S&P Capital IQ Hyderabad Community Service Projects: November 2015

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

EVG – 022 - Providing necessary amenities to U.P. School, Anasagaram, Khammam District on 7th Nov, 2015

EVG – 022 - Providing necessary amenities to U.P. School, Anasagaram, Khammam District on 7^th Nov, 2015

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Update about the service project conducted by employees of S&P Capital IQ, www.spcapitaliq.com, Hyderabad - (Business unit of McGraw Hill Financial www.mhfi.com )

About Community Impact Program: McGraw-Hill Financial (www.mhfi.com ) the company which strongly believes in the motto, 'Giving back is essential'. MHFI encourages its employees to work for service projects in which 3+ employees would be working together for solving public problems in their community to build better lives and stronger communities. MHFI grants $1000 per project and employees spend their personal time on the project. This year S&P Capital IQ, Hyderabad (part of MHFI group) employees applied for projects from various areas of the Nation to serve the society under Employee Volunteer Grant (EVG).

Project Location: U.P. School, Anasagaram, Nelakondapally Mandal, Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

About the Project: U.P. School is located in Anasagaram Village which is 180 KM from our Hyderabad Office. This School has more than 80 students and all the students are from agriculture and daily labor families. This School doesn’t have minimum infrastructure facilities like benches, Drinking water, sports material and sufficient tables & chairs for classrooms. They have to sit in the classroom on the floor only to attend the classes.

Non Profit Partner: AADARANA

Project Leader: Madhavi Latha Pragada

Activity: Facilitating Benches to the students, providing sports material, Distributing books and conducting career guidance program to the students.

Date & Time: 7^th Nov, 2015 from 10:00 am to 3:30pm

Number of Volunteers: 4

Highlights:

1. MHFI provided Rs.60,000 for procuring materials and expenses for the project

2. Volunteers are Handover furniture and sports kit to school children and staff.

3. Cleaning of school premises

4. Plantation in the School Premises

5. Conducted Games to the school children and Distributed prizes to the winners.

Impact:

Through this project, now the students can sit on the benches and able to pay attention for their classes. And also we could motivated the students by providing sports equipment to participate in the. Parents, teachers and students are very happy with the activities done at the school by S&P Capital IQ.

Names of Volunteers: Madhavi Latha Pragada, Mahesh Nandyala, Venkata Narendra Kumar Napa, Priyanka Dhada

FEEDBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS:

Madhavi Latha Pragada (Project Leader): Thanks to MHFI for granting me this EVG project for School. Thanks a lot to S&P Capital IQ management for giving this opportunity. School management Honored with a memento. This is my first achievement in my life time with this EVG. Thanks to all volunteers for supporting and spent their valuable time with this project on EVG day.

Mahesh Nandyala: I have joined this organization 3 months back .With in this period I got opportunity to participate in this EVG. I have enjoyed a lot by participating in this EVG.

Narendra Kumar Napa: With a Great service and humanity MHFI is conducting these activities. Thanks for selecting me as a volunteer. This is a wonderful experience to spend my time for these activities.

Priyanka Dhadha: I participated in this EVG as a volunteer. I proudly say that being a volunteer in this EVG is a good opportunity to serve the needy. I have conducted games to the school children. And I have participated in plantation. I felt like a school teacher while at that school.

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

S. Upendar (Head Master): I wish to inform you that we are very much thankful for rendering your services through your company S & P Capital IQ’s support. We are very happy on providing 13 Iron benches, sports kit, Exam Pads, Notebooks which are more essential to these students. Our students and staff felt happy at your services and conveyed their thanks to your Organization.

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EVG – 005 - Providing Basic Facilities to M.P.P. School, Cherlopalem, Visakhapatnam District on 1st Nov, 2015

EVG – 001 - Providing Basic Facilities to M.P.P. School, Cherlopalem, Visakhapatnam District on 1^st Nov, 2015

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Update about the service project conducted by employees of S&P Capital IQ, www.spcapitaliq.com, Hyderabad - (Business unit of McGraw Hill Financial www.mhfi.com )

Project Location: M.P.P. School, Cherlopalem, Munagapaka Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

About the Project: M.P.P. School is located in Cherlopalem Village which is 620 KM from our Hyderabad Office. This School has more than 50 students and all the students are from agriculture and daily labor families. These families are not affordable to send their children to private schools. This School doesn’t have minimum infrastructure facilities like benches, library, reference/motivational books, sports material and sufficient tables & chairs for classrooms. They have to sit in the classroom on the floor only.

Non Profit Partner: AADARANA

Project Leader: Kandregula Suri Venkata Ramana

Activity: Facilitating Benches to the students and career guidance program.

Date & Time: 1^st Nov, 2015 from 10:00 am to 2:30pm

Number of Volunteers: 4

Highlights:

1. MHFI provided Rs.60,000 for procuring material and expenses for the project

2. Volunteers are Handover furniture, books and sports kit to school children and staff.

3. Cleaning of school premises

4. Educating the children about the value of knowledge and elders (Parents and teachers)

Impact:

Now the students will not sit on the floor. They learnt the new paths to reach the goals and motivated from the career guidance program that we conducted. Parents, teachers and students are feeling happy with this service activity done at the school by S&P Capital IQ.

