Student Job Placements

Congratulations to Vision-Aid students who landed their dream jobs!

As we near the end of 2022 one of the brightest spots is 42 of our students who are blind or visually impaired landing their dream job in the Tech sector and other sectors. These 42 students of our Digital Accessibility Testing (DAT), Python programming), SQL/Database and Corporate Skills training program landed jobs in top companies like Amazon, Infosys, Goldman Sachs, Cognizant and many others (see list below), as Accessibility testers, software engineers and a variety of other corporate roles. Congratulations to the students and their trainers for this AMAZING accomplishment, and thanks to our supporters who enable such programs with their support.

STUDENT JOB PLACEMENTS (AS OF DECEMBER 2022)

S.No	Student’s Name	Vision-Aid Courses Attended	Company Placed
1	Afroz Begum	DAT	Cognizant
2	Aruna Gh	DAT	Infosys
3	Gayatri Murthy	DAT	Barrier Break
4	Lakshminarayana Varimadugu	DAT	Barrier Break
5	Sanjog Kumawat	DAT	Benetech
6	Sumakanth N	DAT	Barrier Break
7	Arun Kumar .K	DAT, Python	Exafluence
8	Asha Ramesh	DAT	Deque software
9	Aswathy VK	DAT	Amnet Systems
10	Bezawada Kiran Kumar	DAT	Infosys
11	Cornelius Lyngdoh	DAT	Infosys
12	Cynthia Singh	DAT	Barrier Break
13	Mohammed Mujtaba Ali	DAT	State Bank of India
14	Mounika.Yerram	DAT	Barrier Break
15	Prajeesh krishnan	DAT	Manta solutions
16	Sridhar Katta	DAT	Phone Pe
17	Tarun Kanuri	DAT	Infosys
18	Amrutham Dheeraj Raj	DAT	Tech Mahindra
19	Asha R	DAT	Deque software pvt ltd
20	Avinash Nallola	DAT	Barrier Break
21	BALAJI S	DAT	Barrier Break
22	Kandukuri Harshini	DAT	Publicis sapient
23	Pranita Pinipe	DAT	TEK systems
24	sathya	DAT	TEK systems
25	Sheetal Odedra	DAT	TEK systems
26	Shubham Deshmukh	DAT	HCL
27	Swapna Kolluri	DAT	Deque software pvt ltd
28	Thogiti Kireeti	DAT	Sagarsoft
29	Priyanka Nanavare	DAT	Barrier Break
30	Dinesh	SQL	MacApp Studio
31	Kishore	Python, SQL	Exafluence
32	Ankit Deb	CSDP, Python	Goldman Sachs
33	Muskan Gupta	CSDP, Python	Citi Bank
34	Aditya Mankar	CSDP	IDM
35	Bindhu Sri	Python, SQL	Rx Data Science
36	Praveen	Python, SQL	<>
37	Tejas Karanje	Python, DAT	Pristine Infotech
38	Anuradha Bansode	DAT	Straive
39	Manoj Kumar Katherla	DAT	Amazon
40	Megha Gupta	DAT	TEK systems
41	Partha	DAT	TEK systems
42	Laxmi Sagar	Python	Pristine Infotech

** DAT – Digital Accessibility Training | SQL – Structured Query Language | CSDP – Corporate Skills Development

VISION-AID PLACEMENTS PROGRAM

Over the last 3 decades, India has seen tremendous growth in employment opportunities in the IT and other sectors with many getting employed in quality jobs. Unfortunately, this tremendous growth has not benefited people with vision impairment which sees the lowest rates of hiring even among the disabilities sector. One of the key factors is lack of technology skills needed to be employed in such jobs. In 2022, Vision-Aid brought a heightened focus to advanced technical training programs and also launched a placement cell focused on job placements, and looks forward to continued success of our students in 2023 and beyond with this capability.

VISION-AID TRAINING PROGRAMS

Vision-Aid offers 12 different training programs specially designed for the visually impaired. These programs aspire for two important goals:

Empowerment: Provide people with visual impairment the training and skills required to lead a life of independence and dignity by making them literate in Computers, Mobile Technologies, Spoken English, Braille and other enabling literacy programs.

Employment: Provide advanced technical and corporate skills training that could help them pursue employment opportunities in India’s booming IT sector

VISION-AID ADVANCED TECHNICAL AND CORPORATE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS

Vision-Aid offers technology and advanced training programs are primarily aimed at providing skills to individuals so that they can find employment in IT and other sectors. Here is a brief overview of our employment focussed training programs:

Digital Accessibility Testing (DAT): This program helps individuals develop skills to become an Accessibility tester or an Accessibility consultant. Students in this program are trained on the following:

WCAG 2.1 guidelines and its use
How to Perform Accessibility testing and document results
Basics of HTML, CSS, Java Script

On completion of the course, students will be able to perform DAT on websites/applications, document results as well as provide recommendation for fixes.

Python Programming Language / Training on SQL: This program helps individuals develop skills to become python programmer. Students in this program are trained on the following:

Basics of Python
Basics of Database
Basics of HTML, CSS, Java Script
Basics of Web design
Develop simple applications
DB scripting using SQL

On completion of the course, students will be able to be able to develop simple applications using Python and SQL.

Corporate Skill Development Program: This program helps individuals develop professional and soft skills that are required to find placement as well as grow in their career. Students in this program are trained on the following:

Learn to communicate verbally and non-verbally in a professional setup
Prepare for Job interviews
Learn to draft professional emails, resumes and cover letters

CALL FOR ACTION

Helping even one person with visual impairment find his or her dream job is no mean task. It really does take a village! First, it needs the immense tremendous dedication and commitment on the part of the aspirant and the mentors and trainers who help them reach their full potential. It also takes a loving village of supporters who, through their support to Vision-Aid make such programs possible.

Here are ways you can help:

Donate: Help to finance the cost of our training programs with a donation
Employ: If you or someone you know can influence hiring in a company in India, please have them consider our graduates for open positions
Volunteer: If you have advanced technical skills and can devote sufficient time, please consider volunteering!

Thanking you, and wishing you a very Happy Holiday Season and New Year!

The Vision-Aid Team