ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Words are indeed inadequate to convey my deep sense of gratitude to all those who
have helped me in completing this summer project to the best of my ability. Being
a part of this project has certainly been a unique and a very productive experience
on my part.

I am really thankful to Mr. Jitendra Agrawal (CEO and Founder) for making all
kinds of arrangements to carry the project successfully and for guiding and helping
me to solve all kinds of quarries regarding the project work. His systematic way of
working and incomparable guidance has inspired the pace of the project to a great
extent.

I would also like to thank my mentor and project coordinator, Mr. Tarun Bansal,
Nistha Tripathi and Amit Mehrotra sir for assigning me a project of such a great
learning experience and acquainting me with real life project financing and
appraisal.

I am very grateful to Mr. Pradeep Bhargava (Director) and S.K. Pant (Mentor)
of Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute has given me the opportunity to
do this project in the Sarthak Educational Trust and very thankful to all
lecturers of GBPSSI Allahabad for their useful guidance and advise.

This project would not have been successful without the help of Anurag Gupta
(Employment officer) and my teammate Anubhav Raj.

Last but not least I would like to thank all the employees of Sarthak Educatinal
Trust who have directly or indirectly helped me with their moral support for the
completion of my project.

(Jyoti Bhushan Tiwari)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Strength of an individual marks his path of success. Life is not about making
excuses it is about making choices and stepping ahead. It is not about looking for
weaknesses, but about exploring one's strengths. This is the idea with which I came
up with Sarthak. Sarthak was born with the vision to entail meaning to the lives of
differently abled individuals. In 2004, I lost my central vision, and got the feel of a
path any disability can fill you with. But, then I realized just because I was losing
my vision, having an insight within me, got easier all of a sudden. I started having
more faith in my strengths. I started having greater belief that if you have a will
nothing can stop you from leaving no stone unturned in your path. Then, with my
blurred vision, I visualized a platform, wherein, differently abled individuals could
explore and realize their different abilities in real sense. But then, the question was
how to make someone realize their strengths? I felt that the helplessness of
dependency over someone is the biggest trauma a person with disability witnesses.
Thus, this dependency is to be challenged anyhow. And then, I dreamt for a center
where persons with disabilities may get skilled and step out with a respectable job
in their hands. And, with this dream I started with a center in Delhi. Today we are
operational in21 states with six centers throughout India. With God's grace,
devoted efforts from Sarthak team and, guidance from advisory board and our
mentor & guru, we made Sarthak's presence felt throughout India in the last seven
years. We wish to convey our sincere thanks to various government institutions,
non-government organizations, training and hiring corporate partners, media
partners for their immense support in this endeavor. We, Sarthak team dream for a
bigger change in the lives of differently abled individuals by providing them a
support indifferent walks of life through early intervention, inclusive education,
skill development and employment at a single platform And, in this initiative
towards making a society marked with equal opportunity, access and roles to
everyone, we call for your active support and participation.
In 2008 Sarthak was started with one center in the heart of India, New Delhi
with the support of Tech Mahindra Foundation. Gradually with the contagious zeal
of Dr. Jitender Aggarwal, Sarthak made its presence felt throughout India by its six
training and employment centers in Delhi, Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Ludhiana,
Lucknow, and Jaipur with the support of Tech Mahindra and National Skill
Development Corporation and trained3000+ candidates. In addition to these six
centers more than 90 job fairs have been organized in 21 states to person with
disability for employment and skill development Through job fairs and skill
centers around 6000 persons with disability have been provided employment
Besides, Dr. Aggarwal has a vision to introduce positive intervention in all the life
stages of a person with disability And, as a step towards this initiative, Early
Intervention Center and Inclusive Education Initiative has been started in Delhi.
Furthermore, His vision is not to restrict the empowering activity to the territory of
Sarthak, but to make it run in the blood of all the stakeholders such as corporate,
Persons with disability, other related organizations, and society. Thus, Dr.
Aggarwal is also actively involved in various round table conferences, sensitization
workshops, and national conferences throughout the year. In this line, last year on
September 12, 2014, 1st national conference on disability, Vision for India, was
organized in Delhi. It was inaugurated by former President of India Late Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam and was attended by national and international persons of repute.

