Transforming Lives, Spreading Smiles
HCL Foundation (HCLF) was established in 2011 as the Corporate Social responsibility arm of HCL Technologies in India. It is a value-driven, not-for-profit organization that thrives in contributing toward national and international development goals, impacting the lives of people and communities through long-term sustainable programs.
The Foundation aims to alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive growth and development through a life cycle-based integrated community development approach, with thematic focus on Education, Health, Livelihoods & Skilling, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction & Response. Child protective strategies, inclusion, and gender transformative approaches remain central in all initiatives of the HCL Foundation, thus ensuring comprehensive development.
In FY20, besides further deepening our impact and expanding our footprint within two new states in India, we strengthened our efforts and took meaningful action toward combating climate change. A better planet with all people achieving peace and prosperity is at the heart and culture of HCL. Through our flagship initiatives—HCL Samuday, HCL Grant targeting rural geographies, and HCL Uday and Clean Noida in urban geographies—the HCL Foundation impacted more than 1.8 million people in India. Our Special Initiatives—HCL Foundation Academy, Sports for Change, and Power of One—further continued to forge a path for their constituents to realize their potential. In FY 2019-20, HCLites contributed INR 16 million under the Power of one program toward scholarship of meritorious students from underserved communities. Globally, the Power of One program allowed our employees across the countries we operate and live in to contribute to local societies, extending our values and goodwill with a meaningful impact. Along with a ramp-up plan for the Power of One program in the US, we have launched local campaigns in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Sweden, and Australia.
While we continue to make progress in a sustainable and scalable approach to addressing social issues, the soul of HCL’s CSR is still defined by its passionate “Power of One,” which constitutes the HCL employee volunteers and contributors who offer their personal time and commitment toward social upliftment.

Vision
Our vision is to be the source code for sustainable socio-economic development.
Mission
We endeavor to nurture clean, green, and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential, in full engagement with our employees and partners, showcasing and establishing the best standards of planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation in community development.

Our Value Proposition
Invest in people, the planet, partnerships, and the prosperity and peace agenda to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Work with urgency and passion to break the cycle of poverty in all its forms, be it social, economic, or environmental.
- Leverage the Integrated Community Development Approach (ICDA) impacting every stage of life.
- Blend the wisdom of communities with a scientific rigor to seed and propel transformative change.
- Partner and co-create actively to establish true convergence of thought, commitment, experience, and expertise.
- Hold ourselves accountable to exacting standards of governance leading to credibility.
What we do
Building inclusive models that sustain across geographies and sectors, rural and urban.
Focus work areas

ECCD & Education

Skill Development & Livelihood

Environment

Health

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
(WASH)

Humanitarian Action
(Disaster Risk Reduction & Response)

Power of One
Platform instilling the value of 'giving back' led by HCL employees
Reach: 481,700+ volunteering hours clocked & 450 scholarships supported through Po1 contribution of HCLites
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HCL Foundation Academy
E-learning platform 'for and of practitioners' in the development sector
Reach: 21,000+ participants reached

Sports for Change (SFC)
SFC nurtures and promotes sporting talent at the grassroots
Reach: 11,682 children & youth trained
DRR

Disaster Risk Reduction & Response
HCL Foundation is committed to stand with communities in times of disasters and humanitarian crisis
Reach: 265,000+ people
- Covid-19 Response: 130,031 people
- Other DRR Efforts: 135,000 people
Knowledge Center
- The Fifth Estate Compendium Vol I
- The Fifth Estate Compendium Vol II
- The Fifth Estate Compendium Vol III
- The Fifth Estate Compendium Vol IV
- HCL UDAY
- HCL’s CSR Policy
- HCL Foundation Annual Report 2016-17
- HCL Foundation Annual Report 2017-18
- HCL Foundation Annual Report 2018-19
- HCL Foundation Annual Report 2019-20
- HCL Foundation Brochure
Events
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Aflatoun Mini Marathon – MelJol
March 8, 2021 9:00 AM -
HCL Foundation Academy – Launch of Batch II: CSR Course & its Applied Aspects
March 8, 2021 11:30 AM -
National Science Day Celebration
February 28, 2021 4:00 PM -
Rang Baithak Webinar – Kutumb Foundation
February 27, 2021 4:00 PM -
Road Safety Awareness Month Program
February 21, 2021 12:00 PM -
HCL Grant Edition VI Press Conference – Announcement of winners
February 16, 2021 11:30 AM -
International Book Giving Day: Role of Books in our Lives – Books For All
February 14, 2021 12:00 PM -
HCL Grant Edition VI Jury Meeting
February 12, 2021 3:30 PM -
Reproductive Health Seminar – Family Planning Association of India
February 12, 2021 12:00 PM -
International Day for Women & Girls in Science
February 11, 2021 10:00 AM -
HCL Grant Edition VI Jury Meet & Award Announcement
February 12, 2021 3.30 PM -
HCL Foundation 5th Annual Partners Meet – ‘Partnering For Change’
January 21, 2021 9.30 AM -
My Scholar – End of the Year Celebration
December 30, 2020 5 PM -
Workplace Solutions for Persons with Visual Impairment
December 22, 2020 3 PM -
Power of One – Rewards & Recognition Ceremony
December 12, 2020 5 PM -
Launch of HCL Foundation’s E-Haat
November 13, 2020 3 PM -
National Cancer Awareness Day 2020
November 7, 2020 11:30 AM -
HCL Grant Field Visit Kick-off Meeting
November 6, 2020 10:30 AM -
HCL Foundation Academy – Course Launch
November 2, 2020 3:30 PM -
Learnings from the Dressing Room
May 22, 2020 3 PM -
Field Operations during COVID-19
May 14, 2020 3 PM -
Repercussions of COVID-19 on Mental Health
May 6, 2020 3 PM -
COVID-19 Detection and Management in Big Cats
May 2, 2020 6 PM