Microsoft has been committed to corporate citizenship for over a decade, focusing on maximizing technology value while preserving timeless values. Their CSR activities range from educational initiatives to disaster response and partnerships with organizations like the Smile Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to tackle global issues such as health, poverty, and education. Microsoft has been recognized as a leader in CSR, ranked number one worldwide in 2012 and 2013.

2. Introduction
 Corporate citizenship.
 Danbross initiated corporate citizenship in Microsoft
11 years ago.
"Our customers and society expect us to maximize
the value of technology while also preserving the values
that are timeless. Microsoft’s commitments to corporate
citizenship help us meet these expectations.“
—Satya Nadella, CEO

3. Csr activities of Microsoft
EMPOWER : Transforming education and expanding digital
inclusion.
 Free software for all students and teachers.
Partners in learning - Project Shiksha.
Youth Spark - Project Jyoti.
Project Saksham.

5. CSR ACTIVITIES OF MICROSOFT
Imagine: Unleashing future innovators.
Digigirlz India.
Disaster and humanitarian response.
Realise:
Bizsparks.
MIC(Microsoft Innovation Centre).

6. MICROSOFT CSR PARTNER OF SMILE.
 Smile Foundation is a National level development organization
reaching out to lakhs of underprivileged children and youth
through innovation projects on education, healthcare and
livelihood in states of India.

7.  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in
the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates.
 The primary aims of the foundation are,
globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce
extreme poverty, and expand educational
opportunities and access to information
technology.

8.  Tackle problems in following areas :-
Global Development Global Health
- Water, sanitation, hygiene. -HIV.
- Vaccine delivery. -Malaria.
-Agriculture& Nutrition. -Tuberculosis.
 Avahan is an initiative sponsored by the
BMGF to reduce the spread of HIV in India.
 Reduce hunger and poverty for millions of farming
families by increasing agricultural productivity.

9. Recent CSR Activities
Human rights.
Carbon neutrality.
Empowering non-profits.
Supply chain.

10. CONCLUSION
Microsoft is ranked No 1 in world ranking for CSR for
the years 2012 and 2013.
It is an example for all organizations proving that they
can be successful in making profits as well as
contributing to the society.