Mission

The mission of the sarthak is to empower the people with disability to live their life
with dignity and integrity and to establish sarthak adarsh Kendra (skill building
and early intervention center) across the nation. The target area of the sarthak is
visually impaired, hearing and speaking impaired, physical impaired and
intellectually retarded. This target area is focused by the sarhtak for the activities
with some moral and values.
Values of the Sarhak Educational Trust are
Social Justice
Honesty and hard work
Affection and trust
Respect for human rights
Excellence
Deep commitment to person with disability
Abiding compassion
Untiring efforts
Partnership with all
These are the values of the sarthak which help to motivate to work for the person
with disability with some of the activities.

Activities at Sarthak Educational Trust

1. Early intervention
2. Inclusive education
3. Skill development
4. Sustainable employment
 5. Advocacy

1. Early Intervention

Early prevention, identification and intervention are the three facets of Sarthak
Antakshep Kendra. Early prevention and identification involves identification of
problem areas in its earliest and sensitization of gynecologists, pediatrician and
health workers to control disability proneness for risk babies. Early intervention
works for providing therapeutic aid to child facing developmental delays. During
the first three formative years of an individual's life most of the cognitive, physical,
communication, social/emotional, and adaptive developments take place. Thus, in
the case of any developmental delays, this period is the best for introducing
interventions so that the child can be facilitated and supported to achieve faster. We
at Sarthak, with the aid of a trans-disciplinary team (including pediatrician, ENT
specialist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech pathologists, special
educator and psychologists) assess the child and based on the assessment
intervention services are planned and provided.
Children with neurological problems, birth defects, genetic disorders, cerebral
palsy, Down's syndrome, Autism, ADHD, Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Epilepsy
and metabolic disorders are provided at the early intervention center.
Furthermore, as the therapies and sessions are needed to be repeated several
times a day, parents are also involved in the therapy sessions. The objective is to
make them sensitized and aware about the developments of their child. And, once
the parents are acquainted with the therapies under the supervision of experts they
can also provide with the same therapy to their kids as well. We have one early
intervention center at Paschim Vihar. Through this center 301 special children have
been rehabilitated till date. In addition to services at Paschim Vihar center, periodic
checkup camps, parents workshop, and awareness camps are also organized. Some
of such activities include workshops in Amalavaas Girl School, awareness camp at
Nangloi village and Kali Basti. Various visits to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital,
Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital, Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, Manovikas Charitable
Trust, and National Association for Blind were also made for CRE.

1. Inclusive Education

Sarthak, with the Government support works for enabling an environment for
learning by sensitizing the teachers and parents to provide medical and social
support to children with disability. The activities are focused on two major aspects
of checking the drop- outs and inclusion of students in the School education. In the
course of this activity, 20 Delhi Government Schools of West Delhi were targeted.
Out of these Schools assessment drive was conducted and groups of children with
disability were made for 250 disabled children. Thereafter, to bring them at par
with their fellow classmate, children were provided with support in terms of
remedial classes and medical rehabilitation through the right kind of therapy and
stimulation. In addition to these, various workshops for various stakeholders such
as teachers, special educators, School principals, School management committees
and parents of children with disability are also organized with the intent to build
sensitivity for differently abled children. Vocational trainings are also under
process for these children as well.

