This
was a job fair with a huge difference: An exclusive job fair for the
disabled with over 26 companies offering jobs on the spot to more than
500 disabled unemployed. The fair was organized by 5 NGOs, viz.
The
Cheshire Disability Trust, The Samarthanam Trust, Association of people
with Disability, Vocational Rehabilitation centre and Nasscom
Foundation, on Saturday at JSS Polytechnic for Women off Old Airport
Road.
The employers included top rated
corporates like HCL, IBM, Infosys, Oracle ANZ, ING Yysya Bank, TCS,
Agies, DELL, Accenture, Tryo Solutions, among others.
Inaugurating
the fair, Sri Appa Rao, Vice-President, ING Vysya Bank, said the
significance of empowering the disabled unemployed was a vital need in
society.
GK Mahantesh, Founder-Managing
Trustee welcomed the recent trend of companies showing a ready
acceptance for offering employment to people with disabilities in all
sectors. He suggested that organizations should also explore the
possibility of providing reasonable accommodation and work place
solutions to such disabled employees.
“Technology
has also made its mark in providing assistance to the persons with
disabilities and it has also substantially removed the barriers that
come in the way of their work performance,” he added.
A
Disability Sensitization session is also being held to bring together
all SSLC/Diploma/ Graduates/Engineers/Post-Graduate candidates with
disability and the employers from all sectors under a single roof to
provide equal employment opportunities, so as meet their livelihoods
said Mr. Rapa Philip, Secretary, Cheshire Disability Trust, and “Persons
with disabilities are among the most marginalized section of society,
who are deprived of the basic facilities and rights. The barriers put by
the environment and the society deprives them from accessing their
basic rights of education, livelihood and a life with dignity,” said Sri
Basavaraj, The Association of People with Disability.
Source : India Education Diary ( 16th feb 2013 )
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