Creating sustainable change.
Our integrated approach focuses on two key outcomes: building a skilled health workforce and expanding access to primary care and public health.
Together, these create a self-sustaining ecosystem of health and livelihood.
By enabling rural youth to access stable employment and bringing affordable healthcare closer to communities, we help increase household incomes while significantly reducing long-term medical expenses.
The result is a meaningful reduction in multi-dimensional poverty.
Aligned with core CSR objectives.
This model closely aligns with the core CSR priorities of various organisations, delivering measurable social impact, sustainable livelihood generation, and improved community well-being.
As a result, several leading companies have partnered with FIH to design and implement scalable, high-value CSR initiatives.
Creating lasting value at the intersection of health, livelihoods, and resilience.
Educating rural youth
Educating health human resources from among rural youth and generating stable employment for them
Expanding access to care
Enhancing access to primary care and health education.
Resulting impact
Mitigating multi-dimensional poverty and building rural resilience.
The combined effect also improves health outcomes and overall societal productivity.
This resonates well with the CSR objectives of companies, many of whom have come forward to engage FIH to design and implement their CSR engagements.
Present Projects
Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL)
School for Skills Raigad
Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) awarded a CSR mandate to FIH for training of 330 rural and semi-urban youth as General Duty Assistants, over a period of 3 years. This involves training youth at Raigad district as ‘Allied Health Professionals’ and creating livelihood for them in the health sector (March 2025).
Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL)
Delivering Opportunities through Touch (DOT)
Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) entrusted us with another CSR mandate to implement “Delivering Opportunities through Touch (DOT)” — a unique initiative in India under the MGL SAKSHAM program. The project aims to enhance science education and digital literacy among Class X students with visual impairments through tactile, refreshable, multi-line, AI-powered Braille displays, enabling more inclusive and accessible learning (March 2026).
FIH – SFS Academy, Bansberia
State-of-Art Allied Health Education Centre
Through this CSR award, FIH has established a state-of-the-art diagnostic laboratory, patient care learning centre, simulation centre and distance learning centre at SFS Academy, Bansberia for the allied health professional education program for rural and semi-urban youth.
Essel Mining Industries Limited
Mobile Dental Van
Essel Mining Industries Limited has handed a fully equipped custom designed dental van to FIH through their CSR program. Quality dental services are being provided to the rural population of West Bengal.
Ambuja Neotia Group
Floating Clinic – Sundarbans
Ambuja Neotia group has supported the 'CSR Project' (purpose-modified fully equipped launch) at Sundarbans to deliver accessible and affordable primary care to the last mile population of Sundarbans.
Aditya Birla Jan Seva Trust (Jayashree Textiles, Grasim Industries Ltd.)
TRANSFORM
Technology innovations driven precancer and cancer Risk Assessment, Novel Screening among Females, Onset detection, earlier Remedy and Management. Consists of i) a data-driven approach, ii) innovation of frugal health-tech, iii) training local female community health workers and iv) task-shifting from doctors to health workers. Screening of Cancer: Cervix, Breast and Oral Cavity. Location: Rishra, West Bengal.
Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd.
Uday – Healthcare at the Doorstep
Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. awarded us the project Uday – Healthcare at the Doorstep (Chowkathe Swastha Parisheba) to create health awareness and conduct community-based screening for hypertension, diabetes, heart problem, anaemia, in the Sundarbans. The project is implemented through a custom-designed floating digital clinic (motorboat), bringing essential primary healthcare services to underserved island communities (June 2025 and May 2026).
Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (IGL)
School for Skills – Uttar Pradesh
Awarded a mandate to train 180 rural and semi-urban youth as allied health professionals across the districts of Banda and Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh through establishment of two 'School for Skills: Allied Health Sciences'. The trained and certified General Duty Assistants will receive in-wage employment at hospitals and allied health facilities.
Past Projects
Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL)
School for Skills Raigad
Through the CSR mandate of Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), 180 rural and semi-urban female youth from Raigad district, Maharashtra, were trained and certified as General Duty Assistants. Of the certified students, 94% secured employment across 35 hospitals in Maharashtra.
Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd.
Project SEHAAT – Silvassa
“SEHAAT” (Social Endeavour for Health Education, Awareness & Accessible Health through Trained Community Health Workers) for health awareness creation and screening in specific areas (hypertension, diabetes, heart problem, anaemia etc.) at the community level in Silvassa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Ltd. (BCPL)
School for Skills – Dibrugarh
Through the CSR mandate of Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Ltd. (BCPL), 82 rural and semi-urban youth, predominantly female, from Dibrugarh, Assam, were trained and certified as General Duty Assistants. Of the certified students, 84% secured employment across 10 hospitals.
JSW Bengal Steel Ltd. / JSW Cement Ltd. / JSW Utkal Steel Ltd.
Rural Healthcare & Skill Development
Between 2013 and 2020, FIH participated in multitude of healthcare linked CSR programs in West Bengal (Midnapore) and Odisha (Paradip). Over 200 youth were trained and employed across various hospitals. Thousands of people in deep rural areas received primary care and public health through clinics.
Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL), Nagpur
School for Skills Nagpur
Through the CSR mandate of Western Coalfields Ltd., 56 disadvantaged youth were certified as General Duty Assistants. Over 80% of the certified students received employment opportunities in the health sector.
Sustainable Development Goals
FIH impacts multiple SDGs
Goal 1
No Poverty
Goal 3
Good Health & Well-Being
Goal 4
Quality Education
Goal 5
Gender Equality
Goal 8
Decent Work & Economic Growth
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