June 16, 2023: Embassy Office Parks Reit on June 15 said it would continue to fund infrastructure upgrades at Pune’s Zilla Parishad Primary School in Marunji. “In addition to the construction of the new school building, which will benefit over 400 students, the Embassy Reit will continue to provide daily school maintenance, full-time security and holistic health interventions,” the company said in a statement.
Shaina Ganapathy, head of community outreach, Embassy Group, who manages CSR programmes at Embassy REIT, said: “Embassy Reit is proud to partner with the department of education, Maharashtra, to enhance the infrastructure of the zilla parishad primary school in Marunji. We believe that every student deserves the best environment to develop his or her academic and interpersonal skills. Through our CSR programme, our continuous endeavour is to support education, health, infrastructure, and environment initiatives in the communities in which we operate, an effort that has positively impacted over 55,000 beneficiaries over the years.”
Vaishali Mansing Jadhav, headmistress of Zilla Parishad Primary School, Marunji, said: “We’re grateful to Embassy Reit for providing the much-needed infrastructure support to our school. This will go a long way towards increasing enrollment and creating an environment that is safe and conducive to learning. The initiative will further enable underprivileged children to succeed academically and reach their full potential.”
As part of its education initiatives, Embassy Reit runs several programs in Pune. The reit recently sponsored a four year engineering scholarship program for 36 female students in partnership with the Lila Poonawala Foundation. The LPF provides these scholarships to academically outstanding and financially deserving girls to complete their four-year undergraduate degrees. The Embassy Reit also runs a holistic health and hygiene program across six government schools in Pune, benefitting over 5,900 students.
Embassy Reit is India’s first publicly listed such entity and owns and operates a 45 msf portfolio of nine infrastructure-like office parks and four city‑centre office buildings in the office markets of Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and the National Capital Region (NCR). Embassy REIT’s portfolio comprises 34.3 msf completed operating area and is home to around 230 of the world’s leading companies.
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