Vodafone creates awareness on ‘Absolute Safety Rules’ and spreads the message of ‘No smoking and No Alcohol’ amongst students

Chandigarh, September 22, 2015: Looking to spread the message of ‘Safe and Healthy Living’ amongst today’s youth, Vodafone India, today organised a ‘Nukkad Natak’ and ‘Free Health Check-Up camp’ for students at DAV College, Sector-10, Chandigarh.



As one of the leading telecom service providers in country, Vodafone India tries to innovatively engage the masses to bring about a positive change in the society. This time, Vodafone Punjab circle decided to actively and interactively engage the students and spread the message of Health, Safety and Wellness amongst them.



While the Nukkad Natak focused on giving the message of living a safe life and following safety rules, the free check-up camp focussed on the health and wellness factors. Vodafone India itself has a very holistic HSW (Health, Safety and Wellness) policy in place, adherence to which is mandatory for its employees and partners, so as to ensure they lead a happy, healthy and safe life.



The Nukkad Natak focussed on innovatively bringing forward the message of the “8 Absolute Safety Rules”- a key component of Vodafone’s HSW policy which hold relevance in our day to day lives and if followed can help ensure our safety and the safety of those around us to a large extent. Sharing his views on the initiative, Pushpinder S Gujral, Business Head- Punjab, HP and J&K, Vodafone India, said, “As a people-centric organisation, Vodafone India is at the forefront of undertaking initiatives which contribute to the betterment of the society. The students of today are going to be the leaders of tomorrow and they are the ones who will give shape to the future. Therefore, today’s initiative, the Nukkad Natak and the Health Check-Up camp, were held amongst the student community to emphasise the importance of following safety rules, saying no to ill-habits like smoking and drinking while also enabling them to seek sound medical advice for free from the visiting doctors. This is a small step by us towards the bigger cause of building a better tomorrow.”



The Nukkad Natak kept students engaged in large numbers, successfully managing to drive home the message of following the ‘8 Absolute Safety Rules’ which could be judged from the loud cheers it drew from the crowd.



The Free Health Check-Up Camp by General Medicine doctors, Gynaecologists and dieticians also witnessed a good turnout from students looking to seek advice on a variety of issues. The doctors also motivated them to quit smoking and drinking if they were engaged in them. Further, Vodafone also engaged Cipla Ltd to conduct a free Pulmonary Lungs Capacity test for the students.





About Vodafone India



Vodafone India is a fully owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc., which is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies. Making its entry into India in 2007, Vodafone today has built an ever growing, robust business in highly price sensitive and competitive market. Serving over 185 million customers, Vodafone provides innovative, customer friendly and differentiated products and services through a wide scale distribution and exclusive retail footprint - backed up with a modern, technologically advanced network for both voice and data.



Vodafone Business Services, the enterprise arm of Vodafone, provides total telecommunications solutions across both mobility and wireline platforms and enables Global Enterprises, National Corporates, SME’s and Government segments to communicate, collaborate and connect. With the advantage of its global expertise and knowledge of local markets, Vodafone India is well poised to significantly expand the Government's capacity to deliver benefits and outcomes for citizens, governments and businesses. Vodafone endeavours to be a steadfast partner in the Government’s efforts towards Digital India.



Vodafone India provides customers with a new currency in the form of M-Pesa, the world renowned mobile wallet and money transfer service. Vodafone M-Pesa is an innovative, safe and secure mobile wallet that enables complete suite of services like money transfer, bill payments, and recharge on the move from the mobile. It caters to all segments of the society, from the unbanked to the under banked and to the net-savvy and evolved customers. Today, with a pan-India distribution of over 90,000 agents and more than 3 million customers, Vodafone M-Pesa is the largest banking correspondent in the country and is playing a vital role in enabling financial inclusion and m-commerce.



A value based organization; Vodafone is committed to achieving the highest standards of Health, Safety and Well-being for its employees and business partners. As a responsible corporate, Vodafone India has been working with several partners from the social sector to address some of India’s most pressing challenges over the years. Sustainability for us is an ongoing journey as we firmly believe that what is good for the society is good for business. The Vodafone Foundation too is actively engaged in CSR by harnessing the potential of mobile services and technology to maximise impact within communities, especially in the domains of m-Women, m-Agriculture, m-Education and Disaster Relief.



Vodafone is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies and provides a range of services including voice, messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone has mobile operations in 26 countries, partners with mobile networks in 55 more, and fixed broadband operations in 17 markets. As of 30 June 2015, Vodafone had 449 million mobile customers and 12 million fixed broadband customers. For more information, please visit: www.vodafone.com.