Course: Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainable

Development
PGDM HR (2015-17)
Group Project Guidelines
A.

Group Project
You will work on your project as a group. Each Group would
consist of five or six students. Each group is to select an
industry from the list given below and identify two
companies (one of the two companies should be from the
top 100 listed companies mandated by SEBI to publish
their sustainability report for the year 2014-15) from the
chosen industry for their study. No two groups will work on
the same industry. The allocation of industry will be done
on the first-come-first-served basis. You may submit your
choice of industry and names of the two companies before
12 pm, March 4, 2016 to your class representative.
1. Airlines
2. Automobiles
3. Banking
4. Beverage
5. Hospital
6. Hotels
7. IT
8. Mining
9. Oil & Gas
10.
Pharmaceutical
11.
Power
12.
Retail
13.
Steel
14.
Telecom
15.
Textile

You may pick any other industry (if not in the above list) of
your choice.

The Course Instructors acceptance of your choice of

industry and the two companies is essential before you
start working on the same.

B.

The project is to study, analyse and compare the CSR and

sustainable development activities. Make a comparative
analysis of the Sustainability Reports of the two identified
companies of your allocated industry.

ANALYSIS & RECOMMENDATIONS

You are required to study the allocated companies in detail

keeping all the learnings from the course in view. The
details of your study of the two companies would include
the following:

C.

CSR and Sustainability Vision and Philosophy

Approach and Strategy/Policy towards CSR and
Sustainability
CSR and Sustainable Development initiatives and Projects
Budget allocation and utilization
Compliance status with the Act
Compliance with the SEBI norms on sustainability reporting
CSR and SD Organisation
Implementation issues & Challenges
Impact of CSR and SD projects & initiatives
Quality of Reporting
Your recommendations for the companies

PRESENTATION & REPORT

You are expected to participate effectively in the project

discussions and presentations. The presentations will be
held during the last two sessions of the course.
Each team is required to submit a well-written report
before the End-term Examination.