Sunday, May 3, 2015
Making Differently-abled Industry Ready
30.04.2015, CHENNAI:
The Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped (VRC) is conducting a 45-day long communication and computer skills programme for class XII students with hearing difficulties. With this workshop, the centre also aims to help students from Tamil medium to make the transition to college. The programme is being organised in conjunction with NGOs like LC Project, and Dr MGR Home and Higher Secondary School for Speech and Hearing Impaired. As part of it, Tamil medium students will be taught the necessary English communication and computer skills.
The inauguration of the summer course saw Kaithamalai, director of the Advanced Technical Institute, Ministry of Employment and Training, Goverment of India, addressing the gathering of students. He said that it was essential for the students to pick up communication skills at an early stage, to progress in life. The VRC not only provides vocational training but also looks to integrate the differently-abled students with industry. “This year (June 2014- April 2015), out of the 1,400 students who took part in various programmes, 900 have been placed in companies with Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). AGS, TCS and Flextronics are the major hirers this year,” said Thangaraj, deputy director, Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped. The VRC conducts training programme in metal welding, carpentry, computer education, secretarial practice, electronics servicing, tailoring and cutting, domestic appliance repair, photography and tricycle assembly. All these skills are taught as part of the different courses for the differently-abled, at the institute. Most of the programmes are sponsored by the Central Government, with help provided by NGOs throughout the year, he added. For more details, call
044-22501534. Original certificates, disability certificate and two passport size photos are required for registration. The centre is open on weekdays.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
02.05.2015, Mumbai,
City gets its first eatery with deaf-mute only service staff, encouraging guests to place orders using sign language.
If you wish to order a bowl of piquant kaffir rasam at Powai's just-launched Mirchi and Mime (M&M), you are going to have to interlock your pinkies into a 'S' before you raise your index, middle and ring fingers of one hand. Staying on for main course? Tell the steward you want the guinea fowl inside out by making a 'T' with your index fingers, and then the number 8.
If that's exactly what Rohit Patil ends up bringing to your table 20 minutes later, without you having uttered a word, it's because the restaurant's service staff of 27, all hearing and speech impaired, have been training to have their service down to pat for the last 14 weeks.
Owned by Anuj Shah and Prashant Issar, the 80-seater offers a pan-Indian menu in a fine-dining setup where a massive wall pays homage to traditional cooking techniques with framed brass ladles and ancient scrapers. Inside the kitchen, dessert chef Mahesh Chinde carries his disability lightly on his shoulders as he puts together a portion of sitaphal panna cotta.
The idea to keep sign language as the mainstay of service at their first establishment (the duo insists it's one of 21 they plan to roll out in India, and possibly abroad) came to Issar when he came across Signs Restaurant staffed by deaf waiters in Toronto's Yonge and Wellesley area. Issar, whose 20-yearlong of hospitality experience, including an association with London's Masala Zone and Michelin-starred Amaya as GM, says he realised that the hearing-and-speech impaired not only make for focused talent with little to distract them, they almost always are competent non-verbal communicators. He insists they have been hired for their ability, not disabilities. "We wished to present Indian food creatively while helping develop employable skills," he says.
All picked from Chembur's Rochiram T Thadani School for Hearing Handicapped and the National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped (NASEOH), the staff has been trained by Dr Reddy's Foundation and Clyde Castellino, M&M's head of training.
For this assignment, Castellino had to learn Indian Sign Language from scratch. Shah considers it a valuable investment, arguing that hiring the disabled is not part of the firm's CSR; they make up their core resource.
And so, animated faces, dancing eyes and flying fingers are an everyday thing at M&M. Issar's arrival is indicated by air-drawing a tattoo on the forearm; Shah, by his spiked hair; Castellino, by an earring, and 21-yearold hostess, Baljeet Kaur, whose family of five is speech-and-hearing impaired too, by her curls.
