Vedanta Aluminium Wraps Up Women’s Month 2026 with Grassroots Initiatives Empowering Over 6000 Women
25th March 2026
Bhubaneswar, 25th March 2026: As India observes International Women’s Month 2026, Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has concluded a month-long series of community engagement and women-centric initiatives across its operational areas in Odisha. The activities ranged from health and safety awareness sessions to cultural programmes and leadership recognitions, collectively reaching over 6,000 women, adolescent girls and community members.
Some key initiatives across Vedanta Aluminium’s women outreach as part of the celebrations include:
- Lanjigarh (Odisha): Over 1,000 SHG women from nine gram panchayats participated in enterprise planning sessions with the District Industries Centre, leadership recognition for frontline health workers, cultural programmes, and storytelling sensitisation on the theme “Give to Gain.”
- Jharsuguda (Odisha): A weeklong celebration with the Subhalaxmi Cooperative brought together more than 2,000 women across five gram panchayats for interactive learning events, traditional games, community bonding activities, and recognition ceremonies with local leaders.
- Mines (Odisha): Across Kuraloi, Jamkhani and Ghogharpalli, over 3,000 community members engaged in participatory games, hygiene awareness activities, distribution of everyday essentials, and felicitation of frontline health workers.
Commenting on the month-long engagement, Rajiv Kumar, CEO, Vedanta Aluminium said, “When women thrive, entire industries, communities and economies thrive with them. Their progress reflects a larger transformation underway in India, where women are increasingly shaping livelihoods, strengthening local value chains and stepping into roles of leadership across sectors. Vedanta Aluminium remains deeply committed to enabling this momentum by creating ecosystems that support women’s growth both in our workplaces and in the communities we serve.”
As an equal opportunity employer, Vedanta Aluminium strives to drive meaningful change and propel women’s empowerment, both in the workplace and beyond. This integrated approach ensures that women are supported across the full spectrum of livelihood opportunities, from community leadership to technical, operational and supervisory roles.
Aligned with this year’s theme, “Give to Gain,” Vedanta Aluminium continues to strengthen its women-first agenda through a range of progressive initiatives. The company has been building a strong ecosystem for women to thrive both at work and in the community. The company has steadily advanced women into roles that were once considered nontraditional, through initiatives such as nightshift enablement under the Shree Shakti programme, the Agnivahini all-women firefighting squad, the women-run Digital Command Centre at Lanjigarh, women-operated potlines and loco teams in Jharsuguda, and women crane operators and technicians at BALCO. Women today make up 21% of the company’s workforce and aims to increase this to 35% in the near future, aligning with national efforts to strengthen gender inclusion across industries.
About Vedanta Limited:
Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa and Namibia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing significantly to nation building. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta's strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment. Vedanta has put in place a comprehensive framework to be the ESG leader in the natural resources sector. Vedanta is committed to reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050 or sooner and has pledged $5 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate the transition to net zero operations. Giving back is in the DNA of Vedanta, which is focused on enhancing the lives of local communities. The company’s flagship social impact program, Nand Ghars, have been set up as model anganwadis focused on eradicating child malnutrition, providing education, healthcare, and empowering women with skill development. Under the aegis of the Anil Agarwal Foundation, the umbrella entity for Vedanta’s social initiatives, the Vedanta group has pledged Rs 5000 crore over the next five years on social impact programmes with a thrust on nutrition, women & child development, healthcare, animal welfare, and grass-root level sports. Vedanta and the group companies have been featured in Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and was conferred Frost & Sullivan Sustainability Awards 2020, Golden Peacock Award for excellence in Corporate Governance 2022 and certified as a Great Place to Work 2022. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
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About Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited Business:
Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited, a business of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium i.e., 2.37 million tonnes in FY24. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited ranks 1st in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2023 world rankings for the aluminium industry, a reflection of its leading sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow.
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