on the job development: The training for sales personnel includes an Induction
Program that covers skills training, business unit specific product training and work practices for
the new recruits. Other training programmes focus on personal, leadership and skills
development suited to the individuals function. We not only emphasize on achieving
organizational goals but also provide opportunities for on the job development.

Performance and Development Planning: Our global Performance and Development Planning
process (PDP) is there to help our employees at every stage of their career with us. PDP is a
powerful tool for matching an employee’s personal success to the success of the business.The
employees and their reporting bosses work together on this process to set challenging objectives
for them and identify their development needs.

Diversity

We are an equal opportunity employer employing people from diverse backgrounds while
providing them an equal opportunity to grow and develop within the organisation.

Ethics

We are committed to doing business by maintaining high ethical standards in all aspects of our
work and we are committed to helping address healthcare challenges.

At GSK we value people and if you are a young, talented individual who enjoys challenges, has
a passion to excel and wish to be a part of the GSK experience, you may apply here
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Diabetes is a condition in which the body does not properly use or produce insulin - a
hormone produced by the pancreas that converts sugar, starches and other food into
glucose which is used for our body’s energy needs.

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GSK in India

GSK in India employs more than 3500 people. We are a dominant player in the Indian pharma
space having held this position for several decades. We are driven by the passion to help people
do more, feel better and live longer.

Our Culture and values is summed up in the GSK spirit that defines the qualities we expect all
our employees to embrace:

• performance with integrity

• entrepreneurial spirit
• focus on innovation
• a sense of urgency
• passion for achievement

Career Development and Growth

We lay emphasis on growing our own resources and most opportunites are first offered to
internal candidates through internal job postings and those who are identified as key talent
through our talent management process. We provide a range of resources to help you determine
and meet your development needs such as:

Training and on the job development: The training for sales personnel includes an Induction
Program that covers skills training, business unit specific product training and work practices for
the new recruits. Other training programmes focus on personal, leadership and skills
development suited to the individuals function. We not only emphasize on achieving
organizational goals but also provide opportunities for on the job development.

Performance and Development Planning: Our global Performance and Development Planning
process (PDP) is there to help our employees at every stage of their career with us. PDP is a
powerful tool for matching an employee’s personal success to the success of the business.The
employees and their reporting bosses work together on this process to set challenging objectives
for them and identify their development needs.

Diversity

We are an equal opportunity employer employing people from diverse backgrounds while
providing them an equal opportunity to grow and develop within the organisation.

Ethics

We are committed to doing business by maintaining high ethical standards in all aspects of our
work and we are committed to helping address healthcare challenges.

At GSK we value people and if you are a young, talented individual who enjoys challenges, has
a passion to excel and wish to be a part of the GSK experience, you may apply here

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Learn about Diabetes

Diabetes is a condition in which the body does not properly use or produce insulin - a
hormone produced by the pancreas that converts sugar, starches and other food into
glucose which is used for our body’s energy needs.
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Corporate Social Responsibility

We are a research-based pharmaceutical company. Our mission is to improve the quality of

human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.

We believe that through our business we make a valuable contribution to society by developing
and marketing medicines which improve people's lives. Our philosophy is to target support to
selected programs that are innovative, sustainable and which produce tangible results.

CSR in India

We follow the rationale that we are linked closely to the communities in which we operate-
locally, nationally or globally. We cannot exist in isolation. All our actions are focused around
this feeling of being centered.

Our stated mission statement is "To lend a helping hand to the underserved in our society
through the support of women, children and the aged in the areas of health and education."
Implementing this philosophy in spirit, we make a positive contribution to the communities in
which we operate, and invest in health and education programs and partnerships that aim to bring
sustainable improvements to underserved people.