Not just the staff, the eatery also encourages guests to indulge in gestures. Their imaginative menu carries simple 2-step sketches of signs next to corresponding dishes that customers can follow. A simple gesture glossary also helps indicate nuances of taste, including salt and spice. It gets even more interesting when choosing meats. The fingers must flutter if you crave fish or mimic a hen's beak for a portion of chicken. For the more officious meetings, the manager is happy to present you with a printed set menu, and no, it's not uncouth to point-and-order here.
"We want our service to be as seamless as that at a regular restaurant, and ensure our food is the cornerstone," hopes Issar.
If you wish to order a bowl of piquant kaffir rasam at Powai's just-launched Mirchi and Mime (M&M), you are going to have to interlock your pinkies into a 'S' before you raise your index, middle and ring fingers of one hand. Staying on for main course? Tell the steward you want the guinea fowl inside out by making a 'T' with your index fingers, and then the number 8.
If that's exactly what Rohit Patil ends up bringing to your table 20 minutes later, without you having uttered a word, it's because the restaurant's service staff of 27, all hearing and speech impaired, have been training to have their service down to pat for the last 14 weeks.
Owned by Anuj Shah and Prashant Issar, the 80-seater offers a pan-Indian menu in a fine-dining setup where a massive wall pays homage to traditional cooking techniques with framed brass ladles and ancient scrapers. Inside the kitchen, dessert chef Mahesh Chinde carries his disability lightly on his shoulders as he puts together a portion of sitaphal panna cotta.
The idea to keep sign language as the mainstay of service at their first establishment (the duo insists it's one of 21 they plan to roll out in India, and possibly abroad) came to Issar when he came across Signs Restaurant staffed by deaf waiters in Toronto's Yonge and Wellesley area. Issar, whose 20-yearlong of hospitality experience, including an association with London's Masala Zone and Michelin-starred Amaya as GM, says he realised that the hearing-and-speech impaired not only make for focused talent with little to distract them, they almost always are competent non-verbal communicators. He insists they have been hired for their ability, not disabilities. "We wished to present Indian food creatively while helping develop employable skills," he says.
All picked from Chembur's Rochiram T Thadani School for Hearing Handicapped and the National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped (NASEOH), the staff has been trained by Dr Reddy's Foundation and Clyde Castellino, M&M's head of training.
For this assignment, Castellino had to learn Indian Sign Language from scratch. Shah considers it a valuable investment, arguing that hiring the disabled is not part of the firm's CSR; they make up their core resource.
And so, animated faces, dancing eyes and flying fingers are an everyday thing at M&M. Issar's arrival is indicated by air-drawing a tattoo on the forearm; Shah, by his spiked hair; Castellino, by an earring, and 21-yearold hostess, Baljeet Kaur, whose family of five is speech-and-hearing impaired too, by her curls.
Not just the staff, the eatery also encourages guests to indulge in gestures. Their imaginative menu carries simple 2-step sketches of signs next to corresponding dishes that customers can follow. A simple gesture glossary also helps indicate nuances of taste, including salt and spice. It gets even more interesting when choosing meats. The fingers must flutter if you crave fish or mimic a hen's beak for a portion of chicken. For the more officious meetings, the manager is happy to present you with a printed set menu, and no, it's not uncouth to point-and-order here.
"We want our service to be as seamless as that at a regular restaurant, and ensure our food is the cornerstone," hopes Issar.
Friday, May 1, 2015
தையல் இயந்திரம் பெற அழைப்பு
29.04.2015, ஈரோடு:
ஈரோடு மாவட்ட மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் நலத்துறை மூலம், கை, கால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மற்றும் செவித்திறன் குறையுடைய மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கு, இலவச மோட்டார் பொருத்தப்பட்ட தையல் இயந்திரங்கள் வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது.கை, கால் பாதிப்புத்தன்மை உடைய மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் அல்லது செவித்தறன் குறையுடையவர்கள் விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம். 18 முதல், 45 வயது வரை உள்ள, எட்டாம் வகுப்பு தேர்ச்சி பெற்றவர்கள், ஆறு மாத காலத்துக்கு குறையாத பதிவு பெற்ற நிறுவனத்திடம் இருந்து தையல் பயிற்சி பெற்ற சான்றிதழ் பெற்றவர்கள், விண்ணப்பம் செய்யலாம்.
