CSR Overview:

Steria India Foundation is the CSR arm of Steria India Limited, the India subsidiary of the French IT major – Steria.

Steria India community philosophy is focused on ‘education’, for children from impoverished and rural backgrounds, studying in government schools located near our campuses in Chennai, Pune and Noida. Special emphasis is given on ‘computer literacy’, ‘English language skills, ‘all round development’ – with emphasis on the education of the girl child.

India is a developing country and the past few years have seen the benefits of development penetrate large sections of Indian society. The rich are getting richer and there is an increasingly prosperous middle class being created. But at the same time society is also getting polarized, there are increasing numbers of those living in poverty and who find it difficult to find two square meals a day. ‘Education’ is the bridge that can eliminate this social divide – the only bridge – so that future generations in India will not see the extent of social dichotomy that is prevalent today. Steria India community work is but just one small step in this direction.

Steria India Community Services begins in the primary school, with Steria sponsored teachers, play area equipment, computer lessons, nutritious milk supplements, lapdesks, school uniforms, footwear and so on. This engagement continues through middle and high school with state-of art computer centres, English language learning software, mentorship, computer lessons, soft skills workshops, awareness campaigns on a host of issues from the environment to career choices, prep classes for board exams and so on. The Steria India model also gives due importance to extra curricular skills, like sports, dramatics etc. through leadership clubs running in all Steria supported schools and specially hired professional coaches in football, cricket and even karate and the art of self defence for senior girls. It was decided quite early that Steria India will not chase numbers, will spread slowly and while doing so, will have a complete and holistic engagement with all its target schools.

The objective for Steria Community Services are not merely “charity”, but to make the beneficiaries self sufficient to the extent possible, and thus, useful contributing members to society.