Manjinder “James” Kumar, founding president of the Filipino Indian Commerce and Welfare Society, Inc (FICWSI)—a leading Filipino Indian friendship and cooperation nonprofit—will be honored during the launch of business and lifestyle magazine Rising Tigers: Nation Builders as one of its Top 50 Rising Tigers in the Asia Pacific.
Picture taken during the Asia Leaders Awards 2021 awarding ceremony at the Embassy of Singapore |
This latest publication will feature the best and the brightest in the Philippines and Southeast Asia who never fail to balance commitment to growth with corporate social responsibility, even during the most trying times.
“Asia
Leaders Awards Presents the Top 50 Rising Tigers in the Asia Pacific to
motivate us all that, in spite of the challenges, we will emerge triumphant.
These are the top leaders with the very new vision of the world now,” shared
billionaire Robert Laurel Yupangco, an esteemed member of the ALA Board.
Promoting CSR Initiatives for Various Sectors
As the prime
mover of Filipino-Indian cooperation and enterprise promotion, Manjinder
“James” Kumar is the epitome of motivation to soldier on and triumph above
challenges, a true leader of the future whose vision of a better world is
realized in his untiring philanthropy.
“I believe
in collaborations in extending much needed help. It’s our responsibility to
bond together to look after one another. Hence, there’s no help too big or
small, or too much or little. A help, no matter the size, makes a difference,”
Kumar said.
Kumar was
recognized as Asia Leaders Awards 2021’s Philanthropist of the Year with FICWSI
as the CSR Company of the Year for their humanitarian initiatives spanning all
forms and bridge gaps for all sectors of the underserved.
“These
efforts are a noble way of promoting excellence in leadership and inspiring
like-minded capable leaders to do more than what they can in extending help to
others especially in this time of the pandemic,” he added.
Kumar, who
was born in Jalandhar, Punjab Region, India, recalls his early childhood years
growing amid rural poverty.
“Because my
life was tough as a kid—I would go to school barefoot, our classrooms had no
chairs and tables, we had to sit on the floor—now, I find solace and joy in
giving back, whether in big or small ways,” he shared.
Pooling Fil-Indian Collaboration for Four Helplines
FICWSI—through
partner organizations, institutions, and LGUS—has provided bicycles for
workers, equipped frontliners with PPEs, sponsored orphaned kids’ education,
donated beds and ambulances to hospitals, and distributed livelihood packages
to barangays.
As a
non-profit, non-stock organization made up largely by Indian nationals and a
handful of Filipinos, FICWSI forms a network of socio-civic personages to
assist its membership kick off and achieve their business goals.
Hence,
FICWSI’s flagship for outreach is called #FilIndiHelpline which is inspired by
the tagline “Together for a Cause—Together We Help.” Launched in 2020, it
continues to provide relief and mobilize charitable endeavors.
Fil-Indi
Helpline has four major lifelines: Helpline for the hungry, for the Frontlines,
for Online Schooling, and On Wheels, which is made up of Wednesday Wheelchair
and Bicycle for Work Helpline.
For more
about FICWSI, visit their website https://ficwsi.org.ph/ or Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/FICWSI/.
Recognizing
the Leaders of Tomorrow
This milestone, another brainchild of the Asia Leaders Awards (ALA) Committee, will be held on March 22, 2022, at the Grand Hyatt Manila at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.
Asia Leaders Awards is only the recognition giving body whose awards committee is composed of respected leaders from different chambers, organizations, and embassies like the Embassy of Singapore, the Embassy of Poland, and the Korean Council among others.
ALA’s main objective is to promote the Philippines as a premier business hub and destination in Asia.
For more
information about Asia Leaders Awards, visit
https://www.facebook.com/AsiaLeadersAwards.
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