Samsung India partners Ktk govt for notebook donation drive

: Samsung India has collaborated with Karnataka government for a notebook donation drive to extend its support to students from government schools across the city and in Kolar and Mulbaghal in the state.
"The notebook donation drive, through which we have been able to reach out to over 30,000 students in Karnataka, is a small step in that direction," Samsung R&D Institute managing director Dipesh Shah said in a statement here.
A team of volunteers from the institute visited over 450 schools and distributed 1,60,000 notebooks and 38,500 pens to over 30,000 students in two days, the statement said.
Earlier this year, Samsung donated dictionaries, examination pads, geometry boxes, bags and pouches to students of around 500 schools in Karnataka, it added.

Another important milestone was the agreement with the government to help the state manage its public healthcare facilities, the statement said.
As part of the agreement, the institute, Bengaluru (SRI-B) provided over 1,000 Samsung Tab IRIS devices to the state health department, it said.

IRIS, which is the first commercial tablet to be approved by UIDAI for Aadhaar and KYC verification, was enabling public health centres (PHCs) in the state to build their database in a digital format, the statement said.
Samsung began its journey in India in 1995, and in over two decades, has grown into one of the country's biggest consumer product companies, with 1.5 lakh retail outlets and over 70,000 employees.

The company has also established Samsung Technical Schools in partnership with Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and ITIs in Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi, to address the need for skilled manpower with practical know-how and relevant industry experience.