On the World CSR Congress & World CSR Day
recently held from 17-18th Feb 2016 at Taj Lands’ End, Mumbai. Mr. Rishi
Pathania, Head CSR for UPL Ltd. was awarded the 100 most Impactful CSR Leaders
Award (Global Listing) as a tribute to his contribution towards social &
sustainability change initiatives.
The impactful
Leadership award is presented every year to those 100 global CSR and
Sustainability leaders who have significantly contributed in making a change
and adding value to the social sector. Such Leaders who are impactful &
believe that there is a MAD approach to their work (Making A Difference). The
approach is driven by passion & commitment towards Social Change. The
listing is done through an intense research by the research cell.
Born on 2nd October and studied from XISS
Ranchi, Mr. Rishi Pathania is working with UPL Limited (Earlier known as United
Phosphorus Limited) as Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for UPL
Group. He has around 17 years of rural development experience in different
parts of country.
Prior to joining UPL, he was incharge of CSR
at Tata Chemicals, Mithapur, Dist Jamnagar. Earlier he was based in Tata
Chemicals Limited, Babrala (UP) and was transferred to Mithapur to take higher
responsibility. Rishi has worked with small NGO based at Bareilly, Uttar
Pradesh, and with a multinational NGO based at Ranchi, Jharkhand. He has
focused mostly around improving livelihood in rural areas. His experience of
working with NGO has given him an opportunity to understand the obstacles in
rural development and was challenged to live and work in one of the most
backward areas of country, often without proper amenities.
His experience of working with small NGO,
Multinational NGO and Corporate CSR team has helped him to understand the
intersection between Bharat and India, and has reinforced his understanding of
the complex relationship between the various dimensions affecting humanity
today. He
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has
attended the Common Purpose International Leadership Development
programme for future leaders of India & UK called DISHAA, which was
launched by British Prime Minister David Cameron at Bangalore, India and
London, UK
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has
attended prestigious Tata Group emerging leaders programme (A
three phase module for leadership development).
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is a Certified Achievement Motivation Trainer (On Achievement
thema based on human process lab) from NEISBUD, NOIDA.
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is a Certified trainer for human labs like PIPE, DISHA,
FIRST and SaKSHAMH
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is
a Assessor for CII-ITC Sustainability Awards.
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was a Tata Group TBEM and AA assessor
which is based on United States Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
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is
trained on GRI sustainability reporting during G3 launching and GRI
conference Reporting: a Measure of Sustainability at Amsterdam
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is recipient of Responsible business Leadership award
2013.
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Is recipient of top 10
CSR Thought Leaders from India’s corporate houses in 2014
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was
selected as CSC Leaders 2015 which is a
global leadership programme for 100 exceptional senior leaders
selected from government, business and NGOs across the 53 countries of the
Commonwealth. CSCLeaders is the renewal of HRH The Duke of
Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences - first run in 1956 – for
the 21st Century, a partnership between
international leadership development organisation Common Purpose and
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences (UK Fund)
Furthermore, his active interest in policy advocacy has earned him a
position in different advocacy forums. Being an active participant at different
forums has greatly helped him in integrating community needs with project
planning at macro level.
