Re: [AI] Employment situation for PWD in private sector?

2022-03-13 Thread Bharat
Hi Minar, As much as we may think the people may not be able to learn & perform despite the technology, especially the screen reading technology being available & able to perform, the under-performance may well be the result of a 'skill issue'. The 4 people that were inducted by erstwhile IBM-Dak

Re: [AI] Employment situation for PWD in private sector?

2022-03-13 Thread Minar Singh
Hello Vaibhav, Yes there is a small portion of VI population not willing to learn new skills. I had a disturbing experience during my induction session of a current company. There was a guy who kept saying that He wouldn't be able to perform certain task due to his vision impairment. same things I

Re: [AI] Employment situation for PWD in private sector?

2022-03-13 Thread Vaibhav Saraf
Hi, As per the best of my knowledge Narendra's understanding of RPwD on private sector holds true. The law experts in the list might correct in case. I agree with Minar's comments about training. Also accessibility is not as sought after in Indian companies as of now, although it's no different i

Re: [AI] Employment situation for PWD in private sector?

2022-03-13 Thread Narendra Sathe
Hello, I fully agree with the views expressed by Bharat over here. My own experiences of getting employed in private sector is not positive at all. Big MNC Companies do declare themselves as equal opportunity employers however they are not inclined in employing people with total blindness even if

Re: [AI] Employment situation for PWD in private sector?

2022-03-13 Thread Minar Singh
Hi Bharat, Thank you for your reply. I personally feel that sighted people lack techniques to train Visually Impaired candidates. This is also a big hurdle in recruitment. Accessibility of internal apps bring lots of stress. On 3/13/22, Bharat wrote: > Hi, > > To the best of my understanding, th

Re: [AI] Employment situation for PWD in private sector?

2022-03-12 Thread Bharat
Hi, To the best of my understanding, there's really no positive change in the situation. Companies seem to be recruiting & stressing on the need to recruit the disabled but for the blind there is absolutely 0 positive change.. Since now the companies have insentive of being able to save their taxe

[AI] Employment situation for PWD in private sector?

2022-03-12 Thread Minar Singh
Hello team, I'm curious to know that after implementation of RPWD act 2016 and RPWD rules 2017, what is the employment situation for Person's with disabilities in private sector? I have to submit a report can't disclose more due to some privacy reason. Experts please enlighten me on the mentioned f