This BPO training centre in Peenya Industrial Area is not the normal glitzy establishment in any tech park, which generally brims with young graduates getting accent training. It’s different. This call centre training unit is for disabled people.

‘Samarthanam Shristi’, the training centre by Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled was inaugurated on Saturday. ‘Samarthanam Shristi’, a BPO training programme is initiated in association with the department of welfare of disabled and senior citizens, government of Karnataka, ministry of personnel and public grievances and pensions, department of administrative reforms and public grievances, New Delhi, at the Karnataka Rural Poor Handicapped Womens’ Development Society (KRUPHWODS) office building in Peenya.

According to Samarthanam, the initiative is a unique public-private NGO partnership, the first of its kind along with a similar set up at Hubli, which started functioning recently. (more…)