People working for employment of disabled persons felicitated

Individuals and organisations from across the country who have contributed in the field of employment for the disabled and supported the cause of mainstreaming such persons through extraordinary initiatives were felicitated at the NCPEDP-Mindtree Helen Keller Award ceremony here today.
Jasmer Singh Saini, an ardent supporter of the rights of persons with disabilities, has made tremendous contribution to the employment/self-employment of disabled people through 16 job fairs and by setting up a vocational training centre at NITTTR, Chandigarh.
This has resulted in placement of 400 persons with disabilities in reputed organisations, said a statement issued by National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP).

Professor Sanjeev Sonawane's emphasis to provide cutting-age assistive technologies and job-oriented skill development programmes to students with visual impairment has resulted in over 300 students with disabilities benefitting at both academic and professional level, with more than 40 working in the government and private sector and two as entrepreneurs.
Another supporter, Deepa Narsimhan played a key role in setting up India Chapter of Disability Empowerment Resource Group (DERG) within Dell EMC India COE.
The success of Redefine Abilities, the organisation's first-of-its-kind internship for people with profound disabilities can also be attributed to the untiring efforts of Deepa and the Dell EMC India COE team.

Pratik Rajiv Jindal, a visually impaired corporate professional with over six years of experience, strongly advocates equal opportunity for persons with disabilities.

Pratik's first role at Wipro as a Business Consultant entailed business research, complex problem solving, designing client solutions, building sales proposals and engaging in global cross-functional assignments.
In 2011, Pratik was the first person with disability in Wipro to travel for a long-term onsite client assignment in Dubai and London.
The objective of the Helen Keller Awards, started way back in 1999, was to start a discourse on equal opportunities for persons with disabilities in the area of employment.