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Andhra Pradesh
By Our Special Correspondent
While AMCHAM is an association of American business organisation in India with the US Ambassador to India as the Honorary President, Naandi Foundation was set up through the collective effort and contributions of four major corporates of Hyderabad -- Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Global Trust Bank, Nagarjuna Group and Satyam Computers in 1998. The MoU was signed by Pankaj Shah, Chairman, AMCHAM National Executive Board and President, DuPont India and Pakistan, and J.A. Chowdary, Chairman AMCHAM, Hyderabad Chapter, on behalf of AMCHAM, while K. Anji Reddy, founder of Dr. Reddy's, signed on behalf of the Naandi Foundation (of which he is the Chairman). Addressing a select gathering of mostly industrialists, Mr. Naidu said the State's objective was to achieve 100 per cent literacy by 2005. In 50 years, the country was able to achieve 65 per cent literacy (Andhra Pradesh 61 per cent), he said. Complimenting Naandi for implementing the mid-day meal programme for 20,000 students, he hoped it would become a role model for other voluntary organisations. Every child had the right to education and food, and these needed to be addressed. Poor children, who were deprived of education, could come up in life if given the right kind of support. As an example, he said, the Government had started 500 schools for children of weaker sections, and their collective results were better than private sector schools. Mr. Pankaj Shah announced he was joining the Naandi Board, and also that DuPont was in talks with the Government on what it could do to make its presence felt in the Genome Park. Prof. Anji Reddy said the food for children programme taken up by them touched 20,000 children and was confident it would soon reach 2 lakh children. The foundation also restored 5 per cent of about 1,000 defunct irrigation schemes, he said adding, "We would like to show to the politicians how the country can be brought back on to the rails.'' Mr. Chowdary said AMCHAM with 347 members had so far brought in $18 billions worth investments into the country. The `Save our School' programme was an effort to make sure that schoolchildren did not drop out and completed their education. The aim was to bridge the digital divide by 2020, he said. Donald G. Nay, Commercial Consul, US Consulate, Chennai, handed over one computer each to Government schools in Malakpet and Asifnagar, on behalf of Naandi.
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