Drawing competition and screening conducted for future skill development programs
Kupwaa:- 160 Inf Bn (TA) organized a drawing competition and screening program for deaf and mute children and youth on 02 Feb, 2021 at the Patahiri garrison. The event attended by 40 male and female youngsters from several villages of Kupwara.
The theme of the drawing competition was ‘Republic Day’ and ‘Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti’.
CO 160 Inf Bn (TA) (H&H) (Kupwara Terriers), Col Swaraj Bhattacharya, distributed prizes to the top three paintings and applauded all the youngsters for their beautiful drawings and expressing their thoughts and emotions artistically through sketches and paintings.
A screening program was also conducted where Dr. Iqbal Najar, Director Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Kupwara and his team interacted with the youngsters and assured them that the department will introduce special skill development programs which will be created keeping in mind the needs of the deaf and mute. Dr Najar felicitated the participants to encourage them.
Col Bhattacharya added, “The aim of these skill development programs will be provide these youngsters with access to free courses and skills that will help them to get employed in the future and become self-reliant earning members for their families.The Indian army is always in the forefront of conducting such initiatives and aims to reach out to the local community and integrate them with mainstream economy.
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