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HPCL Case Study

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i. About the company HPCL is one of India’s largest Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), engaged in the business of refining Crude Oil and marketing various petroleum products like Petrol, Diesel, LPG, Kerosene etc. HPCL has been accorded the ‘Navratna’ status by the Government of India; the company is also a part of the prestigious Fortune 500 (ranked 284) and Forbes 2,000 (ranked 1,211) business listings. Over the years, the company has moved from strength to strength, creating value for all its stakeholders. ii. Vision for CSR/Sustainability HPCL, as a responsible Corporate Citizen, has practiced the CSR model of "Creating Shared Values", by reaching out to the stakeholders, community and society who are directly or indirectly involved in …show more content…

Census 2011 highlights that over 28.5 million people in India are suffering from one or the other kind of disability. This is equivalent to 2.21% of the entire population of our country. Amongst the total number of disabled people in the country, 14.9 million are males and 11.8 million are females (Census of India, 2011). According to UNICEF, India has 300 million children between 0-14 years of age. On this basis, India may well have 30 million children with one or more of disability. The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 and National Policy for Persons with Disabilities released in 2006 are two of the key initiatives which emphasized the importance given to the disability issue by the Government of …show more content…

It is in the spirit of this endeavor that HPCL, through this program, supported the Inclusive Education, therapeutic needs and vocational training such children. • Name of the Project: ADAPT • Implementing Partner: ADAPT, Mumbai • Synergy with GOI/MDG Initiatives: Achieve Universal Primary Education / Right to Education for Children • Cause: Inclusive education, therapeutic needs and vocational training for children with special needs v. Problem for study (Objectives & Methodology) The review also aims to examine stakeholder’s contribution in accomplishing the project mission, study their challenges as well as solicit their recommendations to strengthen the project. In this context following are the specific objectives of the study. Objectives: 1. To study and analyze the impact of ADAPT-HPCL project from stakeholder perspective 2. To identify challenges faced by key stakeholders in addressing the needs of disabled population. 3. To collate recommendations made by key stakeholder to address the gaps in ADAPT-HPCL project 4. To recommend areas of intervention to scale up the impact of the

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