Empowering Communities: Our Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility in India
As a leader in high-performance and adaptive computing, AMD powers the products and services that help solve the world's most critical challenges. Our technologies are advancing the future of the data centre, embedded systems, gaming, and PC markets.
As the world progresses toward adaptive computing, artificial intelligence, and high performance, we help significantly transform lives while actively participating in the communities we draw from.
India continues to be a key part of the AMD global story, with more than 8,100 employees, contractors, and interns across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Gurugram, Mumbai, helping AMD lead across the entire spectrum of the industry.
Our corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in India have been positively impacting our communities. These programs focus on several key areas, including STEM education, workforce development, scientific research, women in STEM, and community development.
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is one of our top CSR priorities in India. AMD CSR supports strengthening science education in government schools by establishing STEM labs, building teachers' capacities in STEM-focused pedagogies, and creating experiences and exposures for children from marginalized communities to foster curiosity and improve learning outcomes in STEM subjects. In 2023-2024, AMD supported 15 projects benefiting 170 government schools and reaching over 36,000 individuals through STEM education projects, with over 50% of the beneficiaries being female. AMD CSR aims to support initiatives that share the vision of equitable participation of women in the STEM workforce, starting from the school stage.
To advance scientific research in India, AMD has partnered with IIT-Bombay in their R&D initiatives under the incubator Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE). Through this grant, AMD is empowering startups incubated by SINE IIT-B to pioneer the development of energy-efficient Spiking Neural Network (SNN) technology.
As a leading semiconductor player in India, AMD also focuses on strengthening free and quality digital education for children and adults. Over 13,000 individuals benefited from digital education and skill-building programs in 2023-2024. Digital labs and Smart TVs for training were set up in government schools, colleges, and communities to build skills for better employment opportunities. Reinforcing the robust AMD policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion, AMD also supported a technical skills training program in partnership with Nirmaan Organization for Persons with Disabilities in Bengaluru, where 50% of the trained individuals secured jobs. AMD also partnered with United Way of Bengaluru to set up Smart TVs in 21 government pre-university colleges in Davangere District, Karnataka, to aid free online coaching classes for competitive entrance examinations, helping students in the district aspire to become world-class engineers and doctors.
At AMD, we believe CSR is an important part of our business, and we are responsible for giving back to the communities that support us. We are committed to operating sustainably and positively impacting the world around us. In 2023-2024, our CSR initiatives built on four key pillars: STEM education, workforce development, environmental sustainability, and community development, helping to create a stronger and more resilient community.
I am delighted to see the impactful work we are doing in CSR. I thank the AMD India employees for contributing to building a community that believes in collective good and giving back.
Jaya Jagadish,
Senior Vice President and Country Head AMD, India
Our Approach
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is integral to how we operate as a global business, valued partner, and trusted employer. From advancing high-performance and energy efficient computing to cultivating an innovative, diverse workforce, we are committed to responsibly driving the computing industry forward.
Digital Impact
Harnessing the Transformative Power of Collaboration to Boost STEM Education
In India, there is growing demand for skilled professionals in the semiconductor industry. But due to the limited access to quality education, and financial constraints that many young people face, there are educational gaps.
For AMD, a skilled, resilient, and diverse workforce is essential, and to create this, we partner with organizations to support young people in their careers. Two of our initiatives in 2023 aimed to increase the employability and income prospects of disadvantaged youth and to encourage students to pursue a STEM education.
In partnership with United Way of Delhi, AMD supported the Special Workforce Development in Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) program. Over the course of six months, more than 200 people aged 18 to 29 from socio-economically underserved communities received 300 hours of structured training and apprenticeship, focused on providing practical skills essential for the sector.
Following an admissions process, participants attended counseling sessions, site visits to relevant institutions, and a comprehensive three-month ESDM course, with training ranging from industrial electronic product design to testing and measurement instruments application.
