American Express India will donate Rs 1.32 crore to NASSCOM Foundation for its CSR projects in the country. American Express the tie-up with NASSCOM will drive social innovation through NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum and provide free technology education to young girls utilizing the freely available public library space as training centers. Of the Rs 1.32 crore, Rs 1 crore will be utilized towards providing grants and mentorship to social innovators in the area of financial inclusion, healthcare and sanitation and environment. The balance will be used for the Indian Public Library Movement of the Foundation to train young girls on technology skills, using public libraries as the training centers. The project will be run in 4 libraries, catering to a minimum 200 adolescent girls each year, per library. Pradeep Kapur, senior vice president, American Express Global Servicing Network, Japan and Asia-Pacific, said the most impactful leadership and innovation in American Express has come from women, and this has given the organization a sense of purpose to partner with NASSCOM on this initiative to pass the baton to empower young women in the country.
