PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Oct 14: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between XLRI Jamshedpur and Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) for establishing and developing their one-of-its-kind co-created online post-graduate certificate programme on the social-impact sector.
This comes as a significant announcement after XLRI’s inaugural Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
As part of the MoU, both entities will jointly develop and deliver a one-year, globally competitive, academically rigorous, and institutionally recognised online post-graduate certificate program (“Program”). It will focus on developing the most essential and sought-after skill sets, knowledge-base and attitudes required for functioning successfully in the CSR (corporate social responsibility) and social-impact management space in India and the world, over a course of 10 years.
Both XLRI and TSF shall jointly develop and execute relevant content and processes to enable the successful delivery of the programme.
It will seek to preserve and disseminate high-quality research, an organic and holistic body of knowledge relevant for the CSR and social-impact space (in both Indian and global contexts), including but not limited to- repository of skill sets, case-studies, research papers, white-papers, articles, books, and other textual/audio-visual materials like films/videos etc.
Fr. S George, director XLRI Jamshedpur, expressed his happiness over the development.
“XLRI always believes in taking steps for the greater good. Through this program, we will create synergies between Tata Steel Foundation’s expertise in leveraging CSR for social good, and XLRI’s academic prowess to create empathetic social impact leaders of tomorrow for India and the world,” he said
Through the course, which is approved by AICTE, and over a period of time, the team will ensure that this programme is enriched consistently through relevant inputs on programmatic and procedural levels, on mutually agreed upon terms.
