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On a crisp September morning, students hurrying to their classes at Sree Siddaganga Math's Group of Institutions' sprawling Tumkur campus are met with a curious sight. An entourage of buses makes its way through the driveway, prompting stolen glances at the nearly one hundred Titanians who alight from the vehicles. Adorned in white T-shirts emblazoned with 'Footprints', a few waves are exchanged between the Titanians and the giggling children. The Sree Siddaganga Math's campus houses seven schools accommodating nearly 10,000 children. Most children are from underprivileged backgrounds and are unaware of any challenges with their visual acuity to the extent that a select bunch even battle varying degrees of blindness. Each year, eager Titanians sign up to volunteer under the guidance of our trusted partner, Sankara Eye Foundation, to visit the children, conduct preventative eye checks and enable subsequent corrections. The day starts with an energising address from the MD, Mr. C. K. Venkataraman and a crash course on conducting eye checks by the Sankara team. A representative from the Sankara Eye Foundation leaves us with the words, "For the next few hours, you all are doctors who will play a critical role in determining the health of their eyesight." With this on our minds, we head off to meet children across the designated spots and begin the preliminary eye checks on the young scholars. In teams of five to ten, we take charge of our posts, put up eye charts on the walls, and diligently start assessing the students. Today is especially memorable for Syeda Anjum. A young marketer who has been with Titan for just over a year, it's her first time volunteering for Footprints. "Doing something beyond my usual role, as a first-time volunteer, has been profoundly enriching. Seeing these children and helping them see better has attuned me to a larger goal in life," she shares when asked what this experience means.

While she savours the experience, we spot Lokesha, the leader of Anjum's volunteering team, who has spent the day inspecting eyes with the swiftness and precision of an expert. Having volunteered since 2017, his passion for contributing is evident in his words. "To me, volunteering is happiness, responsibility and satisfaction. Nothing has touched me like this, especially when I help disadvantaged youth," comes the response when asked what volunteering means to him. The genesis of volunteering at Titan started with the Hosur factory's Community Development Forum or CDF. Those in the factory were driven to give back to the community around them. They organised a committee and rallied motivated members to projects of varying scale and nature. The Footprints programme seeks to enshrine this rich and fulfilling initiative for both volunteers and recipients. An initiative to ensure Titanians commit up to 4 working days annually to volunteering, it's a gratifying programme with the stamp of Titan's DNA. On the launch, the Chief of Sustainability Officer, Mr. Sridhar N. E., shares a poignant thought, "Volunteering at Titan is a profoundly people-led approach. Since our incorporation, communities have been a part of our DNA and manifested as the drive to give back to the community. There can be no better example than Titanians participating in these initiatives, irrespective of whether it is a holiday or a weekday." As the day comes to a close, a gentle thrum of satisfaction colours the air. Amidst reflecting on this day of giving back, I strike up a conversation with Mr. Nagananth B. S., who has been a part of Titan for 29 years and a volunteer for nearly 10 of those. His experiences span from volunteering at camps like today to month-long flood relief activities at Belgaum in 2019. "To me, volunteering is, first and foremost, a service.", he says. "My experience over the past decade, across activities like flood relief, eye screening, and more, has taught me that the onus of this service is on us, not just the organisation." To me, this was a day that fed my soul. It was an experience that gave the word 'service' a whole new dimension. It inculcates a sense of selflessness and pride in an increasingly insular world, which sets Titan apart and allows each Titanian to leave behind their unique footprint on this world.

Impact

The Happy Eyes initiative on 4 September 2023 resulted in 9525 school-going children receiving a preliminary eye screen and nearly 3330 receiving a detailed eye checkup. As a next step, these three thousand-odd kids will receive a secondary eye check from qualified ophthalmologists in our Mobile Rural Eye Care Vehicle. These children join our cohort of more than 15,00,000 people who have been screened and provided effective eye care since 2013. Those who require spectacles are supplied with colourful, suitable frames and are supported by Sankara Eye Hospital if they need further vision correction through surgeries such as cataracts or squints, making Happy Eyes a comprehensive eye care programme. Titan began Happy Eyes, a CSR initiative, in 2013 with WHO's Vision 2020 program in mind. They've partnered with institutes of national repute, such as Sankara Eye Hospital, Narayana Nethralaya and Drishti Eye Hospital. The initiative was rolled out across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand. This project aims to eliminate preventable blindness in adults and children in India.

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