Names of Volunteers: Suri Venkata Ramana, Naresh Vasupilli, Demudu Babu Gogada, Thirupathi Garige, Suri Venkata Ramana

FEEDBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS:

Suri Venkata Ramana Kandregula (Project Leader): It is a great opportunity to every employee to serve the society & that to birthplace. I would like to personally thank to our Organization for designing of Employee Volunteer Grant Program. We are all proved that distance doesn't matter when you want to give our services to needy children where ever required. I am truly thankful to S&P Capital IQ for giving me this opportunity and I got the confidence that I needed to push me to continue to work on CIM and EVG programs. A heartfelt “Thank You” to the volunteers for your gift of time, energy and enthusiastic support

Thirupathi Garige: It’s a great pleasure to participate in such a worth full social service activity. I feel great to see them happy on providing basic necessities such as benches and sports kit. I am looking forward to participate more EVG’s from MHFI. Thanks MHFI & S&P Capital IQ for providing this opportunity.

Naresh Vasupilli: It was a great experience to spend the day with school children. I am thankful to the management of our organization for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve the society.

Demudu Babu Gogada: This is a good opportunity for me to participate in social service activities and I am very happy and thank to MHFI for consider me as volunteer. EVG project is the good and more helpful for those who don’t have minimum facilities.

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

S.V. Srinivas Rao (HM): I wish to inform you that we are very much thankful for your rendering services through your S & P Capital IQ. We are very happy on providing 15 Iron benches, Beeruva, Iron rack, water filter, table, sports kit and notebooks which are more essential to the students. Our students and staff felt very happy at your services and conveying our thanks to your Organization.

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Friday, 6 November 2015

EVG – 027 - Empowerment of e-Learning and Providing Digital Classroom at Govt. High School, Kazipet Jageer, Warangal on 10th Oct, 2015

EVG – 027 - Empowerment of e-Learning and Providing Digital Classroom at Govt. High School, Kazipet Jageer, Warangal on 10^th Oct, 2015

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Update about the service project conducted by employees of S&P Capital IQ, www.spcapitaliq.com, Hyderabad - (Business unit of McGraw Hill Financial www.mhfi.com )

Project Location: Govt. High School, Kazipet Jageer, Hanamkonda Mandal, Warangal District, Telangana, India

About the Project: Govt. High School, Kazipet Jageer is located in Warangal District which is 150 KM from our Hyderabad Office. It’s running under State Govt. control. More than 250 students are studying in this School. All the students originated from agriculturists and daily labor families. AS the School Head Master consulted us and revealed his planning for school development to have a digital class room where students will get benefitted by having recurring classes and wherever they need clarity in regard to topics. And classes can be used multiple times with separate set of recorded classes for all standards of classes.

Keeping these problems in mind, S&P Capital IQ, Hyderabad sanctioned EVG project for G.H. School, Kazipet Jageer village to facilitate the proposed amenities.

Non Profit Partner: Aadarana

Project Leader: Dharmender Pasunooti

Activity: We proposed to facilitate the amenities in career guidance program to 10th class students and installing the Digital Class Room with a Projector screen, computer and other required peripherals and the same is carried out by our volunteers.

Date & Time: 10^th Oct, 2015 from10am to 3pm

Number of Volunteers: 4

Highlights:

1. MHFI provided Rs.60,000 for procuring materials and expenses for the project

2. Conducted Career guidance program

3. Provided Digital Class room

4. Distributed Note Books to students

5. Encouraged students by conducting quiz & competitions

6. Demo given on ‘Digital Class usage’

7. Cleaning of the School premises.

Impact:

As the study material for Video classes are available for all standards in the high school, the related students can use the digital class room and get more benefit from the classes whenever they need. More and more classes can be covered here through digital video classes. Students & masters have been trained by a demo on ‘how to use the classroom and to make PPTs’.

Names of Volunteers: Dharmender Pasunooti; Ashok Bakkathatla; Ravi Kumar G; Srinivas P

FEEDBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS:

Dharmender Pasunooti (CIM Leader): - This is my 1st EVG project as a lead, great opportunity to serve the society, very happy to be part of this successful event. The response from the school management and students is wonderful. During the inauguration of digital class, I suggested students to make use of the digital classes at max possible and reap the benefits and requested Head Master and Staff to have extracurricular activities which is least necessity at outside world, where our students are lacking. Advised students to build there communication and presentation skills and use the digital class even for power point presentations.

I thank S&P Capital IQ’s Management for giving me this opportunity to coordinate and lead this event. Looking forward to be part of many more events, and kudos to the entire team for supporting me in this event and for their enthusiastic participation.

