Selection Process

How do we select?

Applications are screened based on predefined eligibility criteria using the information/documents submitted by the applicant organisation.

Organisation profile and project abstract of eligible applicants are reviewed by a group of independent domain experts, sector experts from HCLFoundation, and Governance Partner. Basis of the review includes a mix of objective and subjective parameters such as Governance, Relevance of the Problem and Solution, Potential of Impact and Innovation, and others.

Organisation selected at stage 2 is requested to submit a detailed organisation profile and proposal. Post submission, the application is reviewed by a group of independent domain experts, sector experts from the HCLFoundation and Governance Partner. Additional review parameters include Capacity to Deliver, Financial Modelling, Sustainability, Use of Inclusive approach, Potential for partnership and scalability, and others.

Organisations selected at stage 3 go through an audit exercise which consists of a field visit by HCLFoundation Team members and domain experts. Alongside, diligence is conducted by the Governance Partner. The two teams undertake a joint review of the application basis each other’s findings and shortlist organisations for the next stage.

A high-level panel of twelve (12) members reviews the shortlisted applications basis case presentations made jointly by the HCLFoundation Team Members and Governance Partner team. All the organisations reviewed at this stage are featured in the HCLTech Grant – The Fifth Estate (Compendium). The panel selects the top three applicants in each category for the next stage.

The Governance Partner undertakes a detailed diligence exercise for all selected organisations. The exercise involves a review of relevant documents & information, background checks through various sources, visit organisation’s office and project site, discussions with the organisation’s personnel, executives, and board members, others.

A high-level panel of 6 eminent members reviews shortlisted applications basis case presentations made by the Governance Partner. One winner is selected in each of the three categories and awarded a grant of INR 5 Crores each. The two runners-up in each category are awarded a grant of INR 25 Lakhs each.

Selection Process Values

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Jury Members

Ms. Robin Abrams

ESG & Diversity Board Committee Chair, Board Committees Member -Nomination and Renumeration, Audit, Risk Management

Mr. Shiv Nadar

Founder, HCL Group, Chairman Emeritus and Strategic Advisor to the Board

Mr. Shiv Nadar

Founder, HCL Group, Chairman Emeritus
and Strategic Advisor to the Board

(Shiv Nadar is the Founder of HCL Group and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. He is also the Chairman Emeritus & Strategic Advisor to the Board of HCLTech, a $11.8 billion global organization with over 211,000 professionals operating from 52 countries. Nadar is credited with being one of the pioneers of the computing and IT industry in India. Under his guidance HCL has continued to ride the waves of the changing IT landscape for over 45 years and remain at the forefront of every technological revolution since 1976. While HCL started off as a hardware organization, manufacturing the country’s first indigenous computers and introducing them to the Indian consumer, it eventually evolved into a more comprehensive software services organization. HCL is in fact one of the few global IT companies founded in the 1970s that remains in existence to date. Throughout his career, Nadar always acknowledged that successful institution building is dependent on forging result-oriented partnerships and creating new knowledge. He steered HCL to create several valuable joint ventures and alliances that aided the organization’s emergence as a global technology enterprise. His pioneering spirit and belief in engineering and research shaped the course of the organization and is the reason that today HCLTech boasts one of the largest IT Engineering and R&D divisions in the world. Nadar started his career as part of the elite DCM management trainee system. It was at DCM that he met the people with whom he later started HCL in a Delhi Barsati “akin to a garage startup” with a compelling vision that the microprocessor would change the world. Nadar credits his success to the education and scholarships that he received during his early years. He has always maintained that access to quality education is the most potent tool of transformation and therefore, in 1994, he established the philanthropic - Shiv Nadar Foundation. The Foundation draws heavily on Nadar’s experience of building a world-class organization like HCL. It endeavors to create institutions of transformational education that will continue to influence and nurture the country’s youth for decades to come. To this effect, the Shiv Nadar Foundation has established six institutions covering the entire spectrum of education, which aim to address the issue of quality in education, create lasting partnerships and have a strong research orientation. As of March 2022, Nadar has invested US$1.1 billion through the Foundation, impacting over 36,000 students directly. However, the Foundation’s ultimate aim is to nurture the next generation of leaders in the ideologies of symbiotic growth so that each of them may in turn aspire to affect a small change, creating a large multiplier effect. The impact of the Shiv Nadar Foundation institutions is today reflected in the aspirations of meritorious students who started their journeys from humble, geographically, remote backgrounds but are today pursuing their dreams in India as well as other countries. In recognition of his pioneering role in business and philanthropy in India and across the globe, Nadar has received several honors and accolades, notable being the Padma Bhushan from the President of India in 2008. Nadar is married to Kiran, an Asian Games medalist and internationally renowned bridge player. She is also one of the largest Indian Art collectors in the world.)

