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RCOM partners with SNDT Women’s University

Chandigarh, 12 February, 2010

• To jointly promote education among challenged children
  
• To create resource hub
  
• Sponsors ‘Tarang 2010’

As part of its ongoing Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Group CSR initiatives, Reliance Communications has partnered with S.N.D.T Women's University, Mumbai for creating a resource hub aimed at promoting education among physically and mentally challenged children.

To this end, the two jointly organized Tarang 2010 at SNDT campus in Juhu, Mumbai on February 11, 2010. More than 30 organizations which are directly involved with the special needs of these hapless children had been invited to this major event. This was the first time in Mumbai that such an event was planned.

Taranga 2010 was a curtain raiser endeavoring to increase sensitivity of the society toward children with special needs, promote Special Education as a career option among the youth, sensitize teachers in normal schools about children with special needs and accelerate the pace of inclusive education and enhance the knowledge base about the subject among the experts and develop viable tools and strategies to help such children.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Krishnan S Kumar, Sr. Vice President, Reliance ADA Group CSR remarked, “We are glad to partner with SNDT Women’s University in this noble cause. We shall be providing the technical inputs on the subject as well as necessary tools to create the platform for the knowledge sharing i.e. helpline etc. We are sure that our joint efforts will benefit thousands of physically and mentally challenged children and inspire other organizations to contribute their best.”

Tarang 2010 was attended by most of the renowned special schools in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. Over 1500 visitors comprising parents, teachers, policy makers, students, parents of special students, special educators, decision makers and other important people graced the event. Educational and therapy equipment companies, book distributors /book publishers and pharmaceutical companies displayed their products and services.

The national education policy is laying emphasis on inclusive education – wherein children with special needs have to be integrated into the mainstream educational system. Efforts were made to benefit a large majority of such children from the Tarang initiative.

There was a ‘special’ fair organized as the first of a series of events. This fair provided a platform where all the stake holders relating to disabilities/ Special Education came together and shared their opportunity/skill sets. It also created awareness about the scope of Special Education as a career option.

Around 450 special children from various special schools across Mumbai competed in various events like singing, dancing, painting etc. This event gave differently-enabled children an opportunity, to mingle with children with different disabilities.

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