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Jyoti Limited: Showing the way

Jyoti Limited, established in 1943, is a multi-project, multi-plant engineering company in Vadodara, Gujarat, which develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of hydraulic and electrical equipment. Currently, the company employs around 2,100 persons, out of which 42 are persons with disabilities.

However, unlike the majority of companies in India, social responsibility is an accepted obligation for Jyoti. Its corporate philosophy revolves around the fact than any progressive organisation has to be not only functionally efficient but also socially responsible.

Jyoti Llimited started with training just one visually impaired person, way back in 1968. Subsequently, more disabled people were trained in suitably identified jobs. So far, the company has trained about 190 disabled people in different skills, many of whom have been absorbed by Jyoti Ltd, while the rest have found employment with various local public and private sector organisations.

Apart from training and employment of disabled persons., the company has taken up many rehabilitation programmes for its disabled trainees and employees. After consultations with medical specialists, orthopaedically disabled persons are provided with orthotic and prosthetic aids, and the hearing impaired people with hearing aids. Five orthopaedically disabled persons have been provided with artificial limbs after corrective surgery.

And that’s not all! In 1977, the company constructed a hostel – ‘Abhilash’– which can accommodate about 60 disabled persons. This hostel, located in the company’s residential premises, is specially designed for persons with disabilities.

Jyoti’s efforts in the rehabilitation of disabled people have been duly recognised by the Central and State governments, by way of three National and three State Awards. The Company has been awarded as an ‘Outstanding Employer of the Handicapped’ in the years 1971, 1975 and 1979.

Jyoti’s commitment to the empowerment of disabled people can enlighten many in the corporate sector. May this ‘light’ spread far and wide in the Indian industry!

Phone: 0265-380 633, 380 627
Fax: 0265-380 671
E-mail: cmd.jyoti@ sm3.sprintrpg.ems.vsnl.net.in

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