Our core value - we care

Being a premier pharmaceutical company in the country, GSK's core value is to be a good
corporate citizen. It is committed to the communities in which it works. Support to the
community through charitable initiatives is the way through which it invests in society. This is
done by

Being proactive in improving the environment

Participating and contributing actively for Tribal Welfare

Our initiatives are primarily focused towards women, children and the aged and are directed in
the areas of Health and Education. We believe that these areas are related and of direct concern
to GSK. If there is proper education, one will eventually learn to be hygienic, and if one is
hygienic, will one remain healthy. The organization facilitates in educating masses on good
practices of healthy living.

At GlaxoSmithKline India, the activities towards community development are attached to the
Corporate Communications Department. Since 1970, the Company has been implementing
various social responsibility activities apart from statutory ones. The following Community
Development activities are carried out through the company's Corporate Social Responsibility
Department situated at its Head Office in Mumbai.

What we do
We provide money, medicines, time and equipment to non-profit organizations to help improve
health and education in underserved communities. We focus on programs that are 'innovative,
sustainable and bring real benefits to those most in need'.

Click here to view the global Corporate Responsibility

details:http://www.gsk.com/responsibility/index.htm

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Tribal welfare projects in Peth Taluka, Nashik, Maharashtra

GSK India undertakes a number of Rural Development initiatives through its trust GRAMIN
AAROGYA VIKAS SANSTHA (GAVS), a Rural Health Development Organization. GAVS is
a registered public charitable trust established and promoted by the heritage company Glaxo
India in April 1997.

India is a country with more than 1.2 billion people where an estimated 350 million people live
in absolute poverty. Tribal people constitute roughly 8% of India's population. Based on research
conducted and analysed, a cluster of villages was identified for providing basic healthcare
facilities for a year as a pilot project.

Tribals are socio-economically disadvantaged and marginalized groups. Most tribes are
concentrated in heavily forested areas that combine inaccessibility with limited political or
economic significance. Tribals have been accorded special status in the constitution and there are
several schemes designed for their upliftment. However, a number of these schemes are poorly
implemented and there has not been much improvement in their status. Even today, the tribal
population lags substantially behind in terms of education and health.
As a part of its Rural Tribal Development mission, GAVS collected primary data from 92
villages in Peth Tehsil / Block near Nashik in the year 2005. Peth is the smallest Tehsil / Block in
the district; it occupies 3.63% of the district. The tribal population in Nashik falls amongst the
10% of the total Tribal population (7.4 million) in the state of Maharashtra. These groups remain
isolated, living in remote forest and hilly areas. A majority of them have poor health status and
are ignorant about health issues. Inaccessibility, low literacy level, absence of any NGO and
paucity of basic healthcare facilities characterize these villages.

The research was conducted with the objective of getting authentic, first-hand information on
health and education status in the area thereby identifying the most underserved village
communities, which needed Company support. Based on the data analysis, a few clusters of
villages were identified for providing basic healthcare facilities for a year as a pilot project in the
year 2005

GAVS originally worked in 15 predominantly Tribal villages in Peth Taluka, Nashik District.
Currently the Trusts' Mobile Clinic covers a distance of 160 kms each day and visits a cluster of
35 villages in rotation, covering over 80 villages. A team of qualified medical practitioners along
with healthcare workers visit the villages five days a week. Social workers and 30 Healthcare
Workers from the local villages render help in implementing the project at the grassroots level.
Over 30000 villagers are benefited by this healthcare initiative directly or indirectly.

The villagers often suffer from skin diseases, Tuberculosis, water-borne diseases and Respiratory
Tract Infections. Ignorance, poverty and difficult terrain make it near impossible for these
inhabitants to avail of timely medical services. This results in aggravation of the diseases to
extreme conditions, often leading to human losses.

The GSK medical centres being located in the villages itself have proved to be a boon to the
villagers, who would otherwise have to walk for around 8 -10 kms. to reach the nearest primary
healthcare centres. The Organization regularly conducts Health awareness sessions in this region
as a preventive measure aimed at mass sensitization and eradication of health and hygiene issues
in the region.

