Abdul Rahman M. Baig
JEDDAH – As a part of the Indian Prime Minister's visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Rashtriya Institute of Skill and Education (RISE), a Mumbai- based NGO that is currently doing seminal work in the area of Medicare, Education and rural uplift has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Islamic Development Bank’s private sector arm, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) for implementing an ambitious Medicare program in India. The program will first be rolled out in the state of Maharashtra where RISE has already implemented Mobile Medical Units (MMU) in the rural areas (tribal) of this Western Indian state.
RISE, which is well known across India is chaired by Mrs. Dimple Kapani, a former successful businessperson and has several distinguished personalities on its Advisory Board. The agreement was signed by Mrs. Kapani, on behalf of RISE and Mr. Sayed Aqa, Vice President, ICD on behalf of ICD.
The details of the collaboration with ICD will be announced shortly after finalization.
RISE, is already involved in several path-breaking projects across India from the tribal districts of the state of Rajasthan in Western India, to the landmark “Taleem ki Taquat” an outreach program to create awareness amongst the underprivileged section of the society on the importance of education in order to upgrade their status in life and being gainfully employed.
Mrs. Kapani said “we have been running this NGO for the last 9 years in the state of Rajasthan and now we have taken it on national level and expanded our network to other states of India like Maharashtra and we are doing it very successfully now in various areas. We are studying various medicine projects in India and with the support of IDB, we will taking this more higher heights.”
