On the eve of Independence Day, Motilal Oswal Tower was transformed into a hub of national pride as it celebrated the event in the company of enthusiastic school students from schools from Wada. The heart of the celebration revolved around the captivating performances of the school students. The highlight of the event was the pyramid formations by the girls. The event stood as a poignant reminder that the flame of patriotism burns eternal and that the spirit of unity will always guide us towards a brighter tomorrow.

We believe robust infrastructure is one of the important foundations for creating quality education opportunities. Therefore, as part of our CSR we keep contributing towards building high quality educational institutions in India. We recently supported expansion of ‘Agrawal – Oswal Chhatrawas’ – a hostel for CA aspirants located in Mumbai. While the five storeyed old structure could accommodate 200 students, the new structure has twelve floors thereby increasing the capacity. An entire floor is kept for recreational activities, seminars and conferences. The hostel just does not provide with safe lodging and boarding, it provides the students a nurturing environment for their holistic development too.

Motilal Oswal Foundation had organized स्वाद की पाठशाला an initiative to take students of Wada on an exceptional culinary journey. The students were given some known and some new ingredients to create 6 varieties of dishes. With some guidance the students churned-out such beautiful and delicious eatables. It was a mega kitchen scene at the school today where 180 students made 1800 pieces of food items. It was a treat for the eyes to see 300 students sit together and enjoy the dishes made by children, for the children!!

To help the students understand vocational skill training as a career option post SSC, MO Foundation had organized an exposure visit of students from Wada school to Govardhan Kaushal Vikas Kendra. During the visit the students were made familiar with various vocational courses options and employment opportunities, they also interacted with trainees undergoing training, and also visited the workshops, classrooms and hostel facility. Many students have shown inclination towards joining the courses. There is high demand for skilled workforce at Wada, undergoing these courses will help the students to not only avail these employment opportunities but they can also be self-employed.

To help the students understand vocational skill training as a career option post SSC, MO Foundation had organized an exposure visit of students from Wada school to Govardhan Kaushal Vikas Kendra. During the visit the students were made familiar with various vocational courses options and employment opportunities, they also interacted with trainees undergoing training, and also visited the workshops, classrooms and hostel facility. Many students have shown inclination towards joining the courses. There is high demand for skilled workforce at Wada, undergoing these courses will help the students to not only avail these employment opportunities but they can also be self-employed.

Motilal Oswal Foundation donated an ambulance to Vatsalya Samajik Sanstha – a NGO serving the people in the villages near Osmanabad. These villages lack proper health care facility and in case of emergency the patients have to be transported to Solapur. Due to unavailability of ambulance in the village many lives were lost. With the ambulance donated by Foundation now villagers will get basic first aid at the earliest and will be able to reach hospital in time.

To coincide with International Women's Day, Motilal Oswal Foundation collaborated with Vidyawadi (an educational institution for girls, established by Marudhar Mahila Shiksha Sangh) to set up a new hostel building for girl students.

Mr Motilal Oswal, MD & CEO, Motilal Oswal Financial Services & Mrs Vimla Motilal Oswal did the Bhumi Poojan for the new hostel for girls to be constructed by the Motilal Oswal Foundation at Vidyawadi, Khimel in Western Rajasthan. The hostel with advanced technology and air-conditioning will host 100 girls from the Vidyawadi residential school.

While addressing the girls for Vidyawadi School, Mr Motilal Oswal said: "Education is a crucial step in Women's Empowerment. Hence, focus and complete your Education. Once you are educated and empowered, never forget to give back to society and contribute to the Nation's growth."

Vidyawadi is spread over 65 acres. The campus has a school, seven hostel buildings, a degree college, and soon will house a postgraduate educational facility. The school has residential girl students and day schooler girls from nearby areas. The school focuses on holistic development of girls. Along with academics, the girls are trained in sports, music, arts and crafts. More than 2000 girls coming from various locations across the country are receiving Education at the school. The campus has seven hostels to accommodate 750 girls. The upcoming new hostel being constructed by Motilal Oswal Foundation will have capacity to accommodate additional 108 student.

Motilal Oswal Foundation is supporting Global Parli to set up a state of art framer’s training center at Taluka Parli in Beed District of Maharashtra. “Krishikul” – the training institute will be spread over 25 acres and will have several model farms for farmers to have hands on experience at learning. The center aims to revolutionize agriculture by training farmers in new and systematic techniques of growing fruits and marketing it.
Mr Raamdeo Agrawal performed the bhoomi pujan of the training center and interacted with farmers to motivate them.

Motilal Oswal Foundation renovated two school complexes at Wada established in the early '90s, catering to more than 1000 tribal students from 20+ villages and requiring necessary restoration. The foundation has renovated various facilities at both schools, keeping all students' hygiene and safety in mind. Foundation has built new sanitary units, separate hand wash & drinking water stations, new classrooms, assembly halls, proper electrification & amenities, sports ground, rainwater harvesting system, and fencing & boundary grills for the schools.

Slowly the students are getting back to schools and the classroom teaching- learning is resuming. To fuel-up the spirits of students, Motilal Oswal Foundation gifted notebook sets to 4600+ students at Wada. Geared with these brand new notebooks the students were thrilled to be back to normal school routine.