GAVS field action programs included:

• Medical check-up and treatment offered at Trust's Mobile Van and 3 Medical Centres in
the Villages.
• Ongoing Health camps and Health awareness programs
• Vocational Training activities for employment generation at the local level.
• Women empowerment activities through SELF HELP GROUPS
• Innovative programs that could accurately address a current issue related to Health or
livelihood.

Vocational Training Centres

GAVS have also launched three Vocational Training Centers in Peth Taluka. The centres were
launched in the beginning of 2008 in collaboration with Mumbai based partner organization,
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association. The project is undertaken with a long term objective of
imparting specialized skills and making the unemployed youths more employable in the areas of
computer literacy, tailoring, beauty training, wireman/ electrician training, increased agriculture
productivity, Motor training, nursing assistance training etc. Over 700 youths have been trained
and a number of them are currently gainfully employed. This initiative, to a certain extent has
helped in curtailing the seasonal migration in the region.

Shelter home for children - Behraich, Uttar Pradesh

In 2008, GSK India in collaboration with Pratham, a Non Government Organization, started a
Shelter home for children under the age of 16. This Shelter home is located in the eastern part of
India at Behraich, Lucknow, which is one of the highest child sending regions in the country.
The project aims at prevention of children migrating to bigger cities in need of work and falling
prey to child labor and anti social elements. This project includes supporting 80 children by way
of providing them education, food and shelter in addition to psycho-social support. In the next
stage, GSK and Pratham plan to actively work on advocacy and awareness generation on the
issue of Child labour in 100 villages of Behraich.

The program aims at preventing migration of children for work in bigger cities & increasing
access to quality primary education for children thereby empowering families. The beneficiaries
include around 100 boys from 69 gram panchayats covering a population of over 1 lac villagers
in Behraich district as indirect beneficiaries

Healthcare project, Institute for Indian Mother and Child, Kolkata:

In 2009, GSK India has extended its support to The Institute for Indian Mother & Child (IIMC) a
non-governmental voluntary organization, committed to promote child & maternal health and
literacy. IIMC was set up in 1989, with the mission to give support to the medical needs of the
poorest and most backward people of West Bengal who have no access to basic healthcare and
medical facilities. To combat the educational and healthcare system for the marginalised people
from rural areas, IIMC devised multiple medical and health programs for holistic development of
women and children.

IIMC runs two Residential Child Care Indoor Centers consisting of 20 Beds each and five
outdoor Sub-Centers.

Outdoor Centers:

Tegharia - Operating twice in a week - 800 - 1000 Patients per day

Hogolkuria - Operating once in a week - 200 - 300 Patients per day
Chakberia - Operating once in a week - 300 - 500 patients per day
Kheadah - Operating once in a week - 200 - 300 patients per day
Dhaki - Operating twice in a week - 400 - 500 patients per day

Indoor Maternity Centers:

Dhaki Center - 20 Beds
Tegharia - 20 beds

The medical centers provide primary healthcare services at very subsidized rates to about
1,20,000 patients coming from remote villages. Every year, about 2000 severely malnourished
children are admitted and treated at the Indoor Centers. These children are not only provided
medical facilities, but are also supported with nutritional supplements on a regular basis.

IIMC's medical services include:

• Primary Health care services to 1,20,000 poor people from Rural areas.
• Micro surgery- cleft lip and cleft palate & other minor operation
• 20 bedded hospital for primary treatment to the child
• Emergency & ambulance services
• Low cost nutrition diet to the child
• Family planning programme
• Awareness to the patients
• Laboratory for pathological test
• Safe delivery for rural pregnant mothers
• Immunization
• Nursing intervention
• X-ray service
• Contraceptive material
• Medical camp
• School health check-up camp

IIMC was looking for a financial support for its on-going annual medical programs at its centers,
which includes providing Medicines for 1 Lakh patients p.a, Nutritional diet supplements for
25,000 patients p.a., Reproductive child healthcare (RCH), Safe child birth and Awareness
camps.

