Nearly 500 Persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the State participated in the career counseling and job fair organised by the Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for the Handicapped (VRCH) for the disabled here on Thursday.
As many as nine small and big companies participated in the job fair and shortlisted over a hundred of locomotors and hearing impaired for various jobs. The recruiters opined that despite physical inability, the disabled would play a vital role in the empowerment process in the society.
The companies are scrutinizing the applications on the basis of educational qualifications and skills, said VRCH Assistant Director Ram Kishore Sharma. Besides, PWDs undergoing training at the VRCH were provided with self-employment kits worth Rs6 lakh at the recruitment drive. Similarly, equipments worth Rs 4 lakh were also provided by the State Government and the Directorate for Welfare of PWDs. While 136 disabled were provided with self-employment kit and support equipments, nearly 60-70 PWDs are likely to get job.
National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) Chairman PC Das said that the Corporation would provide training to 500 PWDs, every year. The Corporation provided three persons with disabilities with scholarships of Rs45,000 to Rs70,000 on the occasion.