Monday, 25 March 2013

4 Players of Uflex Khelo Dilli Programme Selected for Asian Games 2014



· Players selected for the second and final camp of Sepak Takraw (kick volleyball) Game
· Players registered with Stairs sports center at  Majnu Ka Tilla as a part  of Uflex Khelo Dilli  programme
· Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and M.D. of Uflex Ltd. felicitates players


New Delhi, March 28, 2013: Four young and talented Sepak Takraw (kick volleyball) players who have been selected for the second and final camp of the game in the Asian Game 2014, were accorded a warm felicitation by Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and MD of Uflex Ltd. India’s largest flexible packaging company. The players are registered with the Uflex Khelo Dilli  programme- a philanthropic endeavor jointly undertaken by Stairs, an NGO working towards sports, education & health for underprivileged children and Uflex Ltd.

Congratulating  the players, Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and M.D. of UFLEX Ltd said, “We would like to offer our warmest congratulations to all the four players and wish them luck in all future endeavours. India has a vast pool of sports talent, and the need is to tap this talent at the right time and provide them with the right training and facilities. Our association with Stairs represents an extension of our social commitment to bring about a positive change in the life of underprivileged youth of the society by providing them opportunities and a platform to showcase their talent.”

“We congratulate all the players selected for the Asian Games and would like to extend continued support to them. We are extremely happy with the response we are receiving for Uflex Khelo Dilli. The programme has created an atmosphere of participation, co-operation and team sprit amongst youth and encouraged more and more children to join”, said Mr. Siddhartha Upadhyay, Founder and Secretary General, Stairs .

Uflex Khelo Dilli aims to provide free of cost - space, infrastructure and sports equipment to the less fortunate children of our society, to play. More than 5000 underprivileged children are regularly playing at 28 different sports centers run by Stairs and funded by Uflex Ltd., across Delhi. These centres have emerged as a hub of recreation for children from low economic background and ignited a passion for playing in others as evident from an increasing number of children getting enrolled at these centres.

Apart from Khelo Dilli, Uflex Ltd. has also adopted cricket initiatives of Stairs, namely, Uflex Stairs Cricket Championship and Uflex Stairs Cricket Scholarship. Uflex Ltd. supports Stairs in running cricket training academies, providing sports scholarship and sports gear to the underprivileged children. Since 2011, 72 talented children have been granted the Uflex Stairs Cricket Scholarship and are being training at accredited cricket centres in Delhi.

Since inception, Stairs has actively worked towards the upliftment of the less fortunate children mainly through the field of sports. The sporting initiatives of Stairs aim to provide a platform to these children to hone their skills and showcase their talent through sports camps. Stairs understands the amount of talent that exists among these children and believes in creating opportunities so that their talent is rightly tapped and nurtured. Talented children are chosen from these camps and provided coaching, sports scholarship and sports gear.

Some of the students who identified by Stairs are already doing well at the national level and are earning laurels for their states. Stairs also organizes sports camps at regular intervals to promote youth talent.

About Stairs:

Stairs (www.stairs.org.in) is a non-profit organization working in the field of development of underprivileged youth through channelization of their energies in sports and education. Since its inception in 2005, Stairs has worked for the upliftment of the less fortunate children mainly through the field of sports. The sporting initiatives undertaken by Stairs provide a platform to these children to hone their skills and showcase their talent through sports camps. Stairs understands the amount of talent that exists among these children and believes in creating opportunities to tap and nurture their talent.

Monday, 30 April 2012


First Anniversary of Uflex Khelo Dilli 2011-12 held

  • Uflex Khelo Dilli witnesses participation of more than 5000 children across Delhi
  • 28 Uflex Stairs centres established for children to play everyday
  • Annual sporting event to be taken to other parts of the country 
New Delhi, 29th April, 2012: The first anniversary of maiden edition of Uflex Khelo Dilli 2011-12, a philanthropic endeavor jointly undertaken by Stairs, an NGO working towards sports, education and health of underprivileged children and Uflex Ltd., India’s largest flexible packaging company, was today held at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex. Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, CMD, Uflex Ltd. along with Mr. Anil Upadhyay, President, Stairs, presided over the occasion.
Uflex Khelo Dilli was conceptualized with the aim to provide free of cost - space, infrastructure and sports equipment to the less fortunate children of our society, to play.