GSK India supports IIMC as its commitment to the medical needs of the lesser privileged section
of the society.

Institute of Health Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

The Company has also backed one more long-term project for providing medical support to the
aged in the remote and under developed Khurda district of Orissa. This project is run by Institute
of Health Sciences & Margdarsi, a not for profit organisation.

IHS Community Development Activities are:

• Geriatric hearing cases in collaboration with Age Care Association.

• School screening programme for different kind of disabling conditions requiring early
intervention.
• Free consultancy and counselling programme for home based treatment.
 • Free Speech Therapy camps with the support of Rotary Club of Infocity.

The need for outreach programme for the geriatric population was derived from the sample
survey of the neighbouring rural village of Mendhasal. The area is covered with forest, having
very poor public transport system. The nearby primary healthcare center is around 10 km and no
physiotherapy treatment is available. The sample survey showed that the large number of
disabled geriatric population would affect the society if not treated with professional care.

This project supported by GSK India envisages support to about 14,000 underserved villagers
suffering from debilitating diseases, especially orthopaedic conditions and helping in their
rehabilitation

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Primary Healthcare Centre in garbage dumping ground - Deonar, Mumbai

GSK India runs a medical centre in Deonar Dumping Ground, the biggest dumping ground in
Mumbai. This centre provides Primary healthcare facilities and quality health education to the
children who are rag pickers and their families who work in and around the dumping ground.
This project is implemented in collaboration with Niramaya Health Foundation. It was found that
in addition to the basically unhygienic environment, children in the age group of 5 to 14 were
exposed to waste substances like used needles, syringes, medical equipments, un-segregated
garbage, etc. Due to these conditions there were frequent injuries and long term infections like
respiratory problems and skin diseases. The problems and health issues in this area were largely
neglected; hence the Company stepped in and decided to support this cause.
The 200-hectare garbage dumping ground at Deonar is frequented by rag pickers, over half of
whom are women and children as young as seven or eight years. They generally suffer from
malnutrition, fever, cuts / injuries, respiratory problems, TB and other related diseases. Niramaya
runs a comprehensive health care programme for the community to improve the quality of their
life. This is achieved through providing better healthcare services, reduction in anemia/
nutritional deficiencies/ ailments and creation of a cadre of peer educators. With GSK's support
for a year now, there is an improvement in their health status in the given unhygienic
environment. With the total beneficiaries being around 4000, the services have been of great help
to these otherwise neglected communities in Mumbai. Additionally, regular camps for
immunization, eye camps, Hb estimation camps are conducted.

The achievements of the project include improved life expectancy of the children and women rag
pickers in the dumping ground with better healthcare, while reducing the rate of anemia and
other nutritional deficiencies and general ailments in the community.

Mid-day Meal project

GSK India has been supporting the Mid-day meal program implemented by ISKCON Food
Relief Foundation for Municipal school students from the year 2005. The mid-day meal program
is an initiative run by the Government of India with the dual objective of not only enhancing
levels of attendance in these schools, but also providing them with nutritious meals. This is an
on-going project which currently supports three schools and around 3000 students in Mumbai.
This project has visibly shown good results in terms of increase in attendance and improvement
in health standards.

Dignity Foundation

In 2010, GSK India initiated another new long-term project in association with Dignity
Foundation, a voluntary not for profit organization for supporting the geriatric population.
Dignity Foundation was set up in 1995 a popular and progressive NGO for senior citizens,
promising avenues for productive living and a dignified existence to the 50+ group.
Headquartered at Mumbai, the Foundation has Chapters spread across Kolkata, Chennai,
Bengaluru, Pune, Jamshedpur and Vishakhapatnam, as well as centres at Chembur, Mira Road
and Dadar in Mumbai. The Foundation is premised upon scientific developments in the fields of
Geriatrics and Gerontology. It offers structural opportunities to exercise the choice of how to live
young in chronologically advancing years. In Mumbai alone, over a 1000 senior citizen
volunteers participate actively in the services provided by the Foundation. They range in age
from 50 to 100+ years.

