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Dear List Members Kindly go through the following information. Employment - Expanding Reach: A Career Seminar Organized By Sponsored By XRCVC, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai IBM ________________________________________________________________________ Employment - Expanding Reach The Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) set up since the last four years, is a state of the art facility aimed at providing holistic education to the visually challenged students of the college and catering to the needs of other visually challenged people. The XRCVC's work on the issue of 'Employment and Employability' has aimed at training the visually impaired with both the right skill sets and attitudes as also equipping them with the necessary know-how related to diverse career opportunities, thus equipping them to make suitable and appropriate career choices. In order to meet this objective, the XRCVC is organizing this two-day Career Seminar targeting visually challenged students and other stakeholders. The objectives of the seminar are: To give its participants an exposure to a wide range of career avenues - management, information technology, law, the social sector, academics, finance, health related services, media, etc. To use the two-day seminar as a stepping stone for its participants in their individual career planning process Programme Details Dates: 13th and 14th Sep 2007 Time: 9.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. Venue: International Conference Room, St. Xavier's College (Room no. 61, 3rd floor, Hostel Building) The Seminar will focus on the following fields: Keynote address: A re-look at expanding horizons - Ms. Shanti Raghavan (Founder & Managing Trustee, Enable India, Bangalore) Management: Marketing - Mr. Divakar Kamath (Integrated Sales Lead - IBM India) HR - Mr. Nagraj More (Deputy Manager -HR - BPCL) Finance - Mr. K. Ramakrishna (General Manager - IDBI) Computer & IT - Ms Shanti Raghavan Health and Fitness: Physiotherapy - Mr. Dyson Sambrya (Asistant Physiotherapist - Hinduja Hospital) Nutrition & Diet - Ms Hetal Shah (Consulting Dietician) Social Sciences (careers related to psychology, social work, education, research): Social Work - Ms Sachu Ramalingam (Head - Vision Rehabilitation Centre at Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi) Education & Research - Dr Sam Taraporevala (Reader - St. Xavier's College & Director - XRCVC) Language and media related careers: Language - Mr. Manas Ajgaonkar (Freelance Interpreter & Travel guide) Media - Mr. Subramani L (Senior sub-editor - Deccan Herald) Law - Ms Kanchan Pamnani (Advocate & Solicitor) Planning for your career: Ms Neha Trivedi (Project Officer) Dr Sam Taraporevala Other fields to be covered: Government services and Self-employment Registration: The seminar is open to any visually challenged person and other stakeholders. All participants are expected to submit a refundable deposit of Rs 150. The deposit will be returned at the end of day two provided the participant is regular for all sessions. Participants interested in enrollment must contact Ms Neha Trivedi at the XRCVC at 22623298 or 22620661-5 (Extn 366) or write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to successfully complete the enrollment process. If you email please send across your contact details for us to contact you. The last date for enrollment has been extended to Saturday, 8th Sep '07. So make sure you contact us before that. Please hurry up and enroll yourself. Dont miss this opportunity. The greatest tragedy that can ever befall a human being is to have eyes and still not see... "Helen Keler" Have a great day!! Regards Mamta. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