AMD also supports and empowers students in India through our partnerships with ten NGOs in Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bangalore to champion STEM education and foster transformative change. Through 13 projects strategically implemented at 142 Government schools and 7 Government colleges in 2023, over 32,000 students gained a deeper understanding of STEM concepts and learned to build robots.
The projects include EcosySTEM, led by Quest Alliance, a nonprofit trust that equips young people with 21st century skills by enabling self-learning, which resulted in a 30% increase in parent-teacher meeting attendance, and Robotics in Academics, led by Soham Academy of Human Excellence, where over 5,000 school children learned robotics. AMD also partnered with the United Way of Delhi on the STEM Lab on Wheels initiative, in collaboration with the Education Department of Government of National Capital Territory of in Delhi, to close STEM education gaps for socio–economically underserved communities in urban and rural areas.
As well as imparting knowledge, these projects also nurture curiosity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, paving the way for a brighter and more innovative future.
Environmental Sustainability
From Bangalore to Bellevue: AMD Celebrates Earth Day Globally
When called upon to take action in support of our planet this Earth Day, AMDers across the world rose to the occasion. Led by AMD Community Affairs Volunteer Liaisons and Go Green Employee Resource Groups (ERG), AMD teams across 27 global sites planned events throughout April and May to conserve the environment and spread awareness on issues impacting environmental sustainability.
In India, our Bangalore and Hyderabad sites collected used items for MI Secunderabad, an NGO that runs a recycling unit and employs women from urban slums.
Community Involvement and Volunteering
Partnering with Local NGOs to Help Build Inclusive Futures
In partnership with two local organizations in India, AMD helped support people with disabilities by funding learning and employability training programs, and employees volunteered time to support an environmental fundraising initiative.
Through a grant provided to the Nirmaan Organization, underprivileged youth with disabilities in Bangalore, Karnataka completed a five-month digital skills training course. In collaboration with the National Career Service Center for Differently Abled, this initiative aims to address critical support needs, focusing on candidates with physical disabilities and hearing loss.
Participants receive career guidance and technology training to enhance their learning and employability. Upon completion of the training, participants are issued certificates, validating their newly acquired skills. The courses offered span retail, information technology enabled services, business communication, and soft skills.
So far, 202 candidates with disabilities have been trained in employment-enabling courses, and 102 of these people were placed in jobs and four started their own businesses. The program also provided counseling and career guidance to 400 young people with disabilities. In addition to addressing the ir needs, this transformative project sets the stage for a more inclusive and empowering future.
AMD also partnered with the Association for People with Disability (APD), an NGO committed to empowering individuals with disabilities, for a volunteer event at the Horticulture center in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Volunteers learned how to transfer saplings into polybag pots and craft saplings using grafting and seed methods. These seedlings will eventually be sold at the APD Horticulture nursery, thereby contributing to the livelihoods of the people with disabilities.
These partnerships exemplify the positive impact that AMD corporate social responsibility and employee volunteering initiatives can have on communities and organizations dedicated to uplifting those facing unique challenges.
Reporting
AMD India Private Limited (AIPL)
Xilinx India Technology Services Private Limited (XITSPL)
Footnotes
- Based on AMD internal calculations and third-party emission factors for electricity sources. AMD sourced 23,000 megawatt hours of India international renewable energy credits (iRECs) in 2022, approximately matching the amount of electricity used by AMD India operations in the region over the same time period.
- Based on AMD internal estimates. In 2022, major AMD sites in India reported 15,777 cubic meters of water use and 19,547 cubic meters of rainwater recapture, a difference of 3,770 cubic meters going to local water resources.
- Based on AMD internal calculations and third-party emission factors for electricity sources. AMD sourced 23,000 megawatt hours of India international renewable energy credits (iRECs) in 2022, approximately matching the amount of electricity used by AMD India operations in the region over the same time period.
- Based on AMD internal estimates. In 2022, major AMD sites in India reported 15,777 cubic meters of water use and 19,547 cubic meters of rainwater recapture, a difference of 3,770 cubic meters going to local water resources.