The Company has initiated a long term project for supporting annually a 24 X 7 Helpline for
senior citizens. The Helpline provides immediate and emergency support, rescue and relief to
elderly people calling at the Helpline.

Aashirwad school for mentally challenged children, Delhi

GSK India also supports Aashirwad school for mentally challenged children at Delhi by way of
cash donation to run its day to day activities.

Life Trust Learning Disabilities Outreach Program

Life Trust is a charitable trust established in the year 2000 with a mission of improving quality of
education in Municipal run secondary schools using technology and visual aids. Before 2007,
there were a large number of cases of school dropouts from many Municipal Schools across the
city. Life Trust assessed that there was a need in the community and decided to address this
problem of school dropouts. One of the reasons for dropouts that came forth during the
intervention was the difficulties faced by kids while learning.

Learning disabilities lead to children being stigmatised amongst the peer groups resulting in
social pressures on them. This condition is born out of ignorance and hence early intervention
with remediation can help children cope with it better.

In May 2007, Life Trust established the Life Center for learning disabilities in collaboration with
Nair Hospital. The center is only the second of its kind in Maharashtra, which is authorised to
certify learning disability in students.

However, having only one center is not sufficient in a city like Mumbai. It is a necessity to create
an outreach programme wherein the Life Trust team will visit the BMC Schools to undertake the
necessary Learning Disability test. After a detailed analysis, if need be the children and the
parents would be called for further counselling at the Nair Hospital center. Through such
intervention, it is the mission of Life Trust to allow students to cope independently in the regular
educational system.

In the past two years, over 5,000 students have been registered and tested, out of which 925 have
been put through the process of remediation and 1600 municipal schoolteachers have undergone
training on learning disabilities.

GSK India has associated itself with this project by supporting the outreach programme with
financial support to run it.

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Primary Healthcare Centre in garbage dumping ground - Deonar, Mumbai

GSK India runs a medical centre in Deonar Dumping Ground, the biggest dumping ground in
Mumbai. This centre provides Primary healthcare facilities and quality health education to the
children who are rag pickers and their families who work in and around the dumping ground.
This project is implemented in collaboration with Niramaya Health Foundation. It was found that
in addition to the basically unhygienic environment, children in the age group of 5 to 14 were
exposed to waste substances like used needles, syringes, medical equipments, un-segregated
garbage, etc. Due to these conditions there were frequent injuries and long term infections like
respiratory problems and skin diseases. The problems and health issues in this area were largely
neglected; hence the Company stepped in and decided to support this cause.

The 200-hectare garbage dumping ground at Deonar is frequented by rag pickers, over half of
whom are women and children as young as seven or eight years. They generally suffer from
malnutrition, fever, cuts / injuries, respiratory problems, TB and other related diseases. Niramaya
runs a comprehensive health care programme for the community to improve the quality of their
life. This is achieved through providing better healthcare services, reduction in anemia/
nutritional deficiencies/ ailments and creation of a cadre of peer educators. With GSK's support
for a year now, there is an improvement in their health status in the given unhygienic
environment. With the total beneficiaries being around 4000, the services have been of great help
to these otherwise neglected communities in Mumbai. Additionally, regular camps for
immunization, eye camps, Hb estimation camps are conducted.

The achievements of the project include improved life expectancy of the children and women rag
pickers in the dumping ground with better healthcare, while reducing the rate of anemia and
other nutritional deficiencies and general ailments in the community.

Mid-day Meal project

GSK India has been supporting the Mid-day meal program implemented by ISKCON Food
Relief Foundation for Municipal school students from the year 2005. The mid-day meal program
is an initiative run by the Government of India with the dual objective of not only enhancing
levels of attendance in these schools, but also providing them with nutritious meals. This is an
on-going project which currently supports three schools and around 3000 students in Mumbai.
This project has visibly shown good results in terms of increase in attendance and improvement
in health standards.

