Building Bharat through leadership development, decentralisation, governance, and inclusion, led by women and youth.
Our strategic initiatives, encapsulated into four Big Bets, aim to accelerate India’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 through a platform and partnership approach.
Piramal Foundation is dedicated to uplifting the marginalised communities by harnessing the potential of youth and strengthening Government systems. By working in partnership with the Central and State Governments, as well as international and national organisations and academic institutions, we aim to drive accelerated change across India.
Through a concerted focus on the most marginalised groups, enhancing state capabilities to implement impactful initiatives, and actively involving youth in nation-building, over the past 16 years, the Foundation has reached and transformed the lives of 113 million Indians.
Key Tenets of our ESG Priorities
Problem: Over 10 crore tribal people in India have the lowest Human Development Indicators (HDIs) among all the population subgroups.
Vision: Eliminate preventable deaths among tribal and marginalised communities of India.
Results: Between May 2023 and February 2024, a total of 3,330 X-rays were performed and uploaded in the application from the three health facilities. Out of these, the application reported 487 X-rays as presumptive TB cases, of which 463 sputum were tested and 202 were confirmed of being “TB positive”.
Conclusion: The AI-powered qXR software proved to be an effective point-of-care tool for TB screening, especially in areas lacking specialist healthcare providers. This approach not only mitigates delays in diagnosing TB and other lung conditions but also expedites the initiation of treatment.
Buniyadi Shiksha Abhiyan (BSA) aims to strengthen transformation elements – School, Community, and the system. With a comprehensive approach, it aims to achieve Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) goals in 20,000 demo schools across 112 districts. This strategy covers the entire educational spectrum, addressing schools, communities, and the broader systemic framework. BSA has selected 17,516 Demo Schools across 112 districts, trained 53,835 Middle Managers and Teachers, and 1,27,018 Students reached through community classes by 5,611 volunteers.
Problem: Sub-optimal use of technology in public service systems hinders universal access and timely high-quality public health service delivery.
Vision: To support public service systems to improve availability, accessibility, and quality of services by leveraging technology.
Problem: Absence of programmes that build leadership skills of Government officials to help them perform to their highest potential.
Vision: To build a world-class institution for designing innovative solutions that can deliver national aspirations, execute complex missions at scale and build future generations of leaders and experts.
Beneficiaries in the last decade through health information helplines
Beneficiaries in the past decade through static clinics and telemedicine
Beneficiaries in the last decade through Mobile Medical Units
Frontline health workers and built digital capacity of 5,805 officials
DBC has developed and implemented AMRIT, an opensource (AMIRT code is available in public GitHub) EHR platform aimed at enhancing healthcare accessibility and affordability. AMRIT is an ABDM compliant Electronic Health Records (EHR) platform suitable for operating health helplines (104 helpline, 1097 helpline, Mother and Child Tracking Systems and Early Childhood Development), MMUs in remote areas and telemedicine facilities. Additionally, AMRIT offers an end-to-end solution for Comprehensive Primary Healthcare, with its application tailored for low-resource centres.
AMRIT’s tech architecture has been designed to ensure interoperability and establish a continuum of care by leveraging electronic health records. It has been integrated with point-of-care testing devices, enabling better diagnosis and quick decision-making by health staff. The collected EHRs are analysed to support informed decision-making by health officials. As the application is ABDM compliant, it aligns with the Government of Bharat’s vision of achieving universal health coverage by onboarding beneficiaries under the ABDM umbrella. This involves creating ABHA IDs and linking health records to these IDs to improve health outcomes.
Problem: The absence of a leadership building platform to tap and nurture the youth’s potential to contribute to development and nation building.
Vision: To leverage the power of youth and women to build Future Leaders engaged in nation-building.
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