2. Skill Development: Sarthak Kaushal Vikas Kendra

In the endeavor of skill development 3000 persons with disability have been
trained till date in our six centers at Chandigarh, Delhi, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Ludhiana,
and Lucknow. Out of the six centers, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Gurgaon are
supported by Tech Mahindra Foundation and Jaipur, Lucknow, Ludhiana are
supported by National Skill Development Corporation. Jaipur and Ludhiana
centers are also supported by their respective state governments as well.
At Sarthak four models of training are followed namely basic training program,
corporate linked training program, employability training program, and rural
livelihood training...
In Basic Training program, School going candidates between the age group of
14 to 18 years are enrolled for a six month training duration. The course
curriculum includes basic IT skills and Basic English. Post the successful
completions of the course, the candidates are assessed and certified by NIIT
Foundation.
Corporate linked training program is directed towards adding value to the
professional growth of differently abled candidates. The duration of this module of
training ranges for 3 to 15 days. During this program candidates are trained at
either company's own centers or at Sarthak centers. Post completion of the program
candidates are assessed and certified by the training organization themselves.
Third in the line is Employability training program wherein, focus is at both
employability enhancement and employment generation of the trainees. The
duration of this program varies from 60 days to 90 days and is divided into two
phases.
Phase one refers to foundation course, wherein, individual is provided with
basic understanding of computer skills, English, and soft skills. In the second
phase, trade specific training is provided to the trainees in the area of Retail, BPO,
IT and Hospitality. The eligibility criterion for this training model is the age range
of 18 to 30 years and willingness to work, post training.
In rural belts of India, Sarthak works on the model of providing livelihood
based skills to differently abled candidates in association with Jaipur Rugs, and
ITC on the model of Rural Training Program. The objective is to support livelihood
activities by promoting entrepreneurship or forming self-help groups.
In Sarthak, training is designed with due consideration to individual's disability,
educational qualification, and job requirements in mind. Other than providing skill
based trainings 18 sensitization workshops, 25 exposure visits, and 32 motivational
sessions were organized to create sensitivity and awareness about differently abled
candidates.
The first step for skill development training is Mobilization and second is Training
of the Candidates.

Mobilization

Mobilization is the activity, wherein, Persons with Disability are approached either
Directly (Community Visits) Or Indirectly (Through data solicitation from various
departments) to get PWDs registered to the training program at Sarthak Skill
Development Centers.

Eligibility Criterion for Mobilization & Registration:

Disability
Age-group: 18-30 Years
Educational Qualification: Minimum 10th Standard
Willingness to Work

