The Embassy Post

year was ‘Education, Healthcare and creativity, innovation and feasibility of kids celebrate their varied backgrounds
Food’. During the Hackathon, students the products, and received prize money at the International Food Fair.
were engaged in coding and creating worth INR 1,00,000/-.
applications in the form of mobile/
desktop applications, websites, web
applications, or Arduino/ Raspberry Pi
based projects.

Students created a variety of innovative
and creative products like a wireless car
for people with physical disabilities;
an application that gives you a recipe
and a nutritional pie chart when you
input data on the vegetables you have at
home, giving you a healthy meal plan;
an Arduino based glove that translates
sign language via an Android app; an
attendance tracking product based on
facial recognition; and an app integrated
with Google Home that scans medicines
and prescriptions and sets reminders
for when one should be taking their
medication.

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Graduation day next few years. As Mahatma Gandhi said and Flame University in India; University
‘Be the change that you wish to see in of Toronto and University of British
On Saturday, May 25th, 2019, Stonehill the world.’ I encourage you to take these Columbia in Canada; Savannah College
International School held its’ Graduation words as you move forward in life.” of Art and Design, City University of
Ceremony for Grade 12 students. Mr. Hong Kong, and Hong Kong University
Jitu Virwani, Chairman & Managing illustrious record of placing its students of Science and Technology, amongst
Director – Embassy Group attended the in some of the best universities such others in Asia.
event. Stonehill is known for its diverse as MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon,
and inclusive culture, and continues NYU, Texas A&M, Purdue and Virginia Stonehill’s Got Soul
to move from strength to strength. Tech in the United States; London
Stonehill’s International Baccalaureate School of Economics, King’s College Stonehill’s Got Soul, was a fantastic event
Diploma Programme (IBDP) score has to come together as a community and get
remained above the world average for the of Manchester, University of Warwick involved in creative arts, mindfulness and
past six years. and the University of Bath in the well-being.
UK; Erasmus University Rotterdam,
Addressing the graduates, Mr. Virwani University of Amsterdam, Maastricht of engaging and enriching topics led by
said, “Stonehill teaches you to be lifelong University, Stockholm University and experts like Roberto Narain, Vasundhara
Leiden University in Europe; BITS Das, Paul Fernandes, Tara Kini, Aporup
to prepare for careers that may not exist Pilani, VIT Vellore, Ashoka University Acharya and Belinda Rego, to name a
in our current world, but will arise in the

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Run at Stonehill International.

subjects like Acroyoga, Mental Wellbeing, Day Run Kms open relay (mixed), and a non-
competitive 5K run.

Visual Space, Poi Spinning, Mixed day saw close to 700 people participating Founder, Stonehill International School
Martial Arts, Drumjam, Body Percussion and Chairman & Managing Director of
and more. marathon, 10K, 5K as well as corporate Embassy Group, Mr. Jitu Virwani gave
away the prizes to the winners.
With a mix of students and adults, the members also participated in the event,
event saw participation from over 150 acting as positive role models for our category was Sanjay Negi, with a timing
people. It was interesting to see how both students. Corporate professionals got of 01:21:13 and Ashwini Bhat won
students and adults immersed themselves to meet and bond with their colleagues the women’s category with a 02:00:28
in the workshops and participated in around a sporting event. Some of the timing. In the corporate relay, Toyota
them with equal joy and enthusiasm. participating companies were Samsung, Kirloskar won the men’s category,
Infosys, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Samsung won the women’s category and
With the fast-paced and stressful lives Titan, Toyota Kirloskar and ISRO. Infosys won the mixed category.
we lead in today’s world, it is refreshing
and indeed nourishing to have a day marathon, 10K, 4 x 5 Kms corporate
that focuses solely on ourselves and the relay (men/women/mixed), 4 x 5
joy that can be found in connecting as
humans.

