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Caring for communities across the country

Caring for communities across the country

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About Infosys Foundation

Infosys Foundation was conceived with a simple goal: paying it forward by creating lasting, intergenerational change and helping people across the country. Our projects and grants have been instrumental in changing lives and developing the future leaders of the country through better access to resources and opportunities.

The Foundation’s major focus areas include education, healthcare, women empowerment, and environmental sustainability, amongst others. We are honored to continue our journey of empowering marginalized communities across the country. Explore stories from our mission below.

Initiatives Across India

Punjab

Driving climate resilience through tree plantation

Delhi

Training educators to align academics with industry needs for a future-ready engineering workforce

Bihar

Equipping young women with programming skills to enhance employment opportunities

West Bengal

Flood relief efforts for affected families

Odisha

Funding biopsychosocial care to improve holistic wellness for vulnerable communities

Rajasthan

Providing free school education for underprivileged female students

Madhya Pradesh

Supporting perinatal mental health and early child development

Gujarat

Funding academics and research at IIM, Ahmedabad

Maharashtra

Building sustainable livelihoods for tribal women through bamboo farming

Karnataka

Educating female students about menstrual hygiene

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

Rejuvenating historic stepwells and water systems

Meghalaya

Transforming education for school children

Assam

Redefining STEM education through mobile science labs

Stories of Success

Infosys Foundation Initiatives

Discover how we're building a more equitable, safer, and better nation for marginalized communities, one initiative at a time.

Education

Opening doors to STEM education

STEM opens doors to innovation and future-ready careers, yet economic hardships and societal norms often hold students back. Infosys Foundation, in partnership with Avanti Fellows, is empowering thousands of curious students to build the future they envision through the Infosys Foundation–Avanti Fellows STEM Education Program.

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Smarter investments for a healthier nation
Healthcare

Smarter investments for a healthier nation

To ensure quality healthcare for mothers and newborns, we supported PGIMER, Chandigarh, in establishing Phase 1 of the Advanced Mother and Child Centre (AMCC), a 300-bed facility with state-of-the-art technology. This initiative impacts 25,000 high-risk pregnancies and newborns annually, saves 12,000 lives, and doubles the region’s neonatal care capacity.

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Women empowerment

Championing badminton excellence

We partnered with the Centre for Badminton Excellence to launch the Infosys Foundation–PPBA Champions Nurturing Program, fostering young badminton talent with world-class coaching and state-of-the-art infrastructure to help them reach their full potential and represent India on the global stage.

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Keeping the city running and breathing
Sustainability

Keeping the city running and breathing

As Bengaluru's traffic woes increase with more people getting their own vehicles, Infosys Foundation came to the rescue. It joined hands with Namma Metro to construct a first-of-its-kind metro station in Electronic City that not only helps commuters travel smoothly but also helps the environment breathe more easily by harvesting rainwater and solar energy.

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Sustainability

Restoring our water bodies for future generations

Bengaluru’s lakes have deteriorated—polluted by sewage, repurposed for urban development, and stripped of biodiversity. To combat this, a lake rejuvenation initiative aims to restore 197 acres across five lakes, including Doddathogur Lake in Bengaluru. The revival will provide safe, treated water to irrigate 500 acres of farmland, boost crop yields, and enhance groundwater recharge, benefiting over 500 borewells.

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Aarohan Social Innovation Awards

Conceived by Infosys Foundation, Aarohan Social Innovation Awards reward trailblazing solutions to real-world problems in healthcare, education, and women empowerment.

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TRANSFORMING STEM EDUCATION FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOL STUDENTS

Connecting the Dots

Innovators: Rajesh A Rao, Ravindra S Rao, and Deepa L B Rajeev

An interactive learning program designed to teach STEM and spoken English to government school students from Grades 6 to 10 through daily live classes, lab kits, scholarships, and teacher training for effective learning.

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DELIVERING SAFE WATER THROUGH AI-POWERED TESTING

CLUIX C012

Innovators: Chitranjan Singh and Robin Singh

A portable AI- and IoT-enabled water-quality analyzer that generates real-time, GPS-tagged reports. It tests 14 key parameters to identify waterborne diseases within 30 minutes, making reliable water testing easy, affordable, accessible, and sustainable across both urban and rural communities.

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RECHARGING INDIA’S WATER TABLE WITH ROBOTIC BOREWELL TECHNOLOGY

BoreCharger

Innovators: Rahul Suresh Bakare and Vinit Moreshwar Phadnis

The world’s first robotic artificial borewell-recharge technique that can inject 4 to 80 lakh liters of rainwater into existing borewells annually – improving irrigation, farm production and farmer income, improving drinking water duration and quantity – making habitations more sustainable.

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Kala Dhwani: Echoes of India's Art and Culture

3 Days | 6 States | 200+ Artists | 50+ Folk and Tribal Art Forms

In partnership with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Infosys Foundation's second flagship program Kala Dhwani has been designed to bring India’s folk and tribal traditions closer to urban audiences.

In its second edition, Kala Dhwani showcased art forms from Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, reconnecting 17,500 audiences with regional stories, art forms, crafts, workshops, and regional cuisines over three days at Chamara Vajra, Palace Grounds, Bengaluru.

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