List of the mobilized candidate taking training

This mobilization process continued from Shankutala Mishra Rehabilitation

University, which have maximum student of disabled criteria. We mobilize the
students for taking training from Sarthak and secure job for future. Here are some
list of the candidate who are mobilized for training and taken training in two
different session. My target is to search vacancies for these trained candidates.
These candidates are capable of doing work in any work structure and they got
trained in IT/BPO, Retail and Hospitality sector with computer, English and soft
skill education. The list of all trained candidates at Lucknow center are given
below.
Sr.
Name of Type Of Caste Education
No Gender Technical Education
Candidate Disability Category Level
.
Course on Computer
1 Vinod OH(70%) Male OBC 12th concepts
2 Nagendra OH(70%) Male OBC B.COM Not Applicable
Upendra
3 Kumar Male Gen B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
Sarwan
4 Kumar OH(55%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
5 Mahfuj OH(50%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
Diploma in
6 Anish OH(60%) Male SC 12th Mechanical(Producation)
7 Shubhum VI(80%) Male OBC 8th class Not Applicable
8 Lalit Ram OH(40%) Male OBC B.tech Not Applicable
9 Prashant VI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
10 Ramakant VI(100%) Male SC 10th Not Applicable
11 Rajesh VI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
12 Dharmendra OH(65%) Male SC 12th Polytechnic(Diploma)
13 Rahul VI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
14 Nandan VI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
15 Rajkumar VI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
16 Raj VI(100%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
17 Ravi OH(40%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
18 Rishabh VI(100%) Male Gen 10th Not Applicable
19 Shailendra VI(100%) Male Gen 10th Not Applicable
B.tech(Computer
20 Padmaraj OH(50%) Male Gen B.A(Pass) SCience)
21 Krishna VI(100%) Male Gen 10th Not Applicable
22 Tulsi Ram VI(100%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
23 Ashish VI(100%) Male Gen 10th Not Applicable
24 Sanjay VI(40%) Male Gen B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
10th
25 Manoj VI(100%) Male SC appearing Not Applicable
Jitendra 10th
26 Kumar VI(100%) Male SC appearing Not Applicable
Manish
27 Kumar VI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
 10th
28 Harish VI(100%) Male SC appearing Not Applicable
29 Rajan VI(100%) Male Gen 10th Not Applicable
Ashish
30 Kumar VI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
31 Juhaib VI(100%) Male Gen 8th class Not Applicable
32 bechu OH(65%) Male SC M.A. B. Ed Not Applicable
33 Sarvjeet OH(60%) Male OBC B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
34 Mohd. Saif OH(45%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
35 Santosh OH(60%) Male SC B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
36 Ajeet OH(50%) Male SC B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
37 Shrawan VI(40%) Male SC M.A. B. Ed Not Applicable
38 surjeet OH(50%) Male OBC B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
Sushil
39 kumar OH(40%) Male OBC B.COM Not Applicable
40 Akhilesh OH(50%) Male Gen 12th Not Applicable
41 Ghanshyam OH(70%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
42 Sultan OH(40%) Male OBC B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
43 Rajesh OH(70%) Male SC B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
44 Saidullah OH(60%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
45 Mohd. Asif OH(60%) Male Gen B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
Akhilesh
46 kumar OH(50%) Male Gen B.A(Pass) CCC
47 Mansoor OH(50%) Male OBC BCA Not Applicable
Mohd
48 Naseer OH(40%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
49 Mannu OH(60%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
50 Shivam OH(50%) Male Gen 10th Not Applicable
51 Dev Sharan OH(75%) Male Gen M.A. Not Applicable
52 Bharat OH(55%) Male OBC B.A(Pass) Not Applicable
53 Rajesh OH(60%) Male B.A, B. Ed Not Applicable
Arvind
54 Kumar OH(70%) Male Not Applicable
Mrituinjay
55 Kumar OH(45%) Male Gen 12th Not Applicable
56 Reeta OH(75%) Female SC B.A Not Applicable
57 Ranjana OH(65%) Female OBC B.COM Not Applicable
58 Amit Kumar OH(50%) Male Gen B.A Not Applicable
59 Shilu OH(50%) Male Gen B.A Not Applicable
 60 Vinod OH(55%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
61 Beenu Devi OH(75%) Female OBC 12th Not Applicable
Shipra
62 Singh OH(40%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
63 Pooja OH(55%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
64 Suman OH(70%) Female SC 12th Not Applicable
65 Renu OH(80%) Female SC 12Th Not Applicable
I. February to April

II. May to July

Sr. Caste
Name of Type of Education
No Gender Categ Technical Education
Candidate Disability Level
. ory
1 Chandan VI(100%) Male OBC 9th Not Applicable
2 Sanjeet VI(95%) Male Gen 9th Not Applicable
3 Vimlesh VI(100%) Male SC 9th Not Applicable
4 Akhilesh VI(100%) Male Gen 9th Not Applicable
5 Kuldeep VI(100%) Male SC 9th Not Applicable
Satendra
6 Kumar OH(50%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
7 Neeraj VI(80%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
8 Akash OH(100%) Male Gen 9th Not Applicable
Mohd
9 Faheen VI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
10 Sachin VI(75%) Male Gen 12th Not Applicable
11 Vinai OH(50%) Male OBC 12th B.A. Not Applicable
12 Shubhendra VI(100%) Male Gen 9th Not Applicable
13 Jitendra VI(100%) Male OBC 9Th Not Applicable
14 Kamlesh VI(100%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
15 Prachi VI(80%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
16 Ranjeeta OH(90%) Female OBC 12th Not Applicable
17 Nimisha OH(50%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
18 Shikha OH(55%) Female OBC B.A Not Applicable
19 Vibha OH(55%) Female Gen M.A Not Applicable
20 Babi OH(50%) Female OBC B.A Not Applicable
21 Smirti OH(61%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
 Vinod
22 Kumar OH (60%) Male OBC M.A Not Applicable
23 Sushil OH (100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
24 Rahul OH (60%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
25 Rajan VI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
26 Suman 0H(90%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
27 Tabassum OH(81%) Female OBC M.A Not Applicable
28 Dinesh OH(50%) Male SC B.A B.Ed Not Applicable
29 Najim OH(70%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
30 Shri Kant OH(50%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
31 Ram VI(100%) Male OBC 9th Not Applicable
32 Mo Azam VI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
33 Arshad OH(40%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
34 Satya OH(80%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
Paras
35 Kumar OH(65%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
36 Neha Female OBC 10th Not Applicable
37 Manju HI(70%) Female OBC B.A Not Applicable
38 Romi HI(100%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
39 Bushra HI(100%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
Zuphiya
40 Aslam HI(90%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
41 Harendra HI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
42 Anuj Kumar HI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
43 Ashish HI(70%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
44 Shivam HI(90%) Male SC 10th Not Applicable
45 Ravi Kumar HI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
46 Bhunesh HI(100%) Male Gen 12th Not Applicable
47 Yogesh HI(100%) Male Gen 12th Not Applicable
48 Fajal HI(100%) Male Gen 12th Not Applicable
49 Rajiv HI(75%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
50 Vikas HI(80%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
Hari
51 Prashad HI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
52 Abhilash HI(100%) Male Gen 12th Not Applicable
53 Mohd HI(100%) Male OBC 10th Not Applicable
Jitendra
54 Kumar HI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
55 Saheb HI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
 HI(40-
56 Devesh 50%) Male SC 12th Not Applicable
57 Satendra HI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
58 Anup HI(100%) Male OBC 12th Not Applicable
59 Prerna HI(90%) Female Gen 12th Not Applicable
60 Shivakant VI(90%) Male Gen 9th Not Applicable

