Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited: CSR spending FY 2021-22 to 2025-26
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited spent ₹805.88 crore on CSR from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26 (standalone company, from its annual reports), shown year by year with the money set aside for ongoing projects.
FY 2025-26
In FY 2025-26 Kotak Mahindra Bank spent ₹284.17 crore on CSR against a 2% obligation of ₹328.99 crore, and set aside ₹45.03 crore for ongoing projects.
Period: Apr 2025 - Mar 2026.
- Obligation (2% rule): ₹328.99 crore
- Spent in the year: ₹284.17 crore (projects ₹277.43 crore, admin overheads ₹5.16 crore, impact assessment ₹1.58 crore)
- Set aside for ongoing projects (Unspent CSR Account): ₹45.03 crore
- Transferred to a Schedule VII fund: ₹0 crore
- Excess from earlier years set off against this year's obligation: ₹0 crore
- Environment spend: not disclosed
Spending by area
| Area | Amount |
|---|---|
| Education (~34% of Rs 322.5 cr, excl. overheads and impact assessment, incl. transfer; percentage only) | not disclosed |
| Livelihood enhancement (~20%) | not disclosed |
| Healthcare (~25%) | not disclosed |
| Environment (~15%) | not disclosed |
| Sports (~5%) | not disclosed |
| Relief and rehabilitation (~1%) | not disclosed |
Main programmes
- Kotak Education Foundation: 25,800 students directly and 3.36 lakh+ indirectly, 9,600 teachers, 1,500+ schools; contribution to KEF Rs 76.42 cr
- Scholarships (Kotak Kanya, Junior, Graduate): ~4,450 students
- Kotak IISc AI-ML Centre, Bengaluru: ongoing support; Kotak School of Sustainability at IIT Kanpur: 17 research projects, LEED Platinum building under construction
- Kotak IIT Madras Save Energy Mission: centres across 10 IITs working with 500+ SMEs in 30 sectors
- Khan Academy India science content: 1.63 lakh students in 2,409 schools; IT for Change: 2,700 educators
- Kotak BizLabs accelerator: 71 startups with Rs 9 cr catalytic capital; Women Startup Programme (NSRCEL): 2,808 women entrepreneurs
- Skilling and livelihoods: 13,300+ youth skilled; 581 nano-entrepreneurs and 437 enterprises supported
- Cancer care: ~15 Home Away from Home facilities in 12 cities for paediatric patients; Kotak Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad: 57 athletes supported
Trees and greening
- Capital asset funded: agriphotovoltaics plant at Kundanpura, Bassi, Jaipur (Rs 0.35 cr, ICRIER); no tree-planting figure disclosed for the year in the report sections fetched
States: Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh.
Implementing agencies: Kotak Education Foundation, Khan Academy India, IT for Change, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IISc Bengaluru, NSRCEL (IIM Bangalore), Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation, Pratham Education Foundation, Youth4Jobs Foundation, CanKids...KidsCan, ICRIER.
Source: S1 Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (Directors' Report CSR p.238, CSR annexure pp.245-253, Note 11 p.220, Community pp.34-36), pages printed 34-36, 220, 238, 245-253
Sources: Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (Directors' Report CSR p.238, CSR annexure pp.245-253, Note 11 p.220, Community pp.34-36) – Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2024-25 (Supporting Communities pp.112-119, Directors' Report CSR section, CSR annexure) – Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2023-24 – Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2022-23 – Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited; Integrated Annual Report 2021-22 – Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
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