The 2 hr program was observed in two parts. In the inaugural session the 4 delegates talked about the significance of the day. The delegates included Rtn. Bikram Dasgupta, Chairman & CEO, Globsyn Group who gave the introductory speech; Prof. R.C. Bhattacharya, Director, Globsyn Business School, gave an insight into the whole event and the significance of the day; Mr. P.K. Sen, Senior Advisor, CII gave a presentation on the various factual data regarding the disabled workforce in India and their employment status and what needs to be done; and Mrs. Sampa Sengupta, Director, Sruti Disability Centre shared the relevant laws and legislations related to employment of PWD’s. All these discussions took place keeping in mind the profile of the audience who were all HR professionals from different blue-chip Co’s. What the Rotaractors gained was knowledge about the required 3 A’s – Awareness, Attitude and Accessibility. All the invitees where given 2 sets of questionnaires about the details of their PWD employment Policies prevailing in their organizations and were also given other awareness brochures.
Thereafter, there were 2 movie screenings, one by CII regarding the various initiatives taken by different Co’s in the field of helping differently abled employees and the second one being that of the Rotaractors of RC Calcutta Metropolitan South regarding their various activities and achievements in this Rota year.
In the second session a 5-member panel discussion took place. The topic of discussion was – ‘Diversified Workforce’ and the panel discussed how to increase the employment opportunities for the People With Disability (PWD). The panel members were Prof. R.C. Bhattacharya; Mr. P.K. Sen, Senior Advisor-CII; Prof. S.B. Roy, Chairman, IBRAD; Mr. Anjan Banerjee, System Engineer, IBM (Diversity Group) and Ms. Dipshikha Basu, System Engineer, IBM (Diversity Group).
Around 30 HR Managers & HR Professionals from companies like Wipro, PWC, ABP, Tata AIG, TCS, Albert David, WEBEL etc. were present in the occasion which lastly ended with a 15 mins question-answer round followed by refreshments.
Date: 3rd December 2007
Reporter: Rtr. Arunava Das & Rtr. Indrani Banerjee
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