Overview

Sony India has been working to contributing towards the marginalized sections of society. To build a better future for the people, we believe that it is extremely important to empower them by implementing several welfare schemes. Our view of CSR is beyond a one-time donation; it is a means to give back to the society in which we exist through sustainable projects.

Our strategic philanthropic and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts are aligned to reflect the diverse interests of our key businesses and focus on several distinct areas: education; providing shelter; rehabilitation of the differently-abled; sustainability and the environment; and heritage protection.

Our key areas of focus

Social Value
Social Value
Contribution to society
Contribution to society
Getting closer to people & society
Getting closer to people & society
Sustainability
Sustainability

Sony Values

Dreams And Curiosity
Dreams and Curiosity
At Sony India, we strive to nurture the dreams and curiosity of people from different walks of life.
Dreams And Curiosity
Diversity
Driven by our aim to touch millions of lives around us, we uphold this belief close to our heart. We strongly believe that a lot can be achieved by harnessing differing viewpoints.
Dreams And Curiosity
Integrity and Sincerity
At Sony India, we firmly believe in the twin virtues of integrity and sincerity. All of our projects are fueled by these two values.
Dreams And Curiosity
Sustainability
Fulfill our stakeholder responsibilities through disciplined business practices.
Our Vision

Our Vision

Corporate Social Responsibility holds great importance for Sony India.

For the longest time, we have been working towards creating a social impact. Following which, we have started projects related to education, environment and animal conservation, care for the elderly, create employment opportunities for the differently-abled, nurture urban underprivileged children. Our aim is to also provide shelter and rehabilitation facilities for the differently-abled, run development and heritage conservation programs.

Our CSR programs have received multiple applauds.

We have received BT Award for the “Hole in the Wall” project and village development.

We have received Golden Peacock Awards for education and village development.

Our CSR head, Mr. Sanjay Bhatnagar, has been widely recognized as a prominent leader.

A peek into our CSR initiatives

Blind Vision Foundation
Blind Vision Foundation
Skill Development Program
Skill Development Program
Support to families affected by Covid
Support to families affected by Covid
SHEOWS: Old age home
SHEOWS: Old age home
NIIT: Hole in the Wall
NIIT: Hole In The Wall
Village development: Alwalpur
Village development: Alwalpur
VVMVP (Art of Living) /MR (Manav Rachna University): Supporting youth sports
VVMVP/MR: Supporting youth sports
Cultural Project (Heritage Protection) with Art of Living
VVMVP: Haridwar Project
United Orphanage: Supporting Psychologically affected
United Orphanage: Supporting
Psychologically affected
Jaipur Foot
Jaipur Foot

Know more about our initiatives

SHEOWS: Old Age Home
Started in: December 2014
Places: Guru Vridh Ashram, Delhi

Sony India joined hands with Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society (SHEOWS) to provide doctors, nurses and attendants for the elderly citizens of our country. We wish to offer them best health care facilities. These include free checkups and regular health scans.

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Located at Guru Vridh Ashram, Delhi, the SHEOWS Old Age Home offers the abandoned and the destitute elderly free health care facilities. Since the time we have collaborated with SHEOWS, we have taken up rehabilitation of the elderly in our hands. Apart from offering free health check-ups to the elderly people, we support the electricity bill of the old age home. We try our best to add colors to their lives for celebrating festivals together with them. We organize fun activities for them. Our aim is to spread smile on their face and make their time at the old age home happy and comfortable.

NIIT: Hole in the Wall
Started in: March 2016
Places: Delhi and Rajasthan

At Sony India, we wish to make education accessible and interactive for children across the country. To promote interactive and fun learning sessions, our Hole in the Wall Campaign provides “Hole-in-the-Wall” learning kiosk and caretaker for poor children who are living in slum area or rural place.

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Breaking the traditional stereotype of learning within the four walls of a school classroom, the Hole-in-The-Wall project takes the Learning Station to the playground, employs a unique collaborative learning approach and encourages children to explore, learn and just enjoy!

As a concept, Hole-in-the-Wall has multiple dimensions and a potential which is virtually limitless. What it offers someone depends on the perspective one is looking from.

For villagers, the program allows children to come together and engage in meaningful conversation and indulge in immersive learning activities that broaden their horizons.

Over the past few years, Hole-in-the-Wall kiosks with Solar battery have been installed in 5 schools in Alwar. The Hole-in-the-Wall area is a very safe and secure learning space for children. Care takers hired by NIIT are sitting to support children on the weekdays. Our project is contributing towards enhancing the safety of their resident area.

The Hole in the Wall offers the world a fresh perspective on the learning process.

Village Development: Alwalpur
Started in: March 2016
Places: Alwalpur Village, Palwal, Haryana

Alwalpur is a village located in Palwal Block in Haryana with a total population of over 15,000 people. The project not only aimed at sustainable village development but has also catered to the aspect of development by generating awareness amongst community on various issues towards sound behavioural change.

