Government and Non-Government philanthropic collaboration can enhance the community access to service delivery and set path to sustainable development opined Padma Vibishan Azim Premzi.
Delivering the15th Lecture of Odisha Knowledge Hub here on Tuesday, Mr Premji observed that there are a number of NGOs in Odisha who have commitment to serve and also have the ability to scale up their activities.
Citing the example, he said that Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiative (APPI) worked with around 120 Nonprofit NGOs in Odisha and their performance have been found satisfactory.
“Philanthropic organizations have to build up an environment of Trust and have to exhibit their commitment through work”.
The philanthropic and government bodies together have to institutionalize the developmental and service delivery initiatives for making those sustainable.
Philanthropic initiatives need to be mainstreamed through alignment with governmental efforts. He felt that youth of on Tuesday need to be infused with values like honour and respect for the society.
They have to inculcate the spirit of integrity, sublimity and concern for others before joining as professionals in NGO and philanthropic sector.
Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi while introducing Premji said APPI has been working very successfully with various states.
APPI has also been supporting Odisha government since last 2 years in the field of increasing of nutrition level among the people.
A common Multi sectoral Nutrition Plan of action have been prepared and launched.
Ten departments dealing with food and nutrition security activities have introduced Common Result Framework for implementation of the action plan with defined goals and benchmarked landmarks.
Chairman Odisha Skill Development Authority Mr Subroto Bagchi presented OKH memento to Mr Premji.
Mr Premji met CM Naveen Patnaik during his visit on Tuesday. They talked about the reduction of IMR, MMR and malnutrition-related issues.