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EMBASSSY INTERNATIONAL
RIDING SCHOOL

The Corporate-Equestrian connect

Right: Arjuna Award Winner Fouaad
Mirza in full stride

Humans have had a complex, often more that equine therapy and horse up for the largest chunk of our daily
uneasy alliance with horses. Our assisted leadership are becoming known interactions.
primordial ancestors nearly saw their terms. But why horses, you might ask?
extinction in the Americas, but it was e matter of work ethic
we who also saw their revival, through Horses as leaders
domestication and selective breeding. Horses also improve our work ethic. We
Until a few centuries ago, it could be Horses are herd animals with an have to wake up early to feed and water
argued that the horse was the greatest extremely well developed social life and them. We clean their stalls, we ensure
tool that facilitated human progress and sophisticated communication abilities
civilisation. For the longest time, horses which has made them ideal partners of mirrors our human world and makes us
were simply the fastest way to travel more capable and mentally prepared for
on land. In the modern era, we don’t of what you have on them. Leadership daily life. We all have to work, whether it
have to look at horses in these purely and working collectively among horses
utilitarian terms. Our relationship with is a matter of survival which means that running a business, we get up early and
horses has taken on a whole new shade, they would only respond to powerful yet show up on time. We participate in tasks
we are building stronger and even more sensitive people who they trust. that are not always easy, we also do many
complicated relationships, one that things we might not like. We attend to
are not premised on mere function. Horses also make us more sensitive to our our daily needs and those of others. We
Corporations are taking cognizance of non-verbal communication, which makes work hard and enjoy our moments of
these developments, we see more and leisure. Working hard, being punctual,

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tending to our personal relationships in a Towards greener pastures our passionate labours, and the past year
healthy way are skills that can be learned saw it manifest in the form of Fouaad
by engaging with horses. With this in mind, we can only expect Mirza. Fouaad, one of the brightest
more corporates to see the long-lasting talents the sport has seen and an Indian
Riding for a better future equestrian silver medalist at the 2018
we can hope to enrich our relationships Asian Games was honoured with the
Riding sessions too can be a very positive Arjuna Awards by the President of India
a kinder and more empathetic world. on 29th August, 2019 for his outstanding
are designed to positively impact the achievement in International platform.
emotional, physical, cognitive, and social Embassy’s equestrian
well-being of the rider. dominance arena. Moreover, for everyone working
at EIRS, who had witnessed Fouaad’s
It facilitates neuromotor, sensory, and EIRS was envisioned and built as a astronomical ascent there could be no
cognitive functions in the brain. It also greater gift!
assists in the development of better towards horses and a bold vision to see
balance, coordination, and postural Here’s to more successful years, more
control. Getting outdoors and playing, grown to be one of the most formidable landmarks, and a bolder equestrian
participating in activities that include riding schools in the world. Every now nation.
equine riding and games, reduces stress
and bring fun and joy to people. 55

EMBASSY INTERNATIONAL RIDING SCHOOL

Equestrian Excellence

Left: A proud Jitu Virwani with
Fouaad Mirza.
Right: A view of the international
arena

Fouaad Mirza wins the Arjuna recognition in India. It will be my honoured with the Arjuna Award. We
Award honour to be felicitated in Rashtrapati at Embassy Group acknowledge his
Bhavan by our honorable President consistent performance and dedication to
Embassy International Riding School of India. I am also grateful to Mr. Jitu the Equestrian sport. We wish him all the
rider and India’s 2018 Asian Games Virwani and Embassy International best and support Fouaad in his journey
double-silver medallist Fouaad Mirza Riding School who guided and leading to the Olympics 2020”
was recommended for the Arjuna Award, supported me in my sports career Fouaad Mirza’s performance has brought
one of the highest sporting honours in without which I wouldn’t have been India silver medals last year at the Asian
the country. Embassy is proud to have able to achieve my dreams”
played their part in this success story. team, comprising of Rakesh Kumar,
Speaking on this achievement, Fouaad Speaking about the prestigious Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh and Fouaad
Mirza said “I am overwhelmed with moment Mr. Jitu Virwani, Chairman Mirza also won the silver for the Indian
this announcement and grateful to the & Managing Director, Embassy team. Fouaad’s high-performance score
selection committee of Sports Awards helped bring up the Indian team’s
who all have considered me suitable for for the Indian Equestrian sport, I am ranking, resulting in another silver for
the Arjuna Award, the pioneer of sports delighted to see Fouaad Mirza being India.