The first edition of Uflex Khelo Dilli has already witnessed participation of more than 5000 children. These children are regulary playing at 28 Uflex Stairs centres which have been established near the colonies where these children reside. In the last one year, these centres have emerged as a hub of recreation for children from low economic background and ignited passion for playing in others as evident from increasing number of children getting enroled at these centres.

As  Uflex Khelo Dilli enters into second year, Stairs is now planning to take this initiative to other parts of the country and encourage more children to come out and just play. 

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, CMD, Uflex Ltd., said, “We are pleased to be associated with a noble cause of helping underprivileged children in achieving their dreams through the medium of sports. Besides being a recreational activity, sport has an educative character which can help in building a strong character and help in social integration of underprivileged youth. These children have a lot of potential and latent energy that needs to be tapped and through Uflex Khelo Dilli, we hope to channelize this energy in the right direction. Our association with Stairs represents an extension of our social commitment to bring about a positive change in the life of underprivileged sections of the society by carrying out such programmes in sport, education and health.”

“The fact that young children should be given an opportunity to simply come out and play and enjoy themselves, urged us to undertake this initiative. We amalgamated it with our noble cause to train underprivileged children who are blessed with talent but do not have the opportunity or platform to nurture it. We encouraged these children to take some time out and join in the games that would help them build a strong character through sports. I would also take this opportunity to thank Uflex for their valuable association and would like to look forward for a longstanding relation with the Uflex team”, says Mr. Anil Upadhyay, President, Stairs.

Apart from Khelo Dilli, Uflex Ltd. has also adopted cricket initiatives of Stairs, namely, Uflex Stairs Cricket Championship and Uflex Stairs Cricket Scholarship. Uflex Ltd. supports Stairs in running cricket training academies, providing sports scholarship and sports gear to the underprivileged children. Recently, 64 talented children have been granted the Uflex Stairs Cricket Scholarship and are being training at accredited cricket centres in Delhi.

Since its inception in 2005, Stairs has been actively involved in the upliftment of the less fortunate children mainly through the field of sports. The sporting initiatives undertaken by Stairs are aimed at providing a platform to these children to hone their skills and showcase their talent through sports camps. Stairs understands the amount of talent that exists among these children and believes in creating opportunities so that their talent is rightly tapped and nurtured. Talented children are chosen from these camps and provided coaching, sports scholarship and sports gear.

Some of the students who have been identified by Stairs are already doing well at the national level and are earning laurels for their states. Stairs also organizes sports camps at regular intervals to promote youth talent.


About Stairs:

Stairs is a non-profit organization working in the field of development of underprivileged youth through channelisation of their energies in sports and education.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Uflex Stairs Cricket Scholarship Camp held

08 children selected for Scholarship

New Delhi, February 20, 2012: Stairs, an NGO working towards health, education and sports of underprivileged children organized a one-day Cricket Scholarship Camp for underprivileged children, in association with India's largest flexible packaging company-Uflex Ltd., at Guru Nanak Public School, Pitampura, New Delhi, on February 20, 2012. The Uflex Stairs Cricket Scholarship Camp witnessed participation of around 50 children across Delhi, of which 08 were selected for induction into various cricket academies.
Uflex which had recently adopted cricket initiatives taken by Stairs, will bear all the expenses of the academy, which will be near the selected candidate’s place of residence in Delhi. The selected candidates will also get a chance to play for Stairs team, a team of underprivileged children and which participates regularly in cricket championships across India.
“We are happy to be associated with a noble cause of helping underprivileged children in achieving their dream. As a part of the scholarship programme, Uflex will provide scholarship to the 08 students selected through this cricket camp. These children have a lot of potential and latent energy that needs to be tapped and through Uflex Stairs Cricket Scholarship Camp, we hope to channelize this energy in the right direction. Our association with Stairs represents an extension of our Social commitment to bring about a positive change in the life of underprivileged sections of the society through programmes in education, health and sports”, said Mr. R.K.Jain, Group President (Accounts & Finance), Uflex Ltd.
Stairs is planning to organize more such camps all over Delhi in the coming few months. These camps are aimed at providing a platform to the underprivileged children to hone their skills and showcase talent through these camps.
“Children at the camp showed exemplary skills and through training at the academies they will be able to hone it well. In a bid to provide exposure and develop skills of underprivileged children, Stairs has been providing a platform to them where they are encouraged to showcase their talent in the field of sports. Stairs taps this talent to give these children an opportunity to climb up the stairs of social empowerment and shape their character through sports. We help children believe in their own power and that they are agents of their own change through sports and hard work. It believes in a meritorious system to help children's development and create opportunities for them to realize their own potential,” says Mr. Anil Upadhyay, President, Stairs.
Stairs has been organizing cricket championships for the underprivileged children for the last five years. Stairs understands the amount of talent that exists among these children and believes in creating opportunities so that their talent is rightly tapped and nurtured. Talented children are chosen from these camps and provided coaching, sports scholarship and sports gear. Some of the students who have been identified by Stairs are already doing well at the national level and are earning laurels for their state.