At Motilal Oswal Foundation, we are committed to fight against hunger and malnourishment. In the times of COVID the battle against hunger has become even more crucial. To help the vulnerable communities at Wada we distributed ready to cook food premixes to 1025 families. To use these hygienic and nutritious premixes one just needs to add warm water to it. One packet can provide meals for 10-15 days (average 4 member family).

Motilal Oswal Foundation had organized Teachers Training Program for primary and secondary school teachers at Wada. We believe that the teachers are the backbone of the school system and student's development. Developing teachers is a long term investment for quality education.

Motilal Oswal Foundation sponsored students from Wada Schools won 4 Gold and 4 Silver Medals in 16th Senior National Jump Rope Skipping Championship held between 23rd to 26th January 2020 at Guwahati.

Motilal Oswal Foundation sponsored footwear for the students of a ZP school in a remote village of Palghar. These footwear made by Green Sole are recycled from discarded shoes. It was a heartwarming moment to see the smiles on the faces of children.

Motilal Oswal Foundation is expanding the existing hostel facility at the Oswal Agrawal Chattrawas at Mumbai. The current hostel facility caters to 200 students. With the expansion the number of beneficiaries will be doubled.

Celebrated another glorious year of Independence with breathtaking performances by students of schools supported by Motilal Oswal Foundation. While the National Anthem in ‘sign language’ moved everyone, they were awestruck to see students perform on Malkhambh. The dance showcasing life of farmers had a special message of saving the farmers.

Motilal Oswal Foundation had organized a 2 days Summer Camp at a Wada school. During these 2 days, more than 350 students participated in different activities - football coaching, ground games, paper bag making, skit, finger painting, and origami.

It was one of a kind experience for the children. To inculcate reading habit, all the children were gifted storybooks to read during the vacation.

Motilal Oswal Foundation celebrated 72nd Independence Day with the students of Guru Nanak Mission High School (Andheri). The students brought together the colorful folk dances of India and sang songs praising the diversity, natural beauty and culture of the motherland.

The 71st Independence Day was celebrated in its full glory at Motilal Oswal Tower. Students from schools in Wada, which are supported by the Foundation, presented an array of folk dances. The highlight of the evening was the rope-skipping performance by the students. Among the performers were 2 students who have won medals in National level rope-skipping competition. Speaker from Isha Foundation were also invited to talk about the Rally for Rivers movement.

MOF hosted a gala night for Paani Foundation to spread the word about the incredible work done by them. Mr. Aamir Khan addressed the audience and shared the journey and future goals of the initiative. During the first edition of Satyamev Jayate Water Cup 116 villages participated. For the second edition more than 1300 villages from 30 talukas across Maharashtra have registered. The impact created through the movement is phenomenal.

KISS is one of its kinds in the entire world, providing free and quality residential educational facility to tribal children. The campus located at Bhubaneswar is home to 25000 tribal children from kindergarten to post-graduate level!! Founded in 1993 by Dr. Achyuta Samanta, KISS has been accorded Special Consultative Status by the United Nations.

Mr. Raamdeo Agrawal (JMD, Co-founder MOFSL) and Mrs. Sunita Agrawal (Director, Motilal Oswal Foundation) spent an entire day at KISS. Both of them were highly impressed with the quality of infrastructure, thoughtful planning, seamless daily routine and above all discipline among children. KISS provides quality education along with opportunities with all-round development. Many students of the institute have represented in sports and other areas at national & international levels. Mr. & Mrs. Agrawal also addressed the students during the school assembly.

MOF partnered with Paani Foundation, an initiative started by Aamir Khan to tackle drought conditions in Maharashtra. Paani foundation announced a competition – ‘Satyamev Jayate Water Cup’ wherein the participating villages competed to create watershed development.116 villages across Satara, Beed & Amravati competed to make their village water-sufficient through shramdaan. MOF aided 11 villages to be part of this initiative.

Mr. Motilal Oswal presented awards to the winners of the competition, along with Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis at an event organized on August 15th.

The 70th Independence Day was celebrated at MOT on August 12th. The students of Balmohan Vidyamandir added color and melody to the event through their enthralling performances. While through their songs they expressed their hopes for a new and improved India, through the drama they gave the message of animal protection. During the event the volunteers of Gyandaan were felicitated with a certificate of appreciation.

MO Foundation had organized School kit donation drive at MOT in collaboration with Seva Sahayog. These school kits are distributed to school children in underprivileged urban, rural and tribal areas across India.

As part of our engagement with the schools, students of Balmohan Vidyamandir who had appeared for NFLAT visited MOT on February 17th. Mr. Raamdeo Agrawal had an interactive session with these students. He shared his life’s journey and guided them for goal setting and tips for overall development. The students had a very enriching question-answer session with Mr. Agrawal about Indian and international economy, stocks and commodities, career choices, etc. Later the students visited the dealing room where our advisors showed them the dealing room and trading system.

The Foundation every year celebrates Daan Utsav by inviting different NGOs at MOT. The event gives an opportunity to associates to understand various social causes and extend their support.

The Independence Day celebration at MOSL was a memorable event. On the eve of 14th August the Motilal Oswal Tower was filled with the titters of students of Saraswati Mandir High School. More than 80 students of Class 1-8 visited the MO Tower. They were extremely excited and happy as it was their first ever visit to a Corporate. The children presented dance performances and sang patriotic songs. Everyone was awestruck to see their talent.