Job portal for disabled people
A job portal for persons with disabilities has been launched at
Bengaluru. The Department of Welfare of Disabled people and Senior
Citizens in collaboration with Partners in Change (PIC), a
non-goverrnmental organization, has developed a website that will
enable persons with disabilities to look for employment opportunities
in various sectors.
Speaking to press persons, M.V. Vedamurthy, Director, said: ‘around
36000 persons with disabilities have enrolled themselves with the
employment exchange and the department is collecting their details and
will put this up on the website. Companies willing to recruit disabled
persons can visit the website and get information on eligible
candidates”.
The website, www.karnatakapwdjobs.com will allow persons with
disabilities to hunt for jobs anywhere in India and provides of
companies to post their jobs free of charge.
According to Mr. Vedamurthy, the department is implementing the
rural rehabilitation scheme that would provide jobs to 5828 persons as
well as enable persons with disabilities to avail themselves of all
the schemes and benefits they were entitled to from the different
departments at their doorstep through the rural rehabilitation workers
at the gram panchayat level. The govverrnment had sanctioned Rs 5.92/-
crore for this programme, he added.
3 Website launched for the benefit of the disabled
a website has been launched by Udis Forum, a network facilitating
employment of persons with disabilities and Aes Technologies (India)
Private Limited to facilitate information exchange between
organizations working for persons with disabilities here recently. The
website, Disability Alliance, of Voluntary organizations (www.davo.in)
wich, went online on December 30, contains profiles of institutions
working in the disability sector, current development in the
disability welfare, job opportunities for people with disabilities and
Goverrnment initiatives and schemes. Formally launching the website,
J. J. Jesuraj, District Disabled Rehabilitation officer, said it would
provide an excellent platform for the vvoluntary organizations to
exchange their resources.
President of the Forum, M.N.G. Mani, said the website would provide
news on international trends and innovative practices in disability
management. “a screening committee consisting of representatives of
leading voluntary organizations and disabled persons has been
constituted to review the contents of the website regularly,” Mr. Mani
said.
The website would be a source for parents, persons with
disabilities, professionals, and the public to find out about the
training facilities available for children and adults with
disabilities, employment counseling.
thanks,
mukesh jain.
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