Ashok Bakkathatla: It was a nice experience to spend the day with school children, I am thankful to the management of our organization for giving this wonderful opportunity to serve the society. And want to be part of more events in future

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

Veera Bhadram Naik (M.E.O.): - He addressed that, Govt. schools mostly working better than the Private Schools in terms of with good & well qualified teachers, sufficient playgrounds for students to play games at the school. Congratulated the S& P Capital IQ management for providing the digital class room to the school, and requested to take up many projects in future. Further he addressed students and suggested students to use the Digital classes and improve their skills, communication.

Sundarachari (Head Master): - He presided the entire meeting and coordinated with MEO and S&P Capital IQ team. During the installation process he suggested students to involve in the process and learnt the technical aspects in it. Headmaster wished all the students to make use of the benefit of digital class and get learned with new dimensions of learning, where the world is growing day by day with IT & Communication. He conveyed his thankfulness to the management of S&P Capital IQ (MHFI) and requested to do many more projects in Warangal at other schools also where students get benefitted.

Sampath Kumar & Other Teachers: - Sampath Kumar & his co-teachers wished the students and S&P Capital IQ a very happy time and requested the students to obtain the benefits.

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EVG – 017 - “Career Guidance” Program and Providing Library at S.N.S.M.H. School, Narasapur, WestGodavari on 2nd Nov, 2015

EVG – 017 - “Career Guidance” Program and Providing Library at S.N.S.M.H. School, Narasapur, WestGodavari on 2^nd Nov, 2015

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Update about the service project conducted by employees of S&P Capital IQ, www.spcapitaliq.com, Hyderabad - (Business unit of McGraw Hill Financial www.mhfi.com )

Project Location: S.N.S Municipal High School, NARASAPUR, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India

About the Project: S.N.S. Municipal High School is located in West Godavari District with 447 KM from our Hyderabad office. It’s running under State Govt. control. In this High school, more than 330+ students are studying. And there is no library and knowledge books through which the students can get additional information along with the class room lectures. The school authorities are unable to provide mentioned requirements to the students due to lack of funds. If we can arrange a library with the required books and material, we would assist the students and the staff to acquire more knowledge.

Non Profit Partner: Aadarana.

Project Leader: Lakshmana Babu Kavali

Activity: Volunteers involved in fixing the fans, and involved in the career guidance and personality development training to the students on EVG day that will add value to their lives. Volunteers handed over the sports material, racks, books, tables and chairs to the school Head Master and distributed the prizes for winners.

Date & Time: 2^nd Nov, 2015 from10am to 4pm

Number of Volunteers: 3

Highlights:

1. MHFI provided Rs.60,000 for procuring materials and expenses for the project

2. Brief introduction about Capital IQ and EVG Program.

3. Fitting Fans in library room and arranging Book Racks in order.

4. Handing over the sports material

5. Giving guidance on Library management techniques

6. Career Guidance and personality development program

7. Conducted G.K., Quiz and Sports activities for Students.

Impact:

330+ students are able to use library facility, they learnt the new paths that available after schooling to reach the goals and get inspired from the career guidance programs conducted by volunteers. Through this EVG project, motivational and inspirational books are available to refer in the school. Now the library is ready to serve for longtime. Parents, teachers and students are feeling happy with the motivational activities done at the school by S&P Capital IQ volunteers.

Names of Volunteers: Lakshmana Babu Kavali, Sobhan Kumar Kosuri and Jagadesh

FEEDBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS:

Lakshmana Babu Kavali: - It is great opportunity to be part of the EVG. Doing something collectively for the benefit of my childhood school is always satisfactory. We have enjoyed whole day by serving the society. It is a memorable experience to me. We have volunteered ourselves for a good cause. We are looking forward to do some more projects towards social responsibility.

Sobhan Kumar Kosuri: - It’s always gives a good amount of satisfaction to help the needy. The EVG program which I attended is also falls under this category. I really enjoyed while interacting with the students and its pleasure to guide them on their career. I hope our company will continue and initiate programs like this in future.

Jagadeesh Thondrangi: - It’s a wonderful experience for me to participate in the EVG program and serving the society. I enjoyed spending time with students through sharing knowledge. This project made available a knowledge Centre that can motivate the students to learn more information.

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

Telugu Teacher

G. Poojitha (8th Class Student): - We thank to S&P Capital IQ and the employees who came and volunteering here. It is great to know that old student of this school came back and serving and facilitating the school and assisting in the school development with the help of the company that they are working. We learnt many things today from the career guidance program and get inspired by the activities in which they are involved. With the kind heart of their company, today we have a library with sufficient books and facilities to utilize it. Thanks to S&P Capital IQ once again.

Y. Mounika (10th Class Student): - It is a great program. Many people think that everybody should be happy but some people will come forward help others to keep them happy by doing good things. Old student of my school came to us and provided the necessary facilities and library. They spent with us by conducting career guidance program that really motivated us and also conducted the games and competitions. Thanks to volunteers and S&P Capital IQ.

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