Dignity Foundation
In 2010, GSK India initiated another new long-term project in association with Dignity
Foundation, a voluntary not for profit organization for supporting the geriatric population.
Dignity Foundation was set up in 1995 a popular and progressive NGO for senior citizens,
promising avenues for productive living and a dignified existence to the 50+ group.
Headquartered at Mumbai, the Foundation has Chapters spread across Kolkata, Chennai,
Bengaluru, Pune, Jamshedpur and Vishakhapatnam, as well as centres at Chembur, Mira Road
and Dadar in Mumbai. The Foundation is premised upon scientific developments in the fields of
Geriatrics and Gerontology. It offers structural opportunities to exercise the choice of how to live
young in chronologically advancing years. In Mumbai alone, over a 1000 senior citizen
volunteers participate actively in the services provided by the Foundation. They range in age
from 50 to 100+ years.

The Company has initiated a long term project for supporting annually a 24 X 7 Helpline for
senior citizens. The Helpline provides immediate and emergency support, rescue and relief to
elderly people calling at the Helpline.

Aashirwad school for mentally challenged children, Delhi

GSK India also supports Aashirwad school for mentally challenged children at Delhi by way of
cash donation to run its day to day activities.

Life Trust Learning Disabilities Outreach Program

Life Trust is a charitable trust established in the year 2000 with a mission of improving quality of
education in Municipal run secondary schools using technology and visual aids. Before 2007,
there were a large number of cases of school dropouts from many Municipal Schools across the
city. Life Trust assessed that there was a need in the community and decided to address this
problem of school dropouts. One of the reasons for dropouts that came forth during the
intervention was the difficulties faced by kids while learning.

Learning disabilities lead to children being stigmatised amongst the peer groups resulting in
social pressures on them. This condition is born out of ignorance and hence early intervention
with remediation can help children cope with it better.

In May 2007, Life Trust established the Life Center for learning disabilities in collaboration with
Nair Hospital. The center is only the second of its kind in Maharashtra, which is authorised to
certify learning disability in students.

However, having only one center is not sufficient in a city like Mumbai. It is a necessity to create
an outreach programme wherein the Life Trust team will visit the BMC Schools to undertake the
necessary Learning Disability test. After a detailed analysis, if need be the children and the
parents would be called for further counselling at the Nair Hospital center. Through such
intervention, it is the mission of Life Trust to allow students to cope independently in the regular
educational system.
In the past two years, over 5,000 students have been registered and tested, out of which 925 have
been put through the process of remediation and 1600 municipal schoolteachers have undergone
training on learning disabilities.

GSK India has associated itself with this project by supporting the outreach programme with
financial support to run it.

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Primary Healthcare Centre in garbage dumping ground - Deonar, Mumbai

GSK India runs a medical centre in Deonar Dumping Ground, the biggest dumping ground in
Mumbai. This centre provides Primary healthcare facilities and quality health education to the
children who are rag pickers and their families who work in and around the dumping ground.
This project is implemented in collaboration with Niramaya Health Foundation. It was found that
in addition to the basically unhygienic environment, children in the age group of 5 to 14 were
exposed to waste substances like used needles, syringes, medical equipments, un-segregated
garbage, etc. Due to these conditions there were frequent injuries and long term infections like
respiratory problems and skin diseases. The problems and health issues in this area were largely
neglected; hence the Company stepped in and decided to support this cause.