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Some of the visible impacts were as follows:
  • Better health care programs: With special focus on maternal and child health wherein both general and specialized (gynaecology & paediatrics) health camps were organized which benefitted more than 1400 villagers including women, children and old people.
  • Youth skill development programs were organised which witnessed the enrolment of 160 youths and their successful completion of trades like computer literacy, mobile repairing & beautician courses. These training not only imparted skill but paved a path for these youths to be budding entrepreneurs. Some individuals were able to start their own ventures upon completing these programs.
  • Extracurricular activities like sports which saw participation from more than 200 youth and children in athletics, wrestling and “Kabaddi”.
  • Participation of women in social gatherings has improved over the past one year. This was visible in the women participation in meets organised by Sony India.
  • Emphasis on women empowerment through formation of Self Help Groups and enterprise development by organizing capacity building workshops for more than 60 women.
  • Social infrastructure development through renewable energy applications like installation of solar panels in Government Schools, erecting solar streetlights, distribution of solar lanterns to 250 children coming from disadvantaged background.
  • Agriculture initiatives have been undertaken in order to improve quality of life through horticulture and kitchen garden development, construction of vermi-compost units, building drainage systems, undertaking WASH programs etc. were done.
  • We are also working towards the development of village infrastructure (pipeline from village to canal, pole light etc.)
VVMVP/MR: Supporting Youth Sports
Started in: March 2018
Places: Faridabad (Haryana)

Sony India aims to create a grass root revolution in sports among the youth. We hope to cater to the youth of our country in Badminton, Football, Table Tennis and Shooting. Our goal is to scout for young talent and provide them world class sports infrastructure and training, in collaboration with Manav Rachna Sports Academy & Art of Living.

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At present, we have put the training program on hold due to the COVID-19 situation. The same will start once schools reopen.

Cultural Project (Heritage Protection) with Art of Living
Started in: March 2017
Places: Haridwar (Uttarakhand)

Sony India undertook a cultural project in collaboration with the Art of Living. The Haridwar project is one of the most sacred, world renowned Hindu pilgrimage area. It also holds a record of maximum number of people (during Kumbh) gathering at one place to take holy dip in the River Ganga. The aim of the project is to provide Big LED Screen, shoe stand and Entry Gate with CCTV coverage etc.

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United Orphanage: Supporting Psychologically affected
Started in: January 2018
Places: Coimbatore

Sony India has partnered with the United Orphanage, located in Coimbatore, to support psychologically affected orphans. In their collaborative efforts, Sony India has provided solar panels, an RO system and air coolers to improve living conditions. Also arranged for a psychiatrist, an MSW social worker, a staff nurse and wardens to cater to the orphans' psychological and medical needs. Additionally, Sony India donated a BRAVIA TV for recreational purposes.

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Furthermore, we facilitated the establishment of a medical center with lab equipment and provided salary support to a doctor, an MSW social worker and a staff nurse. Sony India also offered salary grants to five technical staff members. Through these contributions, Sony India aims to enhance the well-being and provide a hopeful future for the psychologically affected orphans at the United Orphanage.

Jaipur Foot
Started in: Feb 2024
Places: Jaipur

Sony India CSR team has initiated another project for needy with Shree Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), parent body of Jaipur Foot. BMVSS is a pan-Indian organization, having 33 branches. It also held a large number of outreach camps all over the country since many years.

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They provide artificial limbs, callipers, hand-paddled tricycles, crutches and other aids and appliances to the disabled totally free of charge. They also held 100 on-the-spot artificial limbs / callipers fitment camps in 41 countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. BMVSS has been given Special Consultative Status with the Economic & Social Council of the United Nations Organization. They provide to amputees / polio patients, other disabled, artificial limbs, callipers and other aids and appliances totally FREE OF CHARGE. Under SID CSR programme, “Sony India” partnered with “Jaipur Foot” to provide artificial limbs, callipers, crutches, Hand Paddled Tricycles and Hearing Aids to disabled suffering from loco-motor disabilities on account of accident by rail or road, landmine and gunshot victims in war zone and strife-torn areas, diseases (like diabetes) etc., or old polio patients from all over the country. To ensure mobility and dignity to the amputee/ polio patients & provide economic assistance i.e., tea shop kit, Dhaba shop kit and sewing machines to disabled for their economic rehabilitation and to serve the society as per Sony’s CSR vision.

Blind Vision Foundation

Sony India provided Smart Vision glasses which is an assistive device for the Visually Impaired. It uses the latest technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Machine Vision to make a difference and facilitate advancement in their lives.

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With this device, the blind can become aware of their surroundings, read a book of their choice in languages known to them, be alerted to obstacles in their way and much more. We provided this device to the needy across India.

Skill Development Program
Places: Faridabad

Sony partnered with “Kedman Skilling Foundation” and Amrita Hospital, Faridabad with an aim to generate employment opportunities for the under-privileged women of nearby villages of Faridabad and to serve the society as per Sony’s CSR vision.

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This project is getting extended under Centre of Excellence to provide skilled training to needy at Jaipur and collaboratively implement the Sony Gyan Setu initiative in Jaipur at Poornima University for the training of needy candidates in three priority sectors: Healthcare, Retail and Beauty & Wellness.

Support to families affected by Covid

Support to families affected by Covid especially those who lost breadwinners through partnership with M/s Impact Guru Foundation (IGF) named as Sony India Sanjeevani Program.The focus and objective is is to provide financial and resource assistance to COVID-affected families to support them in areas of healthcare, education, and livelihood skilling to help these families rebuild with dignity.

Support to families affected by Covid especially those who lost breadwinners through partnership with M/s Impact Guru Foundation (IGF) named as Sony India Sanjeevani Program.The focus and objective is is to provide financial and resource assistance to COVID-affected families to support them in areas of healthcare, education, and livelihood skilling to help these families rebuild with dignity.

Composition Of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

Social Value
Mr. Sunil Nayyar (Member/Director)
Contribution to society
Mr. Daijiro Nakano (Member/Director)
Getting closer to people & society
Mr. Fumiatsu Hirai (Member/Director)