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Equestrian Premier League: champion for the children category. high standards of equestrianism in
Grand Finale Tiyasha Vathul of Chennai Equitation the country. EFI is the sole authority
Centre was the champion for the Junior
Embassy International Riding School category. Tiyasha Vathul was also the JNEC is designed as per EFI guidelines;
Embassy International Riding School champion for EPL feature event knock the league includes Dressage, Show
(EIRS) hosted the Grand Finale of the out of 100 -105 cm Show jumping. Jumping, Eventing and tent pegging
10th edition of Equestrian Premier A total cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs was categorised according to the age groups of
awarded to the winners during this
Jitu Virwani, Chairman & Managing edition. In the 10th Edition, 40-50 will facilitate the development of young
Director, Embassy Group; Ms. Silva participants and top clubs like, Chennai athletes and can create awareness on
Storai, Director, EIRS; Mr. Kishore Equitation Centre; Madras School of the equestrian sport and entice more
Futnani, Chennai Equitation Centre; Lt. Equitation; United Riders Barn; Red participation.
Col. Sandeep Dewan, Nilgiris Equestrian Earth riding school to name a few
Centre and Lt. Col. Amit Sinsinwar, competed over the 6-month tournament. In-House show
Secretary, Army Supply Corps Riding
e Junior National Equestrian EIRS conducted an In-House Show on
had 3 categories – Children (80 cm Championship 2019 at Embassy 9th February, 2020.
category), Junior (100 cm category) and International Riding School
the Open (120 cm category). Ashish e In-House show was organized to
Limaye, a dedicated and talented rider School hosted the Junior National encourage young equestrian enthusiasts
from Embassy International Riding Equestrian Championship 2019 (JNEC) to get a feel of the competition and to
School, clinched the championship of under the aegis of Equestrian Federation keep a check on their progress. Dressage
this year’s EPL for the open category. of India (EFI) from 20th December categories such as Lead Rein, Follow the
Geethika Tikkishetty of Embassy till 29th December, 2019. JNEC is a leader, Introductory and preliminary
International Riding School was the national event for kids aimed at achieving were conducted along with Showjumping
events.

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CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY

When impact triumphs passion

best foot forward. Is there a way to channel our accumulated wealth created by an
Right: Free health kits at our health passion and back it up with industry ought to be passed on to spaces,
checkup camp for state board students. numbers?
help is noble, but is it impactful? Does
For generations, organizations and it change the dynamic ecosystems we
companies have always negotiated a live within? Does it support millions
space to give back. Philanthropy has of entrepreneurs who are working in
demonstrably been coded into our
humanity and played a role in making education, the environment, health care,
our world a little bit more equal and and poverty?
fairer. As we walk into a new world this
2020, we are embracing a new way of hurting our chances of building long-
looking at giving back. term sustainable solutions for the world’s
biggest problems by simply passing on