The 200-hectare garbage dumping ground at Deonar is frequented by rag pickers, over half of
whom are women and children as young as seven or eight years. They generally suffer from
malnutrition, fever, cuts / injuries, respiratory problems, TB and other related diseases. Niramaya
runs a comprehensive health care programme for the community to improve the quality of their
life. This is achieved through providing better healthcare services, reduction in anemia/
nutritional deficiencies/ ailments and creation of a cadre of peer educators. With GSK's support
for a year now, there is an improvement in their health status in the given unhygienic
environment. With the total beneficiaries being around 4000, the services have been of great help
to these otherwise neglected communities in Mumbai. Additionally, regular camps for
immunization, eye camps, Hb estimation camps are conducted.

The achievements of the project include improved life expectancy of the children and women rag
pickers in the dumping ground with better healthcare, while reducing the rate of anemia and
other nutritional deficiencies and general ailments in the community.

Mid-day Meal project

GSK India has been supporting the Mid-day meal program implemented by ISKCON Food
Relief Foundation for Municipal school students from the year 2005. The mid-day meal program
is an initiative run by the Government of India with the dual objective of not only enhancing
levels of attendance in these schools, but also providing them with nutritious meals. This is an
on-going project which currently supports three schools and around 3000 students in Mumbai.
This project has visibly shown good results in terms of increase in attendance and improvement
in health standards.

Dignity Foundation

In 2010, GSK India initiated another new long-term project in association with Dignity
Foundation, a voluntary not for profit organization for supporting the geriatric population.
Dignity Foundation was set up in 1995 a popular and progressive NGO for senior citizens,
promising avenues for productive living and a dignified existence to the 50+ group.
Headquartered at Mumbai, the Foundation has Chapters spread across Kolkata, Chennai,
Bengaluru, Pune, Jamshedpur and Vishakhapatnam, as well as centres at Chembur, Mira Road
and Dadar in Mumbai. The Foundation is premised upon scientific developments in the fields of
Geriatrics and Gerontology. It offers structural opportunities to exercise the choice of how to live
young in chronologically advancing years. In Mumbai alone, over a 1000 senior citizen
volunteers participate actively in the services provided by the Foundation. They range in age
from 50 to 100+ years.

The Company has initiated a long term project for supporting annually a 24 X 7 Helpline for
senior citizens. The Helpline provides immediate and emergency support, rescue and relief to
elderly people calling at the Helpline.

Aashirwad school for mentally challenged children, Delhi

GSK India also supports Aashirwad school for mentally challenged children at Delhi by way of
cash donation to run its day to day activities.

Life Trust Learning Disabilities Outreach Program

Life Trust is a charitable trust established in the year 2000 with a mission of improving quality of
education in Municipal run secondary schools using technology and visual aids. Before 2007,
there were a large number of cases of school dropouts from many Municipal Schools across the
city. Life Trust assessed that there was a need in the community and decided to address this
problem of school dropouts. One of the reasons for dropouts that came forth during the
intervention was the difficulties faced by kids while learning.

Learning disabilities lead to children being stigmatised amongst the peer groups resulting in
social pressures on them. This condition is born out of ignorance and hence early intervention
with remediation can help children cope with it better.

In May 2007, Life Trust established the Life Center for learning disabilities in collaboration with
Nair Hospital. The center is only the second of its kind in Maharashtra, which is authorised to
certify learning disability in students.

However, having only one center is not sufficient in a city like Mumbai. It is a necessity to create
an outreach programme wherein the Life Trust team will visit the BMC Schools to undertake the
necessary Learning Disability test. After a detailed analysis, if need be the children and the
parents would be called for further counselling at the Nair Hospital center. Through such
intervention, it is the mission of Life Trust to allow students to cope independently in the regular
educational system.

In the past two years, over 5,000 students have been registered and tested, out of which 925 have
been put through the process of remediation and 1600 municipal schoolteachers have undergone
training on learning disabilities.

GSK India has associated itself with this project by supporting the outreach programme with
financial support to run it.

Back to top

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the group was founded have always inspired growth and will continue to do so in times to come

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Updated 22 October 2010

© 2007 GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited - All rights reserved. Registered Office: Dr.
Annie Besant Road, Mumbai - 400 030