Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited

As part of WomenConnect Challenge India, Jio and Reliance Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), are supporting innovative and impactful organizations that are working to enhance women’s access to and use of digital technology in India.

Key focus areas of these projects included enhancing digital literacy for low-literacy women through edutainment-based courseware, building entrepreneurship skills and providing mentorship and value-chain linkage support for women dairy farmers, and app-based solutions for livelihood information etc.

The project so far has reached and created sustainable impact in the lives of over three lakh women and girls directly and indirectly, spread over 17 states of India.

Reliance Foundation (RF) and Sir H.N. Reliance Hospital (RFH) Health Outreach Program have been catering to over 500,000 people in the slums of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai across 70 locations in 11 wards since 2011. It functions on a service-on-demand model through its three static and four mobile medical units (SMUs and MMUs). The program enhances the quality of life by improving health-seeking behavior among the community with the specific objective of reducing the disease burden and associated out-of-pocket health expenditure (OOPE) among marginalized households.

The mobile medical unit provides doorstep services enabling community members, especially women and elderly patients to undergo regular check-ups and treatments under experienced doctors. RF health educators interact with community members in the field to educate them on disease prevention and health promotion. Along with consultation, patients are provided free drugs and testing facilities which help them to reduce OOPE on healthcare.

The Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship (DAS) program was established in 1996, driven by late Shri Dhirubhai Ambani’s belief that the best way to ensure the nation’s progress is to invest in its youth. The program supports meritorious students of standard XII to pursue college education in the stream of their choice. Top-ranking students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and State Boards across 28 States and 5 Union Territories are identified and supported. Scholars who demonstrate a need for financial support are prioritized for scholarships.

The scholarship is provided over the course of three years, with funds disbursed annually based on the academic performance of scholars. Funds cover tuition fees, and costs related to transport, accommodation, books, stationery, and various other allowances needed for the duration of graduation. Since its inception, there have been 12,737 scholarship recipients with an equal gender ratio, including 2755 especially abled scholars who represent more than 20 percent of the total scholars supported by this program.