3. Sustainable Employment

According to the 2011 census, there are almost 26.8 million people with disability
in India.
14.9 Million = Males & 11.8 Million = Females
18 Million = Rural India & 8.1 Million = Urban India
1.34 Crore are in employable age of 15 to 59 years.
Only 0.15% have succeeded in getting employed.
 This is the scenario which shows that the person is disability is not getting
job according to their qualification. Their job sector is very limited. In public
sector there is a good condition but in MNCs, there are very few disabled people
who have got the job.

Government initiatives

Enactment of Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995

3 % reservation for PWD in educational institutions and in Government
posts for disabled people.

Incentives for Employers in Private Sector, 2008

The scheme aims to promote employment of PWDs up-to wage ceiling of
Rs. 25000 pm.
Employers who provide the employment to disabled persons are exempted
from paying employers contribution for the first 3 years. The Ministry of
Social Justice & Empowerment will reimburse the employers contribution
to ESIC for further 3 years.
Sarthak adopts a threefold strategy to facilitate sustainable employment of
differently abled individuals. It involves three different process of placement of
people with disability.
In-House Placement
Job Mapping
 Job Fair

In-House Placement

Under In-House placement, candidates are placed in various organization by

matching the requirements of company and individual's profile. Under this process,
employment team acts as an interface between hiring corporate and differently able
candidates. A follow-up is also maintained with the placed candidates, to be
acquainted with their possible concerns and its management. Till date 2400 in-
house placements have been done at Sarthak.

Job Mapping

Job Mapping involves the process, wherein, job opportunities for people
with disability are tapped in the organization. And, then based on mapping of job
requirements and the ability of differently abled candidates, candidates are placed.
More than 20 organizations have actively participated in this initiative till date. In
this we work on three type of database for the job mapping.
The first database we got from the head office Delhi, which includes our old
employers who take placement from our organization. These employers only have
to take follow-up for vacancies. If there is any vacancy then we have to only send
our candidates for interviews, if they get selected then we got offer letter of the
candidate. After the placement we have another phase of post-placement which
include any type of problem from candidate and employer should be solved from
Sarthak Educational Trust.
The second database, we got from Lucknow center, our current employers.
This process is almost same as previous database process accepts we have to make
a meeting with current employers and convince them to hire the person with
disability.
The third database is new employers which we got from the field work. In
this process we search for the vacancies from internet, news-paper and from the
field. As we give training in IT, BPO, Retail and Hospitality sector so the selection
of the field is also on the basis of these sectors. Some of the areas are Alambagh,
Hazratganj, Ameenabad, Gomti Nagar, where we got vacancies in different sectors

