S&P Capital IQ Hyderabad Community Service Projects

Thursday, 11 February 2016

EVG – 023 - Providing infrastructure and sports kit to M.P.U.P. School, Thakkallapad, Warangal on 30th Nov, 2015

EVG – 023 - Providing infrastructure and sports kit to M.P.U.P. School, Thakkallapad, Warangal on 30^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: M.P.U.P. School, Thakkallapad Village, Warangal, Telangana, India

About the Project: M.P.U.P. School, Thakkallapad is located in Warangal district and it is nearly 210 KMs from Hyderabad Office. S&P Capital IQ planned to do EVG project to Facilitating Desk Benches, Marker Boards, chairs, fan, Note Books to Government High School and guiding the students about the career development.

Non Profit Partner: Aadarana

Project Leader: Suresh Goggura

Activity: Facilitating Desk Benches, Marker Boards, chairs, fan and Note Books.

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

Number of Volunteers: 3

Highlights:

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

2. Provided the Desk Benches,

3. Marker Boards, chairs, fan

4. Provided the Sports Material

5. Provided Note Books.

6. Guided the students on Career paths and Opportunities.

7. Plantation in school premises

Impact:

EVG Project helps the students to sit on the benches and able to pay attention for their classes. And also we could motivate the students by providing sports equipment to participate in the sports. 160+ students of this school will be benefited from these facilities. Parents, teachers and students are very happy with the activities done at the school by S&P Capital IQ

Names of Volunteers: Suresh Goggura, Narasimha Nerji and Rambabu Surla: Bajrang Singh Thakur

FEEDBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS:

Suresh Goggura (Project Leader):- It is a great opportunity to every employee to serve the society. I would like to personally thank to our Organization for designing of Employee Volunteer Grant Program. I am very much glad to be a part of the EVG project at my native place. Our village school children were very happy about our facilities provided to them.

Narasimha Rao:- 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 quiz to the school children. And I have participated in plantation. I felt like a school teacher while at that school

Shiva:- It was great opportunity to serve the school children explaining the students on career options ahead. I would like to thanks the management of CIQ and the project leader for considering me in this project.

Bajrang Singh Thakur:- This is my first time to be part of EVG program, I am very happy to have part it. There is saying “real satisfaction is helping needy”. It is true and also I felt very much satisfied. Great initiative taken by you and keep it same spirit. At last am very thankful to our company to have such a program.

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

School Head Master & Staff:- We are very much Happy and thanks to S&P Capital IQ members for choosing my school under EVG program. We are thankful for providing the Desk Benches, Marker Boards, chairs, fan and carrier guidance to students. Those are very much valuable and useful to students for better understanding and remembering the subject related concepts. Please accept our special thanks to Suresh Goggura for his concern on our school and their colleagues for their contribution on motivating our school students for better career.

Priyanka (Student):- We are very happy today. S&P Capital IQ employees came to our school and provided benches, books and fan which are very much needed. They served a lot in our school today and also conducted a session on career guidance. They make us happy by conducting quiz and games. They also provided sports kit to motivate us. We are very happy and thank a lot for their service.

Letter from School

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EVG – 020 - Providing Basic Facilities to K.V.R.M.Z.P. High School, Ankampalem, East Godavari on 1st Nov, 2015

EVG – 020 - Providing Basic Facilities to K.V.R.M.Z.P. High School, Ankampalem, East Godavari 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: K.V.R.M.Z.P. High School, Ankampalem, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India

About the Project: K.V.R.M.Z.P. High School is located in East Godavari District, Atreyapuram Mandal which is 491 KM from our Hyderabad Office. It’s running under State Govt. control. This is upgraded as Zilla Parishat High school and More than 70 students are studying in this School. All the students are originated from poor and under privileged community. This School does not have minimum infrastructure like Electricity for class rooms except HM Room. It also doesn’t have Drinking water facility

Non Profit Partner: Aadarana

Project Leader: Venkata Peddi Raju Rayala

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

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

Number of Volunteers: 4

Highlights:

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

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

3. Cleaning of school premises with students

4. Educating the children about the value of Parents and teachers.

Impact:

Now the students will not sit on the floor, they learn the new paths to reach the goals, and they were motivated very much from the career guidance program conducted by me and volunteers. 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:

Venkata Peddi Raju Rayala (Project Leader): It is a great pleasure to serve mother land with the aid provided by Esteem Company like MHFI through Employee voluntary grant. Beneficiaries are very much existed as it is first kind of program conducted in their school. And S&P capital IQ is the first company to provide furniture, books and sports kit to school children and staff.

Sreenivasulu Bandi: 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.

VenkataJaga Prasad Karuturi (Ex.Employee): I felt very happy for that company where I have worked for more than ten years and that company came to remote area like Ankamapalem and provided furniture, books and sports kit to school which made smiles on the children who are needed for their better education.

