NEW DELHI: Sarthak Educational Trust and National Abilympics Association of India stated Rozgar Sarathi online job portal which will provide private as well as government jobs for Persons with Disabilities (PwD’s).
The portal enables people with visual impairments to access the website using assistive technologies, such as screen readers. Sarthak Educational Trust has been working since 2008 and in the last 13 years has successfully reached out to 4% (0.8 million) of the disabled populace in India and Trained – 34,300 and Placed – 23,450 PwDs to let them excel in their fields and inspire many, the trust said.
Nitin Gadkari, union minister shared’ “Disabled people have a wonderful capacity, we need to extract the best of them and NGO like Sarthak is doing good work. For the people who are divyang, it is very difficult to survive, hence it’s the duty of society to give them employment and sustainable life. It’s the time of the country to lend a helping hand and give them an appropriate vision. We need thousands of such organisations that are working towards social consciousness. Sarthak is giving professional guidance to sustain their life and I extend my support to this service of divyang, which is like service to God.”
A massive Job fair was held virtually on the online job portal- Rozgar Sarathi which saw top recruiters from the country like Flipkart, Amazon, Vishal mega mart, ICCS, Reliance Fresh, Magus, Big basket, Wipro, Startek, IndiaMart Intermesh Ltd, Genpact, Accenture, Reliance trends, Cognizant and more from government & semi-government organizations from across the country participating in the job fair.
Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog, while speaking at the inaugural panel shared, “Technology can be a powerful tool but will face an ethical challenge for humanity. Tools like artificial intelligence & machine learning will replace humans. Hence, divyangs to lead & be role models in the future to come and focus on how to go beyond and shine in challenging times. We also urge Sarthak Educational Trust to have an outreach at 112 districts with early detection centres. NITI Aayog is keen to take the entire agenda forward for the service towards divyang and help direct our attention to vulnerable classes in rural India.”
Dr. Jitender Aggarwal, Founder & CEO, Sarthak Educational Trust shared, “By 2025, Sarthak Educational Trust aims to provide employment to 1million Divyang youth from rural & urban India”
(India CSR)
