Stage is all set for the 4th National Convention of Youth with Disabilities.
Inaugural Session (From Left to Right): Javed Abidi, Honorary Director, NCPEDP; and Rohit Thakur, Managing Director, Accenture Solutions Private Limited, India, addressing the students.
Session on Disability Movement in India (From Left to Right): Javed Abidi, Honorary Director, NCPEDP; Dr. Shanti Auluck, Chairperson & Founding Member, Muskaan; Anuj Jain, Executive Director, National Association of the Deaf; Kanchan Pamnani, Solicitor, Bombay Law Society; and Dr. Geet Oberoi, Founder & President, ORKIDS.
Session on Barriers to Inclusion (From Left to Right): Rama Chari; Rights Specialist & Founder, Diversity & Equal Opportunity Centre (DEOC); and Dipendra Manocha, President, DAISY Forum of India & National Association for the Blind.
Session on Salient features of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act - 2016: Javed Abidi, Honorary Director, NCPEDP.
Session on Disability Sensitization of Persons with Disabilities: Shanti Raghavan, Founder, EnAble India.
Session on Disability and Employment - Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace, Accenture: Arun Kumar Singhal, Managing Director, Financial services, EALA Lead, Accenture, India.
Session on Disability and Leadership (From Left to Right): Javed Abidi, Honorary Director, NCPEDP; Ummul Kher, Government of India; Ankit Rajiv Jindal, Founder, Diversity & Equal Opportunity Centre (DEOC), Friends for Inclusion, and Member, National Committee of Rights of Persons with Disability (NCRPD); and Sachin Singh, Instructor, Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre.
Session on Disability Identity (From Left to Right): Javed Abidi, Honorary Director, NCPEDP; and Sagar Baheti, First visually impaired Indian runner to complete the historic Boston Marathon.
Session titled 'Into the Future' (From Left to Right): Rama Chari, Rights Specialist & Founder, Diversity & Equal Opportunity Centre (DEOC); and Dhanya Rajeswaran, Director - Talent Strategy, Culture, Inclusion & Diversity Lead, Accenture, India.
Students interacting with the Panelists.
Students participating in Group Discussions.
Group Presentation.
Closing Remarks (From Left to Right): Javed Abidi, Honorary Director, NCPEDP; and Dhanya Rajeswaran, Director - Talent Strategy, Culture, Inclusion & Diversity Lead, Accenture, India.
Participants at the Convention.
Group Photograph.
