Dr Shalini Rajneesh bags India CSR Award for transformative work with Akanksha

She leads the Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Center in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The Akanksha platform, an integrated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of the Karnataka government, was honoured with the India CSR Impactful Program Award for Akanksha in New Delhi.

The award was handed over to Dr Shalini Rajneesh, Department of Planning, Program Monitoring, and Statistics for the Government of Karnataka by Chief Guest RK Sinha, Founder & CMD, Security & Intelligence Services (India) (SIS), in the presence of Rusen Kumar, Founder and Managing Editor of India CSR.

The award was bestowed on her at the 11th edition of the India CSR Awards, which recognise excellence in corporate social responsibility by India CSR, India’s largest CSR Media Company. A grand ceremony was organised by the India CSR at the PHD Chamber of Commerce.

Currently, Dr Rajneesh serves as the Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Planning and Statistics in Karnataka. In this role, she leads the Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Center in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Under her leadership, the state of Karnataka is currently ranked 3rd in the country in terms of progress toward achieving sustainable development goals. The state is actively working towards becoming the top-ranked state in the country in this regard.