About Stairs:

Stairs is a non-profit organization working in the field of development of underprivileged youth through channelisation of their energies in sports and education.



List of selected children:

1) Imran Khan                                
2) Rahul Prashad
3) Sonu Kumar Gupta
4) Saurav Kaushik
5) Santosh Kumar
6) Himanshu Sharma
7) Sagar Singh
8) Mohd. Akram


Friday, 25 November 2011

Uflex Ltd. and Stairs organized volleyball tournament for the underprivileged children

Uflex Khelo Dilli 2011-12

Uflex Ltd. and Stairs organized volleyball tournament for the underprivileged children of Ashok Vihar, New Delhi

14th November, 2011, New Delhi: As part of its mega sports event Uflex Khelo Dilli-2011-12, Stairs, an NGO working towards health, education and sports of underprivileged children, along with Uflex Ltd., India’s largest flexible packaging company, organized Volleyball Championship for the underprivileged youth of Ashok Vihar, New Delhi on 13th November, 2011. The chief guest of the ceremony was Sh. Suresh Bharwaj, Councilor, while other social workers like Janesh Bhadana, Mahender Nagpal along with Sh. Anil Upadhyay, President, Stairs were also present during the occasion.

A total of 13 teams participated in the event. The tournament was played in league basis where every team played two matches in each group. Vimal Sports Club emerged champions by defeating Ashok Vihar Club by 21-6, 21-8

The aim of this project is to start games in Delhi and to make sure the maximum participation of underprivileged youth in sports. This promotion of various sports activity will be taken up initially at division level and then to zonal level. Each zone will be divided into three divisions and the winning teams will play amongst the nine zones. Khelo Dilli is expected to witness participation of around 5000 children across Delhi, who will take part in the three games – football, basketball and volleyball.

“Our realization that all children, no matter how disadvantaged, should be given the opportunity to enjoy themselves and participate in organized sport has led us to come up with this mega sport event Khelo Delli. Stairs taps this talent to give these children an opportunity to climb up the stairs of social empowerment and shape their character through sports. We help children believe in their own power and that they are agents of their own change through sports and hard work.” says Mr. Anil Upadhyay, President, Stairs.

Since its inception in 2005, Stairs has been actively involved in the upliftment of the less fortunate children mainly through the field of sports by organizing cricket championships. The sporting initiatives undertaken by Stairs are aimed at providing a platform to these children to hone their skills and showcase their talent through camps. Stairs understands the amount of talent that exists among these children and believes in creating opportunities so that their talent is rightly tapped and nurtured. Talented children are chosen from these camps and provided coaching, sports scholarship and sports gear.

Some of the students who have been identified by Stairs are already doing well at the national level and are earning laurels for their state. Stairs also organizes sports camps at regular intervals to promote youth talent.

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Philosophy

The most important word in the vocabulary of any industry is consumer. With more and more products being introduced in the market the competition in the packaging industry has also become fierce as they are expected to come up with innovative packaging techniques keeping into consideration the evolving customer needs. Consumers can’t be asked to make sacrifices; they are the kings, it is the responsibility of the industry to live up to their mounting demands. With the changing trends customers have now become more responsible and compassionate towards environment. At Uflex it is clearly understood if success is desired they will produce what the customers want. It is the obligation of every company to give back something worthwhile to the community it operates in. This is the very essence of undertaking corporate social responsibility and is mandatory for any existing company because it not only builds reputation but also establishes the credibility and authenticity of the company among the consumers. Consumers anticipate environmentally responsible companies and Uflex delivers this promise.