Dr. Richard Lariviere

Sanskrit Scholar & President Emeritus, The Field Museum, Chicago

Mr. B. S. Baswan

Former Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration and Former HRD Secretary

Ms. Pallavi Shroff

Managing Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Mr. Suresh Narayanan

Chairman & Managing Director, Nestle India Limited

Mr. Suresh Narayanan

Chairman & Managing Director, Nestle India Limited

(Mr. Suresh Narayanan has over 35 years of rich and exhaustive experience in the FMCG Industry and has held Senior Management and Top Leadership roles in leading global companies. He is on the Board of Directors of Nestlé India Limited from 1st August, 2015. Mr. Narayanan was Chairman and CEO of Nestlé Philippines prior to joining Nestlé India in 2015. Mr. Narayanan was Managing Director of Nestlé Singapore Pte. Ltd., from 2008 to 2010. During his time, the overall business in Singapore witnessed sustained growth amidst the economic downturn. He was awarded the Medal of Commendation by the Government of Singapore in 2010, for excellence in employee relations during this challenging period. He moved to Nestlé Egypt as Chairman and CEO and Head of NEAR, where his initiatives resulted in significant business growth and investments despite the turbulence and volatility faced by the region at this time. Mr. Narayanan joined Nestlé in 1999 as Executive Vice President for Sales in India, where he spearheaded major structural and strategic changes in Sales and Customer Management and set up the chilled dairy business. He moved to Nestlé Indochina in 2003, as Executive Director for Sales, Marketing and Food-Services, covering the countries of Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. Two years later in 2005, he returned to Nestlé India as Head of Sales for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Mr. Narayanan began his career as a Management Trainee with Hindustan Unilever, where he held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in Sales, Marketing and General Management. He has also worked with Colgate Palmolive in India. Mr. Narayanan holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and has a Diploma from the IMD Program for Executive Development. He has participated in the Nestlé Leadership Program of the London Business School. He has delivered talks at NASSCOM forums, various Corporates, NUS School of Business-Singapore, American University–Cairo, Columbia University, Army War College– Mhow, Naval War College-Goa and Business Schools such as IIM’s, ISB etc. in India. Suresh has been honoured at the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2017 as the Best CEO in the Multinational category. He was recognized among “Most Valuable CEOs” in 2019 by Business World and also awarded “Best CEO – FMCG” for 2019 by Business Today. Under his leadership, in 2019, Nestlé India won the “Best Governed Company Award for 2018” by Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability. )

Sub-Jury Members

Environment

Siki Giunta

Executive Vice President & Head, HCL CloudSmart Consulting & OS, HCLSoftware

Ashutosh Sharma

Vice President, Global Head Corporate Communications & Corporate Affairs, HCLTech

Rushikesh Chavan

Head, The Habitats Trust

Christina Herden

Director, Corporate Sustainability, HCLTech

Health

Ramachandran Sundararajan

Chief People Officer, HCLTech

Manish Anand

Executive Vice President & Company Secretary, HCLTech

Kristin Hazlewood

Senior Vice President & GM, BigFix, HCLTech

Tarun Thakur

Vice President, Operations & Delivery, HCL Healthcare India

Education

Raj Walia

Executive Vice President, HCLTech

Ambika Natarajan

Senior Vice President, HCLTech

Dario Debarbieri

Vice President & Head of Marketing, HCL Software

Robin Sarkar

Project Director, SHIKSHA Initiative, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Environment

