Career at Mahindra Powertrain

Employee Social Options

Our Employee Social Options Program (Esops) connects Mahindra employees with people who need help. Each year, we organize ongoing initiatives or one-time programs to reach out to groups like the elderly, the disabled, disadvantaged students, or rural population. During the year from 2010-2011, 15,147 Esops volunteers contributed 73,509 man-hours. And each year, more and more volunteers join us in reaching out-we've more than tripled in size since the first Esops in 2006.

We are proud to target donating 1 percent of our annual profit after tax to social activities each year, but we also believe in the importance of spending our own time and effort. Esops coordinates and focuses employees' activities in order to create the greatest impact on the problems we tackle. Employees can select from a wide range of activities across the broad themes of Health, Education, Environment, Arts and Sports, and special local initiatives.

Our initiatives effect lasting change through education or permanent operation. For example, we created a traveling hospital on rails, Mahindra Lifeline Express, to bring free surgical treatment to people with polio-related orthopedic disabilities, hearing disorders, cleft lips, and eye problems. The Lifeline Express partners with district health and administration authorities, doctors, surgeons, technicians, and students to provide consistent care free of charge.

Our education initiatives are designed in response to local needs. The Mahindra Spares business provided guidance and career counseling for 100 school dropouts and their parents. Our automotive plant in Kandivili ran a 14-day program for women to develop their personal skills, supporting female empowerment by training women to be effective advocates for themselves. And our farm equipment operations in Nagpur responded to the farming crisis in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state with an initiative to identify and train resource-poor youth, empowering them to take advantage of other career opportunities.