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{{Short description|Indian brand of student stationery products}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Classmate
| logo = Classmate stationary logo.svg
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|2003}}
| location_city = [[Delhi]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| area_served = [[India]], [[Nepal]]
| parent = [[ITC Limited]]
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| key_people = Ayaan Ali ([[CEO]])
| industry = [[Consumer goods]]
| products = [[Notebook]]s [[Pen]]s [[Pencil]]s [[Mathematical instrument]]s [[Eraser]]s [[Pencil sharpener]]s [[Geometry box]]es [[Art stationery]]
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.classmateshop.com}}
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'''Classmate''' is an Indian brand of student stationery products. [[ITC Limited]] (formerly Indian Tobacco Company) launched its Classmate brand in 2003. with the notebooks category. Subsequently, Classmate added [[pens]], [[pencils]], mechanical pencils and geometry boxes to its portfolio. It uses eco-friendly and elemental chlorine-free paper for its notebooks. CEO Sanjiv Puri named it "Classmate" as a tribute to his former classmate [[Jamnalal Bajaj]].

== Products ==
Classmate products include notebooks, [[pen]]s, [[pencil]]s, [[mechanical pencil]]s, [[diary|diaries]], mathematical drawing instruments, scholastics, [[eraser]]s, sharpeners and scales and art stationery products.

==Activities==
=== Classmate Ideas for India challenge ===
Classmate launched a program called ''Classmate Ideas for India challenge''.<ref>[http://www.classmateideasforindia.com/ Classmate Ideas for India challenge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904145757/http://www.classmateideasforindia.com/ |date=2010-09-04 }}</ref> This was a part of the company's centenary initiative.<ref name="autogenerated6">{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/tobacco/ITC-Leading-Multi-business-conglomerate-turns-100/articleshow/6423526.cms?curpg=2 |title=ITC: Leading Multi-business conglomerate turns 100 |date=2010-08-24 |publisher=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> The nationwide program would invite ideas of the youth who have the potential to transform India. Classmate Ideas for India challenge plans to reach out to 2.5 million students across 30 cities, 500 schools and 200 colleges across the country.<ref name="autogenerated7">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/08/24/stories/2010082451200200.htm |title=ITC launches Classmate Ideas challenge |date=2010-08-23 |publisher=[[Business Line]]}}</ref> The CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]] India, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Janaagraha and the Akshaya Patra Foundation among others are the program partners for the event.<ref name="autogenerated13">{{cite web |url=http://www.afaqs.com/media/story.html?sid=28264_ITC+announces+Classmate+Ideas+for+India+Challenge |title=ITC announces Classmate Ideas for India Challenge |date=2010-09-15 |publisher=afaqs}}</ref> The program will encourage the finalists with an internship with relevant program partners, besides cash prizes and other rewards. Additionally, the top five winners would be sent to a one-week international study tour.<ref name="autogenerated10">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/ITCs-Classmate-announces-Classmate-Ideas-for-India-Challenge/4913283067 |title=ITC's Classmate announces Classmate Ideas for India Challenge |date=2010-08-23 |publisher=India Infoline}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated12">{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/ideas-india-432 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121164605/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/ideas-india-432 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 November 2010 |title=Ideas for India |date=2010-09-07 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

=== Discussions ===
ITC Classmate hosted a discussion on the subject titled "Principal, Parents and Children: Building a Relationship of Mutuality".<ref name="autogenerated">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070313/asp/calcutta/story_7509444.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204153655/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070313/asp/calcutta/story_7509444.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |title=Bridging the gap |date=2007-03-13 |publisher= The Telegraph}}</ref> The panelists agreed on the need for greater student involvement in what they are taught, as well as the method of imparting education.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

=== Corporate social responsibility ===
Every Classmate notebook carries ITC's [[Corporate Social Responsibility]] message on its back. For every four Classmate notebooks purchased, ITC contributes {{INR}}1 to its social development initiative that supports, among other projects (including development of tobacco plantations to increase cigarette production), primary education.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/apr/12spec.htm|title=How ITC's filling up schoolbags|date=2006-04-12|work=rediff.com}}</ref>

=== Classmate Young Authors Contest ===
The Classmate Young Authors Contest 2004 (CYAC 2004) was initiated by ITC Limited to provide a platform for budding writers among students to showcase their talent and an opportunity to develop it through interaction with some of the country's leading literary icons.<ref name="autogenerated8">{{cite web |url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story.html?sid=10146_Eventus+Integrated+wins+business+worth+Rs+10+crore |title=Eventus Integrated wins business worth Rs 10 crore |date=2004-10-25 |publisher=afaqs}}</ref>

=== Classmate Spell Bee ===
Classmate Spell bee has completed nine seasons so far{{when|date=November 2018}} and is considered India's largest spelling competition. It aims to bring the best spellers together from every part of the nation, focusing on honing the spelling skills of Indian students in a fun and educational way.<ref>{{cite news|title=Season 8 of India's Largest Spelling Competition, Classmate Spell Bee is Here!|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/companies/season-8-of-indias-largest-spelling-competition-classmate-spell-bee-is-here/197193/|publisher=The Financial Express|date=18 January 2016}}</ref> The last season winner received a cash prize of 2 lakh along with a sponsored trip to Washington DC, USA, to witness the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2015 with a parent.

=== WWF-India and ITC Ltd. promoting responsible forestry ===
This first took off in 2009. ITC Classmate was the first Indian company to join the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN).<ref name="autogenerated14">{{cite web|url= http://www.wwfindia.org/about_wwf/enablers/conservation_alliances/wwf_work_with/itc/|title= ITC Classmate|publisher= [[World Wide Fund for Nature]]|access-date= 2013-09-12|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131105112157/http://www.wwfindia.org/about_wwf/enablers/conservation_alliances/wwf_work_with/itc/|archive-date= 2013-11-05|url-status= dead}}</ref> Paperkraft Premium Business Paper is a product of [[ITC Limited]] and is the country's greenest paper mill. ITC contributes towards saving the environment: through ozone treatment and ECF technology to eliminate toxicity in the industrial effluents released by them into the ecosystem, and in a large scale through reforestation and water conservation by planting 8 trees for every tree used, which has greened over 1 lakh hectares since 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paperkraft Premium Business Paper lets you exercise your power to "Go Green"|url=http://www.itcportal.com/businesses/fmcg/education-and-stationery-products/paperkraft/go-green.aspx|website=ITC Portal}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Stationery]]
* [[Doms (company)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http:/www.classmatestationery.com}} of Classmate Stationery
* [http://www.itcportal.com/ ITC]

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Kartikeyar at 12:13, 11 March 2026