As many as 140 physically challenged people were shortlisted by
different companies during a job fair for persons with disabilities
(PWD) held at the Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for the Handicapped
(VRCH) here on Friday.
A large number of institutes and employers from various sectors came forward to provide equal opportunities to persons with disabilities.
"In view of the kind of response we got during our first job fair a few months back, we decided to conduct another fair. The companies first scrutinize the applications on the basis of educational qualification and skills and call the applicants as and when vacancies are there," said Ram Kishore Sharma, assistant director, VRCH.
He further added that sensitization among public as well as employers was growing. "Before organizing the job fair we had conducted an interface with the industries and invited some persons who have successfully overcome their disabilities and are performing like anyone else at their respective places of work," Sharma added.
Chief secretary of Odisha G C Pati interacted with employers and appreciated the joint efforts of the organizers. He appealed to the corporate world to participate in a big way by hiring PWDs. "Self-employment orientated training should be provided to those PWDs who are not employable due to genuine reasons like age, poverty and literacy level."
Women and child development secretary Arti Ahuja said, "Under mission employment, the state government has sanctioned Rs 64 lakh out of which Rs 32 lakh has already been released. VRC has been imparting self-employment orientated training to 280 PWDs in trades like tailoring, domestic appliances repairing, computer and soft skills every year."
The job fair was jointly organized by VRCH, the directorate for welfare of PWDs, and Sarthak Education Trust, a Delhi-based voluntary organization. As many as 500 locomotors and hearing impaired persons participated in the job fair.
According to the 2011 census, Odisha has about 12.44 lakh persons with disabilities.
Source : TOI , 10th August 2014
A large number of institutes and employers from various sectors came forward to provide equal opportunities to persons with disabilities.
"In view of the kind of response we got during our first job fair a few months back, we decided to conduct another fair. The companies first scrutinize the applications on the basis of educational qualification and skills and call the applicants as and when vacancies are there," said Ram Kishore Sharma, assistant director, VRCH.
He further added that sensitization among public as well as employers was growing. "Before organizing the job fair we had conducted an interface with the industries and invited some persons who have successfully overcome their disabilities and are performing like anyone else at their respective places of work," Sharma added.
Chief secretary of Odisha G C Pati interacted with employers and appreciated the joint efforts of the organizers. He appealed to the corporate world to participate in a big way by hiring PWDs. "Self-employment orientated training should be provided to those PWDs who are not employable due to genuine reasons like age, poverty and literacy level."
Women and child development secretary Arti Ahuja said, "Under mission employment, the state government has sanctioned Rs 64 lakh out of which Rs 32 lakh has already been released. VRC has been imparting self-employment orientated training to 280 PWDs in trades like tailoring, domestic appliances repairing, computer and soft skills every year."
The job fair was jointly organized by VRCH, the directorate for welfare of PWDs, and Sarthak Education Trust, a Delhi-based voluntary organization. As many as 500 locomotors and hearing impaired persons participated in the job fair.
According to the 2011 census, Odisha has about 12.44 lakh persons with disabilities.
Source : TOI , 10th August 2014
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