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money to what we think are ‘needing education system needs to improve the billion dollars pumped into the right
spaces.’ In other words, old-school processes, leadership, curriculum and spaces.
giving back may as well be a vicious cycle people currently in place.
that just keeps us feeling good but makes that we carry out in-depth, long-term
no trackable change. To engineer this, corporates should
aim to innovate within the education the communities around us, aligned to
Disrupting the current system system to accomplish impact rather than national priorities including education,
working exclusionary to the Government. health and hygiene, and clean and safe
Embassy has supported the Government By developing a collaboration between drinking water.
School education system in Karnataka the Government School education
since 2012, through the provision of system, the community and corporates, We draw together leaders in social
educational, infrastructural and health we can leverage the expertise of all impact from across the private and public
interventions. In a study conducted by partners involved to better understand sector on common platforms to discuss
NGO Box, around 50% of CSR funds what is needed and encourage innovative universal challenges and visions, and
were spent in the spaces of education solutions to existing problems. how to strategize towards aligning our
and skill development. Due to India’s CSR mandates towards shared growth.
poor economic conditions and existing mobilize change Our Corporate Connect platform
education system, millions of children are has seen us mobilize 20 corporate
unable to overcome their disadvantages required to make India align with partnerships towards 34 projects in
Sustainable Development Goals by the spaces of education and health.
colonial model of education followed 2030 is huge. According to Brookes, With the vision to contribute to the
throughout the country aims at fostering social and economic development of
a uniform education, not considering the based in Washington D.C., whose under-served communities around our
diverse needs of children today. When mission is to conduct in-depth research properties, we hope to join hands with
the system is unable to change, we lose that leads to new ideas for solving the 190+ Corporate occupiers within our
out on students who can accomplish problems facing society at the local, Business Parks to create a larger radius of
much more. national and global level)-- we need 565 social impact through collective action.
Further, since 2017, we have curated 7
To empower students of Government forums through our Embassy Engage
Schools with a quality education, the

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Left: At the free health checkup camp
conducted for our sponsored schools.

NGOs and other members of the social corporates are very narrow in their sphere, it is vital that we utilize an
development sector to discuss how approach, rather than all-encompassing. aligned collaborative network between
players from all sectors can join hands to Government schemes are usually corporates, the Government and the
pursue the common vision of sustainable designed to keep the interests of the NGO sector. Projects should also be
development. poorest in mind – by partnering with the replicable, scalable and sustainable –
Government, we ensure that the needs of engineered to understand and address the
When executing any CSR projects, the populace are understood and that our current national challenges that matters
companies usually invest a great deal communities receive the desired impact. for communities and other stakeholders.
of time in identifying or selecting
Achieving impact comes down perspective to the Government’s
that could be saved by consulting to identifying the role the existing policies and systems, while the
or supporting existing Government government and the private Government helps to ensure that our
programs. We invite our corporate sector can play passions are appropriately channeled
partners to utilize their skilled manpower to give back. Accomplishing inclusive
and innovative solutions to plug in the For India to successfully achieve growth will take a joint private-public
gaps in the existing system as often, impact in the social development
achievable as possible.
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Educational Outreach & Support

A ful lling year series of round tables and forums called a new school build, Embassy Group and
the Embassy Engage Series that provides ANZ aligned their CSR mandates to
on the Embassy Community Outreach platforms for corporates to deliberate provide 15 classrooms, a multipurpose
front. Our support of educational hall, library, computer lab, toilet blocks
initiatives grew from 14 Government forum included a panel discussion with
Schools to 18 schools, with 81 teachers cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar, Jitu in October 2019 with the new build of
on the ground. Embassy also extended Virwani – Chairman & Managing the Government Urdu Higher Primary
its support to 50 tribal schools in rural Director of Embassy Group and Founder
Karnataka. Overall, 96 institutions of the Embassy International Riding 2020.
School (EIRS), Kamal Bali, President &
development while we have managed 127 Managing Director of Volvo, Badminton e kick-o of holistic health
medical interventions across schools in star Aparna Popat and well-known initiatives in government
Karnataka. It has been a landmark year, schools
and we only hope to shatter our previous moderated by Ashwini Nachappa, India’s
record! ace sprinter and founder of Ashwini’s Last year, Embassy and Cerner created
Sports Foundation, discussed the path a consortium of corporates and NGOs
A di erent sporting cause towards a sports revolution in India, the to enhance the health and hygiene
with Ashwini Nachappa Sports challenges to creating a robust grassroots conditions of 62 Government Schools in
Foundation program for identifying and nurturing Bangalore.
talent, and the need to reignite the love
To raise awareness amongst corporates for sport in school. With attendance levels in schools
about the promotion of Sport being dropping, recurring conditions
included in the scope of CSR spending Our ANZ partnership noted each year and a general lack of
and encourage them to consider funding understanding of preventative measures
A new state of the art school building to combat common health problems,
curated a panel discussion, ‘Making was inaugurated on June 7th in Embassy and Cerner invited other
organizations to join them in combating
Higher Primary School, Hegdenagar these issues in a holistic manner. We are
previously lacked a majority of a school’s
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happy to share that we have surpassed Tech Village) collaborated to provide To historic beginnings with ANZ.
our original universe of 62 schools to students of Government Higher Primary
encompass 127 schools. School, Doddakannalli with a brand-new
covered assembly area for protection from
Our interventions include introducing
preventative health awareness sessions were inaugurated by Ajay Prabhu, Chief
throughout the academic year,
distribution of health kits, annual check- Shaina Ganapathy, Head of Community
ups that test children for health problems Outreach, Embassy Group.

