Anupama’s child who received medical help under CSR collaboration. | Photo credit: Special arrangement
The CSR collaboration helped provide critical medical care to 20 infants from poor families as Tekion, the original automotive AI platform, partnered with the NGO Neonates Foundation of India to support the treatment of such critically ill newborns from poor families in five states.
The collaboration funded more than 700 cumulative days of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) support, offering a lifeline to several economically disadvantaged families in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
The initiative targeted the most vulnerable demographic: families earning less than ₹15,000 per month, for whom private NICU care is financially out of reach.
Babies suffering from extreme prematurity (born under 30 weeks), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and neonatal sepsis received NICU support under this initiative.
“Without immediate NICU intervention, survival rates for these conditions are critically low. The funding covered life-saving surfactants for newborns with underdeveloped lungs, oxygen therapy, cardiac monitoring and specialized nutritional care for low birth weight babies,” said Tanya Bali, Co-Founder and Chief Catalyst, Neonates Foundation of India.
This partnership highlights the power of corporate social responsibility in addressing health equity. “At Tekion, we believe that technology serves a greater purpose when it enables a positive human impact,” said Aravind Gowda, Chief Executive Officer, Tekion.
“Partnering with the Newborn Foundation has allowed us to intervene at the most critical moment in life – birth. We are humbled to have played a role in giving these babies a chance at survival and relieving their parents of an impossible financial burden,” he said.
He said that the joint initiative will cover the medical treatment of more such newborns in the future.
According to the report, a group of medical experts identified babies from low-income families in need of NICU support. Many of them were born too early or too small, making it difficult for them to breathe and survive. Several suffered serious infections shortly after birth. Some had very low birth weight and required constant monitoring and specialized support. Several were born with heart-related complications, while others had pauses in breathing due to extreme prematurity. In some cases, babies were not getting enough oxygen at birth and needed emergency life-saving intervention. These critical conditions required advanced NICU care and round-the-clock medical supervision, which was made possible by this collaboration, the report said.
Published – 19 Feb 2026 22:53 IST