Job Fairs

Third strategy followed at Sarthak encompasses Job fairs wherein, a single

platform is provided to differently abled candidates and companies to aid the
process of employment. In this initiative, Sarthak team provides companies the list
of prospective candidates matching to their profiles and then candidates are
selected through on the spot interviews. 90 such job fairs have been organized till
date throughout India across 21 states, successfully.
For the Job Fair Event we have created a new employer list who are ready to
take candidate. In this event we have only to send candidate according to their
disability and salary assumption and qualification for the interview to selected
organizations head. The selected candidate got offer letter from the selected
organization, if they qualified from the interview. In the job fair there are also
organized the meeting of board of directors, in which they discuss about the future
and work structure of the organization. In this meeting they also give the offer
letter and certificate to the candidates who got selected in the interview and also
motivate to those candidates who are taking training in this session. Some of them
give some job opportunity to the student. Some organization who came for
participate in job fair.

S.No Name of the Contact Contact

. Organisation Person No. Email ID Location
85730260 [email protected] Hazratgan
1 Pantaloons Peter 81 .com j
Sadana 950603021
2 Electric Sanjeev 1 [email protected] Alambagh
Mangalam 94157162
3 Mens Wear Ravi 85 [email protected] Alambagh
812733331 Rajajipura
4 Health Palace Vishal 1 m
96969732
5 Punjabi Feast Seema 97 [email protected] Alambagh
Bhagawati Prashant 97931944
6 Textiles Gupta 70 Alambagh
Ashish 95989590
7 Kalika Garden Srivastava 37 Alambagh
Vipin
Kumar 84169492
8 Grill Inn Yadav 65 [email protected] Alambagh
Sri
Ramnath 87658862
9 M Bazaar Nathani 23 [email protected] Alambagh
 Pankaj 90440355 lucknow.alambagh@pindballuchi
10 Pind Balluchi Srivastava 85 .com Alambagh
923551103
11 ANR Hotel Amrita 1 [email protected] Charbagh
96162169 Indira
12 Babian Inn Farrukh 09 [email protected] nagar
94151020
13 Namskar Mohan 28 Alambagh
Harish 0522-
14 Fashion Mart Rakesh 4003034 [email protected] Alambagh
Ideal Abhishek
Diagnostic vishwkar 85779729 abhishekvishwakarma679@gmai Budheswa
15 Center ma 90 l.com r
0522-
16 Sindh Vijay 4046000 [email protected] Aminabad
waqas 83033333
17 Globe Silk ahmad 35 [email protected] Aminabad
Lavanya 93367442 Rajajipura
18 V More Pradhan 02 [email protected] m
90447699
98,
Sumit 99992138 Gomti
19 Koblerr yadav 20 [email protected] Nagar

4. Advocacy

Advocacy is the lynchpin of Sarthak efforts. As it creates the sensitization

among corporate, candidates, and society that being differently abled just poses a
challenge, it does not deny capability of an individual. Advocacy with the
corporate is conducted through job mapping activities, sensitization workshops,
and roundtable conferences. Wherein, either Sarthak team promotes the
understanding about the capability of differently abled candidates through various
success stories of trainees. Or corporate sensitize other corporate based on their
experiences related to hiring such candidates. 18 such roundtable conferences have
been organized successfully with the active support and participation of corporate.
Besides, 2 stakeholder engagement seminars have been also conducted in
Chandigarh and Hyderabad.
With the intent of social inclusion of people with disabilities last year, on
September 12 2014, a national conference was organized with the intent of social
inclusion of people with disabilities. It was inaugurated by late Dr. A. P. J. Abdul
Kalam, honorable former President of India and was attended by around 350
people from various sectors and across the country.
Other to these activities, 'Glimpses into the corporate world' is also organized,
wherein persons with disability get a first-hand understanding of their workplaces
and job requirements.
Other than creating an amicable perspective for candidates in job market,
Sarthak also works for creating favorable environment at family and societal levels
too. Various street-plays, and 13 awareness workshops were organized as an
initiative in this direction this year.
Sarthak team also participates in various activities during Raahgiri events, 'Westin
Hotel Half Marathon', and 'Airtel Delhi Half Marathon' on regular basis as
awareness campaigns.

