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The focus is on Employment. Case studies being presented by M. Srinivasulu from Andhra Pradesh, Arman Ali from Assam, Nita Panchal from Gujarat, Javed Ahmad Tak from Jammu & Kashmir, Kanchan Pamnani & Ketan Kothari from Maharashtra, Anuradha B. and Pradeep Raj from New Delhi, and Dr. Sruti Mohapatra from Orissa. Rama Chari of DEOC is the expert for the day. NCPEDP is pleased to organise this event in collaboration with Handicap International - India. Tomorrow the focus will be on Accessibility.
DAY 1: This workshop is an offshoot of the Making it Work project of Handicap International in Gujarat. Under this project, they are working with Disability Advocacy Group (DAG), Gujarat on documenting good practices on employment and accessibility in the State. DAG is a member of the National Disability Network (NDN). DAG and HI wanted to bring these case studies from Gujarat to the national platform to get inputs and feedback from other States. Day 1 of the workshop was on employment. As part of the knowledge sharing endeavour of NDN, several NDN partners presented case studies from their States. Case studies on employment were presented by M. Srinivasulu from Andhra Pradesh, Arman Ali from Assam, Nita Panchal from Gujarat, Javed Ahmad Tak from Jammu & Kashmir, Kanchan Pamnani & Ketan Kothari from Maharashtra, Anuradha B. and Suvarna Raj from New Delhi, and Dr. Sruti Mohapatra from Orissa. Rama Chari of DEOC is the expert for the sessions on employment.
DAY 2: The workshop focussed on accessibility. Apart from the presentations from Gujarat by Disability Advocacy Group (DAG), there were case studies presented by Balbir Guleria from CORD, Himachal Pradesh; Javed Ahmad Tak from Jammu & Kashmir; Ketan Kothari & Kanchan Pamnani from Maharashtra; Pradeep Raj from Delhi; Geeta Chaturvedi from VISHWAS, Haryana; Dr. Ram Goel and Mridu Goel from Uttar Pradesh; and Dr. Sruti Mohapatra from Odisha. The expert for the day was Shivani Gupta.
Mr. Anuj Jain, Joint Secretary of NAD, Mr. Vishal Arora, Treasurer of NAD & Mr. Sachin, Member of NAD & Deaf Individual from Lucknow participated in the Workshop.