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EnAble India in newspapers:The activities of EnAble India and some of its candidates' achievements have been covered by various newspapers. Here are a few of them: Times of India 12 Feb, 2012Ordinary Indians, Extraordinary tales The Idea of Mahindra Rise Amazing Indians, piloted by Times Now, brought the story of countless unknown Indians who are writing the real story of India; it was a celebration of the ordinary men who have gone beyond their own circumstances to make their country a better place to live in.
The Alternative 27 July, 2011Able to get a job, jobs for the disabled "Protected instinctively in families, even simple things like fetching medicines at home is not something a person with disability gets to do.", says Shanti Raghavan, founder of EnAble India, an organization that trains and places persons with disability in companies. Students at EnAble India are encouraged to 'just go out there and do things' - from blowing balloons to volunteering with other NGOs, for the experience. Read the complete e-article in thealternative.in.
Deccan Herald, Student Edition 7 July, 2011Instructors for visually impaired being trained There wasn't any sign of that most of the eight persons walking with the white cane have any visual impairment. Yet they defied the distant clap of thunder and the whiff of rain in the air to walk at the park in Koramangala on Wednesday, holding a white cane and stopping frequently to get the instruction from the man in the front. Read the complete article published in Deccan Herald, Student Edition.
Deccan Chronicle 13 Jun, 2011How a sister's love spread across the country While helping her brother cope with a disability, Shanti realised that there were many people who needed empathy, and not sympathy. And it was this desire to help people with disabilities earn a decent living for themselves that led Shanti to give up her full-time job in an IT company and dedicate herself to EnAble India, an NGO founded by her. Read the complete article published in Deccan Chronicle
Citizen Matters 16 Dec, 2010EnAbling lives with employment Excerpts from a recent conversation that Citizen Matters had with Shanti Raghavan (SR) and Dipesh Sutariya (DS), the enthusiastic, committed and unassuming co-founders of EnAble India. This 11 year old non-profit, NGO based in Koramangala is famous for its employment assistance services to those with mental, physical, visual and auditory challenges.
DNA 24 October, 2010How to marry social impact and business, and win Shanti Raghavan, Founder, Enable India, explained how passion for the cause is a vital catalyst, which would reduce the gap between the need and solution. Even during her corporate stints, right from her first job with Bell Labs, till she was working on GE aircraft engines, “everything mattered, every day counted,” she said. Read the complete article published in DNA
Business World 28 July, 2010Corporates are now hiring people with disabilities, but this step is just a small drop in the ocean. “One big reason is high attrition rates,” says Shanti Raghavan, founder and managing trustee of Enable India, an agency that assists in finding suitable employment for the disabled. “Also, the demand now for skilled labour far outstrips the supply. So, these highgrowth sectors have no choice but to look for suitable employees, including the disabled.” Read the complete article published in Business World
The Times of India 23 May, 2010In the ten years of its practice, Enable India has placed about 900 individuals in companies like Accenture, IBM, Shell, Goldman Sachs, Dusters, Big Bazaar and others, finding them positions across the graph, from housekeepers to brewmasters, software engineers and quality analysts, although it must be noted that few managerial positions are open to the differently abled, even though roundly qualified and capable. Read the complete article published in The Times of India
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