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Overview Leadership Messages Governance Strategic Insights Business Review People & Community

• Healthcare: Access to quality healthcare is essential Volunteering efforts ranged from skill-based mentoring
for a thriving society. In disaster-affected Wayanad, and education outreach to sustainability campaigns
Kerala, TCE is leading the design of a Trauma Care and community clean-up drives. These initiatives
Centre that will serve 40,000 people annually, helped touch more than 10,000 lives and significantly
providing critical medical services in a region prone deepened our employee engagement while enhancing
to natural disasters. In Navi Mumbai, health camps community bonds.
and webinars on women’s health were conducted
as part of our broader employee wellness and Monitoring, Governance, and Impact Evaluation
community outreach programmes. TCE’s CSR framework is built on strong governance,
transparency, and accountability. The CSR Committee
• Infrastructure Development and Disaster Response: of the Board, chaired by Dr Alka Mittal, plays a key role
TCE’s technical expertise was put to impactful use in policy formulation, budget approvals, monitoring,
in rebuilding schools in cyclone-affected Odisha and outcome evaluation. Regular reviews, impact
and flood-hit Hyderabad. As part of the One Tata assessments, and third-party evaluations ensure projects
for Disaster Response initiative, we supported the are aligned with desired goals. Our CSR policy, aligned
reconstruction and handover of four resilient school with Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013.
buildings designed to withstand extreme weather
conditions, benefiting over 3,600 children. These In FY25, our CSR partnerships included collaborations
efforts contribute to long-term community resilience with reputable organisations such as IIT Bombay, IISc,
and ensure continued access to education in NIAS, CSIR-NCL, FSID, NMMC, and others. All project
vulnerable regions. partners are selected based on their domain expertise
and adherence to ethical practices. Three CSR Committee
Research and Innovation for Sustainability meetings were held in FY25, with 100% attendance,
Our CSR vision also extends to supporting research in reinforcing our commitment to sound governance.
sustainable and transformative technologies. In FY25, TCE
continued to fund research partnerships with reputed Financial Commitment
institutions including IIT Bombay, NIAS, NCL, and IISc, TCE approved a CSR budget of ₹ 4.61 crore for FY25. As
covering areas such as carbon capture, green hydrogen, of 31 March 2025, the company had spent ₹ 4.40 crore,
e-fuels, artificial photosynthesis, 3D concrete printing, with the remaining amount transferred to a separate
and sustainable data centre cooling. These cutting-edge unspent CSR account in compliance with statutory
projects are designed to enable low-carbon technologies requirements. An additional carry forward of ₹ 23.93 lakh
for hard-to-abate sectors and create scalable solutions for from FY24 was fully utilised in projects like Utkarshand
India’s clean energy transition. Vigyaan, ensuring optimal use of allocated resources for
long-term benefits.
Affirmative Action and Inclusion
TCE aligns its CSR focus with the Tata Affirmative Action Looking Ahead
(AA) framework. Through initiatives like Vigyaan, Utkarsh, As we reflect on the past year’s achievements, we
and the Open Door Internship Programme, TCE works remain inspired by the communities we serve and
to close the opportunity divide for Scheduled Castes, motivated to do more. Our focus in the coming year
Scheduled Tribes, and PwDs. will be on deepening impact in existing initiatives while
expanding into areas such as sustainability education,
We also support the INCLUDE programme to build an climate resilience, and inclusive technology. We will also
inclusive and accessible ecosystem both within the continue to invest in partnerships with academia and
workplace and across the communities we engage civil society organisations to scale up our research-based
with. Training sessions, inclusive pedagogy, and interventions for climate action and social equity. CSR
infrastructure support ensure our impact is meaningful is not just a department at TCE; it is a shared purpose.
and widespread. It connects our engineering capabilities with our moral
compass, ensuring we grow responsibly and inclusively.
Volunteering and Employee Participation Through TCEndeavour and other initiatives, we will
TCE believes in empowering its people to become continue to engineer change that is impactful, inclusive,
agents of change. In FY25, over 4,000 employees and future-ready.
contributed more than 20,000 hours through structured
volunteering initiatives including Tata Volunteering
Weeks (TVW) and ProEngage.

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