REACH THE UNREACHED
Ability leads to fulfillment of needs. Disability is a part of human condition and social issue, it evolves from person’s impairment. The geographical, environmental and attitudinal barriers, relegate the persons with disabilities equal opportunities and full participation. ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY is an innovative social integration mission of connecting rehabilitation professionals to Persons with Disabilities (PWD’s) and those in needs, in the border and underserved regions of the country. Mission is one of its kind, it integrates activities of rehabilitation professionals with local community workers, social bodies with delivery of services at the door step level with a commitment “People Matter Results Count”. Mission combines grass root level work with disability awareness to improve social participation and enhancing possibilities of socially mainstreaming of the persons with disabilities, with Indian Army Leading from the front performing the role of a catalyzing agent. Driven by the endless spirit of people’s participation, mission traverse from Kargil, interior of Pir-Panjal ranges (J & K) to Tawang, border district of Seppa, Arunachal Pradesh of North East India to remotely located Little Andaman Island, benefitting thousands of beneficiaries and their caregivers in most inaccessible regions of the our country. Mission had rejuvenated community conscious, strengthens the field based initiatives, besides demonstrated the brilliant lessons of unity, discipline and cooperation with a Message“Together We Can Make It Happen”.
Soldiering in India has always been a way of life, a calling to the profession of arms, seeped deeply in the spirit of nationalism and patriotism. The Indian Army has made several successful transformations to meet the challenges from rapid societal changes along with noteworthy contributions to the economic & social development. Social transformation is possible when all the sections of the society join hand for collective actions, synergizing each others strength and put always and every time Nation First.
Bridging Hearts Connecting Lives
Making a Difference
SALUTE THE SOLDIER is a sublimation of the vision of a veteran, a decorated officer of Indian Army manifested for the first time in the form of Army Day Card issued on 15th January, 2011. Its purpose was to raise awareness of the contribution of soldiers in nation building process. This vision calls for the nation harnessing the untapped invaluable human capital of ex-servicemen to meet the new challenges of Industries driven by technological and security developments. Over time, this vision has continued to inject new ideas in the minds of people in diverse industries to get benefited from this skilled and disciplined workforce. This would complement government own endeavors besides restoring dignity to the soldiers who have become ex -servicemen. It was with this inspiration and noble zeal that SALUTE THE SOLDIER -LLP was established.
SALUTE THE SOLDIER LLP is an innovative mechanism striving to drive transformational changes in the soldiers’ post-retirement lives. The skills and abilities of ex-servicemen would be aligned with requirement of industries through professional training and employment, selfentrepreneurship schemes, collaborative models as well as through onthe-job/advance training under PPP model. These services need to be extended to the widows of martyrs, Veer Naris and dependents of serving / ex-servicemen / disabled soldiers. Such social entrepreneur schemes would also help restore the dignity of disabled soldiers and related target groups.
The need of the hour is optimal utilization of this invaluable resource of exservicemen by incorporating them into mainstream national development projects. This would also raise the morale of Indian soldiers significantly, as they would come out of the fear of not being able to take up a second career after retiring at such a relatively young age in spite of being equipped with multifaceted experiences and skills.
9th Jan. 2018
Army Begins Construction of Bridge at
Elphinstone Station in Mumbai
About the Author
Maj Gen Harsha Kakkar
Retired Major General Indian Army