About MyKartavya

Volunteerism has played an instrumental role in the development and progress of communities all around the globe. MyKartavya, an initiative by NASSCOM Foundation, not only connects you to a wide spectrum of volunteering opportunities, but also helps you manage and evaluate your efforts. The program aims at promoting strategic volunteering towards capacity building of individuals, communities and member companies.

Why Employee Volunteering Program?

Corporates across the country have realised the ‘business case’ in promoting employee volunteering. Volunteering not only enhances team work and professional competencies but also drives and integrates employee involvement in core business functions, be it fresher's or veterans. It helps in keeping employees engaged and in improving the reputation of the company both internally and externally. An active employee volunteer program not only injects values of social commitment and responsibility into the culture of the company but also into the lives of the employees and their families.

Benefits of Volunteering

Benefits of Volunteering for the Employee:

• Motivation and a sense of achievement – Contribute to something meaningful and witness your efforts resulting into something magnificent. Your hard work will pay off with the progress of the NGO you get involved with. You would also be recognized by your organization and peers for the same.
  Develop new skills and add value to your profile – Employers give high value to those with volunteering hours on their resume. One can learn and re-learn several skills and competencies by doing social work.
  Be a part of your community - Volunteering is about helping others and creating an impact. What better way than to connect with your community and give back?
  Meet diverse people - Work with different employees from your organization, your friends and family and know them better.

Benefits of Volunteering for the Company:

• Cost-effective online platform to implement volunteerism – MyKartavya connects interested employees to internal Business Responsibility events as well as diverse volunteer opportunities with NGO’s.
• Track, monitor and evaluate program & impact – Through MyKartavya, you can obtain extensive real-time reports of the impact generated by all, individual or specific groups of employees.
• Increase Efficiency – Save time and resources by streamlining complex volunteer programmes/projects. Promoting events, managing registration and reporting are made easy through the online platform.
• Strong CSR and volunteer programs help recruit, retain and engage top talent employees, further connecting them to organizational values and vision. Employees learn several skills, thereby proving to be better assets to the organization.

Benefits of Volunteering for the Community:

• Neutral feedback – Volunteers working with organizations give honest and neutral feedback about the work, policies and difference that the organization is making. Since volunteers have no vested interest, they give genuine feedback which helps in improving and performing better.
• Decrease cost – Volunteers are extra hands for NGOs who cannot afford to have paid employees with heavy salaries.
• Freshness and energy – Since most volunteers support project based opportunities, they comes with freshness and energy which makes the daily work more colorful for the usual staff also.
• Skills – Most volunteers specially coming from corporate background have immense talent and skills that the NGO sector cannot otherwise find. Having such talent on strategic projects is of great help.

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