Methodology

Structured Interview Method

By this method we try to understand the need of the disabled people. We ask them
that after the completion of the training what they want from the institute and what
they think they are capable to do. In mobilizing process we tell them the
importance of the training and realize them what capability they have. After the
training we take a follow-up from the candidate according to their sector of
training either they are Retail, Hospitality or IT/BPO. This discussion includes
their area of interest, their salary assumption and the most difficult to motivate
them for the interview. If 70% of trained candidate not get employed, the NGO will
not get the fund. Here many candidate want to study further after the training.
Some of the candidate only want free training, not job. For this challenge we call
them for parents workshop and motivate their parents and tell them the importance
of the JOB in now a days. Many candidates get motivated by us or by their family
and start preparation for interview. Now a new challenge is to create vacancies for
the all trained candidates according to their disability.

Unstructured Interview Method

For searching the vacancies we started searching by all the way we know as by
newspaper, old employer, and online websites and after that from field by
searching new employers. From newspaper and online sites we didnt get much
results. So we came to the field where we select the interview method. In this
method we select area according to demand in our candidate. As many candidates
want to work in retail sector, so we select Hazaratganj. There are many retail shop
in hazaratganj area, we often get the vacancies in hospitality sector also. There are
many vacancies in the organization, they support us. Pantaloons are ready to give
us free training by their retail expert and also ask for the exposure visit for our
candidates in pantaloons. There are many organization who offer their vacancies to
us. We became capable to convince the employer to hire person with disability.
After the hiring we get the offer letter and after a week we go to the organization
and ask to both employees and employer about the work condition, structure and
problems faced by them. If there any problem we try to solve them by modification
or by giving them training. So this is called as Sustainable Employment.

Learnings

1. The first thing that we learn how to contact with person with disability.
2. In sarthak we learn to convince people with disability and also feel that
differently abled person is not burden on their families. They have more
capacity and dedication to work instead of any normal person.
3. The people with disability are more confident against normal employees.
4. The skill development training provided to person with disability is enough
but we think some more courses should be added for their training.
5. Communicating with HR and to convince them for hiring person with
disability.
6. Job mapping by which we conduct interviews of employees to employers.
7. Know the problems of the person with disability and their dedication to work.
8. Contact to HR for the exposure visit of the Candidates at Sarthak.
9. Organize a Job fair for creating job opportunities for the candidates.
10.Never give up is the main thing which I learnt from differently abled
candidates.

Hurdles
 1. Some person with disability are their only for the sympathy, they really do
not want to do any type of work. They only want money and facilities from
the Government.
2. There are 170 candidates who have taken skill development training, in
which 70 per cent candidates have 80 per cent or more disability.
3. Job mapping is very difficult because vacancy and candidate have no match.
4. In Lucknow center, the training was not provided properly, so it is very tough
for them to qualify interview.
5. The trained candidates are not enough prepare for working.
6. Some of them not ready for working, they only want training because its
free, but at the time of interview, they are not available.
7. Training should be provided to trainee also on the half-yearly or quarterly
basis.
8. There should be advertisement of the Sarthak educational Trust and there
work, so that the more people take benefit from there.
9. The person who are disabled but not come in norms of the Sarthak, what
should be done for them?
10.People should not see the disabled person as the problem, they can work in
better way.

Conclusion

At last I want to say that Sarthak is doing a good work for the life of differently
abled person. The disabled person is not a burden on their family. They not only
work for them but also participating in their familys income and growth. This
confidence to the disabled person is comes from the Sarthak Educational Trust.
The required skill for the disabled person to work at any places is provided by
Sarthak. This shows that everyone can do any work. One of fastest typing person is
disabled from his both legs. Thus success story helps us to find out sixty vacancies
in retail and in hospitality sector on different job profiles. These vacancies will
help disabled person to raise their standard of living but also can set an example for
the rest of the society. My small part of contribution is that I only managed to help
approximately only sixty people, that can manage their life a little better, and the
skill development training program on a whole we can say is prepared for the
upliftment of life and support to the family and the society.