Author: Narasimham R

R. Narasimham, an Alumni of Madras School of Social Work, (1963 – 65) has been providing vocational counseling, vocational training and rehabilitation to persons with all categories of disabilities since January 1968. Retired as Joint Director from the Ministry of Labour, and supervised the twenty Vocational Rehabilitation Centres for the Handicapped (VRCs) in India. Worked all over India and introduced several pioneering VR programs. Streamlined & designed Manual of Procedures for the functioning of the VRCs and developed “Signs for Tools” for use in training the deaf in vocational trades. National Award by the President of India for his services to the disabled (1983) and by the Lions Clubs and Rotary Clubs on several occasions. Included in “Contemporary Who is Who” - American Biographical Institute, USA (2003) Lifetime Achievement Award from International Biographical Institute, U.K. (2004) Awarded for exemplary service as Rehabilitation Consultant by Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai (2012) Now: Consultant on the Rehabilitation Council of India & Chairman of the Committee constituted for developing courses on Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Social Work etc. Member of Professional Social Worker’s Association. Member of National Board of Examinations in Rehabilitation constituted by the Govt. of India. Visiting Faculty at Institutions for Manpower development in disabilities & Social Work. Website: www.aidthedisabled.org

Projects – Setting up Institutions

Narasimham R
  1. Set up Family Welfare Planning Unit for Air Force Station, Avadi 1966
  2. Set up vocational training for the deaf and vocational counseling and rehabilitation including research on attitude of employers at Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, South India (1968 – 1972)
  3. Set up skill training workshop attached to VRC Trivandrum (1982 – 1983)
  4. Set up Regional Vocational Training Institute for Women, Trivandrum Government of India (1983), for training women for NCVT courses, advanced courses

Projects – Administration

Narasimham R
  1. Administration of Vocational Rehabilitation Centres for Handicapped at Kanpur, Chennai, Trivandrum, Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Mumbai (1973 – 1997)
  2. Administration of Regioanl & National Vocational Training Institute for Women at Trivandrum and New Delhi respectively. (1983 – 1988)
  3. Supervised all Vocational Rehabilitation Centres in India at national level – attended to administrative, legal and human resource development activities (1997 – 2004)
  4. Developed schemes for setting up new VRCs in the country. (2002)

Projects – Innovative Rehab Schemes

Narasimham R
  1. Developed vocational training programs in Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped (VRC) under Government of India, Kanpur (1974)
  2. Set up Voluntary Organization to undertake job orders – Vikalang Punarwas Samiti, Kanpur – 1974)
  3. Organized Outreach Programs in rural areas in Tamilnadu (1978 – 1982) for vocational evaluation and rehabilitation assistance
  4. Set up Cooperative Society for the Blind in Madras (1978 – 1982)
  5. Set up Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped Cooperative Society, Trivandrum – 1982 – 83
  6. Introduced Community Based Vocational Training (CBVT) at Pirana near Ahmedabad for the first time in trades suited to local employment market. (1989)
  7. Organized several such CBVT programs in different parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka (1988 – 1997)
  8. Organized “Employment Camps” for the persons with disabilities at Bombay (1996)
  9. Organized Cricket for the disabled at all India level for five years ( 1993 to 1997)
  10. Introduced several employment schemes such as Group Employment Schemes, Self Help Groups, Cooperatives and Customized Training, worker Education, Pre Recruitment Training, Entrepreneurship Development Programs and Low Cost Aids for the rural disabled (1973 – 2004)

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