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Saajhi Samajh 11.0
Discussion on Empowering Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)
- 8 December 2023, Friday
- 11:00 am IST
Meering ID: 859 6671 5548 | Passcode: 616095
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90 mins of topical discussion
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Our Panelists
For this session, we have assembled a diverse panel of speakers composed of experts, activists and educators from the social and academic sector with backgrounds in ‘STEM’ related fields.
Mr. Jayesh Ranjan
Keynote Speaker
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Dr. Vanshree Singh
Director, Blood Bank and In-charge, St. John & First Aid Training
She is a doctor with post-graduation in Transfusion and Transplant Sciences from Bristol University. Working with the Indian Red Cross Society since 1997, she has advance training on Blood transfusion medicine (from ICMR), First Aid (from International Committee of Red Cross) and various accreditation certifications from the Ministry of Health, India. She has played an instrumental role in upgrading the IRCS NHQ Blood Bank (in 2010) and making it a ‘State-of-the-art model blood bank’ is known to be one of her achievements. Also, she has worked in collaboration with the NDMA for developing school-level First Aid protocols (prepared Modules & App of First Aid)
Anil Patil
Panelist
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Dr Subroto Das
Co-founder, Lifeline Foundation
Padma Shri Awardee
He is the winner of one of India’s highest civilian awards, Padma Shri for his exemplary work on Highway Trauma Care. He co-founded Lifeline Foundation along with his wife, Sushmita (after surviving a life-threatening accident in August, 1999 on one of India’s busiest highways), with the aim of reducing the 1,50,000+ annual highway deaths in India. He is the only Indian to be honoured with the Asian EMS Lifetime Achievement Award by the Asian EMS Council in 2015, whereas The Times of India calls Dr Das ‘the country’s best known EMS expert’.
P. Madhusudan Reddy
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Dr Nidhi Harish Kewalramani
She is a medical graduate and an alumnus of Symbiosis University as well as BITS Pilani with a specialization in Hospital and Healthcare Management. She is a doctor with strong base in statistics and believes in data driven number methodology to the core extent of all strategic and management decision. Dr Nidhi holds an experience of almost 15 years in diversified healthcare fields like Hospitals, TPA, Healthcare BPO, Healthcare KPO, Healthcare LPO, and Healthcare Education Management. Presently, she is the chairperson for Tech Mahindra Foundation SMART Healthcare Academic Council and is heading the SMART Healthcare Academy for West region. She is a designated external expert on board of Faculty of Vocational (Medical) Studies for Parul University, Gujrat. Also, she is working as member of governing council for UNICEF MahaPeconet NGO platform.
Krishna Chowdhary
Panelist
Parent to a 4.5-year-old child diagnosed with Autism
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Dr. Vanshree Singh
Director, Blood Bank and In-charge, St. John & First Aid Training
She is a doctor with post-graduation in Transfusion and Transplant Sciences from Bristol University. Working with the Indian Red Cross Society since 1997, she has advance training on Blood transfusion medicine (from ICMR), First Aid (from International Committee of Red Cross) and various accreditation certifications from the Ministry of Health, India. She has played an instrumental role in upgrading the IRCS NHQ Blood Bank (in 2010) and making it a ‘State-of-the-art model blood bank’ is known to be one of her achievements. Also, she has worked in collaboration with the NDMA for developing school-level First Aid protocols (prepared Modules & App of First Aid)
Mr. Jayesh Ranjan
Keynote Speaker
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Dr. Vanshree Singh
Director, Blood Bank and In-charge, St. John & First Aid Training
She is a doctor with post-graduation in Transfusion and Transplant Sciences from Bristol University. Working with the Indian Red Cross Society since 1997, she has advance training on Blood transfusion medicine (from ICMR), First Aid (from International Committee of Red Cross) and various accreditation certifications from the Ministry of Health, India. She has played an instrumental role in upgrading the IRCS NHQ Blood Bank (in 2010) and making it a ‘State-of-the-art model blood bank’ is known to be one of her achievements. Also, she has worked in collaboration with the NDMA for developing school-level First Aid protocols (prepared Modules & App of First Aid)
Anil Patil
Panelist
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Dr Subroto Das
Co-founder, Lifeline Foundation
Padma Shri Awardee
He is the winner of one of India’s highest civilian awards, Padma Shri for his exemplary work on Highway Trauma Care. He co-founded Lifeline Foundation along with his wife, Sushmita (after surviving a life-threatening accident in August, 1999 on one of India’s busiest highways), with the aim of reducing the 1,50,000+ annual highway deaths in India. He is the only Indian to be honoured with the Asian EMS Lifetime Achievement Award by the Asian EMS Council in 2015, whereas The Times of India calls Dr Das ‘the country’s best known EMS expert’.