distribution of nutritional supplements Given the large student strength of 550,
three times a week. the school previously lacked a covered

Handover of Government could eat or assemble as well as enough
Higher Primary School, toilets. Partnering with Careworks
Doddakannalli in collaboration Foundation, an NGO that supports over
with Quest Global 55 Government schools in Bangalore,
the corporates saw an opportunity for
Under Embassy’s Corporate Connect aligning their CSR mandates under the
Program, Embassy Group and QuEST Corporate Connect Program to impact a
Global (a corporate occupier of Embassy

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TESTIMONIAL

Corporate Social Responsibility

TESTIMONIALS “ Working with Embassy, you feel you are working with a specialist that has done this
the partnership works. What really tilted the balance for us is that Embassy not only
constructs, but their values align strongly with our purpose – to shape a world where
people and communities thrive. Not only does Embassy help build infrastructure, but it
is also a very active participant in maintaining it after that.

S V Venkataraman
Managing Director,
Bengaluru Service Centre, ANZ

“ First Hand Foundation and Cerner have been contributing to providing free healthcare
for underprivileged children for the past two decades. We’ve been also keen on starting
our health screening program in India for under-privileged children from Government
schools. Embassy was our obvious choice for this important partnership. In 2016 Cerner
began providing free health screenings for 14 Government schools adopted by Embassy
using Cerner’s state of the art technology. Since 2018 we have been successfully running
our comprehensive school health program at these schools and we plan to impact the
health of 25000 children this academic year.

Luna Dubey
Lead Program Manager,
India Operations, Cerner Healthcare Solutions Pvt Ltd

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Services

“ Embassy Services have been providing excellent Property Management services
partnership includes Building Management Systems, Engineering, Soft Services, Public
Transport Systems, Common Area upkeep, Landscaping, Energy Management, Water
Management, Waste and Hazardous Substance Management and Security services. In
addition, they have also facilitated our operations with their customized innovative
technology.
Cerner

“ It is wonderful that the Embassy Services Team supports causes and helps resident
support, the Cognizant Outreach team was able to host and play matches with the
Wheelchair Basketball Team. Everyone greatly enjoyed the experience.
Mr. Sankara Mahalingam
Manager
CSR, Cognizant

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Embassy O ce Parks

TESTIMONIALS “ is an excellent experience right from the day the property is shown to us till we started

of Embassy Park.

