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Also present the occasion was Surendra Naik, Founder, Udaan Charitable Trust. He said, “The exhibition
amazed me; I was surprised at the creativity of the differently abled. The products and services are
invented by them can inspire any person. This just proves how our society could bring them into the
mainstream and create a win-win situation wherein they become self-reliant and the society too
benets.”

Opining, Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII, said, “Every individual has unique competencies and
there is a need to tap into this vast potential of the differently abled. Hon'ble Shri Narendra Modi ji has
very rightly coined the word Divyang, and has helped us all acknowledge the divine power among the
differently abled. The nation thanks him for this. It is important to facilitate all-round development of
Divyangjan through right skill building, mentoring and counselling, so that they can well be integrated
into the mainstream social structure.”

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities also celebrated the resilience of the Divyangjan by
organising of Sports Competition. The competitions included carom, chess, badminton and table tennis for
Divyangjan. The sports competition was inaugurated by Paralympian badminton player Parul Patel in
which about 64 players participated in various games. The six winners of the sports competition were
presented with citation and award money by Hon’ble Shri Pradip Parmar. The winners were Manish G
Prajapati in Table Tennis (Male Category), Jul Soni in Table Tennis (Female Category), Nisarg Panchal in
Badminton (Male Catergory), Pooja Barvadiya in Badminton (Female Category), Rahul Koshti in Carom
and Ramesh Pankhaniya in Chess.

A quick glance into the achievements of Centre for
Empowerment of the Differently Abled

Entrepreneurship Thema c Programme Entrepreneurship Developing Livelihood
Development •9 programmes Orienta on So Skills Programme
Programme •292 par cipants, Programme Programme •12 programmes
•19 programmes •32 enterprises created, •8 programmes •18 programmes •387 par cipants,
•609 par cipants, •39 employment generated •253 par cipants, •561 par cipants, •30 enterprises created,
•78 enterprises created, •Total investment •9 enterprises created •64 enterprises created, •39 employment generated
•106 employment generated - Rs. 17,23,300 •Total investment •99 employment generated •Total investment
•Total investment - Rs. 3,69,500 •Total investment - Rs. 13,78,000
- Rs. 25,73,500 - Rs. 18,16,600

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