P. Madhusudan Reddy
Panelist
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Dr Nidhi Harish Kewalramani
She is a medical graduate and an alumnus of Symbiosis University as well as BITS Pilani with a specialization in Hospital and Healthcare Management. She is a doctor with strong base in statistics and believes in data driven number methodology to the core extent of all strategic and management decision. Dr Nidhi holds an experience of almost 15 years in diversified healthcare fields like Hospitals, TPA, Healthcare BPO, Healthcare KPO, Healthcare LPO, and Healthcare Education Management. Presently, she is the chairperson for Tech Mahindra Foundation SMART Healthcare Academic Council and is heading the SMART Healthcare Academy for West region. She is a designated external expert on board of Faculty of Vocational (Medical) Studies for Parul University, Gujrat. Also, she is working as member of governing council for UNICEF MahaPeconet NGO platform. Krishna Chowdhary
Panelist
Parent to a 4.5-year-old child diagnosed with Autism
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Dr. Vanshree Singh
Director, Blood Bank and In-charge, St. John & First Aid Training
She is a doctor with post-graduation in Transfusion and Transplant Sciences from Bristol University. Working with the Indian Red Cross Society since 1997, she has advance training on Blood transfusion medicine (from ICMR), First Aid (from International Committee of Red Cross) and various accreditation certifications from the Ministry of Health, India. She has played an instrumental role in upgrading the IRCS NHQ Blood Bank (in 2010) and making it a ‘State-of-the-art model blood bank’ is known to be one of her achievements. Also, she has worked in collaboration with the NDMA for developing school-level First Aid protocols (prepared Modules & App of First Aid)
Major BV Ram Kumar
Panelist
About Saajhi Samajh 11
About Tech Mahindra Foundation:
At Tech Mahindra Foundation, Disability is the third major area of intervention to empower all to Rise. The Foundation works relentlessly towards ensuring that Persons with Disabilities get social inclusion and equal opportunities of work for a better future. This is done through two premier disability programs- ARISE+ (All Round Improvement in School Education for Children with Disabilities) and SMART+ (Skills-for Market Training for Persons with Disabilities). The Foundation mandates that 10% of all its beneficiaries are Persons with Disabilities. Currently, the foundation supports 5050 children through 37 ARISE+ projects and plans to train 1000 youths through 8 SMART+ projects.
About Nayi Disha
A pioneer organization in the field of disability, Nayi Disha works as a lifelong partner for families of children affected by Autism, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual developmental disabilities. They help the child reach his/her true potential by providing families with information, guidance, and hope through a reliable and evolving digital hub and a supportive online peer community. Nayi Disha hosts a digital platform with trustworthy and verified information and resources, expert networks, helpline and a supportive peer community.
Tech Mahindra Foundation has joined hands with Nayi Disha to release a compendium on schemes and policies for PwDs in the state of Telangana. It is expected to be a one-stop resource booklet for parents/caregivers of persons with disabilities with verified information on national and state government schemes, information on service providers like counsellors, therapists etc. and relevant phone numbers for easy access.
Saajhi Samajh – The Eleventh Edition
“Saajhi Samajh” (or Shared Understanding), is the Foundation’s attempt towards creating a broader platform to enable advocacy through discourse and discussion on issues related and relevant to the development sector in India. The previous editions of Saajhi Samajh, were resounding success and details of it are available here.
Saajhi Samajh – The Eleventh edition is initiating a discussion on “Empowering Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities” and their crucial role in ensuring PwDs live a life of dignity and independence.
Tech Mahindra Foundation has always encouraged role of parents/care-givers in the development of children with disabilities. With the assistance of committed organizations like Nayi Disha, the Foundation is hopeful of bringing the challenges of caregivers to the forefront and devising solutions to empower them in their arduous journey of being there for their loved ones.
The eleventh edition of Saajhi Samajh will be held on 8th December 2023 and will be hosted online by Tech Mahindra Foundation and Nayi Disha. It will be followed by a formal launch of the compendium created by the organizations for caregivers in the state of Telangana.
A diverse panel of speakers comprising key stakeholders across the board – organizations working with PwDs, caregivers, CSR professionals, government officials will attempt to address the importance of ensuring caregivers are equipped and their role in helping build an inclusive society.
Glimpses of Previous Saajhi Samajh
Previous Saajhi Samajh