S Mukundhan
Group CFO,
Fulcrum Digital Private Limited

“ We would like to thank the Embassy Team for all the support extended to us in setting
timely movement. It was pleasure working with your operations team who displayed a
refurbishment was as per agreed timelines and satisfactory.
Looking forward to a long & fruitful association and wishing the Embassy team the very
best!
Sanjay Guha
Senior Manager Facilities,
Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited

65

Embassy Industrial Parks

“ We started Stellar 3 years ago with a vision of transforming supply chain management
of this nation. We are a company who wants to do business across the spectrum with
best quality infrastructure, with world’s best talent, with the best automation technology
integrated across India and hence we are getting 50 mn sq.ft of space built across the
a 1.5 million sq. ft. of logistics space. To build such large infrastructure, we need many
partners who believe in our vision of working for the nation and this is where Embassy
Industrial Parks happened to be a great partner. We have partnered with them to build

by us to help reduce costs and inventories for our customers. Releasing millions of
dollars into indian economy in this context we are happy that we have partnered with
EIP, in our journey of transforming the supply chain management for the nation.

Anshuman Singh
Chairman & MD,
Stellar Value Chain Solutions.

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“ world class infrastructure and designing the facility in a way to suit the customer’s

by considering all aspects of its customers business needs, as a result of which we rarely

our requirements and concerns. At the time of sourcing a suitable location for our
Pune plant, we were sure that we wanted to be in the heart of the Industrial estate in
Chakan. With feedback received, we decided to go with the Embassy Industrial Park.
For business to succeed today, it is crucial to maintain good relations with your internal
and external customers and the Embassy Group in their actions proved that the most
important thing for them is “Customer Satisfaction”. Customer Focus is one of our core

the product in a way that it delights our customers and our global quality standards,

drives the way we do business with our esteemed patrons in the Telecommunications,
Automotive, Enterprise and Data Centres & Aero Space and Defence Industries.
Customer Focus is also an engagement driver for our employees. You can read more on
the #Rosenbergercares campaign, on our social media pages. Even though a giant in the
infrastructure industry, the Embassy Group has looked after our every small requirement

our relationship goes a long way.

Rosenberger Electronic Co.(India) Pvt. Ltd.

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Residential

“ about is the materials used. Whatever was promised has been delivered exactly as far as
the materials are concerned and the entire residence itself. I have lived in 12 countries
is very international. I commend Embassy for doing a great job.
Mr. Raghu Rao Yalamanchili
Home Owner
at Four Seasons Private Residences, Embassy ONE

“ It has been a pleasant experience with great interactions, thanks to lovely people at
quite impressive and shows a lot of hard work.
Mr. & Mrs. Subramaniam
Embassy Home Owner

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BLVD Club

“ My husband and I moved into Embassy Boulevard 2 years ago. Our experience living
and amazing events created by the marketing team for the residents that makes it one
of a kind. We have lived in several other communities in Bangalore and I can testify
that living at Blvd has been exceptional. One of the most important criteria for us when
looking at a community is the quality and the availability of services that would cater
professional, attentive and intuitive.
Mrs. Kala Swaminathan
Embassy Boulevard Resident

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Stonehill International School

“ Stonehill International School has managed to inspire and stimulate my son, Noah,

outstanding. Overall, I can say that Stonehill has been instrumental in developing our
future citizen!

Myriam Shankar
Parent of Stonehill Student

“ Stonehill International School has changed Anshuman’s life. Today, he is playing soccer
can live and deal with every culture, ethnicity, nationality and caste. He treats his peers
with equality, respect and love. As parents, we are very thankful to Stonehill for making
him what he is today...
S. Arun
Parent of Stonehill Student

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Hospitality

“ First class luxury experience at the Four Seasons Bangalore. We stayed in a suite and had

the selection overwhelming. Had a Balinese massage at the in house spa which was one
with all the equipment and space you could want for basic workouts. Sorry we didn’t
have time to get to the pool but it was dreamy to look at. Would absolutely stay at this
property again and again if I were in Bangalore.

Sara
Hotel Guest at Four Seasons Hotel, Bengaluru

“ I live in the area and in San Diego USA and travel back and forth. I come to Cur8

is excellent and accommodating. Som has been a very hospitable server who is very

Dominic is also an excellent server. I always have a great experience when I come here

Hotel Guest at Four Seasons Hotel, Bengalurus

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