Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR Policy

The Company intends to spend the amount towards Corporate Social Responsibility through Shri Hiralal Bhagwati Charitable Trust (SHBCT)

Shri Hiralal Bhagwati (1910-2004), father of Founder - Chairman, Mr. Prakash Bhagwati, was a renowned textile businessman and a highly respected, active social leader. He served as a trustee and director in several prestigious and reputed institutions such as Santokba Bhagwati General Hospital, Gujarat Cancer Society, Textile Traders’ Cooperative Bank, Maskati Cloth Market Mahajan, Bhavan’s College, and Gujarat Vishwakosh. In honor of his enduring legacy and lifelong dedication to social service and community upliftment, his family and InspirOn Engineering Private Limited and other group Companies, established in the year 2005 the Shri Hiralal Bhagwati Charitable Trust to carry forward his vision and commitments for betterment of the society.

Vision of the Trust

In the coming years, to ensure that rural youth can make a significant contribution to nation-building, Shri Hiralal Bhagwati Charitable Trust will focus on supplementary educational activities, centered around the school curriculum, to develop children's creativity and self-confidence from the primary school level.

Mission of the Trust

To awaken the latent creativity and curiosity of students in rural primary schools, Shri Hiralal Bhagwati Charitable Trust will undertake education-related academic initiatives through various activities.

Sources of Funds

Donations from Group Companies
Subsidies & Grants from the Government
Donations from employees of Group Companies
Contributions from beneficiaries
Donations from NGOs

Shri Hiralal Bhagwati Charitable Trust (SHBCT) is actively working across rural areas of Dholka, Dist. Ahmedabad to strengthen foundational and conceptual education among students.

Knowledge of reading, writing and simple arithmetic sums of students from rural area of state run primary schools of standard 1 to 3 is not upto the mark. The higher standards from 4 th to 8 th in primary schools of villages also have no facility to undergo experiential learning of basics science and mathematics subjects. To therefore, supplement the learning loss in this respect our Trust has taken help from Lok Bharati Institute in Palitana Taluka, Bhavnagar District and Agastya Foundation, Bengaluru. Trust has appointed teachers who have undergone training at above mentioned institutions and with the educational learning material (kits) they go to individual schools. Teachers handover the kits to the students and facilitate them to realize the end-result by themselves. Such experiential learning will ensure that the curiosity amongst students will make them more creative. This project has been running now for more than 10 years. The gain which has been realized by students is to apply the knowledge to find solution for small problems that they come across in their day-to-day life.

Additionally, it was found that for almost two years schools were closed on account of Covid. To address learning loss from the COVID-19 period, with the support of Dr. K. R. Shroff Foundation, the Bridge Course was implemented in 12 villages of Dholka for students of grades 3 to 5, as students of these particular standards were in standard 1 and 2 during Covid period. In the year 2024-2025, out of 575 students, 439 achieved grade- level competency in reading, writing, and arithmetic through regular assessments using the S2T2 software.

In addition, 300 students received English language instruction, and another 300 students of grade 8 participated in Sanskar Sinchan, a value-based education program. The Trust also has decided to support Balvatika (pre-primary) education by helping implement activity-based learning in government schools by appointing volunteer to assist in early-grade classrooms. These efforts shall help the children who successfully complete first year of Balvatika and are about to entire grade-1 will have already learnt reading, writing and simple arithmetic sums. Trust has therefore recruited for academic year 2025 - 26. The volunteers who are trained and guided by Dr. K. R. Shroff Foundation.

To further enhance subject understanding in science and mathematics, SHBCT runs the Lab-on-Bike (LOB) program in 34 rural government schools, where teachers uses math and science kits to teach 6 to 8 grade students through activity-based methods aligned with the school curriculum.

Key Educational & Co-Curricular Initiatives by Shri Hiralal Bhagwati Charitable Trust (SHBCT)

Bridge Course – with the support of Dr. K. R. Shroff Foundation

🠊 Foundational Learning Support (Grades 3 to 5) & English Language Development

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were closed for two years in the recent past. As a result, foundational learning in reading, arithmetic and writing was significantly weakened among students of grades 1 to 3 during that time. Additionally, under the previous education policy, students were promoted to higher grades without examinations, which further deepened the learning gaps in these basic skills.

With such a weak foundation, education beyond grade 5 becomes ineffective and these students may struggle in their future careers, ultimately becoming a burden to their families and society. Recognizing the urgent need to improve this situation, our Trust adopted Dr. K. R. Shroff Foundation’s method to address the deficiencies in reading, arithmetic, and writing via the "Bridge Course" Program.

