Interesting.I would like to know the name of the firm which is preparing the blind for the corp orate. Best Regards, K.s.Vishwanathan. Tel No: 022-28738192 ----- Original Message ----- From: "prateek aggarwal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:54 PM Subject: [AI] Firm prepares blind for corporate world
> hi all, i would like o share a ews ith you. > kindly avoid if you know about it. > > Firm prepares blind for corporate world- > 22-6-2008 > > MUMBAI: After years of grappling for a brighter future, Urvish Patel > has finally seen light at the end of the tunnel. Urvish is blind in > his right eye and > suffers from 60% blindness in his other eye. The 25-year-old has > landed himself a job at the global help desk in a BPO where he begins > work shortly. Urvish > was one of eight visually-impaired of the pilot batch for advanced > computer training designed for the visually-impaired. The training was > an initiative > by the firm TCS Maitree. > > "Most jobs for the visually-impaired are in the informal sector. For > years I worked as an office assistant but was not happy as I longed to > be a part of > the corporate world. However, with my disability I found it difficult > to realise my dream," says Urvish. > > Urvish is the sole earning member of his family. His father is retired > while his mother is a homemaker. From birth, he suffers from blindness > in his right > eye and a high fever at age 19 weakened the sight in his left eye. > > He completed college by recording notes or using a magnifying glass > while studying or photocopying notes in huge > fonts. > Today, however, he feels vindicated. > > "The salary at my previous job was very less. I will now earn more > than three times as much as I used to. I can proudly say that I have > realised my dream > and have made my parents proud," says a beaming Urvish. At the global > help desk, Urvish will troubleshoot problems with the help of > user-friendly > software > for the blind called JAWS. > > At present, the second batch of 16 visually-impaired students chosen > from all over India are being trained at the M N Banajee Industrial > Home for the Blind > in Jogeshwari. They will be trained in IT > infrastructure > and service management, the BPO sector as well as in soft skills. > > Sporting a bright blue tee is 24-year-old Deepti Patelkhana from > Hyderabad. Deepti worked as a medical transcriptor and is now > attempting to gain knowledge > about systems and system > auditing. " > I always had weak eyesight. A brain fever at age 10 followed by > meningitis caused me to lose my vision completely. The doctors could > retain some part of > my vision only after an operation," she says. > > According to her, her ears now perform the function of eyes. "With the > help of JAWS I can chat, email and even read a newspaper," says the > girl. JAWS is > a powerful > software program > designed to work with a speech synthesiser to improve the productivity > level of the visually-impaired. After this course, Deepti hopes to > join either the > human resource department in the IT sector or a non-voice based BPO. > > Geetanjali Shinde, a behavioural trainer at the centre says working > with the visually-impaired is fun. "They are very enthusiastic and > intellectually stimulated. > They are very curious, passionate and opinionated." > > Also working closely with the batch is Nina Screwvalla, global head of > TCS Maitree. Screwalla says that being with these special people is > inspiring, "Their > enthusiasm for life is infectious and after this training they will be > on par with people like us." > > Founder of Maitree, Mala Ramadorai says that the training will ensure > that these visually-impaired will require no concessions." Concessions > at the physical > level is understandable but not at the competence level," she says. > > Of the eight persons in the pilot batch, six are placed at various > corporate houses, while the other two didn't opt for employment. The > present batch will > finish training in a month's time and are enthusiastic to take on the > corporate world. > regards, > prateek garwal. > cell: 09928341197 > e-mails: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [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 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
