Hyderabad: On the eve of World Disability Day Govt of Telangana creates History and announces the World’s First IT Campus for Persons with Disabilities.
Telangana State Government on Saturday signed an agreement with the Vindhya e-Infomedia Private Limited to set up an information technology campus, which will focus on creating employment opportunities for the handicapped persons.
This campus spreads over 10 acres will come up near the Hyderabad International Airport in the IT Park developed by the government and shall have all the amenities like Training, the Residential facility and Delivery centers that will cater to various clients both domestic and International. The campus will create jobs for 2000 people in the next five years by providing apt training and jobs.
The Vindhya E-Infomedia private limited which is a pioneer in creating inclusive workspace employs PWD’s as its major workforce and currently has 1600+ employees working out of Hyderabad and Bangalore. The Majority of their workforce comprises of Physically Challenged, Hearing Impaired and Visually Impaired. That the company provides back-office-operations (BPO) support to various BFSI, Telecom and e-commerce companies since 2006.
The Government of Telangana and Vindhya look at various corporate to participate in this one of its kind initiative and make the world more inclusive.
Speaking at the event IT Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan said the government of Telangana is very happy to participate in this unique initiative and urged the Persons with Disabilities to make the most of the opportunity created through this effort. While handing out appointment letters to the new joinees, he advised them to continue working harder and break the perception of disability being a barrier.
Speaking at the event Smt. Pavithra Y S, CMD of Vindya, said – Through this unique initiative, the Government of Telangana has created history by helping an organization to set up an IT Campus exclusively for the Persons with Disabilities which doesn’t exist anywhere in the world. This campus will create an enormous improvement for the Person with Disabilities especially those with severe disabilities but still deserve an opportunity to lead life with dignity and self-respect.