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

Gyneswari (Head Master): We appreciate your kind help, cooperation and for your work. Thanks to your company, S&P Capital IQ for providing support to the poor children.

Letter from the School

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Saturday, 6 February 2016

EVG – 018 - Renovating Wash Rooms and Providing Sports Material at A.V.V. School, S.V.N. Road, Warangal District on 14th Dec, 2015

EVG – 018 - Renovating Wash Rooms and Providing Sports Material at A.V.V. School, S.V.N. Road, Warangal District on 14^th Dec, 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: A.V.V High School, S.V.N. Road Warangal, Warangal Mandal, Warangal District, Telangana, India

About the Project: A.V.V. high school is located in S.V.N. Road, Warangal district which is around 160 kms from our CIQ Hyderabad office. It is a government aided school running under state government of Telangana. This is a school started in 1944 by Acharya Sri Chandha Kanthayya Sresti, A great philanthropist in the Telangana region. This was a first Telugu medium school in north Telangana region, which is providing free education for the poor and under privileged community from decades. Toilets in this school in a very bad position now, especially girl students are facing many problems with damaged wash rooms, they are about to abandoned. If we renovate those wash rooms, it will very much useful to the girls studying in the school.

Non Profit Partner: Aadarana

Project Leader: Ganesh Penugonda

Activity: On EVG day we have conducted Essay writing and elocution competition to the students and had an interaction session with the 10th class students and explained them the importance of environmental protection and hygienic conditions etc. finally distributed prizes to the winners in the competitions.

Date & Time: 14^th Dec, 2015 from 11am to 4pm

Number of Volunteers: 3

Highlights:

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

2. Renovated girls’ wash rooms.

3. Distributed Sports Material.

4. Interaction session with the students.

5. School premises cleaning.

6. Plantation of saplings.

Impact:

Lack of toilets, especially separate girls toilets are a big problem in Indian government schools. This is leading for a significant number of drop outs from government schools. Even government of India is also taking this as a serious issue. Now as we provided a beautiful wash room for girl students in this school, it will definitely lead to reduce the girl student drop outs and may attract those who dropped their education in middle due to this problem

Names of Volunteers: Ganesh Penugonda; Venkataramana Pindi, Raghu Velisala & Karthik Gunishetty

FEEDBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS:

Ganesh Penugonda(Project Leader): It is a wonderful opportunity for me and I extended my sincere thanks to S&P capital IQ for giving me this opportunity and I am really thankful to my team for their cooperation. This project gave me a great satisfaction because in this, we have provided basic facilities to the government school. The students and staff are very happy with this project. I look forward to involve more such projects in the future.

Venkata Ramana: It’s a great opportunity to serve the society and I am very happy to be part of this project. On part of this project we provided the wash room renovation and sports material to A.V.V. High school, Warangal and conducted the career guidance classes to the students. The activities which we conducted in the project will support the needy people and that is in turn gave me immense pleasure. Thanks to Ganesh and S&P Capital IQ for giving me such a wonderful opportunity. I look forward to visiting more such projects in the future.

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

Head Master: We are very thankful to the S&P capital IQ for selecting our school for their community impact program and renovating the washrooms in our school. And providing number of sports material to our school which will really useful for our students. And thanks to Ganesh and his team for doing this service to our school.

Students: We extend our gratitude to the S&P capital IQ for renovating wash rooms and providing us sports material, thank a lot.

School Correspondent: Thank you very much for providing these facilities in our school and we will assure the best use of these facilities and maintain them in a good manner.

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EVG – 016 - Construction of Compound wall at M.P.U.P. School, Muchintala, Krishna District on 7th Dec, 2015

EVG – 016 - Construction of Compound wall at M.P.U.P. School, Muchintala, Krishna District on 7^th Dec, 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.U.P. School, Muchintala Village, Penuganchiprolu Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India, PIN - 521190.

About the Project: M.P.U.P. School is situated at a distance of 230 KMs from Capital IQ, Hyderabad office. Mr. Srinivasa Rao (Head Master) approached us to support the M.P.U.P. School. The school is located near to paddy Cultivating Farm lands. The School has 152 students, they requested for facilitating compound wall to the school, to protect students from various insects, snakes and chemicals sprayed in farm lands. Our support provides safety to them.

