IndiGo brings its school adoption programme to Vadodara; adopts 15 government schools

National, December 06, 2018: IndiGo, India’s largest airline, today inaugurated its school adoption programme in Vadodara. The airline has partnered with SRF Foundation to improve the quality of education in 15 government schools in the city. Through this programme, IndiGo aims to impact the lives of 20,000 students by adopting 60 schools across four cities – Indore, Dehradun, Vadodara and Greater Noida. The airline launched this initiative from Indore in September this year.

The program is aimed at holistic advancement of the adopted government schools through physical infrastructure development, academic transformation and access to digital technology. As part of infrastructural development, the schools have been repainted, repaired and re-constructed with necessary school amenities such as drinking water facilities, toilet block, library, science lab and sports facilities like badminton court. IndiGo has also introduced a modified computer lab – GetSmart Digital Mobile Bus – to ensure students’ exposure and effective interaction with technology on a rotational basis. IndiGo is also conducting teacher training programmes to ensure better delivery of education and conceptual learning for students.

Ms. Summi Sharma, Vice President, ifly – Corporate learning academy, who also leads CSR initiatives for IndiGo said,“We are grateful to have this opportunity to improvise education standards across 60 government schools in close collaboration with SRF Foundation. We believe good quality education is a must for the development of any town or a city. Through the School Adoption Program, our ambition is to elevate the education standard for about 20,000 children by the end of this year and we are proud to have started this programme from Indore and now bringing it to Vadodara”.

Ms Sharma further added, “As part of IndiGoReach team, I thank all our colleagues and partners who have worked relentlessly to make School Adoption Program go live”. 

The ceremony was held at the Government Primary School, Harni, Vadodara (Harni Primary School).  The event witnessed the presence of government dignitaries including Ms. Shalini Agarwal, District Magistrate, Vadodara; Ms. Vibhaben Patel, Chairperson, District Education Committee, Vadodara; Dr. M. N. Patel, District Primary Education Officer, Vadodara; Ms. Kalpnaben Patel, Corporator extended their best wishes for the School Adoption Program.

Education being one of the four focus areas of CSR initiatives undertaken at IndiGo, the airline has impacted the lives of more than 33,000 children since 2015.

About IndiGo

IndiGo is amongst the fastest growing low-cost carriers in the world. IndiGo has a simple philosophy: offer fares that are low, flights that are on time, and a courteous, hassle-free travel experience. With its fleet of 200 aircraft including Airbus A320 and 12 ATR, the airline offers over 1300 daily flights and connects 49 domestic destinations and 14 international destinations.

About SRF Foundation

The SRF Foundation as CSR arm of SRF Ltd., a leading multi-business entity engaged in textiles, chemicals, packaging films, and engineering plastics operating in the sphere of development since 1982. Articulating its program objective as “holistic transformation of schools and children”, Foundation has launched the education program in 19 locations of nine states – Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Kartanaka, Uttarakhand & Assam, Uttar Pradesh with win-win partnership management through Govt. & various corporate agencies while covering 240 Govt. Schools/villages, 3110 teachers & 71800 students. And in the sphere of skill development, the Foundation runs vocational skills program on Basic Electrician Training, Spoken English, Fork Lift & JCB Operator, Office Automation, Backhoe Loader training while impacting 5000 underprivileged youth in four location Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.