Focus: Reading, Arithmetic, Writing (R-A-W)
Assessment: Every 15 days, exams are conducted and their results are recorded in S2T2 software, developed & managed by Dr. K. R. Shroff Foundation. This helps teachers identify specific areas where underperforming students are lagging.
Reach: Total 575 students in 13 villages.
Outcome: 439 students attained expected competency during 2024 25 Additionally, 300 students from rural schools learned basic English language improving their communication and academic readiness.
Support: 1 Educational Coordinator (EC) per village

🠊 Sanskar Sinchan – Value based education (Grade 8)

To inculcate values as responsible citizen and related moral development, 300 students of grade-8 from 11 different schools, participated in value-based learning sessions with focus on ethics, discipline and values.

Balvatika (Pre-Primary) Support with the guidance of Dr. K. R. Shroff Foundation

To build strong learning foundations from an early stage, Trust has initiated Balvatika classes in 10 rural government schools, reaching around 300 students.

The main objective is to ensure that the educational foundation of child is strong right from the beginning, enabling their overall development.
For this purpose, the Trust has appointed dedicated team of volunteer who use rhymes, songs, and activity-based methods to make learning easy, engaging and developmentally appropriate.
This initiative taken by our Trust, complements the government’s push for early childhood care and education.

Lab-on-Bike (LOB) – Activity-Based Learning (Grades 6 to 8)

🠊 Mathematics

3 trained teachers conducted 754 math sessions across 34 rural schools which were attended by 3,910 students offering hands-on experiments that promote curiosity, critical thinking and real-life application of concepts.

Students learned through group-based activities using math kits aligned with the syllabus.

🠊 Science

2 trained teachers conducted 647 science sessions across 34 rural schools which were attended by 2,976 students offering hands-on experiments that promote curiosity, critical thinking and real-life application of concepts.

• Science kits were used to carry out practical experiments, promoting deep conceptual understanding.

Co-Curricular Activities

🠊 GK-IQ Test (Grades 5 to 8)

Conducted in collaboration with Bhavnagar Vikas Vartul Sanstha.
317 students participated across 12 rural schools.
Prizes were distributed to top 2 scorers in each grade per school to encourage maximum participation.

🠊 National Science Day – Quiz Competition on 28th February 2025

Held across 34 schools with 90 student participation.
6 out of 30 teams advanced to the final round and winners were awarded with prizes. Certificates were given to all participants.

🠊 International Mother Language Day

Celebrated in 11 rural schools.
Storytelling competition was held for grades 3–5 wherein 227 students participated.
Essay writing competition was held for f grades 6–8 wherein 233 students participated.
Focus: Promote pride in the mother tongue and cultural expression.

Aavishkar Science Center – Maydhar (Palitana Taluka)

With financial support from Shri Hiralal Bhagwati Charitable Trust, the Aavishkar Science Center was inaugurated in June 2019 at Pandit Sukhlalji Lok Vidyalay campus in Maydhar, a remote village in Palitana Taluka, Bhavnagar District.

Reach: Every year, around 4,492 students from 69+ rural schools across Palitana, Talaja, and Shihor talukas visit the center voluntarily, 4 times a year.
Summer Camps: During school vacations, 4,226 children attended specially designed hands-on learning camps.
Method: Activity-based science education is provided by experienced science teachers using curriculum-aligned models.
Facilities: The center is well-equipped with modern teaching aids and recently installed a 3D printer to boost creativity and innovation among students.

The center has become a vibrant hub for experiential science learning, encouraging scientific thinking and curiosity in rural students

Shrimati Santokba Bhagwati General Hospital – Dholka

Established over 55 years ago by Shri Shyamlal Bhagwati and Shri Hiralal Bhagwati with support from Dholka Municipality, the hospital has long served the health needs of the Dholka region of Ahmedabad.

In keeping with the legacy, the hospital was renovated and modernized during 2023-2024. The main service features of the Hospital are -

Departments include: General Medicine, Gynecology, Pediatrics, X-Ray, Sonography (with a radiologist), Dermatology, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, and Orthopedics, diagnostic services (ECG, X-ray, pathology) at subsidized rates.
24×7 maternity services with two full-time gynecologists ensure emergency and routine care
NICU for newborns with pediatricians present round-the-clock
Medical camps in 42 villages provided free check-ups, medicines 2,483 patients benefited from these outreach services during 2024–25
OPD served: 55,769 patients
Annual Births: 2,064 babies delivered (avg. 172/month)
Hysterectomy Surgeries: 90 (using upgraded laparoscopy, improving post operation patient comfort)