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A Farmer’s Daughter from Odisha Who Turned a Chance Encounter into a Sporting Future

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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 2: Rachana Majhi’s journey begins in the quiet rhythms of Chanalima village in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, where her days once revolved around school, house chores, and helping her mother cultivate their small farmland. Today, the 17-year-old stands among the state’s most promising young archers, a national gold medalist shaped by resilience, opportunity […]

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Vedanta Lanjigarh facilitates NCC induction at DAV Vedanta International School

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First school across Lanjigarh, Muniguda, and Ambodala to offer 50 NCC seats Lanjigarh (Odisha) [India], November 22: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has taken a pioneering step in empowering youth by facilitating the induction of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) program at DAV Vedanta International School in Lanjigarh. This milestone makes the school the […]

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Vedanta Lanjigarh Lights Up Rural Kalahandi through Clean Energy Initiatives

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Over 15,000 people to benefit from 310 solar-powered streetlights and 1,500 solar home lights across Lanjigarh’s peripheral villages Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 24: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, in a significant step towards strengthening rural infrastructure and promoting sustainable community development, has undertaken two major clean energy initiatives – Project Roshan and Project […]

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Vedanta Lanjigarh Creates New Income Stream for Farmers with Pisciculture Initiative under Project Sangam

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Lanjigarh (Odisha) [India], October 17:  Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, in a significant step towards promoting sustainable livelihoods and strengthening rural economies, has launched a pisciculture program under its flagship watershed and livelihood initiative – Project Sangam – in Lanjigarh. The initiative is aimed at creating alternative income opportunities for farmers and self-help […]

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Vedanta Lanjigarh Archery Initiative emerges ‘Overall Champion’ with 12 medals at the Odisha School Archery Championship - PNN

Vedanta Lanjigarh Archery Initiative emerges ‘Overall Champion’ with 12 medals at the Odisha School Archery Championship

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Lanjigarh (Odisha) [India], October 10: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, is celebrating a major achievement for its grassroots sports initiative in Lanjigarh, after young archers from the programme clinched the coveted “Overall Champion” title at the Odisha School Archery Championship. The archers from Kalahandi district dominated the competition, organised by the School Games […]

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Vedanta Aluminium’s Project Sakhi transforms the lives of more than 4,600 women - PNN

Vedanta Aluminium’s Project Sakhi transforms the lives of more than 4,600 women

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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 7: Empowering women is not just about uplifting individuals, but rather about transforming entire communities. In India, where women’s participation in the economy remains one of the most powerful levers of growth, socio-economic barriers often stand in the way. In the remote district of Kalahandi, Odisha, Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer […]

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Vedanta Lanjigarh Distributes Shakti Kits Across Nine Villages, Blending Festivity with Impact

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Lanjigarh, Kalahandi, September 26, 2025: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has launched a first-of-its-kind community initiative this Navratri, celebrating the spirit of Shakti by empowering women in its peripheral villages in Lanjigarh. Under its special ‘Navratri Milap’ programme, the company is distributing over 600 ‘Shakti Kits’, benefitting more than 1,500 women across nine […]

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Vedanta Lanjigarh SDP: Transforming Kalahandi rural youth into skilled professionals, driving change

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Lanjigarh (Odisha) [India], February 27:  Boosting up employability with comprehensive trainings and enhanced employment opportunities, the ambitious Skill Development Programmes (SDP) of Vedanta Lanjigarh (India’s leading producer of smelter-grade alumina and a subsidiary of Vedanta Aluminium) is effecting a transformative change by empowering youth through its skill training initiative in the tribal belt of Odisha’s […]

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Vedanta’s “Project Sangam” empowers Kalahandi farmers through strawberry cultivation

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Lanjigarh (Odisha) [India], February 14: Marking a new milestone in the tribal-dominated Kalahandi district’s agrarian development through Vedanta Lanjigarh unit’s flagship “Project Sangam”, the company is also boosting up sustainable rural livelihoods through crop diversification and farming practices. Thus, Vedanta’s “Project Sangam” has now successfully introduced strawberry cultivation so that the local farmers reap the […]

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