· Enables donations for under-privileged children’s education through NGOs like Teach for India, Care India and GiveIndia under Snapdeal Sunshine project
· Extends support to create awareness and re-establish teaching as a glorified profession in India- a thought endorsed in the movie
New Delhi, 15 January, 2015: Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, today announced an association with Bollywood movie ‘Chalk N Duster’ under their project Snapdeal Sunshine. The movie which releases today stars veteran actresses Shabana Azmi and Juhi Chawla Mehta, and highlights some of the evils facing our education system. Chalk N Duster showcases the plight of teachers and students in our country and emphasizes on establishing teaching as one of the most dignified professions.
Snapdeal Sunshine is an initiative to empower people to support social causes by donating products. At present, there are eleven diverse projects covering causes ranging from education, health, community development, disaster relief, girl child and old age care that are being spearheaded through Snapdeal Sunshine. By associating with ‘Chalk N Duster’, Snapdeal aims to create awareness for its Snapdeal Sunshine programme where customers can donate products to NGOs championing the cause of education, namely, Teach for India, Care India and Giveindia. Donors can track progress of delivery of the donated products on Snapdeal’s website.
Speaking about the association, Rajnish Wahi, Senior Vice President - Corporate Affairs and Communication - Snapdeal said, “The mass appeal of movies in India and the nationwide reach of Snapdeal is a force multiplier which can effectively be used to create awareness for any cause. Education is a transformative force that elevates individuals and society and is the right of every Child. Through our association with Chalk N Duster, we are seeking to create awareness about the need to empower and equip teachers – the guardians of India’s future and enable our customers to take a make a difference to children’s lives by supporting their education.”
Juhi Chawla Mehta, Bollywood actress said, “Chalk N Duster will take audiences back to their school days. However, in India, many kids don't go to school. We hope that our partnership with Snapdeal will encourage people to donate stationery and books for the cause and assist in education of under privileged children.”
"Our team is glad to partner with Snapdeal. Through Chalk N Duster, we attempt to bring attention towards the challenges of education system and through our partnership with Snapdeal, we encourage people to donate for the cause of education viasunshine.snapdeal.com" Amin Surani, Producer of Chalk N Duster further added.
About Snapdeal
Snapdeal’s vision is to create India’s most impactful digital commerce ecosystem that creates life-changing experiences for buyers and sellers. In February 2010, KunalBahl along with Rohit Bansal, started Snapdeal.com - India’s largest online marketplace, with the widest assortment of 20 million+ products across 500+ diverse categories from thousands of regional, national, and international brands and retailers. With millions of users and more than 200,000 sellers, Snapdeal is the shopping destination for internet users across the country, delivering to 5000+ cities and towns in India. In its journey till now, Snapdeal has partnered with several global marquee investors and individuals such as SoftBank, BlackRock, Temasek, Foxconn, Alibaba, eBay Inc., Premji Invest, Intel Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Mr. Ratan Tata, among others.
