I understand this is a job that involves smelling perfumes. But how does it exactly help the company? I mean, what does the company get when a human being smell a perfume and note it down? Can someone explain?
On 3/14/17, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170312/jsp/7days/story_140269.jsp > > SWEET SCENT: At the College of Fragrance for the Visually Impaired, Mumbai > > > Inside an odourless laboratory, Chanchal is engrossed in work. The > countertops and shelves are lined with bottles of perfumes. From time > to time, the 28-year-old picks up a thin strip of paper from a tray, > sprays it with fragrance from one of the bottles and smells it with > concentration for a minute or so. Then she turns to the computer next > to her, keys in something, and moves on to another strip, another > perfume. > > Chanchal is an assistant perfume evaluator with the Indian arm of a > British fragrance company in Mumbai. She is also blind. > > Ever since she got the job five months ago, Chanchal has been doing > this 60-kilometre each way commute from Ulhasnagar to Lower Parel five > days a week. She claims she has found job satisfaction that eluded her > when she worked at a call centre close to her home. "People were so > indifferent there. Here, everyone treats me with respect. I am much > better at my job than many of my sighted colleagues. Is job se khud ka > ek status ban gaya hai (This job has given me a newfound status)." > > > > India's 15 million blind are often left to fend for themselves despite > the fact that there are laws that make it mandatory for government > agencies to reserve at least three per cent jobs for people with > disabilities. There are positions opening up in the private sector but > whether these jobs actually do justice to the skill-set of a > differently-abled person remains to be seen. > > Initially, fragrance companies also recruited the blind out of > charity. But it did not take them long to figure out that blind > employees have a heightened olfactory sense which they could put to > use, a fact that has always been known but has now been empirically > proven. A 2012 study published in the online journal Perfumer & > Flavorist claims "the blind and visually impaired group were more than > twice as likely to pass the industry standard smelling test as the > normally-sighted control group". > > The natural advantage, however, does not preclude training. And so, > the Blind Persons Association of India and the multinational company, > CPL Aromas International, decided to come up with a structured > training programme. > > Renuka Thergaonkar, head of the cosmetology and perfumery department > at Mumbai's V.G. Vaze College was among those who designed the course > offered at the College of Fragrance for the Visually Impaired - a > non-profit initiative. > > At the College of Fragrance, selection happens after an "admission > test" in which candidates have to establish that they recognise > certain basic odours. Successful candidates then have to undergo a > year's training. According to Thergaonkar, who has authored a book in > Braille titled Introduction to Perfume, the course covers a lot of > ground - psychology, communication, food tasting and, of course, a lot > of exposure to all kinds of smells. Technology training includes the > use of a software called JAWS (Job Access With Speech), basic > documentation in computers and e-mailing. > > Alladin Sheikh and Ravi Vanniyar were identified by the Blind Persons > Association of India and enrolled in the intensive course. > > Sheikh, who was born blind, has been working as a technical trainee at > perfumers S.H. Kelkar for the past two years. He says, "I used to run > a PCO before this. But phone booths went out of fashion and I was out > of work." Vanniyar, who lost his eyesight due to a smallpox infection > in childhood, checks quality in another fragrance firm, Anthea > Aromatics. He was a hawker at a railway station. > > Rita Rego, manager, human resources and administration at CPL Aromas > India is full of praise for her blind co > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 WWW.VIBEWA.ORG EQUALITY AND DIGNITY Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
