News and Events | Youth4Jobs

News and Events | Youth4Jobs

News

14
Nov

Businesses in India see benefits of hiring staff with speech and hearing impairments (South China Morning Post | 14 Nov 2018)

Some businesses are now making their hiring of disabled staff a selling point...
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08
Oct

Youth4Jobs organizes a corporate sensitization workshop for disability inclusion (National Skills Network | 8 October 2018)

The dismal employment figures of the disabled in India highlights the fact that it is imperative to create awareness and sensitize employers for giving them suitable jobs.
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Events

Renewed hope for persons with disabilities

Career Expo for Persons with Disabilities' organised by Youth4Jobs in association with University of Hyderabad

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1 Day Workshop - Helen Keller Institute

On the request of Deloitte, as part of their 10th Impact Day Celebrations on 23rd November 2012, Y4J team conducted a one day workshop for the Speech & Hearing Impaired students of Helen Keller institute, Hyderabad on career counselling

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Awards

2019 : Mit Inclusive Innovation Challenge 2019

2019 : Mit Inclusive Innovation Challenge 2019

2019 : Qimpro Gold Standard 2019 - Education - Meera Shenoy

2019 : Qimpro Gold Standard 2019 - Education - Meera Shenoy

2017: National Award for Empowerment of Person with Disabilities Divyangjan

2017: National Award for Empowerment of Person with Disabilities Divyangjan

2017: Zero Project - Innovation Practice on Employment, Work and Vocational Education and Training

2017: Zero Project - Innovation Practice on Employment, Work and Vocational Education and Training

2016: Zero Project - Innovative Practices on Education and ICT

2016: Zero Project - Innovative Practices on Education and ICT

2016 : Americares Spirit of Happiness Award - Disability and Livelihoods

2016 : Americares Spirit of Happiness Award - Disability and Livelihoods

2019 : TV9 Nava Nakshatra Sanmanam 2019

2019 : TV9 Nava Nakshatra Sanmanam 2019

2020: CSR Award

2020: CSR Award

2020: Sabera Award

2020: Sabera Award

Videos

Y4J Swaraj Ability Job Portal for Persons with Disabilities Soft Launch

Swarajability, India's first AI-based job portal for persons with disabilities, was launched to widen their opportunities with tech applications. Developed in both web and mobile app versions for maximum reach, the platform aids people with disabi...

Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/swarajability-indias-first-ai-based-job-portal-for-persons-with-disabilities-launched-1078126.html

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Empowering Women Digitally | NV Lakshmi Foundation

NV Lakshmi Foundation in association with Rotaract club of St Peter's Engineering College invited Meera Shenoy (Founder, Youth4jobs, Senior Advisor UNDP) for their 11th NV Lakshmi Memorial lecture on Empowering Women Digitally.
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Making Disability Inclusion Happen: The Industry Perspective

Our Session "Making Disability Inclusion Happen: The Indu.

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Youth4Jobs - 2019 MIT IIC GLOBAL FINALIST - ASIA

Youth4Jobs, a 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) Global Finalist in our Asia region. Youth4Jobs and its disruptive future of work solution was chosen to present at an exciting multi-media global celebration at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
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This Is Their World Too - A Youth4Jobs Short Film

This is a documentary done with the help of a government high school in Malakpet of the visually impaired. This short feature was screened at the Hyderabad Literary Festival as a way to showcase the experience the girls had exploring their local heritage. We wanted to show that one's heritage is not reserved for the sighted but for all.
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Youth4Jobs | HAPPY with Ability in Disability

Youth4Jobs | HAPPY with Ability in Disability
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