இத்தகுதி உடையவர்கள், ஈரோடு கலெக்டர் அலுவலக வளாகத்தில் உள்ள மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் நல அலுவலகத்தை அணுகி, விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம்.
செவித்திறன் குறைபாடுள்ள மாணவர்களுக்கு இலவச கணினிப் பயிற்சி
30.04.2015, சென்னை
பிளஸ் 2 முடித்த செவித்திறன் குறைபாடுடைய மாணவர்களுக்கு இலவச ஆங்கில மொழிப் பயிற்சி, கணினிப் பயிற்சி முகாம் சென்னை கிண்டியில் உள்ள மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகள் மறுவாழ்வு நிலையத்தில் செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை தொடங்கியது.
மத்திய அரசு தொழிலாளர், வேலைவாய்ப்பு அமைச்சகம், வேலை- பயிற்சித் துறை, ராமாபுரம் எம்.ஜி.ஆர். காது கேளாதோர் பள்ளி ஆகியவை இணைந்து நடத்தும் இந்த முகாம் தொடர்ந்து 45 நாள்கள் நடைபெற உள்ளது.
இதுகுறித்து மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகள் மறுவாழ்வு நிலையத்தின் துணை இயக்குநர் ஜி.தங்கராஜ் கூறியதாவது:
செவித்திறன் குறைபாடுடைய மாணவர்கள் பிளஸ் 2 முடித்து கல்லூரிகளில் மேற்படிப்பைத் தொடரும்போது ஆங்கிலத்தைப் புரிந்துகொள்ளவும், படிக்கவும் தடுமாறுகின்றனர். அதேபோல கணினி மென்பொருள் தொடர்பானத் தகவல்களைப் புரிந்துகொள்ள சிரமப்படுகின்றனர். இதைக் கருத்தில் கொண்டு அவர்களுக்கு ஆங்கில மொழி உச்சரிப்பு, இலக்கணம், கணினி குறித்த அடிப்படைப் பயிற்சிகள் இலவசமாக வழங்கப்படுகின்றன. ஒரு பிரிவுக்கு ("பேட்ச்') 25 பேர் வீதம் பயிற்சி அளிக்கப்படும். பயிற்சியின் முடிவில் சான்றிதழ் வழங்கப்படும்.
90 சதவீத வேலைவாய்ப்பு: இதுதவிர தட்டெழுத்து, கணினி, மின்சாதனப் பொருள்கள் பழுது பார்த்தல், தையல் பயிற்சி, ஸ்கிரீன் பிரிண்டிங் உள்பட 8 வகையான பயிற்சிகள் இங்கு இலவசமாக வழங்கப்படுகின்றன. பயிற்சி முடித்தவர்களில் 90 சதவீதம் பேர் பிபிஓ துறை உள்பட பல்வேறு நிறுவனங்களில் வேலைவாய்ப்பு பெற்றுள்ளனர்.
இந்தப் பயிற்சி முகாம்களில் பங்கேற்க விரும்புவோர் தாங்கள் மாற்றுத் திறனாளி என்பதற்கான சான்றுடன் கிண்டியில் உள்ள மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகள் மறுவாழ்வு மையத்தை நேரடியாகத் தொடர்பு கொள்ளலாம் என்றார்.
முன்னதாக உயர்தர மேம்பாட்டுப் பயிற்சி மையத்தின் இயக்குநர் கயித்தமலை, தகவல் பரிமாற்றம், கணினி அடிப்படைப் பயிற்சியைத் தொடங்கி வைத்தார்.
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