Ashutosh Sharma

Vice President, Global Head Corporate Communications & Corporate affairs, HCLTECH

Christina Herden

Director, Corporate Sustainability, HCLTech

Rushikesh Chavan

Head, The Habitats Trust

Siki Giunta

EVP & Head, HCL CloudSmart Consulting & OS, HCLTech

Health

Kristin Hazlewood

Vice President & GM, BigFix, HCLTech

Manish Anand

Company Secretary, HCLTech

Ramachandran Sundararajan

Executive Vice President, HCLTech

Tarun Thakur

Vice President, Operations & Delivery, HCL Healthcare India

Education

Ambika Natarajan

Vice President, HCLTech

Dario Debarbieri

Vice President & Head of Marketing, HCLTech

Raj Walia

Senior Vice President, HCLTech

Robin Sarkar

Project Director, SHIKSHA Initiative, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Environment

Anuradha Khosla

Vice President,Enterprise HR,HCL Technologies

Major Gen. GopalakrishnanJaishankar

Head, Dean Student Affairs, Shiv Nadar University

Shashi Banerjee

Principal Shiv Nadar Schools

Rushikesh Chavan

Head, The Habitats Trust

Health

Manish Anand, Company Secretary

HCL Technologies

Kirti Karamchandani

Head -Government Relations, HCLFoundation

Parveen Juneja

Executive Vice President, Human Resources, HCL Corporation

Dr Bibek Banerjee, Dean

School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Dean, Academy of Continuing Education, Director, University Strategy & Planning, University Professor of Marketing, Strategy and Economics

Education

Anubha Bali

Director Career Development and Alumni Relations, Shiv Nadar University

Ambika Natarajan

Vice President, HCL Technologies

Col. (Retd.) Gopal Karunakaran

CEO, Shiv Nadar Schools & Executive Director, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Robin Sarkar

Project Director, SHIKSHA Initiative, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Environment

Anuradha Khosla

Vice President,Enterprise HR,HCL Technologies

Major Gen. Gopalkrishnan Jaishankar

Head, Dean Student Welfare, Shiv Nadar University

Shashi Banerjee

Principal, Shiv Nadar School, Noida

Trisha Ghose

Project Director, The Habitats Trust

Health

Manish Anand

Senior Vice President, HCL Technologies

Dr. Kirti Karamchandani

Head – Government Relations, HCL Corporation

Parveen Juneja

Senior Vice President – Human Resource, HCL Corporation

Dr. Bibek Banerjee

Senior Dean and Head Strategic Initiatives, Director, School of Management and Entrepreneurship SNU

Education

Ambika Natarajan

Vice President, New Vistas – Leadership, HCL Technologies

Anubha Bali

Head – Career Development Centre, Shiv Nadar University

Col. (Retd.) Gopal Karunakaran

President, Shiv Nadar University

Robin Sarkar

Project Director – SHIKSHA Initiative, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Environment

Anuradha Khosla

Vice President,Enterprise HR,HCL Technologies

Apurva Kackar

Chief HR & Marketing Head, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Shashi Banerjee

Principal Shiv Nadar School, Noida

Trisha Ghose

Project Director, The Habitats Trust

Health

Apurva Kackar

Chief HR & Marketing Head, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.

Dr. Kirti Karamchandani

Head – Government Relations, HCL Corporation

Parveen Juneja

Vice President, Human Resources, HCL Corporations.

R. Rangarajan Iyengar

CEO, HCL Healthcare

Education

Ambika Natarajan

Associate Vice President, HCL Technologies

Anubha Bali/

Head, Career Development Centre, Shiv Nadar University.

