| When we define Eicher
as a company committed to the community, we mean community in its broadest
sense: the totality of the social, economic, and natural spheres in which
we do business and live our lives.
This commitment takes many forms, with special attention to enhancing
education and quality of healthcare facilities throughout the country.
Eicher’s commitment to the cause of education saw the birth of the
Eicher
Schools at different locations in the country. These schools
are recognized co-educational, english medium and are affiliated to the
C.B.S.E. The first school was built in the Alwar
district of Rajasthan which is named as the Alwar
Public School in 1976-77. Eicher followed this by opening its second
school at Parwanoo, Himachal Pradesh,
in 1993. An year later in 1994, the Eicher
School at Faridabad, Haryana, was inaugurated.
In its aim to reach the remote interiors of the Indian subcontinent and
provide education to the children in these rural areas, Eicher setup a
foundation, which would work on, as its focus, interventions for improvement
in quality of education initially in the government primary schools in
rural areas. Setup in 1996, this foundation is named as the Goodearth
Education Foundation (GEF).
In the field of healthcare, Eicher’s contribution took the form
of management and funding of the Dr.
Shroff Charitable Eye Hospital, located in Delhi.
Eicher has been managing the operations of this hospital since the year
1996. Located in the heart of Delhi, this hospital is a non-commercial,
non-profit trust setup to enable people from all walks of life and all
sections of society to receive quality eye care.
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