Corporate Social Responsibility in India

At NVIDIA, we’re deeply committed to giving back to the community in a sustainable and impactful way. For the last few years, our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) investments in India have been focused on supporting projects aimed at improving biodiversity, conserving endangered habitats, and rejuvenating water bodies.

View our CSR Policy here and learn about our nonprofit partners and supported projects below.

Environment Conservation Society

This project will build 10 farm ponds and solar water pumps in Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal to help communities adapt to integrated natural resource management and enhance their livelihoods through climate-resilient infrastructures. The aim of this initiative is to create a long-term energy-water-agriculture nexus.

International Center for Clean Water

This project will provide safe drinking water in three villages of Purulia district in West Bengal. It will use advanced technology to conserve groundwater, minimize energy usage, and retain essential minerals for community health with real-time monitoring to support water security.

Naandi Foundation

This project will build resilient farming communities in the remote Araku valley of Andhra Pradesh. More than 3,000 farmers will be trained in sustainable organic regenerative practices to earn a better income by cultivating coffee and pepper. Additionally, tribal communities will benefit from better soil health, improved quality of yield, and increased farming skills.

Prarambha

This project will implement non-pesticide management techniques to improve land and water productivity in Raichur district of Karnataka. 300 farmer households will transition from a monoculture chemical-intensive farming system to a polyculture one. This is expected to result in the introduction of new sustainable agriculture practices across 1,200 acres of land, resulting in increased water efficiency and improved farmer incomes.

S M Sehgal Foundation

This project will increase water availability through the replenishment of two water tanks in Kolar district of Karnataka. The water structures will enhance surface storage to nearly 34 million liters and increase the groundwater table to improve water availability for multiple purposes. More than 33,000 cubic meters of quality silt excavated from the water tanks will help 50 farmers ‌enrich soil and increase their annual income.

Seven Sisters Development Assistance

This project will build community resilience against climate change in Karbi Anglong and Morigaon districts of Assam. It will restore 25 acres of degraded forestry commonland and 100 acres of farmland. The initiative will also train 2,000 women farmers in community-based regenerative agriculture models and set up 40 water harvesting structures for improved water management.

Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society

This project using nature-based solutions will restore the ecological conditions of over 17 acres of mangroves in the Sundarbans of West Bengal. Two weather stations will be established for early warnings of disasters and the communities will be enrolled on the national self-reporting loss platform and be eligible to receive need-based external assistance.

Udyogini

This project will restore nearly 50 acres of fallow land in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand and train 1,500 villagers—especially women—in sustainable harvesting, cultivation, and the monitoring of endangered Medicinal Aromatic Plants (MAPs) species. This will reduce pressure on the current ecologically fragile system caused by the unsustainable harvesting of MAPs. Additionally, 20 micro-nurseries will be set up to help promote alternate livelihoods in the community.

Explore Our Previous Success Stories

See how projects with Grow-Trees.comSaahas, and Udyogini led to the regeneration of the forest in Singhbhum, Jharkhand, prevention of 60 tons of dry waste and 140 tons of waste from landfills in Bengaluru, and restoration of over 80 acres of fallow land in 50 Himalayan villages.  

Enhancing Forest Cover and Livelihoods

With support from NVIDIA, Grow-Trees.com planted 127,000 trees to increase forest cover, reduce man-animal conflict, and improve the livelihoods of tribal communities in the Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

Improving Waste Management in Low-Income Communities

Nonprofit Saahas, with funding from NVIDIA, implemented a solid-waste management project in Bengaluru, Karnataka, that benefitted 5,200 low-income households and reduced land, air, and soil pollution.

Conserving Endangered Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Himalayan Villages

Udyogini, with support from NVIDIA, restored over 80 acres of land to cultivate endangered MAPs, trained 600 villagers in sustainable harvesting and livelihoods, and set up five hi-tech nurseries.

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