Ujjivan disbursed Rs. 4,328 crore during the financial year
2014-15. The company clocked its net profit at Rs 55.03 crore for FY 2013-14.
Since its inception, it has 423 branches in 24 states across India with a staff
of over 6,500 employees.
Ujjivan is one of the founding members of Microfinance
Institutions Network (MFIN) and Association of Karnataka Microfinance
Institutions – organizations for propagating best practices in microfinance
industry. It is an early adopter of codes of conduct prescribed by RBI and MFI
industry. Ujjivan has worked closely with RBI to develop ‘Diksha’, a financial
literacy program
Ujjivan received the MFI Transparency
Award, Social Performance Reporting Award and First ever Unitus Accelerator
Award (awarded to an MFI that best exemplifies the goal of accelerating
microfinance through innovation, growth, and commitment to client needs),
amongst others in 2010.
In 2011, Ujjivan won the “Microfinance Organization of the Year
Award” for large MFIsThis award was a part of the Microfinance India Awards
which were presented by ACCESS Development Services in association with HSBC at
the 8th Annual Microfinance India Summit.
The internationally recognised Great Place to Work Institute
which studies and compiles a list of the best workplaces listed Ujjivan
Financial Services 14th in the best Indian companies to work in 2011.
In 2012, Ujjivan received the following awards:
·
16th place in the category ‘Top 50
firms above thousand employees’
·
2nd place in the Financial Services
category for Best Companies to work for
·
One of the Best Companies in
Leadership Development
Ujjivan was recognized by The Smart Campaign, a global
initiative to incorporate strong client-protection practices into the
microfinance industry, as one of the five Indian Microfinance institutions that
were Client Protection Certified for meeting strong standards of client care in
2013. It again got the 2nd place
in the Financial Services category for Best Companies to work for.
Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd has
informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held May
25, 2016, inter alia, has recommended a dividend at the rate of 5% i.e. Rs.
0.50 per equity share subject to the approval of the shareholders at the
ensuing 12th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The dividend, if approved by the
shareholders will be paid after the AGM date.
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