Samsung India wins ‘CSR Initiative of the Year’ Award for Samsung Innovation Campus

Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, has won the ‘CSR Initiative of the Year’ award for its future-tech skilling programme, Samsung Innovation Campus. This award is a part of the ESSCI National Skills Award for Eminence 2024.

The award was conferred by the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) in a ceremony held on 17th January 2024 at Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd won the award for its flagship CSR programme, Samsung Innovation Campus for creating a programme to skill the youth in future-technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data and Coding.

Launched in September 2022, Samsung Innovation Campus up-skilled 3000 students in future-tech courses to make the youth job-ready. Samsung India collaborated with ESSCI for imparting the courses to 18-25 year old students across eight cities in India.

Apart from Samsung Innovation Campus, Samsung also runs Solve for Tomorrow, through which it is empowering the leaders of tomorrow and equipping them with the tools they need to realize meaningful change. Through the programme, Samsung also aims to foster a culture of innovative thinking and problem solving among the nation’s youth.