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Partner programs are those that are managed or supported by IAC’s parent organization, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). These programs cover a wide ranging of social issues that need expertise, joint action from government and industry, transparent funding and revised policy approaches.  

Through its parent organization, the Indian American Council connects with these programs to create diverse opportunities for members to share their time and expertise. By working directly with the program managers of these initiatives, our members are involved in a structured and sustainable manner.   

India Business Trust for HIV / AIDS  http://www.indianbusinesstrust.org/  

Indian Business Trust for HIV/ AIDS (IBT) was established in the year 2000 to provide a comprehensive response to the HIV/AIDS threat on behalf of the business sector. It is set up and supported by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), based on the understanding that the virus is not just a medical, but also a major socio-epidemic threat. Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman Tata Sons, heads the Indian Business Trust for HIV/ AIDS. IBT firmly believe that business has a crucial role to play in containing the pandemic and can use the unique expertise, resources and reach at the individual and collective levels to fight HIV. The program acts as a focal point for organizations implementing HIV/AIDS programs, providing leadership and direction, advocating for standardization of practice and policy that can lead to effective coping strategies and creating a network of companies that place people at the centre of their operations.


Where required, IBT helps to provide inputs and technical expertise to companies for the design and development of specialized programmes. This leverages business' unique assets, skills, and networks in the formation of an effective response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. In this process, IBT identifies and disseminates best practices to encourage shared-learning and promote a sense of collaboration as Indian business fights HIV/AIDS.
 

Shiksha 

http://shikshaindia.org/  

Shiksha India is a non- profit organization, launched during the India Economic Summit on 2nd December 2001. It is an initiative of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and is managed by Shiksha India Trust. Mr. Jamshyd N. Godrej is the chairman for the Trust. Shiksha India works closely with schools and institutions across India and helps promote use of technology for making teaching-learning more effective. Shiksha's two major focus areas are Content and Coaching. 

Dungarpur Project 

http://www.ciionline.org/menu_content.php?menu_id=566  

The Private-Public Partnership is being promoted by CII for development of backward districts, the initiative being piloted in Dungarpur, Rajasthan, calls for pooling of strengths and convergence of business initiatives, development programs and science and technology inputs.  The industry and institutional partners under this initiative are PI Industries, BAIF, PEDO/ Jain Irrigation/Grundfos Pump, RSSC, ITC, ICRISAT, Microsoft, District Education Department, GOR, ITI, Titagarh Bio-Tech Pvt. Ltd, DST & District Administration. 

Arts N East 

http://www.artneast.com  

The setting up of the Marketing Centre for the Handloom & Handicraft Products from the North East India is a unique initiative of its kind. The current initiative attempts to address some of the constraints that the crafts sector has been facing. The crafts sector by its very nature is heterogeneous, both from the point of view of the material and technological processes used in each of the crafts as well as in the situations in which the craft communities work in different regions of each state or the country. 

Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust 

http://bystonline.org/  

BYST is developing entrepreneurs by providing young disadvantaged people in India with loans against no collaterals and a business guru.BYST is keen on working with young people in the age group of 18 - 35, who are either unemployed or underemployed. We invite individuals with sound imaginative business ideas, along with the will and determination to succeed.  

 

Rajasthan Education Initiative

www.rajshiksha.gov.in/REIMain.htm The Rajasthan Education Initiative (REI) is a new venture aimed at engaging global and local partners from the private sector, foundations and NGOs in innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships to support education in the state of Rajasthan. The government of Rajasthan has created the REI with the support of the world Economic Forum, the confederation of Indian Industry, and GeSCI the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative. 

Skill Development Trust

www.cii.in/menu_content.php?menu_id=731 

Taking advantage of the considerable strength of younger generation in India, the aging world and requirement of skilled labor both in India and abroad, CII registered a Skills Development Trust with a Skills Development Fund and also created an over arching CII Skills and Knowledge Mission, to guide the functioning of its Skills Development Initiative.  

 
 

Newsflash

Press Release, Jan 9,2009: Pravasi Bhartiya Divas

NEW IDEAS FOR DIASPORA INVOLVEMENT IN INDIA’S SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

Continuing on its objective to deepen engagement with the Indian diaspora, three concurrent sessions at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2009 addressed opportunities presented for participating in social development in India. The PBD convention is being held in Chennai from 7-9 January by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in partnership with the Government of Tamilnadu and the Confederation of Indian Industry. Health and education have emerged as the key social sector areas for increasing diaspora engagement in India.