Non Profit Partner: Aadarana

Project Leader: Venkata Krishna Borra

Activity: Provided guidance to the students, Constructed Compound wall, Painting Blackboard, Planting trees, Conducted quiz & games and distributed prizes

Date & Time: 7^th Dec, 2015 from 9:30am to 4:30pm

Number of Volunteers: 5

Stakeholders: 5

Chavala Rama Rao, Sarpanch, Gonela Siva, vice MPP, M. Narayana Rao, Ex sarpanch, P. Narasimharao, Ex Sarpanch, P. Venkateswara Rao, Ex Sarpanch

Highlights:

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

2. Volunteers Conducting Career guidance to the students

3. Educating the children's about the value of Parents and teachers.

4. Painting Blackboards

5. Cleaning of school premises with the help of students

6. Plantation in the School Premises

7. Conducted Games and Distributed prizes.

Impact:

The school is now secured with the compound wall. And now all the students have confident on their career & able to know importance of study and environment. Students and village people can have a habit of plantation of saplings.

Names of Volunteers: Venkata Krishna Borra, Lingaiah Guti, Pavan Kumar Gudivada, Madhusudhana Parvatha Reddy & Subrahmanyam Vissamsetti

FEEDBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS:

Venkata Krishna Borra (Project Leader): It is a great opportunity to every employee to serve the society. I would like to personally thank to our Organization and CIM Committee for designing of Employee Volunteer Grant Program. My Heart full Thanks to S&P Capital IQ for giving me this opportunity to serve a School Located in my Village. I have seen the happiness of School Staff, Village natives, School Children, Family and friends as the leading corporate company came forward to provide Compound Wall to the School. My heart full “Thanks” to the volunteers for spending their valuable time in making this project a great success. With their energy and enthusiastic support I did this.

Lingaiah Guti: I am very much glad to be a part of the EVG project. School children and Staff were very happy about Compound wall facility. I also enjoyed in participating in planation, Blackboard painting, Conducting Games to children and giving suggestions for their future goals.

Pavan Kumar Gudivada: First of all I would like to thank my project leader Venkata Krishna Borra and S&P Capital IQ for giving me the wonderful opportunity to be a part of such a nice and wonderful project. I smelled the smiles of the Students, Staff and Village natives. They felt very happy as our organization provided compound wall which provides safety to the students from air sprayed chemicals in the Agricultural lands. The students are really energetic. They entertained us with their mind blowing talent. They felt very happy with the guidance given by our volunteers. And they promised that they also participate in the social service programs in the future. I really appreciate the hospitality provided by Venkata Krishna Borra. The village natives also felt very happy to meet us. Thank to all the volunteers for making this project a historical.

Madhusudhana Parvatha Reddy: I felt very happy to participate in this kind of activities and I have seen that people are very happy for getting this kind of services from our company. It is great honor to be part of this program.

Subrahmanyam Vissamsetti: I am very much glad to be a part of this project. Children, village people and Staff were very happy about Compound wall facility. I also enjoyed in participating in planation, Conducting Games to children and giving suggestions for their future goals. I am thankful to my MHFI for giving such a wonderful opportunity.

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

Mr. G Srinivasa Rao (Head Master): I wish to inform you that we are very much thankful for rendering services as MHFI, S&P Capital IQ Employees. We are very happy on providing Compound Wall which is more Needful to Protect Children from Snakes, insects and protecting school properties from thefts. This is the first Corporate Company provided this much of Best Quality service which I have never seen in my Experience. Our students and staff felt very happy at your services and conveyed their thanks to your Organization.

Mr. B Subbarao (Senior SGT): We are very happy and conveying thanks to your company. Our Students are very happy to learn Career guidance Charts Explanation, we have confident on our children’s career. They are now able to know importance of study. Your company Volunteers conducted session on environment and participated in Plantation of trees. Our students are happy for Conducted activities and your valuable gifts in terms of Compound wall, Career Guidance, books.

G Gopichand (8^th Class Student): Now I am feeling safe that our school is secured with a compound wall which protects from various insects and Air sprayed chemicals. My sincere thanks to S&P capital IQ, especially Venkata Krishna Borra. He inspired us to lead our lives better and encouraged us to actively participate in social service activities.

G.Gangadhar Rao (7^th Class Student): I am thankful to MHFI, S&P Capital IQ and participated volunteers. They not only painted the Blackboards, but also paved the way to build colorful life.

M Narayana Rao (Ex Sarpanch) : We are very much thankful to MHFI and S&P Capital IQ for Providing Financial support to Construct Compound wall facility for Our Village Scholl. It is very essential, because School is located in Paddy lands if any farmer uses chemicals or Fertilizers, it directly effecting School children. I and My village people are very happy that your volunteers visited our village and motivated children to build good Career.

P Narasimharao (Ex Sarpanch): A Leading Corporate company reaches to our village as a financial supporter is not so easy thing, but great to see S&P Capital IQ in my village. We are very much thankful to S&P Capital IQ and EVG Volunteers for providing Compound wall and conducted other activities to motivate the students as well as staff. Your Volunteers have suggested us about environment Importance and protection. This is the first Corporate Company which I have never seen in my village for this kind of activities.

Letter from the school