Grant-in-Aid - Financial Assistance for Commendable Projects

    Biocon Foundation has consistently supported innovative solutions for real-world problems. The Foundation has financially aided impactful projects in the realms of Science, Technology & Innovation, Art & Culture, and Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment. Some of the organisations and their projects which received assistance are

  • The Agastya International Foundation: CHAMPS program to inculcate child-mediated health awareness and Mobile Science Lab to encourage curiosity and promote experiential learning
  • The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences: Promotion of urban mental health, elderly health care and school mental health
  • Indian Institute of Science: Development and testing of image analysis algorithm (artificial intelligence) to enable point of care diagnosis for oral cancer
  • Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute: Community-based screening for oral cancer using mHealth in Guwahati, Assam
  • Women’s Cancer Initiative - Tata Memorial Hospital (WCI –TMH): Breast cancer awareness and promotion of breast self-exam
  • Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH): Nutrition support for needy cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
  • Parihar: Family Counselling Centre, an initiative of Bengaluru City Police to provide legal assistance and police support to women and children in distress
  • eKisaan Foundation: Free tabs to farmers to educate on the use of modern agricultural technology, marketing and weather information
  • V.R. Deshpande Memorial Trust: Women’s hostel to enable training in vocational skills for disadvantaged women
  • Prajwala: Shelter home for women at risk
  • Tushita Foundation: After-school tutoring and extra-curricular activities for underprivileged children in Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Biocon Academy: Centre of excellence for advanced learning in Applied Biosciences
  • Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB): Research and training in biological sciences
  • Indian School of Business (ISB): The Biocon Cell for Innovation Management, which fosters innovation and links it to operational excellence
  • Team Indus: Space engineering, innovation and research
  • The Science Gallery Bengaluru: Platform to interface between science and the arts
  • Bangalore School of Music: Music education for marginalised children
  • India Foundation for the Arts (IFA): Research and education in the arts and culture
  • The Akshaya Patra Foundation: Midday meal program for government schools
  • Disaster Relief: Providing supplies during natural calamities