Col. (Retd.) Gopal Karunakaran

CEO, Shiv Nadar Schools

Robin Sarkar

Project Director, SHIKSHA Initiative, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Environment

Shashi Banerjee

Principal, SNS, NOIDA

Rupamanjari hosh

Vice Chancellor SNU

Sanjay Gupta

Executive Vice President, HCL Technologies

Rita Gupta

Sr. Vice President HCL Corporation

Health

R. Rangarajan Iyengar

CEO, HCL Healthcare

Srimathi Shivashankar

Executive Vice President, HCL Technologies

Pamela Srivastava

Head Sustainability, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Bishwajit Banerjee

Principal,VidyaGyan, Bulandshahr

Education

Ambika Natarajan

Associate Vice President, HCL Technologies

Rajiv Swarup

President, Shiv Nadar University

Gopal Karunakaran

CEO, Shiv Nadar Schools

Robin Sarkar

Project Director, SHIKSHA Initiative, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Environment

Shashi Banerjee

Principal, SNS, NOIDA

Rupamanjari Ghosh

(Vice Chancellor SNU) SNF

Prahlad Rai Bansal

Dy. Chief Financial Officer, HCL Tech

Rita Gupta

(Sr. VP HCL Corp)

Health

Shikhar Malhotra

Vice Chairman of HCL Healthcare

Srimathi Shivashankar

Joint Program Director, New Vistas, Leadership

Pamela Srivastava

DGM, Sustainability & Outreach, SNF

Neelesh Agarwal

(Sr. Vice President HCL Corporations)

Education

Kala Vijayakumar

(President SSN Institutions) SNF

Rajiv Swarup

(President SNU) SNF

Gopal Karunakaran

(CEO, SNS) SNF

Roobina Karode

Director, KNMA

Environment

G.H. Rao

(President/ERS HCL Tech) HCL

Rupamanjari Ghosh

(Vice Chancellor SNU) SNF

S.G. Murali

(Group CFO) HCL Info systems

Rita Gupta

(Sr. VP HCL Corp)

Health

Manoj Gopalakrishna

(CEO HCL Healthcare) HCL

Srimathi Shivashankar

Anubha Bali

(Head CDC, SNU) SNF

Neelesh Agarwal

(Sr. Vice President HCL Corporations)

Education

Kala Vijayakumar

(President SSN Institutions) SNF

Rajiv Swarup

(President SNU) SNF

Gopal Karunakaran

(CEO, SNS) SNF

Rahul Singh

(President, Financial services) HCL

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How do we select?

1. Application screening

2. Abstract review

3. Proposal review

4. Field audit

5. Sub jury review

6. Due diligence

7. Jury review

Selection Process Values

Robust

Transparent

Democratic

Jury Members

Ms. Robin Abrams

Mr. Shiv Nadar

Dr. Richard Lariviere

Mr. B. S. Baswan

Ms. Pallavi Shroff

Mr. Suresh Narayanan

Sub-Jury Members

Siki Giunta

Ashutosh Sharma

Rushikesh Chavan

Christina Herden

Ramachandran Sundararajan

Manish Anand

Kristin Hazlewood

Tarun Thakur

Raj Walia

Ambika Natarajan

Dario Debarbieri

Robin Sarkar

Ashutosh Sharma

Christina Herden

Rushikesh Chavan

Siki Giunta

Kristin Hazlewood

Manish Anand

Ramachandran Sundararajan

Tarun Thakur

Ambika Natarajan

Dario Debarbieri

Raj Walia

Robin Sarkar

Anuradha Khosla

Major Gen. GopalakrishnanJaishankar

Shashi Banerjee

Rushikesh Chavan

Manish Anand, Company Secretary

Kirti Karamchandani

Parveen Juneja

Dr Bibek Banerjee, Dean

Anubha Bali

Ambika Natarajan

Col. (Retd.) Gopal Karunakaran

Robin Sarkar

Anuradha Khosla

Major Gen. Gopalkrishnan Jaishankar

Shashi Banerjee

Trisha Ghose

Manish Anand

Dr. Kirti Karamchandani

Parveen Juneja

Dr. Bibek Banerjee

Ambika Natarajan

Anubha Bali

Col. (Retd.) Gopal Karunakaran

Robin Sarkar

Anuradha Khosla

Apurva Kackar

Shashi Banerjee

Trisha Ghose

Apurva Kackar

Dr. Kirti Karamchandani

Parveen Juneja

R. Rangarajan Iyengar

Ambika Natarajan

Anubha Bali/

Col. (Retd.) Gopal Karunakaran