"Creating an Inclusive & Accessible Workplace: HR Initiatives
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Business World; 21-Feb-2014
'English Language Hampers Inclusiveness among Employees' - Newly appointed VC of GGSIU, A.S. Beniwal, was speaking at a conference on promoting inclusiveness at workplace
Rozelle Laha
Use of English as the language of workplace communication has hampered the growth of inclusiveness among co-workers, according to Prof Anup Singh Beniwal, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. “Language should be able to connect people,” he said.
Beniwal was addressing a students, researchers, NGO representatives and industry professionals at the National Conference On Creating an Inclusive and Accessible Workplace, an HR Initiative organised by the university on Friday, 21 February, 2014. “HR for me is not just about Human Resources, it is about Human Relations,” stressed Beniwal. Management education should promote variety. The variety of skill set among employees should not make them compete with each other but rather make them contribute to the organisation irrespective of the hierarchy.
The conference was convened with the aim of emphasising the need to focus on promoting inclusiveness at workplace. Rajesh Tripathi, VP and Head, Human Resources, Gujrat Heavy Chemicals Limited, focused on the need to bridge the communication gap between the head of the organisation and the employees to promote inclusiveness and accessibility. He also spoke of the lack of accessibility in a traditional organisation like GHCL and his efforts to bridge the gap.
“An employee may have some good idea about improving the organisation. But, if they are unable to interact with the top management, it is not the employee who will lose anything, but rather the employer who might miss out on a good idea for improvement,” Tripathi said.
Thilikam Rajendaran, Managing Director of Arunim, an NGO under National Trust, spoke about the organisation’s efforts in creating job opportunities for Persons With Disabilities (PWD). “Giving jobs to PWDs or granting them opportunities should not be out of sympathy and must be beyond just a CSR initiative,” said Rajendran. She also emphasised on the need to create a space for them in the corporate workplace as a giant step towards promotion of inclusivess. Rajendaran is associated with disability sector for over 25 years and has been instrumental in pioneering the concept of partnerships with industry associations like Ficci, Export Promotion Council and so on.
The event was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and supported by NHRD, Delhi.
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